Well…was just sitting here doing some math in my head and thinking that I must be getting close to my new 4,500 mile goal on the bike for the year…and I just hit it today…3,032 outdoors, 1,124 inside before the battery on the computer went dead, and another 352 since then for a total of 4,508…and I still have all of December to ride still with the potential of getting another 448 miles in if I keep doing 16 per day…and that’s not too bad with having to take 12 weeks off for health reasons…never thought I’d get near to 5,000 miles this year and that’s only about 1,100 miles less than my all time record…next year the goal is going to be 7,000 miles and I’m not sure if my body will allow me to do it…I guess we’ll see…

Well…damn, this was as close to a day off as I’ve taken in a long time with only doing the two rides this morning and then taking the rest of the day off to basically do nothing….didn’t have to cook today with having lots of leftovers but I did only eat one meal today of 5 ribs and a handful of crinkle fries…after only having a bowl of soup yesterday, I’m not sure if 5 baby back ribs is enough…but that’s all I’m eating today…and tomorrow will be back to the soup again…need to start planning meals for the rest of the week and I may make potato soup again since I still have celery that is going to spoil if I don’t along with yellow potatoes going bad…so maybe Wed for that…I do have some chicken thighs in the freezer that I can take out, too….still have enough apple brats to use in the soup, too….so I guess I’ll have to take a look…

Well…up at 5;24 this morning but there was no damn way I was going to get out of bed that early…so I just laid there until almost 7 and the thought hit me that I have been planning every day of my life since I started college in my 20’s….and I’m not sure if I like that anymore….it’s more like work than living and I wonder when I get to just relax and live? Never, probably….I have to control my weight so that means on the bike for two rides here in a minute and then not eating much as I did yesterday when I only had a bowl of soup to eat for the whole day…I wonder how I can reset my brain and allow myself to be less disciplined? Okay, that’s enough of that…didn’t get much done yesterday and today will probably be the same since I don’t have to cook…have leftover ribs and the soup I made yesterday…and that will last me for at least a few days…it’s a mix of rain and snow going on out there right now and it would be perfect to sit here and drink coffee and look out the window but I won’t…and that is just wrong…oh, well…more later…

Well…have had a bit of a busy day today that started with two bike rides and as soon as I finished them, I started on the turkey soup around 10 or so and had it done along with the clean up a little after 1…soup came out great and doing it in the instant pot is just so much easier than in a stock pot…made 3, 2 quart containers and put two of them in the freezer in the room that I made taking the carcasses out…so now I have a container of ham soup and two of turkey in there…and I’ll be taking the ham soup out as soon as I finish the soup in the fridge…the soup was so filling that it is going to be the only meal today…still have enough ham bones in there to make a batch of ham soup but I need to get more stuff out of the freezer first…not sure if I’m going to buy a ham for the holidays this year…I didn’t even keep the bone and leftovers from the last ham so I’m not sure if I need it…still looking for a political topic for today…

Well…haven’t looked outside yet but it was supposed to snow all night last night and I wonder if I’ll have to shovel today….looked at the radar and it appears that everything has moved off to the east but it’s still cold out here at 34 degrees…I did get my property tax bill yesterday and it’s almost a thousand dollars that is due in Feb…oh, well…don’t feel like I slept at all last night but I know I did and I need to get moving soon to get the two rides in before I get started making turkey soup today…took the carcasses out of the freezer last night to make it easier to fit them in the instant pot…I was thinking of using the food processor to chop the veggies but I like doing knife work so it will be knife and cutting board…I am going to use a red onion to add a little color to the soup since it’s the oldest onion and it needs to be used….I have only 35 minutes before I need to get on the bike but I am struggling to even think about it right now….not much to do today…just going to make soup and watch some soccer and let the day unfold…I am so tired of my compulsion to do and stay busy all day….I wonder when I get to just live and do nothing? More later…

