Well…damn, I sure don’t want to get moving today…not sure why I feel so compelled to get moving every morning…that’s not retirement…I should be able to do what I want when I want but maybe getting the rides in is my new job? I do like losing weight that comes with getting the miles in but it is just so wearing….I did get an outdoor ride in for 10 extra miles yesterday but it was on the city streets since the trails are still snow covered and won’t melt off for another week or so…took the car out to run an errand yesterday and the brakes feel okay and I’m going to let the self adjusters do their thing before I do any more work on it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the rides but I need to do some meal planning today with the end of the leftovers coming soon….got to 960 miles for the year yesterday and that means I will get to 1,000 miles before the and of the month…have never gotten to 1K miles this early before and that is an accomplishment at my advanced age…not much to do today…just want to get back to a little routine today and get some cleaning done…and some reading…I did pick up another bag of bird food yesterday but it will probably be the last one….more later…

Well…I’m really tired of 4:24…have been waking up at that time for weeks now and you would think I would be able to take a nap later in the day to make up for it but no, I just sleep walk through the days forcing myself to do the rote things I need to do…and that will start here in about32 minutes when I get on the bike by 7…I was going to say I need to get done with the errand I need to run and the rides by the time the race starts at 11 but emby is down again so I won’t be able to see either one today…the pain from working on the car is starting to subside and I can’t wait to test the brakes when I run the errand…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but without the races, I’ll have time to clean and do some meal planning along with reading..it’s supposed to be almost 40 today so I’ll probably try .to get an outdoor ride in just to take a look at the trails…the roads still have icy patches on them so I’m sure the trails will, too…but it’s going to be warm all week so I may be able to get out later…over 50 later in the week and I hope the temps hold….not much to do today…22 minutes until the bike rides and I just saw it’s only 19 degrees outside…ick…more late…

Well…what a pain in the butt…my laptop reset overnight and now I’ve spent a bunch of time getting firefox set up again…up at three and then actually went into the living room and turned the lights on at 4:15 when I thought it was after 6…so I went back to bed til a little after 6 and now I have 16 minutes before I need to get on the bike but I sure don’t feel like it…I keep saying I need to take a day off at some point but I never do and it’s catching up to me…still so sore from working on the car and I am tired of it….hope it gets better today….Man U plays at 11:30 so that is the deadline for this morning…don’t have to cook today with two kinds of leftovers in the fridge and I have an open jar of pasta sauce that needs to be used up…but right now I don’t even want to think about it…had a pretty easy day yesterday other than the rides and shoveling snow and the wind was howling all night as it warms up…it’s almost 30 out here right now and it never got over 25 yesterday…going to be in the 40’s this week and I’ll get on the bike at some point to take a look at the trails…not much to do today…just the rides and then sports with the Daytona 500 on later and there may be a nap in the future…I think I’ve said that a hundred times and haven’t been able to do it once…and I could use it…more later…

Well…up way too darn early today but that got me on the bike a little after 7 and had both rides in by 10am…so I went out to shovel the snow without checking on the temp and I probably should have…man, it was cold out there with a temp of 16 and wind out of the north at about 10…my hands were frozen by the time I was done and that was with the extra gloves inside my new ones…and it’s now after 2 and it’s still only 23 degrees and the weather widget says “high winds soon” so it looks like a good day to hibernate after I made the chicken masala for lunch…so I’m just going to read a bit and watch a race that’s on at 4…no race tonight so I may be able to catch up on some tv on plex or netflix…more later…

Well…no one should be awake at 3 and then for good at 5;34…it’s just wrong and I’m going to be worn out all day from it…that leaves me about 25 minutes before I need to get on the bike and I really need a day off…it snowed again last night and it’s not going to get above freezing today so I’ll have to shovel…my whole right side is still sore from working on the car and I had to treat it with biofreeze last night just to be able to sit and watch tv…I do need to cook today to use up the chicken I thawed so masala is on the menu for lunch…cripes, it’s down to 16 degrees right now but a warm up is coming to nearly 50 next week and I hope the trails will clear so I can ride outdoors…took an easy day yesterday but I did get two rides in, made potato soup, and got the weight work in and today will be almost the same…it’s 6:45 and I’m dreading getting on the bike but I know I have to and the earlier I get going, the earlier I’ll be done…but I need more than a half cup of coffee to fuel that…I really wish nascar would put the races on during the day so I can have my normal entertainment at night…it just feels wrong and a bit boring to watch races at night…oh, well…more later…

