Well…man, another busy day today with an indoor ride, over to the library, and out for an outdoor ride, then I made a batch of soup, then decided I was going to try to figure out the brake noise that was annoying the hell out of me…it sounded like the right rear brake this time so I took it apart and yep, the inner pad had fallen apart and half of it was gone and the other half was just wedged in no longer attached to the backing plate….so I took it apart and this time the pad retractor worked perfectly and it took less than an hour from start to finish…so now I’m hoping that this will fix the long pedal travel, too, since I have the pads adjusted right…and I had the pads here from fixing the other side…probably should have just replaced them all but I seem so damn busy…after that, I got the second ride in and I still have the weight work to do…at least the car is now fixed and I won’t cringe driving it anymore…yay me!

Well…looking for a change, I got my Abbey Road coffee mug out this morning…it’s smaller than the red one my daughter brought me so I’ll have to pour more cups to get going…the heat came on last night and it’s darn near June and that is just wrong…and it’s raining out there right now so it may be a two indoor ride day today…I am going to make potato soup today to use up the small yellow potatoes I’ve had for a couple of weeks…and will do that for lunch…I still hurt like crazy from going into the big wind yesterday and I’m surprised that every time I move I find more pain from more places…and it’s not from sleeping wrong like almost every night…oh, well…no rabbits in the garden this morning but I think that’s from the rain were having right now…but it’s supposed to stop around 9:30am so there will be time to get two outdoor rides in this afternoon…and it’s going to warm up to the upper 70’s and low 80’s for the next 10 days or so with a little rain mixed in and I hope that keeps up to keep my lawn alive….and I have grass seed to put in to start trying to fill in the spaces where I killed the weeds….and put more weed killer on…so I’ll have to get off my butt and get some work done…starting in 13 minutes on the indoor bike…not much to do today…need to get on the bike after one more cup of coffee and I think I’ll do the weight work after that…not taking it easy for me…more later…

well…I don’t know how I got so darn lazy but I have to change that…I did get two indoor rides in and one outdoor ride in so I guess that counts for something…Oh, and I did finish up the second book and chased bunnies out of my garden where there were 4 of them around it this morning…they didn’t eat anything yet but you can be sure they will attack the lettuce that is growing really well and that I’ll be able to pick soon…it’s the kind that just grows leaves and not heads so I’ll have to figure out when it’s ready to pick and eat…okay, just watched a youtube video and the lettuce will be ready in about a week or so and I think it will be cool to have a salad from my garden…no tomatoes or peppers yet but they are growing out there and have flowered so in about 6 weeks I’ll have tomatoes and peppers…can’t wait to see what the chili peppers look like since I have a lot of them that survived and are starting to thrive…okay, need to get ready to be lazy the rest of the day…

Well…not sure why but I felt cold last night and I’m sitting here in almost winter clothes trying to get warm…one of these days I’m going to not think about schedules and bike rides and just wing a day,,,but not today…have 25 minutes before I need to get on the indoor bike and it’s almost warm enough to go outdoors when I’m done with that…slept okay last night but I’m sore darn near everywhere so there may be some ibuprofen in my future…not sure how that happened since I haven’t done anything but ride the bike…it feels like another ride into the wind but it wasn’t too windy yesterday…maybe I just need a light day…I used to take a day off for recovery regularly and I may have to start doing that again as I get older…today is the last day of leftovers so I need to plan some meals today…more potato soup and chicken masala? Have all the ingredients that are edging toward spoiling so I just need to take the chicken out of the freezer and spend a day cooking tomorrow…I think I need to get the recipes out and start to use the canned goods I have on my prep table…not much to do today…I really should start on the windows but I sure don’t feel like it right now…13 minutes til I need to get on the bike and I’ve only poured half a cup of coffee down and that’s not enough….but I guess I’ll survive it…more later…

Well…it was a pretty good day today and I even got my 32 miles in today and only had to skip the second half of the F1 race to do it…it was boring anyway…and now I’m watching Indy that started 4 hours late so it is running at the same time as the Coke 600 but I’ll finish Indy before I go over to watch nascar…I do have some flowers on both my bean plants and pepper plants…and quite a few of the pepper plants that came up in the cups are starting to grow so I’ll have peppers late in the summer…and I’ll plant the last pack of broccoli seeds in about 3 weeks so those will feed me later in the summer, too…I even have 6 sunflowers that the squirrels haven’t discovered and they are up over a foot tall now…but I’ll probably go out there tomorrow and they will be cut down…we did get some rain here but it didn’t last nearly long enough for the lawn but I’m not going to water it…it may rain later tonight so I’ll keep my fingers crossed…I think I may do a second planting of beans later, too since they freeze well and I’ve never grown more than I can eat…need to plant onions next year…if the leeks don’t turn out…

