Well…got a call from my surgeon this morning with bad news…the cancer has spread and it needs to come out as soon as possible…so now I’m waiting for the scheduler to call so I can get it set up in July…crap…

Well…today’s the day…going to do 75 miles today to do the “ride my age” day and I need to get moving in 15 minutes…it’s cool out there right now and that will be a good start…still going to be on the bike for 6 hours and that is not going to be easy…but it’s like the old saying “why are you hitting yourself in the head? Because if feels so good when I stop”…didn’t eat enough yesterday to support it but I didn’t last year, either, so I think It will be okay…legs went flat on the third lap last year and I’m expecting it will be the same this year…but we’ll see….not much else on my mind right now so I’ll stop here…wish me luck….more later….

Well…damn, my thumb hurts…and I’m still looking for a topic in politics today but I really haven’t had much luck in finding one…so, I’ll do this instead…it rained until almost 10:30 this morning and it looks like it’s trying to do that again at almost 3…it’s suddenly gotten quite dark…so fingers crossed…I did get the kitchen windows cleaned and they look pretty good and I have them open but it’s only 63 out here so I think I’ll have to shut them soon to keep the heat from coming on…then I got the two rides in and used up the hard boiled eggs for lunch and gave myself a haircut…and now I’ll go back to looking for something to talk about…I think tomorrow is going to be “ride my age” day so I’ll have to do 5 laps around my 15 mile course…that should take about 6 hours counting the water breaks and recharging for my mp-3 player but I may just take a spare battery with me and put it in the bag…going to be a long day and I already have a lot of pain from today and pulling weeds the other day…so I guess we’ll see if I still have it in me…the extra 3 rides mean I can eat and extra 1800 calories but I don’t think I can do it…

Well…woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning with it raining out there and it looks like it is going to continue for a while so I can just sit here for a bit and enjoy my bagel and coffee…slept okay last night but feel pretty worn out this morning and that is starting to be normal and I’m sure I don’t like it…had planned on cleaning the windows yesterday but just didn’t have any motivation to do anything so I didn’t….if it’s going to keep me off the bike today, I will have to find something to do…probably clean some or do the kitchen windows…we’ll see….damn, I wish I had the capacity to just relax and watch tv…that could make for a nice day…have to make egg salad for a sandwich today since I’ve got two eggs hard boiled that have been in the fridge for 5 days and need to be used…and still have two thighs for tacos and that will last a few days….need to look at the radar to see if I can wedge a ride in between showers this morning….not much to do today….just going to ease into it with more coffee and some news….more later….

Well…damn…it was supposed to rain all day today but all we got was a 10 minute shower and now it’s over and that sucks…how bad are the forecasters when they keep telling us it’s going to rain and then it never does?  So the day off the bike is not going to happen today and that is disappointing…so, I’m pouring down coffee and I’ll get out on the bike by 7:30 or so and get two rides in…had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done but I really need a day off….need to get the prescriptions for my next dentist torture this week and I’m not looking forward to that….damn, I feel so worn out today….it’s 72 right now so I can get out with just a t-shirt when I go…I should get a bagel toasting but I have no energy for that….I did make chicken soft tacos for dinner last night and they were really good and I have them for the next 3 days but do I continue with only one meal a day? Probably since I like that I’m still losing weight….don’t have room in the freezer but Meijers has burger on sale at half price this week and I wouldn’t mind grilling a burger or two….not much to do today..I was hoping for an easy day of listening to the rain but that’s not going to happen so I need to get my butt moving and do something else….more later…

Well…damn, it’s 6:30 and I need to be on the bike by 7 to beat the runners this morning…up at 5:35 and dragged myself out of bed but I didn’t want to…had a pretty good day yesterday and got a few things done and I’m going to make some chicken tacos today that I am looking forward to…have way too much food here  but I did get all of the salami into the freezer yesterday…thinking of making a pizza with it next week but that’s too much thinking right now….pulled weeds in the yard yesterday and my back is really stiff right now but it felt good to know that I can still bend over and get that low…and I’ll be back out there doing that again today….it looks like we’re getting some rain tomorrow…yeah, I know…after the rain weeks ago, we haven’t had any in almost a month and it is the strangest thing…lost the yard a long time ago and unless it rains every day, I won’t have one the rest of the summer…it would be cool to have some storms, though, and we might…the forecast says three days of rain off and on and I’ll believe it when I see it…not much to do today…need to get on the bike right now and it is going to be a struggle….more later….

