Well…okay, now I’m feeling the effects of not sleeping at all last night but I still couldn’t take a nap like I could in my 30’s and 40’s…so it will probably be an early night tonight and I’ll be in bed by 10 or so…I did get 4 rides in before noon for another day of 42 miles…there is something screwy with the shifter on the bike and I think it may be the cable starting to come apart in one of the sheaths they run through…it’s done that before but I want to hit it with a blast of water from the hose first when I turn the outdoor tap on and put a new valve on the outlet…then I can drag the hose out and wash it out to make sure I don’t replace a good cable…it was a little marginal with it only 53 when I went out but I survived it in shorts and riding gloves…but I may need to rethink spending 4 hours a day on the bikes…I have so much other stuff to do that needs to be done like raking the lawn and reseeding parts of it and it will need to be mowed in another week or so…and my front steps have turned green from algae so I need some deck wash and elbow grease…too damn much work to do…and this summer I’ll have to scrub the entire house again…ick….

Well…that really sucked…probably the worst night of sleep in a year…got maybe 3 hours of sleep over the entire night and was up and down starting after the first hour of sleep that took and hour and a half to get to…up at 1, 2:24, 3:01, then up for an hour and a half so I decided to start planting the seeds for the garden and climbed back into bed at 4:30 and then out of bed a little before 6..so yeah, I’m  a little worn out today and I’m hoping fora nap later but it probably won’t happen…darn…not as sore as I should be after 42 miles on the bike yesterday and I am going to try to repeat that today and need to get going to make that happen…and I do need to start on the yard work to get the leaves picked up…it’s going to need mowing in the next couple of weeks, too…so I’m going to be busy starting today and I’m not sure if I like that or not…the garden needs to be turned over to get it ready if the seeds sprout and I still need to get some more bean seeds and will do that tomorrow…need to pour down the coffee if I’m going to get on the bike by 6:45…not much to do today…the rides are the central part of the day and will take up the morning and into the early afternoon…but, I’m not sure how I’m going to feel after I get started…need to do my teeth first….more later…

Well…not sure why I did it today but I did two rides inside and then did two outside for a total of 42 miles…on the bike for over 4 hours today but I don’t feel too bad right now…and I got the chance to see the eclipse from start to finish and it got all the way down to less than an eighth of the sun showing…pretty neat…and I finally got out to get my prescription that had a retail price of 1,159 dollars that I got for 23 bucks…and Meijers had already applied the discount before I even showed them the coupon from GoodRX…so pretty cool…today is the first day of my month long dry time until May 3rd and I’m pretty sure I won’t sleep at all in that time…oh, well…and the money I would have spent on booze this week can go to a spare tire for the back of the bike…I do need to get my blood pressure down and no cocktails will help that…along with eliminating the calories from it…so we’ll see how I feel in a few days…

Well…up at 5:30 this morning and I’m feeling pretty worn out today…as always…and need to get moving and on the bike soon but I really want to have a day off at some point…cripes, I say that every day but the guilts will keep me riding every day…have almost 100 days in a row on the bike and I’m still heading toward riding every day this year…my neck is better today and I can’t figure that out with how stiff and painful it was yesterday…couldn’t even turn it to the left without it howling at me…I am going to take a look at the eclipse today even though it won’t be a total one but that’s okay…I do need to run out and pick up the prescription I’ve been trying to get filled for a week now and maybe go to Menards to pick up some deck wash and maybe some grass seed and some flower seeds for the back of the house…they have the cheap seeds for 59 cents a pack and I would like some color around here…need to plant my garden seeds downstairs today, too…and climb in the crawlspace and turn the outdoor water on…so a busy day today…again…that I need to get started soon…more later…

Well…I got another outdoor ride in today and it was in the upper 50’s when I went out so no problem with freezing my hands…but the wind was blowing about 15-20 on the way back but I remembered to not use my left arm to pull against it…had to take an ibuprofen before I went out so it doesn’t hurt as much as it did…still can’t turn my head to the left, though…so that makes the 2nd day in a row of 30 miles and I need to do that every day if I’m going to make the mileage goals…I had to get out early with rain coming in in just a few minutes…I do need to lubricate the bike tomorrow since it has a squeak in the swingarm bushing…and the shifter is sticking from sand in it…should probably crawl into the crawlspace and turn the outdoor water on…