Well…after my busy Thursday, I made plans to make today a recovery day and I’ve been able to do it…yay! I did get two rides in this morning and made potato soup for lunch to use up the bacon I found in the freezer earlier in the week…I sure like that recipe that I now have memorized and didn’t have to look it up so that’s cool…taking the rest of the day off and will probably read some in a bit before I make a roast beef sandwich with swiss cheese and horseradish sauce…just like an Arby’s…I think I’ll even heat it for tonight…tomorrow will be chicken masala again to use up the last of the chicken breast I took out of the freezer…and then I’ll have food until mid week of next week and then I’ll start eating the food I got from DD this week…time to read…

Well…damn, I’m sore this morning but it feels good I have the car fixed…slept okay last night but was up at 3 and then out of bed at a little after 6…I am going to have an easier day today with just the rides and a workout with the weights…I should make some potato soup or some chicken masala today but I may wait til tomorrow for that…have some of the bacon I thawed left after making blt’s the past couple of days that will go in the soup…I have some breaded chicken tenderloins I got from DD that I want to have with onion rings…and I am going to make a pizza next week to use the pepperoni that is filling up my freezer…have to remember to stop buying so much food…it’s going to be cold today but a warm up is coming next week and I hope it will clear the trails so I can get an outdoor ride in every day…need to get to 1K before the end of the month for a new record but I’m still behind to get to 7K for the year…going to be doing lots of 45 mile rides this spring/summer if I’m going to get there…not much to do today…I need a rest so I’m not going to press it…just two rides and maybe some cooking…and reading since I have two books going and another one to start…I’m really enjoying getting back to having books going….more later…

Well…as you know, I got the new brakes for the back of the car yesterday with plans to install new ones on the side that failed and I thought things were going to go okay when the caliper retractor started to turn…but, it didn’t pull it back all the way so after turning it for ages…I got out my c clamp and pushed the piston back enough to get the caliper on the new pads…they had so much paint on the new pads that they wouldn’t fit over the slides…so I had to get my angle grinder out and take the paint off so I could install the pads…what a pain…but the car is back together and it will sit until Monday or so with the 8 inches of snow we got here and then I’ll take it out for a test run…at least I know it’s not going to grind and now I can relax and watch the races from Daytona tonight….

Well…darn, got 6 inches of snow out here and it’s still snowing hard so there will be shoveling later…I did get the brake pads for the car and am going to try to get the pad retracting screw loose after the bike rides today…if that comes loose, it’s an easy job…maybe 15 minutes to put the new pads in…I guess I’ll see…I did get an outdoor ride in yesterday but it looks like I won’t be back out there until late next week when the temp get back in the mid 40’s…only have 150 miles to go to get to 1,000 and should be there by the end of the month…and that will be the earliest I’ve gotten to 1K…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the grocery runs where I got some bargains…I mean 5 pounds of pepperoni for 7 bucks? It’s normally 1.50 for three ounces but I’m not sure how I’m going to use 5 lbs…need to break it down into smaller bags as I do with the chicken tenderloins I got for 7 bucks…should have some of them with the o-rings I got in the next few days…not much to do today…just the rides, shoveling and working on the car…so happy I got the pads last night so I’ll have a dry car to work on…more later…

Well…one drawback of continuing to drive a 30 year old car is that the parts store don’t have anything in stock anymore for the Miata…luckily, they still have them and I should get them later today…but the pad release screw is not coming out so I soaked it in wd and I hope it doesn’t need a new caliper…one good thing that happened is I found the set of keys I’ve been looking for almost a year…they were in the pocket of the work coat that I must have had on the last time I worked on the car…and that one had my Statue of Liberty key chain I got when my daughter and I did the tour of the statue….