Well…three inches of rain? Ha,ha…we got a little mist and that is going to be it so I’ll be out on the bike after I have coffee and get my body jump started…might only get two rides in…will have to put the rain gear on but no storms and that sucks…feel a little worn out today and it may be from doing 38 miles for three days in a row…so, my plans to take a day off and watch the rain is out and I’m really disappointed…oh, well…I’ll be out on the bike by 7 so I need to pour the coffee down and get going…still have leftovers for today but I do need to assemble some more potato salad for later…have the windows open already since it it still almost 70 and I’ll probably have to have the fan on later…pretty darn humid so I’ll be sweating on the bike…think I’ll do laundry today since I’m running out of t-shirts to wear on the bike…man, I’m having a hard time getting going this morning and I wonder if I ate enough yesterday? Just had some chicken stir fry and a dog with potato salad and that is barely over 1K calories and that is not enough to support 38 miles on the bike but you’ve heard me go on about that for how many years now? Too many, that’s for sure…not much to do today…just the rides and laundry and I’m planning to get wet on the bike here in a minute…they have just changed the forecast to light rain from 3 inches and that sucks….more later…

Well…I really was going to cut down to 25 miles today but I felt pretty good after two rides that I jumped right back on the bike for the third…so, 38 more miles today but I may have to do indoor rides if the forecast of storms holds up…it hasn’t rained out here for almost 7 weeks and my lawn is gone for the year…again, just like last year when we had 56 days in a row with no rain…up to 49 days in this drought and I really can’t figure that out…oh, well…didn’t have any pain on the bike today even after doing a full 6.5 mile sprint coming back on the first ride so I’m hoping my legs are healed…didn’t get much on the grocery run but I did get lettuce and tomatoes so I can make blt’s once the leftovers are gone…I did make the ingredients for potato salad and overcooked the eggs again so I’m curious what they are going to look like when I peel them tomorrow…it got pretty hot today at 85 but I have the fan on and I can live with it…I id remember to open the small windows in the basement glass blocks and I hope that dries the basement up a bit…okay, time for tv…and maybe a cocktail…ha, the little weather widget just said 3 inches of rain tomorrow…I’ll believe it when I see it…

Well….damn, it’s funny how sunburned you can get just being out at the beach for an hour for the first time this year…I guess the 100 sunscreen I’ve been using has kept me pretty white…but I purposely didn’t put any on for the beach since I really did want to get a bit of color…need to get on the bike by 6:45 today sine I want to get a ride in before the grocery run…may just keep it to 25 miles today after two days of 38′s…my legs can use a little rest…it’s already warm enough to go out just a t-shirt this morning and that is what I’ve been waiting for…still have leftovers for today and tomorrow but I will need to take something out of the freezer for the rest of the week…not sure what that will be yet…maybe some bacon for blt’s? Will probably make Masala this weekend before the ginger spoils and I have to make another batch of potato salad to use the potatoes before they spoil…not going to buy any protein this week and will be eating out of the freezer for a couple of weeks…not much to do today…going to take it a little easier today and read another book so I can pick up 4 more Friday…I think I need to pause that for a while to get a few things done around here….more later…

Well…I did get out to the beach today and got a little scorched but that feels good…I did get the new chair in the car but just barely and it was so damn comfortable to sit on it in the sun…the water was too cold to swim but it’s getting there and should be warm enough in the next couple of weeks…I did get to the library to get more books and read one of them this afternoon but it was a James Patterson and they read really fast…going to do the grocery run tomorrow since it’s supposed to storm all day Wed…don’t really need much but they have a lot of stuff on sale at Meijers for a buck so I’ll pick up a few things…damn, I really do hope it rains since my lawn will be dead if it doesn’t…oh, well…okay, tv time…

Well…damn, I’m tired of being up at 5:30am every damn day…and I need to get on the bike by 6:45 to be able to get two rides in before 9 when I want to hit the library for more books…I think I slept okay but sure don’t feel like it…don’t have a lot of pain after doing 38 miles yesterday and I think I’m going to try to do that again today…it’s always nice when I put a new tire on the bike and it rides so smooth and quiet….I may be able to get the rest of the year out of this one…the last tire only lasted about 6K miles and at 30 bucks a tire, that’s not enough…oh, well…I do need to get some work done today since I didn’t do anything but cook yesterday…the living room needs cleaning and the bathroom could use a once over so I’ll grit my teeth and get on that later…my tongue is still coated and today is the last day of treatment so I’ll have them look at it again when I go in to have the threatening freckle removed on the 24th…will probably need more treatment…ick…not much to do today…just going to grind it out and get the rides in before I think of what else needs to be done…more later…