Well…damn, I really hurt myself going into the wind on the bike yesterday and I can barely move my neck today….and the thought entered my head that there is going to come a point where I just can’t do it anymore and that just sucks…need to get moving soon to get the first ride in but the F1 race is on and I want to see some of that but they are going to re-run it this afternoon so I guess I can watch it then…slept pretty crappy last night and tonight is going to be the last night of cocktails until after my upcoming doctors appointment on the 3rd of May to get my blood pressure down before then…and it will help me lose weight…want to drop another 10 pounds before summer to get me down into the 150’s…I did get some things done yesterday but I really do need some time off as I get older…getting three rides in, doing the weed walk, and starting to clean up the yard took a lot out of me and it doesn’t help that I only had a bowl of soup and a BLT yesterday but I’m doing that again today…just so darn worn out that it is going to be a chore to get going…not much to do today…have 14 minutes to get on the bike and today is going to be a struggle…more later…

Well…it has been a busy day today and I looked for a political topic but couldn’t find one so I’ll do this instead…after I got up, I was on the bike around 7 and had both rides in before 9:30…then I put wok clothes and went out to clear the dog crap off my front terrace…then I filled my sprayer up with weed killer and did the first weed walk of the year that took forever since I have more weeds than grass at this point with the big drought last year…so I’ll be seeding…again…maybe next week since there are a couple of days of rain in the forecast…I did get out on the outdoor bike but went out at 51 degrees in shorts and froze my fingers in the new riding gloves…and the wind was blowing 15 on the way out and I pulled something in my back that is going to have to be heated tonight…darn…I did take the cap off the outside faucet and put the valve on it but I still need to climb in the crawlspace and turn the shutoff on….should probably clean it while I’m in there since there are some old paint cans that need to be discarded…maybe tomorrow…okay…going to go read a bit…

Well…damn, up at 5:14 this morning and out of bed by 6 so I wonder how I’m already running late? Need to get on the bike in 15 minutes but I haven’t even had the first cup of coffee…and I am sore from riding outdoors yesterday and I’ll be back to that today…my allergies could put me on the couch today if I let them…going to have to use some flonase before I get on the bike…had a good day yesterday but I’m sure I didn’t eat enough with only two bowls of soup and about 600 calories for the day….will have to try to do better today and I will with soup and then a blt later….would like to get out on the bike in shorts today but that means the outdoor ride will be in the afternoon since it’s only 32 out there right now…I really need to get on some lawn work and plant some seeds downstairs but that will mean no reading today and I can probably use the rest for my eyes…and I do need to do a weed walk out there since the whole yard has been over run by weeds…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike soon and then get off my butt and get some work done….more later…

Well…had a pretty good day today and got some things done…after the first two rides indoors, I jumped in the car to run over to Meijers and check on my prescription wearing my Manchester United hat…after I hit the pharmacy and they said it would take 30 minutes to fill the prescription so I did some shopping since I wanted one more bag of bird food…after I got that done, I went back to wait for it at the pharmacy and noticed they had signs up for the booster vaccine for anyone over 65 so I signed up with no reservation and 5 minutes later they called me and I got it…no reaction at all so far other than a little pain…while I was waiting after that, a young guy noticed my hat and we sat there and talked English Premiere League for 15 minutes…he is a Tottenham fan and was jealous I got to see a match at Old Trafford…then they called me to tell me they didn’t have enough pills to fill my prescription so I came away empty handed…again..but, they’ll have it done by Monday so I’ll pick it up then…was on the run from 7am til a little after noon with getting an outdoor ride in today…wind was nuts, again, coming back so I’ll be sore tomorrow…hoping to get 4 rides in tomorrow…2 inside and two outside for 41 miles…I did hit 2,000 miles for the year today and only missed the goal by 5 days…and that’s a success to me…

Well…man, only have 15 minutes before I need to get on the bike for the first ride and I just poured the first cup of coffee…slept okay last night but was up and down all night and I’m feeling it right now…I do have an errand to run after the indoor rides since I am still working on getting my damn prescription filled and I wonder why it’s such a problem…and I’m going to buy one more bag of bird food for this year…it looks like I’ll be able to get outdoors on the bike today but it will still be in the 40’s…I may be able to get out in half thermasuit tomorrow and try out my new riding gloves…I’ll have to check if I’ve hit 2K miles for the year…close to it but we’ll see…still working on leftovers so I won’t have to cook today but will finish up the ham soup today and will need to cook something tomorrow…will be doing some freezer diving today…still have some bacon wrapped pork loins in there but I did take the bacon out of the freezer for blts since I bought tomatoes earlier…I do need to plant my veggie seeds this weekend so I get a small head start on the garden but I won’t be planting outdoors until May….not going to repeat the debacle of last year…but need to prep the garden before that and get started on the lawn…not much to do today…this will be the last easy day for a while so I’m going to take advantage of it…more later…