Well…after getting two rides in downstairs with the rain this morning, it cleared up enough for me to get an outdoor ride this afternoon but it may have been a mistake…the smoke from the Canadian wildfires was so thick out there today that visibility was down to about two miles and by the time I got out to the beach I had a splitting headache and a sore throat from breathing the smoke… and it didn’t have the nice campfire smell but that of a chemical fire…should have worn a mask and, if it’s as bad tomorrow, I will wear one…need to coat the front steps tomorrow along with trimming the trash bushes so I may only do two rides tomorrow…okay, need to watch Wrexham….

Well…I think my body gave up on me today with getting up at 4:04 but then not out of bed til almost 7…and I’m having a hard time getting going so I won’t be on the indoor bike until almost 8…and yes it is raining here so the rides are going to be indoors today…and I will get some cleaning done…going to make breakfast for dinner today with eggs, toast, and turkey sausages that I got for a buck from DD…and I should make some more potato salad but that won’t be til Friday…ha, the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen just popped up with “rain/snow ahead” and I’m not sure what to think about that…it can’t snow in June…it just can’t…it’s supposed to rain an inch today and we sure can use it…and I can use an easier day than yesterday…can I just do two rides indoors today? That’s the plan and I hope I end up with a clean kitchen and some time to read…the coffee is not working at all and it needs to soon…going to pour the second cup and I need to get on the bike in 15 minutes to get the day started…I’m pretty happy with how the front steps came out after the deck wash yesterday and the Thompson’s will make it look better when I get to it tomorrow…more later…

Well…it’s been a pretty busy day today with hitting 4 stores on the grocery/ errand run this morning, doing 3 outdoor rides, and then I finally got some work done…got out the deck wash and scrubbed the front steps with a scrub brush…just looked at them and all of the algae is gone so as soon as the rain is done I can treat it with Thompson’s water seal…I think I have enough to do all the flat surfaces and then I’ll have to get another gallon…it looks like rain all day tomorrow so that will wait till Thursday…and I do need to clean the fridge soon and that just may be the job for tomorrow since I have to be indoors…didn’t read much today and that was okay…I think I needed a rest since reading had become a chore to do instead of enjoyment…so, what am I going to do now? Read until 7pm…

Well…damn, I’m already behind on these for the month and need to get off my butt and get moving on stuff…have been reading too much and not getting anything done…it’s warm enough to get out on the outdoor bike as soon as it gets light but the wind is blowing like crazy so I may just ride indoors to start the day…going to do the grocery run today since it going to rain almost an inch tomorrow and I’m going to hit DD for another load of 10 for 10 buck food…then I’m doing another errand after I get back here that will make my nights more fun…and I’m going to spend 30 bucks to do that….slept okay again last night and the generic flonase came so I can finally try to get my allergies under control….they have been so bad lately and I’ve been coughing and sneezing like crazy…only have 25 minutes before I have to get on the bike so the coffee needs to work right now…not sure what I’m going to do today but I do need to get something done…probably tear the fridge apart and clean it and I’m going to leave the books on the table and not read anything today…oh, well…maybe some yard work, too…it’s going to be in the 70′s today and I’m sure I’m going to have to make a call on the assholes in the rental…god, I hate them…more later…

Well…damn, it’s not supposed to be in the 30′s in June but that’s the temp right now…only 39 degrees here and I am so damn tired of the cold….I did sleep okay last night and got out of bed around 6am but the one meal days have sapped my energy and I am going to struggle to get going…have just started the coffee and will need to pour down two cups before I get on the indoor bike…I think I need an easy day today with just 33 miles on the bike and then some reading but the fridge needs to be cleaned and I’ve been putting that off for weeks now…like I have been for most of the other things I should be doing…oh, well…just damn tired and worn out…at least I don’t need to cook today….but I still need to do meal planning for the week after I use up the leftovers…and I really do need to have at least two meals a day or I won’t have the energy to do anything…one of these days I’m going to have to get some rest but not today…need to drag myself down in a few minutes and get my day going but I’ve only had one cup of coffee and that needs to change…more later…

Well…after getting the three rides in, I didn’t do much else today other than making Masala and reading…but now I’m going to watch nascar on prime on the computer…this is a little weird having nascar on along with the drag races on the tv….and I’m doing this while I have the race audio in my earbuds…so I don’t need to cook much for the week until Thursday or so since I still have potato salad in the fridge along with bacon for blts…and I got all the stuff I got at DD in the freezer…didn’t eat a second meal again today so I think that is going to catch up to me Tuesday or so and my legs will go flat…I do like losing weight so I’m going to keep it up until I hit the wall…okay, time for races…

Well…have been running since I started around 7 this morning but it 2pm and I am done for the day…the first cruise ship of the year is docked downtown and I wonder if we’ll get a lot of them this year…I think we got a dozen last year…just finished cleaning up after making the Masala for lunch and then treated the pot from the instant pot with soft scrub and then wiping it down with lemon juice to keep it from oxidizing…there was only a couple of blood spots on the trail and no abandoned bikes like last year…but there was tons of red bull cans along the trail and…I did get my 33 miles in and it was nice to have the trail to myself again…just a few bikes and walkers today like usual…okay, need to read….

Well…it’s 38 degrees on the first of June and I know I’ve never seen that before…this has been the coldest spring I can remember and I’m pretty damn old…the heat has been on for almost three weeks now and it’s not going to get out of the 70′s for another week…this is not normal…when I moved out here 4 years ago, I was on the beach in June but this year it won’t be until July…ick…slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed tit almost 6:30 but I still feel like I haven’t slept in weeks…part of that could be only having one meal yesterday and I really think it’s going to be a lot of work to do better today…have the chicken thawed for Masala but the thought of doing that much work is not sitting well right now…it takes a couple of hours to make and clean up from it and I don’t have the energy right now…I do need to get on the indoor bike soon so I can be done by 9 when the F1 race is on but then I don’t know what I’m going to do the rest of the day…nothing probably but I do need to clean the fridge at some point…and the living room, and the kitchen, and everything else…but I need more coffee before I get going here in 17 minutes….more later…

Well…I had forgotten that today was “drunks on the trail” day and it was a mess for the first ride outdoors…but, being the idiot I am, I went back out to get a second ride in and it was just a frickin crowded mess and I ended up riding in the road all the way back…there must have be a dozen crashes and a hundred close calls and the trail will be a mess in the morning…but I did get the33 miles in so I guess that’s something…there were over a thousand people on bikes and I think it’s too crowded when I see 10…so, next year I’ll just take a pass on this day and ride indoors…should have done that today since my legs have been asking for a rest for quite a while…I’m still laughing that I bought 600 tabs of benadryl for 10 bucks…they do work better than the red dots so it looks like I’m good for the rest of the year..and they make me sleep better…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6 this morning and I’ll take that any day…time for weight work…

Well…damn, it’s only 41 degrees out here and the heat has been running all night and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that going into June…this has been the coldest spring I can remember…so I won’t be outside on the bike until around noon or so…I’m glad I mowed the lawn yesterday so that leaves me only cleaning to do today as I ease into the day…I did get the 600 generic benadryls yesterday and tried one last night and they seem to work okay…my allergies have been so terrible lately that I needed to do something…the generic flonase that I ordered is not going to be here til next Tuesday but I need it now and that sucks…slept okay last night…finally…and didn’t get out of bed til 6 and slept through the night and after the 3am debacle of yesterday that is a welcome change…need to get moving soon to be on the bike downstairs before 7 but I sure don’t want to…just want to sit here and have coffee and let my body wake up…more later…