Well…damn, I have 5 minutes before I have to get on the indoor bike to start the day and I’m so worn out that it is going to be a struggle to get moving…the assholes up here were lighting off fireworks all night last night so I ended up sleeping with earplugs in…they need to repeal the fireworks laws that the repubs passed a few years back…what’s the point of it anyway? Freedom? For who? Today used to be my favorite race day of the year but with having to get so many miles in on the bike, it’s just work now…and I hurt my back somehow and it hurts to just sit here…crap…it looks like Indy may be rained out but I guess I’ll just have to wait to see about that…lots of storms on the radar but, with our luck out here, they will probably all just fall apart and it will stay dry even though the forecast says 100% chance of rain…still have leftovers so I don’t have to cook today but I should make some potato soup to use up the yellow potatoes before they spoil….not much to do today…just wedging in the bike rides when I can and watching the F1 race to start the day…probably won’t get the full 32 miles in today but that’s okay…feeling like I need a break after the indoor ride to heal up some…more later…

Well…it seems these days that every day is a busy one even though I cut back riding to only 32 miles a day…after the indoor ride where I hit 2,000 miles for the first time ever…the next highest mileage was last year at 1,134…I wonder if I can get to 3,000 miles down there this year…then an outdoor ride before I watched F1 qualifying, then back on the outdoor bike and then I fired up the lawnmower and mowed the lawn since it was getting long and the rain coming in for tomorrow and Monday would have made it too long to mulch…but, now I’m done for the day and I’m going to watch the race that’s on after I finish this…okay, that’s it…need a break…

Well…woke up to the rain at around 3 am and had a hard time getting back to sleep…so I’m feeling that this morning and need to get moving in 20 minutes to be able to get the indoor ride in and one outdoor ride in before F1 qualifying comes on at 10…I do think the decision to limit myself to only 32 miles a day is the right one…it leaves me time to get other things done…my back is really sore this morning for some reason and I know I didn’t do anything that would have hurt it so it must be the dread hurt myself sleeping again thing….I really do need to get started on cleaning the windows and taking the bird feeder down and that may be today since I don’t have to cook with having the leftovers from grilling yesterday…there is a race on later that may interrupt that but we’ll see…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the rides and grilling and today looks the same…I did read all afternoon and finished up one of the books I got Monday…it’s going to be cooler today with highs only around 70 or less and that is more normal than the 85 degrees yesterday…not much to do today…just need to pour more coffee down and get on the indoor bike in 9 minutes but I don’t want to…more later…

Well…damn, I’m tired this morning and I’m really not looking forward to this daunting day…have 20 minutes until I have to get on the bike for the indoor ride, then an errand, then two outdoor rides…and I have to cook since I used up the leftovers yesterday…slept okay last night but don’t feel like I slept at all…the coffee needs to work soon or I’m going to be glued to this couch all morning….it’s only 54 right now but it will be warm enough to get on the outdoor bike by the time I get back from the errand…it looks like my race day Sunday is going to be interrupted by thunderstorms that will extend down to Indy so that race will be postponed until Monday…darn…had to make two noise calls yesterday and I am so damn tired of that crap…I really hate these assholes and I want to tell the people who are looking at the house on 7th that is for sale…no one should have to deal with this and I know the realtor is not telling them the truth about this neighborhood…I mean 180 grand to listen to this crap? Not much to do today…I know I’ve said I want to take a day off but I’ve made a huge leap towards it in the past day or so…just so worn out…and need some rest…more later…

Well…it is halfway day today and I’ve never had this many miles in this early in any year since I started riding many years ago…I still remember when I was happy and a little proud to have 500 miles in by labor day and the progression to 3,550 over the years has been a lot of work…I was able to sleep on my back again last night and I am still trying to figure out what has changed to allow me to do that…maybe the weight loss? Have 20 minutes before I need to get on the indoor bike and if I can get going by 7 I’ll have all three rides in before 10 today…I do need to figure out the brakes on the car today and that only means taking all 4 tires off and looking at the rotors…not a lot of work but it’s still a pain…made the coffee a little strong this morning with opening a new container of Colombian last night and putting an extra half tablespoon using up the old stuff…yow…jet fuel…still have leftovers for today but tomorrow I’ll fire up the grill and make some burgers and brats and eat all the stuff that is bad for me…and I’ll have fresh corn on the cob to add in somehow…not much to do today…just need to get the rides in and then I can wing it for the rest of the day…I do need to plan on cleaning the windows soon like I do every year and that includes washing the blinds…there is so much dirt in the windows from the dust up here…more later….