Well…after the coffee make screwed up last night, I really thought I was going to have to buy a new one…but today when I hit the brew later button, the time came up as midnight instead of 6am where I had it set…so I figured the power blinked last night and dumped that information…but the weird thing was that the clock was still set right along with the microwave and range…never saw that before…I did get the 50 miles in today on the bike and I was really sore and hurting on the last ride…it was so foggy on the 2nd ride that I couldn’t see Lake Michigan from my water stop bench and I got soaked just riding through it…took the rest of the afternoon off after lunch and just did some cleaning and reading sine I have books that need to go back to the library Monday…there is a big bike event going on down the hill at Heritage Landing tomorrow that I’m going to check out…they even have differing length rides you can sign up for but that’s not my style…don’t want to ride with anyone but myself…

Well…darn, I think my coffee maker is dying…it brewed a pot this morning but then shut off and now it isn’t keeping the coffee hot…and this one has only lasted a year…guess I’ll have to get out the french press for tomorrow…I have a conundrum this morning…it’s warm enough to go outdoors for rides right now but if I start that, I’ll have to do 4 outdoors for over 50 miles today…and I’m not sure if I want to do that much work…slept okay last night and only got up once all night but still feel pretty worn out today…it can’t be that I’ve done 46 miles a day for the past three days and haven’t been eating enough…can it? Have been under 1K calories for days now and I wonder if I have the ability to eat more? Who knows? Got a lot done yesterday but I am going to take it easier today with just riding in the schedule…going to make some bean and chicken burritos later…have green pepper, lettuce, and tomatoes along with enchilada sauce so it could be pretty tasty with coating the chicken with taco seasoning…and I have chicken to make some masala tomorrow or Sunday…and I have some pickled red onions to put on the burritos, too, so it could be pretty darn tasty…and I have another red onion to make more…not much to do today…it’s almost 7 and I need to decide how to start the day…it’s funny how I started riding only 3 miles a day and that has evolved into 50 miles a day…I’m still wondering if I’m doing good for my body or using it up and will pay for it later? Who knows? More later…

Well…it’s a little after 4 and I’ve been running all day since 7 am when I got on the indoor bike for the first ride…then mowed the lawn, then three rides, and just finished grilling some chicken that will last me into the weekend…going to make some chicken/bean burritos with some chicken breast I just grilled along with thighs and a pork tenderloin fillet…so a 9 hour day with another 46 miles in it and I know I’ll hit halfway by the end of the month…my shortest ride this week has been 38 miles and I think I’ll make it three in a row of 46 tomorrow if it doesn’t rain me out…and it looks like it won’t…storms are passing to the north and south right now…oh, well…maybe a little rain tonight but we are going to be 80 Sunday and Monday and then back down in the 60’s again…crap, just remembered I still have the weight work to do…oh, well…

Well…last night is how it should be up here all the time…I had my windows and porch open and it was quiet…no damn loud cars, no assholes thinking the neighborhood needs loud music…just the birds and a little wind through the trees…and that just makes it even worse that it won’t last…that tonight will be another night of police calls and loud assholes…and three years of it is enough….damn, it’s cold out there this morning so the first ride is going to be indoors since I want to get to 2,000 miles on that bike to go along with the outdoor miles…only have about 200 miles to do for halfway to the goal…and I’m confident I’m going to get there….slept okay last night and did the conversion to summer in the bed by folding the comforter and putting the thin wool blanket my daughter left me on the bed…got out of bed a little before 6 and that has me on schedule to be on the indoor bike by 7 and then mowing the lawn by 8 if it’s dry enough…if not, I’ll have to sit here until the temp comes up enough to ride outdoors…had a nice little surprise when I found a packet of broccoli seeds in the trunk of the car yesterday and I think I’ll plant them in about a month so I’ll have broccoli all summer…not much to do today…I wonder if I should retire that saying? Once I start today, it will be running all day and I still think there is something wrong with that…but that’s me…goals, goals. goals…more later…

Well…is it weird that it feels better that I have a plan for tomorrow? I’ve never been good with uncertainty…it’s like I’m executing a plan that I had to do when I was in business…I know I’m getting on the indoor bike by 7 am tomorrow….then I’m either going to mow the lawn or ride outdoors depending on how wet the grass is…whatever that choice is, I’ll keep moving forward…then using up the soup for lunch and planning to grill some chicken thighs and a pork loin filet for dinner…after I ride two more times outside…I wonder what it would feel like to just do whatever? Can I be deprogrammed at this late date? Really don’t think so but not having a bike goal next year will help…welcome to my world…it’s a roller coaster ride….

