Well…running darn late this morning with not getting out of bed til after 7 and just pouring the first cup of coffee at 7:45…the heat has been on all night with the temps crashing overnight…only 47 right now and that means I’ll be out in almost full thermasuit when I ride this morning…no rain and wind out of the north at about 7 shouldn’t be too bad….slept okay last night and even had a few dreams that I don’t remember so I guess that’s cool…I did watch the new “Mission Impossible” movie last night and man, is it long at 2 hours and 45 minutes…nothing new or groundbreaking in it with lots of running, car chases, and explosions…it did keep me interested through it, though and that is my measure of whether it was worth that much of my time…it did fill a whole night so that’s something….got a few things done yesterday with getting the bike rides in with it raining on both rides, then washed the car and put the hoses away so the exterior is ready for winter…didn’t do much else other than read and I do need to clean today after the rides but I still don’t have to cook with more leftovers in the fridge….not much to do today…just need to clean up the bathroom and living room and there is lots of stuff on the dining room table that needs to be put away so I’ll try to work on that….okay, the temp has dropped to 44 so I guess I’ll wait a bit before I get on the bike….more later…

Well…running a bit late this morning with getting up at 6 but then lying back down until after 7…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of and that is getting to be disappointing…haven’t worn earplugs to sleep in over a week and I’m getting used to it….I wonder if I can go without them forever? It’s going to be over 60 today at the end of October but then the bottom falls out and the highs next week are only going to be in the 40’s with some freezing…should wash the car today and put the hose away but I still will need to wash the bike so maybe I can wait for a while…it looks like I may be able to get on the bike today but the wind is already blowing 15 out of the south so that will make it a chore….just like it was yesterday…didn’t get much done yesterday and today looks the same but I need to clean a bit after I wash the car….and I need to drop my ballot of at the cop shop for the election that is in a week out here…but I need to fill it out first to keep my string of voting in every election I’ve been eligible for since I was 18….more later…

Well…it has been a good day today and the weather even surprised me with a 2 hour opening so I could get two rides and and just a little wet on the way back…and I have been passing the time with reading and have just finished the 3rd book since I got the new 30 at the library and I’ll start number 4 tomorrow as I sit here and watch the rain/storms that are supposed to come tomorrow….I thought I was getting over the cold today but the coughing started again and I still don’t feel that hot…and that makes three weeks I had this crap….so it looks like a day off the bike tomorrow and I can use it but that means cutting out calories and I’m down to one meal already to try to lose the weight I’ve gained since the trip started a month ago…oh, well…I’ll figure something out…

Well…man, I’m freezing this morning and I can’t figure that out…it’s 62 degrees outside and the heat is not even coming on and I have the heating pad on my back….not for pain but just to stop feeling so cold…not sure but I may be getting  over the cold…finally…not coughing as much as I have been but I still feel worn out but that might not be from the cold….I did finally cook the pork shoulder in the instant pot yesterday and all I can think about is eating too much yesterday…I really think I need to just stop eating all together since I’m gaining so much weight…and I won’t be on the bike today with the rain that is coming in and is supposed to be here all day…I guess I could prep the indoor bike and ride that but I sure don’t feel like it…didn’t get much done yesterday but ride the bike and cook…I did buy some rye bread yesterday that I would love to toast and have with peanut butter but that is way too many calories…so it looks like the ham I bought is going to be frozen and I’ll go into starvation mode today…just an apple for the day and I might feel better….and coffee….more later…

Well…running really late today with not crawling out of bed until almost 7 and I’m having a hard time getting going…it’s raining again out there and I don’t mind that one bit…my lawn is getting green after the food I put on it so it should be better in the spring…ha,ha…that’s a laugh…going to need to seed it again in the spring….I hurt like crazy last night and my neck is still stiff today…my whole right side is hurting after the tree trimming…and I need to do the grocery run today…but I’m not sure about the bike rides today…high winds and rain are forecast so I may just be cooking and cleaning today…need to cook the pork shoulder today and I’ll make mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it….but first it’s a three store grocery run today with hitting DD for some stuff…it’s been a while since I’ve been there…crap, it’s 7:30 already and I need to get a post out to Mastodon before I jump in the shower and head out…but I can’t get to aldis before 8:30 so I guess I have time….more later…