Well…damn, I feel like a car with an almost dead battery…the clock and interior lights work but there is nowhere near enough juice to start the engine….up at 5: 34 this morning but was able to stay in bed til a little after 6:30…the laptop is overheating this morning and I’m not sure why…the fan is running like crazy and it’s warm to the touch…crap, I just don’t need to have anything happen to my tech today….got a lot of work done yesterday but today is going to be an easier day…I do have to cook some chicken for tacos today since I ran out of food to eat…have three pounds of boneless/skinless chicken thighs to cook and I will probably grill some of them….and I’m going to make some egg salad for a sandwich for lunch…damn, I need to get out on the bike in 30 minutes and I sure don’t feel like it…but, I will….didn’t see what was trampling my garden last night but I’ll keep watching for it tonight…the kittens have moved on and are not under my front steps anymore and I think I’ll miss watching them play…I think my energy deficit is from not eating enough…had a bagel for breakfast and then a chicken thigh and two spoons of potato salad for dinner and that is only about 800 calories…still losing weight but the effort is taking it’s toll…not much to do today…just the rides and cooking…but I should clean some, too…and I might…but right now it’s all I can do to just drink coffee….more later….

Well…it looks like the damage being done to my garden is from something pretty big since it looks trampled today…so I’m going to go out there tonight with a flashlight and see if I can see anything…probably should find a good sized rock to set at the back door to throw at it…didn’t go to the beach today since I scorched my skin yesterday…but I did get a lot of things done…the bike rides of course, and then ran an errand to get the stuff I needed to make chicken tacos Sat and ran over to DD to buy more of the cheap salami at 1.50 for a pound and a half…so now I have 6 pounds to put in the freezer and I’ll have to make room for it…so I have around 8 pounds and that will last me for two or three years since I can’t eat a lot of that stuff…after I got back here I got the laundry started and then assembled the potato salad and made a jar of pickled red onions for the tacos…so I’ve been busy and I sure hope the latest “Strange New Worlds” has dropped on plex so I can relax a bit…there is still a vermouth shortage so it will have to be Martinis tonight…darn…

Well…damn, up and down all night last night and I feel like crap today…and my back is sore for some reason right down to my right hip but that won’t keep me off the bike…I do have to go back to Meijers this morning since I want to make some chicken stir fry over the weekend with some boneless/skinless thighs I got from DD yesterday…and I’m going to get a red onion to make some pickled onions to use on everything…but I need to figure out what goes with it first so I can make that food…not sure if I’ll go to the beach today with the burn I got yesterday and I think I just want to take it easy…and the beach has less attraction with not being able to swim…I do need to put the potato salad together today and figure out what the second meal is going to be after using the leftover grilled chicken…I did hard boil a couple extra eggs for egg salad  but I’m not sure I need to eat two meals today…darn, have to get on the bike in 18 minutes to get out by 7:30…it’s 65 with 70% humidity so I’ll be sweating on the bike today….not much to do today….just the rides, cooking , and errand and then I’ll take the afternoon off…..more later….

Well…what a darn busy day today that was filled with lots of car time searching for sweet vermouth and I am now sure there is none in Muskegon or any surrounding area…so, no manhattans for me tonight…darn…I did go to the beach today and remembered to bring the 2 buck pair of flip flops I bought at Ollie’s…burned the bottom of feet yesterday and didn’t want to do that again today…the water wasn’t much warmer and with it getting to 93 out here, the beach was just too darn hot to stay there very long…so, after an hour I packed up and came back here…but it was so hot in the car I turned on the AC and that made the drive home much more tolerable…and I got to test the AC to see if it still worked and it does…so that was cool….ha, ha…that’s a joke, son….I did get lots of food today to fill the freezer back up with chicken, thin sliced turkey breast and some salami they had on sale for 1.50 for a pound and a half…didn’t eat much today with just a bagel with cream cheese and half a chicken thigh and a couple of spoonfuls of potato salad…but that’s enough…will have to cook tomorrow and make another batch of potato salad that is cooked but needs to be assembled…was out for the first ride at 7 am and I’m not sure if I want to do that again tomorrow…we’ll see…