Well…in all of my long years, I have never been summoned to be on a jury until I got one today…and while I was filling out the questionaire I see that by being 70 years old or older you have a get out of jail free card to be permanently taken off the jury rolls…so I filled out the questionaire online and checked the exemption box so I guess I’ll go through my entire life without having to serve on a jury…I guess getting old is good for something….

Well…up and out of bed at 5:30 again today and I wonder if I’ll ever sleep well again…on the 2nd cup of coffee already and will need to get moving as soon as it gets light but that gives me almost 45 minutes to sit and sip…it looks like my beach days could be over for the year as it’s not going to get into the 70’s until late in the day for the next week or so and not even out of the 60’s next Monday…brrrr…don’t have a lot to do today after getting the grocery run done yesterday so I really should clean today before I immerse myself in reading this afternoon…no rain in the forecast for the next week but we did get a ton of it Monday night and even had the trail flooded in spots…had a 150 feet under 4-5 inches of water and I soaked my shoes getting through it….unless it rains almost every day for the rest of the summer, my lawn won’t recover and that sucks…oh, well…going to get moving soon and just see what the day will look like….more later…

Well…just put the yard waste bag out and it’s still raining so I may have to re-think my schedule for the day and do the grocery run this morning if it’s still raining at 8am… but the little weather widget says the rain will stop by 7:30 so I may be able to get back on schedule and even get a beach run in today…I do really want more coffee but I’ve had my allotment for the day so I’d have to make some pour over and I don’t want to make that much effort…so I guess I’ll just sit here and wait the rain out…oh, well…

Well…it’s spitting rain out there so I’ll be waiting to get on the bike for a bit…but should still be out and riding before 7 so I guess that’s about on time…just poured the first cup of coffee and I’m going to have at least two cups before I go out…it barely got out of the 60’s yesterday but it’s supposed to get to almost 80 today so there may be a beach trip…but my schedule is disrupted by the rain…the forecast says 100% rain with thunderstorms but the radar says it’s almost over so I’ll just have to wait it out…I did almost get through the first book yesterday and I’ll finish it up and start the 2nd this morning if it keeps raining….don’t have to cook today with stir fry and chicken taco leftovers but I do need to plan for later in the week and I have no idea what that will be…I do have a dozen eggs and I could thaw some bacon to go with them for a breakfast for lunch but that doesn’t need to happen for a few days…not much to do today…just going to ease into the day an drink lots more coffee to get me jump started…more later…

Well…after getting the two bike rides in and an errand run, I really did take the rest of the day off and just vegged out and read…I did get 5 new books from the library today to get me through the week…it just barely got out of the 60’s today so no beach day for me…maybe tomorrow…I did get the trash packed up and out for pickup tomorrow and I have to remember to put the yard waste out as soon as I get up in the morning since it may rain and I don’t want the paper bag to fall apart…I always up way before they come to collect that stuff so that will work out…I did make the chicken tacos I marinaded overnight and I feel so bad that I can barely taste them anymore…not tasting sucks…I’ve already read 2/3rds of the first book and still have a half hour left to read so I think I go back to that now…

Well…damn, running late already and it’s only 6:40 and that sucks…need to get going by 7 so that means hauling ass from this point forward…didn’t sleep much last night and that is going to hurt later but I’m not sure what I’m going to do today…don’t think it’s going to be warm enough to go to the beach this morning but I do need to go to the library and then to Meijers to pick up a prescription for my BP meds…and do the bike rides…it’s only 63 here right now and I did have to close up the windows since it was a little cool with a breeze blowing through here…and there is a weather change coming with highs in the 70’s for the next week starting tomorrow and I can take a bit of that…the heat and humidity has been wearing me out and I’ve been wearing out the tower fan running it all day…I’m laughing that they have an inch of rain in the forecast for tomorrow and I don’t remember them being so wrong so long…that inch of rain has been forecast for weeks and it never comes…oh, well…need to get going…more later…

Well…after getting the bike rides in by 9:30 today, I really thought I was done for the day but no such luck…okay, I really haven’t done that much but I’ve had a steady stream of thing to do…I started by getting the laundry in, then cut up some chicken and got it in a marinade to let it sit overnight and make the tacos tomorrow…then I finished off the bacon with a blt for lunch, put the laundry away, froze the chicken I need for masala later in the week, and cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes…so little tasks that needed to be done and added up to get me to 2:30 before I was really done for the day……now I need to put the trash out since it has piled up in the kitchen and I need to scrub out the trash can and it’s top….oh, and do my weight work…so I better get my butt moving…

Well…damn, I’m getting tired of getting out of bed before 6am every damn day…I spend my days worn out and I’m tired of that, too…slept pretty crappy with getting up a few times and I’m tired of bitching about that, too…I did get out to the beach on a Saturday for the first time in a long time yesterday and it wasn’t bad…not too busy and the water was perfect…so I got a swim in and back here by noon…they have the dredge out again to clear out the channel but they are not putting the sand on the beach this time…they’re just moving it to 100 yards off the beach in a big pile…weird…finished up the last book yesterday so I’ll have a day without reading today and that is going to be really boring…will need to hit the library tomorrow and then Meijers to pick up a prescription and I’ll probably go to the beach again…it’s damn humid here again today and it’s going to close to 90 again…it did rain for about 10 minutes yesterday but most of it missed us and that sucks…need to get on the bike in a few minutes but I want a bagel first…more later…

Well…it’s still damn hot an humid at the early hour that I got up…before 6am and another night of up and down has left me worn out and hoping the coffee will work soon…I did get out to the beach yesterday and had a nice swim but not today or tomorrow since I just don’t go out there on the weekend…it’s supposed to be raining right now but there is nothing on the radar or in the forecast when we were supposed to get an inch of rain today…so I really don’t have to rush to get on the bike…but I will be out before 7am…I do need to cook today and I’m going to make some chicken stir fry but that may wait til later…I found that one of the books I got this week I’ve already read and that means I need to make the last one last until Monday or read something I have on hand…didn’t eat enough yesterday with just a dog and a blt so I’ve already had a toasted bagel with cream cheese to give me enough fuel to get through the two rides…not much to do today…just the rides and maybe some soccer but ManU doesn’t play till tomorrow so I’m not that interested…more later…

Well…damn, I’m exhausted this morning and I’m sure it’s from being up and down all night…and I just poured the first cup of coffee so that’s not going to help for a while…and I really do need to get on the bike before 7 so that gives me 21 minutes to get moving…the humidity is back and I’m sitting here sweating already even though the temp is only 67…I am going to go out to the beach today with summer winding down and there is a sense of urgency to it…another task to be accomplished that should just be fun…oh, well…I’m hoping that my legs will be better today after my right hip just howling at me yesterday but it doesn’t hurt right now so maybe…the heat is going back up to almost 90 until Sunday and then next week we’ll have highs in the 70’s and that will be welcome…still have leftovers for today with a dog and blt but I will have to cook tomorrow…some stir fry chicken I think and maybe just a chicken breast to make sandwiches since I have lettuce and tomatoes…I did make another jar of pickles yesterday and I’ll try it today to see if the 1 1/2 cups of vinegar is the way to go…more later…