Well…damn, it’s 59 degrees out there so I’m going to be able to go out on the bike in shorts this morning for the last time…slept okay last night but I’m pretty darn sore from the work yesterday and most of it is in my neck for some reason…so I just hit it with biofreeze and will take some ibuprofen in a bit after I get some coffee down me…and I have the heating pad on my back to get ready for the rides…don’t have a lot to do today but clean after the rides since I still have leftovers to eat today…have the pork shoulder to cook tomorrow and I’ll do that in the instant pot with some onions and celery…going to use beef broth as the liquid and then make some gravy with it…need to do mashed potatoes and veggies, too…it was nice to get all of the tree work done yesterday but it was a pretty big pain that is causing me pain…it was so much effort that I’m feeling how old I am and I don’t like it one bit….need to cut back what I’m eating to take the pounds off that I’ve added over the past couple of months…not sure if I want to get back down to 160 or so but 165 would be okay…not much to do today…just the bike rides and I think I’ll wash the car this aft…then put the hose away since there is a freeze coming later in the week….more later….

Well…after getting the two bike rides in by around noon, I decided it would be a perfect day to trim all of the branches that had grown over my power and cable lines, cut them up and put them out for pick up tomorrow…all of the overhead work with my heavy pole saw has everything from the waist up hurting and stiff…can barely move my neck or right shoulder and I need to take some ibuprofen before I use the voltaren…but it is nice to have it all done so I don’t have to think about it anymore…until next year…put out almost 20 bundles of branches…they cover half of one side of the front of my lawn…so now I’m going to take a break for a bit and read some news to try to come back here for a political one…more later…

Well…damn, it’s getting to be almost winter out there with the temp only 33 right now…and it’s going to get colder later in the week so I need to winterize the outside of the house this week…need to trim the trees that have grown around my power lines today to make sure I don’t lose power over the winter…I did get out for two rides yesterday and I’m going to try to do the same today but that means I’ll have to wait until it gets up to at least 40 today…slept okay last night but I still feel worn out and it’s getting on to three weeks of feeling this damn bug and I am so tired of it….I just want to go back to bed and that is not right…and the little widget on the bottom of the screen says “cold weather” and I know I’m not ready for it…my right hip is howling in pain this morning and it has to be from sleeping wrong last night since I didn’t do anything to hurt it yesterday…other than ride twice…I did read an entire book yesterday and that made me neglect this site and Mastodon and I have fear that no one will keep coming here if I don’t have new content…I’ve done almost 12,000 of these over the years and it’s been a lot of work…more later….

Well..damn, I’m cold again this morning and have the heating pad on me to try to get warm…up at 6:23…again, and I still feel so worn out that all I want to do is sit here and do nothing…but I won’t…as soon as it gets light I’ll suit up and get on the bike…but it’s going to be full thermasuit today with the temp only 40 right now….didn’t do anything yesterday and I feel pretty damn guilty about that…I wonder if there will ever come a time when I can just let go and relax? But that would mean cutting calories down to around 500 and I’m not sure how that would work…I feel pretty crappy at 1K and that might be why I don’t have any energy….at least it’s not raining right now but I do have to spray the bike to get the grit out of the shifters from riding Friday in the rain…it just damn annoying to have the bike not work smoothly but I guess it’s to be expected after abusing the bike…don’t need to cook anything today with all of the leftovers in the fridge…still have pizza and soup that will last me until Wed or so and then I’ll do the pork shoulder in the instant pot….and I need to freeze the rest of the ham…or toss it…not sure which…not much to do today…just need to keep pouring coffee down me until it starts to work and then get on the bike in the freezing cold….not coughing as much today so I’ll take any small improvement I can get….more later…

Well…I could make excuses for not doing a damn thing today like it was raining, or there were sports on I wanted to see and both of them would be true…but I just didn’t have the energy to do anything today…and it is the damn cold still hanging on after two weeks plus and I wonder if it is ever going to go away? Don’t feel too bad but I am still coughing and that is annoying…but the last time I had a cold years ago, it just stopped overnight and the coughing and fatigue were gone…I still have a headache but that is probably from allergies sine my little widget at the bottom of the screen has turned red and says “pollen tomorrow” so that can’t be good…going to be able to ride tomorrow so I don’t feel too bad about taking a day off but I do need to get the inside bike prepped so I can start riding that when it’s ugly outside…and it will be a few days this week…I did get to 3600 miles this past week so the 4000 mile goal is doable…not a lot for me but I’ll get to trying for 7K next year…and next year, I’ll get to a total of 100K miles since I started keeping track…and that is a long way…tv time…still the rest of the nascar race, the F1 sprint race is on in 8 minutes, and Michigan plays State tonight at 7:30…