Well…damn, it looks like it rained a bit overnight and it’s still spitting so the bike rides may be delayed some today…I took a big flap if skin off my right thumb cleaning my new salt shaker/pepper mill yesterday and it bled all day until I used some super glue to  close up the wound and I don’t know if I’ll be able to shift the bike with the damage…crap…it was so damn hot yesterday that I could barely move and the heat and humidity is just wearing me out…and today looks about the same and after not sleeping at all last night, I’m worn out…might even go out in the rain this morning since it’s still 75 and I don’t mind riding in the rain…I really do need a rest day after more than 650 days in a row on the bike…but I’m shooting for a full two years and that will be October 19th so I need to keep going…need to figure out meals since I only have one meal of leftovers for today so I might make some pasta salad and dig in the freezer…lots of stuff in there but I really don’t want to think about that right now…more later…

Well…okay, I’ll say it…it’s too damn hot out here today…and to add insult to that, we missed a huge storm that passed us by to the north and I really don’t think it’s ever going to rain here again…it’s 6pm and it’s still 88 degrees out here…so, of course, I didn’t do anything outside today after I got the rides in early…most of the day was sitting on the couch on a towel in front of the fan and reading…I did watch the latest “Jurassic Park” movie last night and it was pretty good with lots of passages that paid homage to Spielberg’s movies…kinda fun…so I’m not sure what the entertainment is going to be for tonight…”Svengoolie” has the very first “Wolfman” movie from 1935 and I can’t remember if I’ve seen it or not…no more reading…

Well…up too damn early at 5:31 and don’t feel like I’ve slept at all so it will be a grind to get going…but I will as I always do…going to have a bagel before I get on the bike and lots more coffee…not too sore today and I really hope I’ve eaten enough to support it after running out of energy on the second ride yesterday…it only got down to 77 overnight and I can feel the humidity as I sit here pouring the coffee down…didn’t get much done but read yesterday and I have one more day of leftovers so I don’t have to cook today…just got a high wind warning on the widget that is going to be here by noon but I’ll be long done with the rides by then and I’ll have to remember to do the weight work before it gets too hot…Wrexham plays in a few minutes but I won’t be able to watch much of it since I do need to get on the bike…soon there will be soccer on every Saturday and Sunday so that will give me something to have on in the background…not much to do today…just need to get the rides in and then wing it from there…and start a new book…more later…

Well…I really did think the pain from the crash yesterday was going to last a few days but it’s already getting better and I may be pain free by Sunday if I stay on this trajectory…fingers crossed…I did go out and get bagels and cream cheese to try in my new toaster and I really like that cheap little thing…nice even toasting and it even has a cancel button on the front that pops it up if you need it to…it is even wide enough to fit a Thomas’s really thick bagel with space left over…so it’s a deal for 15 bucks…I did get out to the beach and got a swim in and that was fun…there were even some waves to play in…still damn hot here at 87 degrees and if this keeps up, I’ll probably wear my tower fan out before summer is over…it only got down to 76 last night and the humidity was in the mid 90’s when I went out for the first ride…I really crashed after the second ride and it took me  half hour and eating something to recover from it…so I tried to do better today with the bagel and cream cheese, some chicken casserole, and then breakfast for dinner…and I may have a snack later…and I’m going to switch over to martinis tonight just for a change ans see how that works out…more reading…

Well…damn, it never got under 76 last night and I’m already sweating through my clothes and we are heading for almost 90 again today…this damn heat is wearing me out and I really need it to cool off some…still pretty sore today and I’m going to test it here by 7am but I need coffee first…thinking about going out after the rides to get some bagels and cream cheese to try out the new toaster that came yesterday…and the new shaver is cheap feeling but works well…the trip to Ada and back was just so easy with the car fixed but damn, a hundred miles to shoot pool? That’s a bit much and got me to almost 1,000 miles since I got the car…it looks like it’s going to be an easy day today after I get the rides in…don’t have to cook with leftovers of chicken and breakfast food to eat today…and I may have bagels to add to that…okay, just had to put the fan on and it’s before 6:30am and that sucks…I do like the heat but  a few cool down days would be nice for a change…more later…