Well…after getting two rides in this morning and getting back here in little pain, I decided to just check to see if I had healed up enough to get back to stretching myself a little since 25 miles a day is just too easy…so it appears I’m pretty much healed since the right knee made it to the last half mile before I had some pain on the last climb…so I’ll start out alternating 25 and 38 until I can get back to 38 every day…I had those done by 10:15 with getting started before 7 so it really doesn’t cut into my day at all…I did make chicken stir fry for lunch that should last me for the next 5 days or so…I froze the chicken for the Masala and will probably make it Thursday…just talked to my daughter and she wants to do a European trip in the spring so I need to get saving the 5 grand it’s going to cost…it will be nice to see some of the old European cities…and to hang out with her and S…don’t have any reading for today with picking 2 books last week that I’ve already read…darn…I’ll get 4 more tomorrow…time for racing…

Well…damn, I’m sore this morning for some reason and my lower back is stiff but I have no idea how I hurt it…didn’t sleep too well last night with waking up at 4:04 and then just tossing and turning until I gave up at 5:45…yow…I really do hurt everywhere today and I may have to take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike…didn’t get much done yesterday but the bike rides and finishing up the last book so I don’t have anything to read today and that sucks…I picked up two books I’ve already read on the last trip to the library so I have to figure out how to know what ones I’ve read…I do need to cook today and I’m going to make a chicken stir fry with rice probably for lunch but I’m not sure what the second meal will be…I do have potato salad so maybe a dog since I have buns…I really should clean the living room today and get the couch cushions rotated and need to get that done before the F1 race is on at 2pm then nascar, then the indy car race at 8pm…need to pour another cup of coffee down before I get on the bike in 15 minutes or so and the means I need to get moving…more later…

Well…for the past couple of days, I’ve had a thumping coming from the back tire of the bike and I got tired of it after the two rides this morning so I took the wheel off to look at it and find out what was going on…found a cut in the tire that must have been deep enough to get into the cords and start them breaking…which leads to the tire starting to get a bulge in it that thumps every time it hits the ground…but the cool thing was that my tube protectors I have between the tire and tube did it’s job…without them, I counted at least 10 holes in the tread that would have led to a flat…luckily, I had a new tire in the cabinet that I bought last fall and 10 minutes later the bike is repaired and ready to go out early tomorrow…oh, and later today when I’ll ride down to the “no kings” protest down the hill at Heritage Landing…I am a little curious how many people are going to show up and I saw an article this morning that showed a Target store sold out of poster board so there are a few people that are making signs…it would be cool to see a couple hundred kindred souls down there…

Well…up at 4:44 this morning but was able to stay in bed almost 6 and that extra hour made a difference…but that puts me late for getting on the bike before 7 so I can see the start of the 24 hours of LeMans…and that will be on in the background all day since the Motor Trend channel is going to cover most of it live…damn, have only 10 minutes before I need to get on the bike and the first cup of coffee is just going down so I need to get going on that, too..I need to do much more cleaning today and I think I’m going to start on the living room first and then maybe do the dining room since I’ve let the table fill with crap that should be sorted out…feel a little slug like with only doing 25 miles a day but that’s enough for an almost 72 year old…still have leftovers for today but will need to cook tomorrow and I think I’m going to do a stir fry and then Masala Monday…I am going to the “no kings” protest down the hill at 6 pm today since every damn citizen should protest the asshole trump and his spending 50 million dollars to give himself a military parade for his birthday….not much to do today…just the rides and the races all day…more later….

Well…you know I was looking for bigger trash bags to put the new chair in when I go to the beach and they just came…and they work perfectly and are so heavy duty that I don’t think I can tear one if I try…and there is enough extra room in them that it will be easy to put on once the chair is full of sand…so, I’m all ready for the beach whenever it gets warm enough to go…pretty cool…and the two bags of coffee beans came too, but I did buy the Colombian beans again since they were cheaper and came in 6 ounce bigger bags…so now I have three full bags in the drawer that should last me the rest of the year…I was able to taste the pour over I made this morning so I’m holding out hope I may get my taste back…man, that would be so cool to taste hot sauce again or garlic or anything, really…I guess I need to look at the weather forecast to plan a day on the beach…I did get the kitchen cleaned from top to bottom today and that makes me feel good…going to do the living room tomorrow and rotate the couch cushions…I did a really stupid thing and picked up two books that I’ve already read so that leaves me with 3/4 of a book to read for the entire weekend…darn…time for tv…