Well…darn, it has been a stupid busy day today starting around 6:30am with the first indoor ride…then errands to Menards to get some top soil to fix the hole where the tree came out…and I found a  pair of ski gloves for 3 bucks that I could pass up…I did need to have some gloves to replace the 40 year old ones I had been using on the bike an patching them up with iron on cloth…then the grocery runs and got everything I wanted this week and that was weird…back here by 9:30 and it was warm enough to get on the bike outside and the wind was just brutal but I went anyway…then back here to make a pizza and I filled the hole and seeded the dirt while it was cooking on the grill…then back on the bike for the second outdoor ride and the wind had picked up some which I am paying for right now with everything sore…but that didn’t stop me from getting right back on the bike for a third outdoor ride and got back here around 2:30 and I was done for the day…skipped the weight work today since my hands hurt so bad…oh, and I washed the bike so I can lube it tomorrow…all of that work set me up for getting to 1,200 miles tomorrow since I’m only 7 miles away…going to need voltaren and biofreeze along with ibuprofen tonight…it is supposed to storm tonight as the cold front comes through and keeps the high tomorrow at 31…over 30 degrees colder than it was today…ick…need to read a bit before the night starts….

Well…damn, up at 5;04 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep so I hauled my butt out of bed since I have a busy, busy day today…need to get on the bike here in 20 minutes to get the first ride in before the grocery run, then another ride when I get back here…making a pizza for lunch and while that is baking on the grill I’ll fill in and seed the spot where the rotten tree was…then two more rides outdoors this afternoon…the weather is going to be really weird after today with thunderstorms tonight and then 27 degrees for a high tomorrow with snow…and then it warms up again with highs in the 60’s Sunday and Monday….going to be a roller coaster ride for the next few weeks but we are moving toward spring and I can’t wait for it…didn’t get a lot done but the rides yesterday but that was enough with being on the bike for 4 hours…I guess I can take it easy tomorrow and do three rides indoors and that should get me to the 1,200 mile goal…the wind is going to be even worse than yesterday but I’ll still need to get out this afternoon…I need to get some rest after the goal is met since I’m just so worn out….need to get going right now but I haven’t had enough coffee…can I drink a mug in 9 minutes? going to try…more later…

Well…was on the bike for 4 hours today and got 41 miles in heading for the 1,200 goal by the end of the month…hit 1,150 today and with 3 days left, I should do it easily….the wind was blowing so hard coming back both times that the gusts almost stopped me in my tracks…had to suit up for the first one outdoors and it got barely warm enough to go out in shorts for the second one but as I rode it warmed up so it was tolerable…going to try to do the same thing tomorrow but I need to do the grocery run and make a pizza in there, too…so it’s going to be a busy one…and I’m going to be sore tomorrow since my hands hurt right now and my back is tightening up…I can put the heating pad on my back later so that will help…now I want to relax a bit and watch some soccer and read…going to snow Wed and that is going to suck…oh, well…and that will be after thunderstorms for tomorrow night

Well…after not sleeping much the other night, I only woke up once overnight last night at 5 and was able to lie back down until almost 7 today…but that makes me late for getting going today since it’s 7:20 and I just poured the first cup of coffee…pretty sore this morning with not taking any ibuprofen last night and will be even more sore if I get the 4 rides I have planned in….it’s going to be warm enough to get out in shorts this afternoon but I need to get two in downstairs first…the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen say “record high” today and getting close to 60 in Feb is pretty damn weird…I remember when we regularly got below zero in Feb but we haven’t gotten close to that this winter…okay, now the widget just changed to “cold weather” and I really don’t know what to think about that…still have leftovers for today but tomorrow I’ll have to make another pizza and probably some potato soup that will get me until the end of the week when I can try some of the chicken tenderloins I got two weeks ago…and onion rings that are clogging up my freezer…not much to do today…just the rides are the focus for the next few days to get to 1,200 before the end of the month….more later…

Well…I was just reminded that I forgot to do a second one of these today so here I am…had a pretty good day today even without sleeping much last night…got two indoor rides in and then when it got to 40, I suited up and went outside in the cold and wind…man, it was brutal going out with the wind blowing 15-20mph and no sun when I left so that made it really cold and my hands were frozen by the time I got to the beach…but right then the sun came out and I warmed up nicely…when I came over the hill that leads down to the boardwalk, I could see there were huge waves on the lake today that were roaring so loud I could hear them over the Led Zeppelin that was playing in my earbuds…and with the wind blowing from the NW, I had it behind me on the way back and it was a lot of fun going hard in 24th gear all the way back…lots of fun…warm weather tomorrow so I may get 4 rides in…