Well…crap…just noticed I only did one of these yesterday and that is not acceptable..not sure how that happened but it won’t happen today…out of bed at 5:34 this morning and I need to get on the bike in 20 minutes so I can get an indoor ride in before I do the grocery run…it’s going to be a three store run today with stopping at DD to see if the deal on burger is true…I mean 3 bucks for 60 ozs? Has to be a misprint but it’s on the way home so I’ll take a look….didn’t get much done yesterday other than a little garden work and I am going to take it easy…for me..today…still pretty darn sore and don’t want to make that worse…my perennials at the back of the house have bloomed and that is cool…have three colors opening and it’s nice to have a little color out there…and I have a few sunflowers that have survived and I hope they get to the point that they bloom…had a possum in the yard yesterday and I wonder if it was cutting down some of the veggies in the garden? Not much to do today…need to get started soon and that is harder than it looks…and I have a big grocery list that is going to be a lot of work…I’m tired…more later…

Well…I am so tired of being sore all the time…all I did was work in the yard a bit yesterday and my entire body hurts…can barely move my neck and my back and hips are throbbing but I still need to get on the bike in the next 15 minutes or so…didn’t get out of bed til 6:34 today and I’ll be on the bike by a little after 7…it’s supposed to rain a little later and I’m not sure how many miles I’ll do today…did 38 yesterday but to get there today will mean an indoor ride this afternoon…I really do need to clean the bathroom today and slow down a bit…have been on the bikes for 135 days in a row as of today but there is a guy on mastodon who has been riding for 1335 days straight and I’ll never get to that…but I did ride every day after I got back from the trip last fall so I guess that’s another 75 days I could add…not sure what I’m going to do today other than ride the bike…I do need to figure out the second meal today and I think it will be chicken strips out of the freezer along with some fries to go with the soup for lunch….need to get some lettuce and tomatoes to make some bean burritos tomorrow since I bought a big bag of shredded cheddar at aldis Friday….damn, my hips hurt from just sitting on the ground and sawing on the trash bushes yesterday…it did rain yesterday and will again today so the garden will be okay…not sure when I’m going to mow the lawn this week but it will probably be tomorrow or Thurs…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in the next 5 minutes or so and get this old body moving but I really don’t want to…more later…

Well…you know, I have a question…why am I always so busy? I’m damn retired after all and yet this is what my day looked like today…started out with 3 outdoor rides for about 38 miles…the wind was blowing but out of the south so that’s not too bad…then back here for lunch and right out to work in the garden…planted all of the rest of the peppers that had sprouted…almost 10 of them and had both green and chili peppers go in…not sure if they will survive but if a couple do I’ll be happy…and that ends the planting for the year unless any more peppers come up in the leftover red cups out back…and I just planted a leftover pack of chili pepper seeds in a trough that I made with my planting shovel and it appears that some of those have sprouted, too…so I may be able to replenish my hot pepper supplies in the freezer…the rest of the garden is okay except for the carrots and cukes but I have my fingers crossed that the cukes grow…so nothing to do now but feed, water, and weed…after the garden work, I took my pruning saw and cut a couple of the trash bushes that are growing in my fence right down at dirt level…need to kill the damn things so I don’t have to keep them clipped…after that, I got out the string trimmer and did the whole yard so it looks finished and neat…it’s almost 5 and I just finished my weight work for the day…not sure if that answered the title question but these were all things that had to be done and there is no one else to do it…still have to put the trash out…and should do that before the rain starts…damn, I’m busy…oh, just noticed the damage on my shins from running the trimmer today…my left on has over twenty small dings that were bleeding…cripes…

Well…didn’t get out of bed til almost 7 this morning and that makes me late for getting the day started…the plan was to be on the outdoor bike by now to get three rides in outdoors today and I guess that could still work…it’s warm enough to go out in a long sleeved t-shirt right now but the wind is 10-15 out of the SW and I really long for a calm day to not have to think about that…not too sore today and will be on the bike in 16 minutes…had to squash an asshole thumping the neighborhood last night and I hope I’m getting to all of them…might run the string trimmer today since I’m getting too lazy about getting my work done here and I need to get started seeding the weedy parts of the lawn…have to plan some meals for the week but I haven’t even thought about it lately…have some shredded cheddar that should be used for some bean burritos but I would have to go out to get some tomatoes for them and I don’t want to do that until the grocery run Wed…not much to do today…just need to get my butt moving and get on the bike and then figure out what the day is going to look like…more later…

Well…yeah, I know…it’s after 1:30 and I still haven’t found a political topic that grabs me today…so, I guess I’ll do this instead…as I said earlier, had very little pain when I got up this morning and, even after 33 miles on the bikes, I still have almost no pain…in fact it isn’t even as bad as normal so I can’t figure that out…but I’ll take it…there were changes on the trail this morning and the big one is all of the chain link fencing came down around the new condo development and they even took the stuff down that was blocking the trail…so, of course, I had to ride in there this morning to take a look…it’s going to be a pretty cool development when it’s finished and I can’t wait til they have the trail back in so I can ride through it every day…they are not going to make the late May move in date for the condos since they only have 19 days to finish and there is a lot to do…and supposedly, they have a wedding planned for the end of May, too, but the common building is farther behind than the condos and there is no landscaping at all in there…I still question paying at least 675,000 dollars for a unit and not even getting a garage…and overlooking all of the industrial buildings…not a view I’d want to see every day…oh, well…rich people suck anyway so maybe they deserve it? Oh, one last thing…on the mile and a half part of the trail that is on the road, they painted some really bright, reflective paint lines making out that it is a bike trail and not part of the traffic lane…you could barely see the old lines so maybe this will keep the distracted assholes from almost running over me every day…ha, ha…that made me laugh..