Well…it’s funny that since I mowed my lawn this morning, there has been someone mowing all around me…I think we were all waiting for the rain yesterday so we could mow and get the lawns looking even again…and I even did an application of weed killer since the only thing really growing is weeds…still no part for the car yet but if it gets here before 5 or so, I’m going to install it today so I’ll have a nice relaxing cocktail night tonight…today was one of the worst days I’ve had in a while with not eating enough…the bike rides were a struggle and I felt dizzy on the bike and after I got off it…so I did what I always do and made some toast with peanut butter before I got the mower out and that helped…and I have one more meal to make that will be a big one with a pork chop potatoes and veggies…we have had lots of wildfire smoke here today and the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen says “smoke” and I’ve never seen that before…I did finish the 3rd book this afternoon so I can go to the library for 4 more tomorrow…and if the part for the car doesn’t get here til late, I can still get it fixed first thing tomorrow morning and that will mean a trip out to the beach…okay, need to start the last book…

Well…damn, it was nice to be able to close this place up and not sweat through my sheets last night…and that was the first night in over a month that I could do that…it’s 59 degrees here right now so that will mean a light fleece when I get on the bike here in a few minutes….so damn worn out again today and I know it’s from not eating enough…again… so I’ll have to do better today…and I do have to remember to pre treat my right elbow/tricep since they were howling in pain yesterday as soon as I got on the bike…my allergies have hit the August levels of badness already and that is going to make the rest of the summer miserable…I used to only feel it in August but now they are bad year round and that sucks…oh, well…going to be running late all day today since I’m already late for getting on the bike…need more coffee first and then I’ll drag my butt off the couch and get going…it did rain here for a bit yesterday and it was nice to hear that…not sure if it will help my lawn at all but I’ve given up on it for the year…the part for the car is going to be here today and I hope it’s early so I can fix the car today…more later…

Well…I finally got a few things done today with an errand I had to run this morning…when I confirmed that the brake caliper is not fixed with soaking it with wd…I can’t see it taking more than a half hour or so to install it and get the brakes bled…just two bolts and the brake line to remove and that should only take about 10 minutes if the brake line bolt comes out easily…not going to change out the bracket that holds the caliper since they don’t wear out and they are a pain to get off…so if I get the parts early enough, I should be able to have it fixed tomorrow…I did get two loads of laundry done today since I needed to do bedding after sweating all night for weeks…running out of leftovers so I took some turkey bacon out of the freezer to use up some lettuce and tomatoes that are getting old…and then nothing but eating out of the freezer for a month or so…it did rain out here for a bit today and it’s still raining and the stupid assholes in the rental are standing out in it…they just have to have their party…creeps…

Well…damn, I really can’t keep up living on under 1,000 calories a day…and I’m on the 4th day in a row so the bike rides are going to be a chore this morning…up at 4:35 today and I’m so damn worn out that I should be able to sleep but no such luck…I did get the parts for the car ordered from amazon yesterday since the caliper was 15 bucks less and that bought me a new brake bleeder almost for free…and the stuff will be here tomorrow so I can do the work Friday and put this crap behind me…and this bleeder will work to bleed the clutch, too so I can do that next week…not sure what I’m going to do today or what the meals are going to be after only having some pasta and potato salad yesterday but I know it needs to be more than that…I do have tortillas to make some bean burritos and have the lettuce and tomatoes to go with it along with breakfast stuff but I really have no desire to eat anything…maybe I’ll go to the beach today…ha,h…the forecast says a steady, heavy rain this morning but it’s said that many times lately and we have had no rain at all…so I’ll plan on the assumption that it is not ever going to rain here again…more later…

Well…I guess this is to be expected from a car that was driven less than 1,000 miles over the past three years…it appears that I seized a front brake caliper this morning…the car wasn’t driving right and when I got home the driver’s side front wheel was too hot to touch and it was vibrating as I drove home…so, I tore it apart to look at it and greased the pins that it slides on…that didn’t work so I just took it apart and hit the piston with wd and I’m going to let it soak over night before I put it back together in the morning…then I’m sure I’ll have to go to zone and order one for 85 bucks…this must have been going on since I got the car since it really never coasted like a stick is supposed to when you push the clutch in…and a lot of rust fell out of the caliper when I took it off so I’m sure the piston won’t retract anymore…oh, well…looks easy to replace and I’ll have to get my one man bleeder working to bleed it…but I’m not going anywhere after doing the grocery run today so I can fix it when the part gets here in a couple of days