Well…damn, up and down all night and I am just exhausted…and I am not looking forward to having to ride 30 miles today….or doing anything else for that matter…still only about 30 degrees  out here so it’s got to warm up a lot before I want to freeze my butt off for the third ride….got a few things done yesterday but for just one day, I’d like to have some time that is not scheduled…and I know it’s me doing the scheduling but I think the guilt of goals I have are getting to be too much…I mean I haven’t had a day off the bike since November of last year…and I’ll have 56 days in a row riding this year when I go down here in a few minutes…oh, well…I’ll stop bitching now…I do feel like my age today and I don’t like it one bit…still have leftover pizza and burritos for today so no cooking until later in the week….might make some more potato soup since I have a bag of yellow potatoes that need to be used….and I know I have to make another pizza to use up the cheese, sauce, and green pepper… so I’ll be bored with food for a while…and I’ve lost my sense of taste again so eating is completely back to fuel again and that’s not fun….more later…

Well…only did two rides today with the high temp never getting to 30 degrees so there was no way I was going to get that cold…didn’t really do much else but a little cleaning and giving myself a hair cut…made a couple of small burritos for lunch and will have one piece of pizza for dinner since I only did one meal yesterday….up to 1,083 miles and I need to get to 1,200 by the end of the month with 5 days left so that means over 23 miles a day for the next 5 days…so I may have to do two 3 ride days indoors even with Monday and Tuesday getting to almost 60 so I can do three outdoor rides rides on those days..should be able to do it but we’ll see…still have the weight work to do today but I think I’ll have an early dinner and do it right after I’m done…still, a pretty easy day…

Well..damn, it’s only 17 degrees out here and I really hope that this is the last bout of cold weather until later in the year…yeah, I know…it still snows into March and April here in Michigan but I can have hope, can’t I? Today feels like the day where I just wing it and take it easy but I just can’t do it and you know that….I used to know how to do that and was pretty good at it…oh, well…okay, it’s 16 degrees not 17…does that change anything? Nope…one thing that is a little weird about this winter is that we have not gotten close to zero when I remember February as the month where it got below zero a lot….but I’m not complaining….and this coming week is going to be about 60 at some point and I’ll take that any day….not too sore this morning even with getting an outdoor ride in yesterday…my hands and forearms did hurt last night but they are better today…although my fingers still feel numb from getting frozen yesterday…need to get on the bike soon but I sure want the coffee to work first…have about 10 minutes to sit here before I have to get going…not sure what the work is going to be for today but it will be something….I should start getting the basement straightened up and I may…who knows? more later…

Well…I did get out to do an outdoor ride today but it was cold…started out okay with it 40 and sunny, but by the time I got out to the beach, clouds had rolled in and the temp dropped into the thirties along with a cold wind off the lake…so I didn’t stay out there long…they have started to clear the sand off beach street so it looks like they are going to open it early this year….didn’t have a lot else to do today but I did get the stove and microwave cleaned and just finished up my weight work so that leaves me a couple of hours to read before the entertainment starts…had a nice clean bike when I left today but it is going to have to be cleaned again Sunday since I’m not riding outdoors tomorrow with the high forecast to be around 34…too darn cold for me…had two pieces of pizza for lunch so I’m skipping dinner today and just had some celery and ranch dressing in place of it…I’ll have some cheese and crackers later and that will keep me under 1K calories today….bean burritos tomorrow….

Well…it looks like this is going to be a two ride day with the high temp only around 35 and that’s too damn cold to ride outside…and tomorrow is going to be the same so I’ll have a little extra time to get some stuff done around here…need to do some meal planning or just go down to one meal a day again and that may be easier and help me continue to use weight…had an okay day yesterday but it was busier than I want…it’s 6:45 and I should be getting on the bike by 7 but I may wait a while since I only have two rides to do…I have to do maintenance on both bikes today but I have all afternoon to do it so that should be easy…I really do have to get off my butt and get some cleaning done today…or anything…have been such a slug lately…no, that’s not true…after three rides, making a pizza, doing laundry and washing the bike yesterday, that should be enough for anyone to say it was a productive day…but not me….I’m not sure where the compulsion to fill my days comes from but I’m getting tired of it…oh, well…not much to do today…have to clear out the fridge of spoiled food and I may make some bean burritos to use the tomatoes I have in there…not sure yet…more later….