Well…I injured myself on the bike this morning…when I was passing another biker at full sprint this morning, he swerved right in front of me and I had a choice to make…either t-bone him at 20 mph or lay the bike down in the sand and rocks next to the trail…so I laid it down and injured my whole left side…the handlebar stabbed my left knee and left a nice round bruise and my elbow hit a rock and it bled all the way back here and it hurts like crazy so there will be a bruise there later today…and my upper ribcage and lower back are already painful so I took an ibuprofen to head that off…I just wish the idiots on the trail would pay attention…I’m tired of doing it for everyone…

Well…feel like crap this morning and I really don’t know why that would be…probably from not eating enough so I’ll have to eat something before I do the run out to Ada…up at 3:40 but stayed in bed til 5:35 and I don’t know how long I can do that…just getting old I guess….my allergies are bad this morning and they are just going to get worse this month…ick…it really sucks that I made bean coffee this morning and can’t taste it at all…life is pretty boring when you can’t taste anything…need to get on the bike by 7am so that give me about a half hour to get going and that seems like a daunting task right now…but I will suck it up and get moving since that’s what I do…I probably could have left this place open overnight with the low being around 70 and I’m already sweating through everything…just had an inkling of pain on the bike yesterday but my legs hurt already just sitting here so the rides will be painful today…not much to do today…just the library run after the rides and then out to Ada…but that seems a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…I really misjudged how much book I had left and just finished up the last of the 5 I got last week at about 2:30…I don’t even remember what I used to do before I got the reading bug but maybe I’ll clean a bit to fill the open time…so tomorrow I’ll have to hit the library before the run out to Ada and after I do the bike rides….was busy all morning with the rides, the grocery run, paying the water bill, and making a chicken casserole for lunch…no beach today since I really didn’t have time to get out there early before it got over 85 here and won’t be going out there until Friday if it doesn’t rain…only a 40% chance and it never rains here so I’ll plan on going out and try to get a swim in…but right now I am going to read some news and think about the blt for dinner…

Well…up at 5:38 this morning and I still think it’s a wonder that I can’t take a nap with less than 5 hours of sleep a night…oh, well…it’s going to be a busy one today with getting the rides in, paying the water bill, doing the grocery run, and cooking two meals…going to make some chicken thighs in pasta sauce with potatoes, carrots, celery, and rice and another batch of pasta salad but then I won’t have to cook anything til the weekend…still going to eat out of the freezer for the next week but I need to use the rest of the turkey bacon for a blt at some point…maybe for lunch? Didn’t get much done yesterday but I will make up for that today and tomorrow…not sure about the beach today since I want to finish up the 5th book for the week so I can go to the library tomorrow morning…there is going to come a point where I run out of books to read and that is going to suck…I think I have about a months worth of them left before I have to find new authors to read but that seems like a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…after driving out to the beach today, I really can’t believe how well the car drives after replacing the brake caliper…just easy and smooth and now I hope that’s the last thing I have to do to it this year…the water was still too cold to swim in it since my feet went numb after standing in it for 30 seconds and I really don’t have anything left to prove to anyone…still have an air quality alert on…again…and you can still see the smoke we have had out here for a week…and even smell it at times…I stopped at Meijers to put gas in the car after hitting the bank for some cash and quarters and it was shut down for a major gas spill that had just happened before I pulled in…I was surprised the gas didn’t go up in flames it smelled so much…so I’ll have to gas it up tomorrow on the grocery run…not sure if I’ll go to the beach tomorrow and I know I won’t Thursday with going out to shoot pool…have gone 8 rides without the big pain I’d been having and I’ll take that any day…so 4 days with no pain and I’m still not sure what the heck happened to make it go away…it’s still there in the background but I have to think about it to feel it…okay, time to read a bit more…