Well…have been having computer problems all day today…couldn’t scroll hardly at all and when it did it was jerky as heck…after restarting it a couple of times, I figured out the problem…I hadn’t cleared the history and cache in Firefox in over a year… and it took almost 5 minutes to dump all the crap that was in there…so now this thing works like a rocket ship again and I don’t have to buy a new one right now…yay! Now it’s time to wind down for the night…

Well…it has been another busy day today starting off with running and early errand and then getting on the bike for two rides, making some ribs for lunch, and then doing some laundry…but it’s a little after 3 now and I’m done for the day…can’t wait for the new package of allergy meds to come next Wed since I feel like crap and I’ve had a headache since Monday…the ribs I mad today came out good and the Burman’s barbecue sauce I got for cheap at Aldis is pretty good…only 1.29 regular price…and putting them on the grill after cooking them low and slow in my over gave them a little bit of a crust that I like…so I’ll have those for the next three days…going to skip dinner tonight with having 4 ribs and some fries for lunch…

Well…damn, I’ve been disappointed by forecasts of the northern lights for almost 40 years now…or maybe even more and that sucks…so, I won’t talk about that any more…up at 3am today and then out of bed before 6 and I am worn out again….and I used oven cleaner without gloves yesterday and my right hand is burned from it…but my air fryer needed it after using it as an oven for half a year now…I think I’m going to buy a new stove…it looks like it’s going to snow today so I need to run an errand before that…so it looks like a hibernation day today….but I am going to ride the bike twice and then make some ribs for lunch…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do a lot and I am going to clean a bit today and do some laundry…it looks like I won’t be out on the outdoor bike again this year but I still should be able to get another 300 miles in before the end of the year and might get to 4800 miles…not bad with having 3 months off for health reasons…not much to do today…the rain/snow is about 30 miles to the south and heading this way so I’ll need to get out of here in a bit but I need more coffee first….need to plan some meals out of the freezer but don’t want to work that hard right now….more later…

Well…it’s been a day of getting back to the normal routine with getting two bike rides in to start the day and then making a rub for some ribs I took out of the freezer and now they are sitting in the fridge overnight to let the rub do it’s work…I did just buy some more flonase and a new pair of gloves from amazon and that was a quick 40 bucks gone…but I ran out of the medicine a few days ago and I can really feel my head plugging up so I guess it’s worth the 25 bucks for more than a years supply….and I have been wanting some new bike gloves and needed them since my newest pair of gloves is over 15 years old and my oldest gloves are over 40 years old with lots of iron on patches holding them together…and I can use the touch screen on my phone with the new ones…not that I’ll ever do that…going to make turkey soup tomorrow along with the ribs or maybe I’ll wait til sat for that since I do have eggs that need to be used today and tomorrow…but right now I am going to veg out for a bit and watch some soccer…I did get my calorie count down to normal with only a small bowl of potato soup for lunch and then two eggs and two pieces of toast for dinner…

Well…up a little early today with getting out of bed before 6 and I feel pretty worn out after all of the stress from the past couple of days…I am going to try to get a little back to normal today…and that means getting back on the bike here so and I may even try to get outdoors on the bike for a ride today after doing two indoors…I have a rack of ribs that needs to be cooked today and I need to find a rub to make for them…but I overate yesterday so I shouldn’t eat much at all today…maybe I’ll make the rub today and get it on the ribs and make them tomorrow….starving would be a good way to get back on track…it was almost 40 last night so the trails may be melted enough to ride out there today…hope so….damn, my allergies are bad this morning and I do need to order some more flonase since I ran out yesterday…it’s my one year anniversary over on Mastodon today and it has been fun and I’ve met so many nice people…and I have almost 600 people who follow me over there that I never could have imagined….not much to do today….just need to get on the bike by 7:30 to get the day started so that leaves me about 50 minutes to ease into it….need to shut my brain off for a bit and just live but that is going to be a struggle….more later…