Well…damn, another day of 90 degree temps today and it’s wearing me out…but I keep telling myself I love the heat and I really do but after a couple of weeks I could use a little relief…going to do the grocery run today since there are some things I need and who cares what day I do it? I wonder what happened to the pattern where storms come when the weather changes? I mean it’s going to go down into the low 80’s in a couple of days and there is no rain in the forecast…this is the manifestation of climate change that is local and I’m glad we have Lake Michigan to draw our water from or we’d be sitting here with no water to drink…going to do one bike ride before the grocery run so I need to get moving in 15 minutes or so…so, I need to pour more coffee down to jump start this old body….5 minutes before the day starts so I should get moving….more later…

Well…sitting here melting at 87 degrees and a heat index over 100 right now so I have a 2nd fan going to try to exchange some of the air…the humidity was at 96% when I went out for the first ride at 6:30 am…after the rides, I was just exhausted from the heat and humidity so I took a cold shower, got dressed and went to get more books from the library…right after that, I decided to go out to the beach before it got too hot and I got a nice swim in but was back here before noon because I could feel my skin getting tight and didn’t want to have a sunburn that I was going to feel all day…there has been a heat advisory on since noon with the heat index at over 101 degrees…and it looks like this heat keeps up for a few more days and still no rain in the forecast…going to do the grocery run tomorrow since Meijers has pork chops on sale for 1.29 a pound and I haven’t had them in  a long time….but I really should eat out of my freezer since it’s full…we’ll see…time for reading a bit..

Well…I’m getting damn tired of the heat and humidity…have been sweating and sitting in front of the fan for two weeks now and it’s going to be almost 90 for the next few days…and the humidity is at 96% right now and that will make for breathing liquid on the bike in  a few minutes…don’t have a lot to do today but the rides, a library trip, and then out to the beach since it’s going to be in the mid 80’s by 10 or so…but I just saw the radar and there may be some rain coming in by around noon or so…up and down all night last night and I am worn out today and I really hope the coffee will fix that…ran out of books yesterday morning and that made the day so damn boring and it gave me a glimpse of what is going to happen after I run out of books…and that is going to happen soon since I’ve exhausted the authors I like…darn…don’t have to cook today after making the Masala yesterday and I still have lots of pasta salad and potato salad left…have three tomatoes to that need to be used so I may do some bean burritos to use them up…just need to get going…ha,ha…and that was a topic for a post over at Mastodon yesterday…more later…

Well…this is the event I wanted to note today…it’s the 2nd anniversary of my cancer surgery and becoming cancer free and I really don’t think the outcome could have been better…no after effects and no follow up treatment and I think I can stop holding my breath every time I have a PSA test…many other survivors commenting on my anniversary over on Mastodon and that’s pretty cool…so, yay!

Well…I am darn tired of getting going…every damn day I have to drag my ass out and get going on the bike or to the grocery store and I have less than 45 minutes before I need to get on the bike and I need to spray it off to get the shifters working again after riding in the rain yesterday…and it’s going to be almost 90 for the next few days and the temp and humidity is just wearing me out…it’s the two year anniversary of a significant event today but I’ll talk about that later…I do need to make Masala today and that seems like a lot of work right now…I do need to get the bike rides in before 9 when the F1 race from Spa is on…just so damn tired…but I’m going to suck it up and get moving as soon as it gets light…I did run out of books yesterday and I face the real possibility that there won’t be any new ones to read and I don’t know how I’m going to deal with that…I’ve had a book going for over 6 months now and it has kept boredom at bay but now it’s going to come back…everything I wore in the rain yesterday is still wet and that is going to suck when I get going here in 20 minutes or so…living is just so much work….more later…