Well…got 30 miles in today and only did a little damage that won’t keep me off the bike tomorrow..and I washed and serviced it today since it had gotten pretty dirty riding in the wet last week…tightened up the rear swingarm bushing since it had some play in it, then lubed it, the chain, rear shock, front forks, and the idler wheels on the rear shifter since they had started to make some noise… and I just planted some leftover tomato sprouts in the garden to see if they will live…don’t really need them since I have about a dozen up downstairs but I hate throwing them away…I do have 16 bean plants so I think that will be enough and I may even have some green pepper seeds sprouting…still need to plant the broccoli and arugula  and I think I’ll do that tomorrow….along with lettuce seeds just for a laugh….so I will have things to do tomorrow afternoon after I get the rides in…

Well…you know, I just realized that I’m never going to look younger or feel better than I do right now and that sucks…and it still hurts in the biopsy site so the bike rides today are going to be a chore….woke up at 5:41 today but laid in bed til almost 7 and I’m barely awake 30 minutes later…first cup of coffee going in and that better work soon…it was nice to get out and work on the yard yesterday but my side hurts from raking…I wonder if I’m ever going to be pain free again? Yeah, I’m a little depressed this morning with all of the pain going on and I know it could be helped with an ibuprofen but I just don’t like taking stuff….I did make twice baked potatoes yesterday and I think that is going to be in my diet for a while…not a lot of work and they taste much better than baked potatoes…more calories but I can take that….I made two of them so I can have another one with lunch….not sure if I’m going to wear shorts on the bike today but I may wait until it’s warm enough to do that…it’s only 51 out there right now and that is borderline….not much to do today…just going to sit here and have another cup of coffee as I figure out what the day is going to look like…don’t feel like doing much but I know that is a trap that I can’t fall into….more later…

Well…after doing the hard rides yesterday and suffering the pain from them last night, I decided to take the day off today and just clean the yard up and plant some flowers and veggies…but that made me hurt even more and I am getting damn tired of everything I do making me sore….I mean I was only on the yard for an hour and a half and didn’t do any heavy lifting but I had to heat my back when I got done and now everything hurts again…so, do I take something for it or just suffer? I really do hate getting old…so I’ll stop complaining…I did check the coolant in the car and it is still full after the 100 mile trip Wed so that is cool and I mush have fixed it right…I planted some of the odd stuff today with leeks, squash, cukes, radishes, and carrots…and I still have lettuce, broccoli, and dill to plant…have some of them up downstairs so I may just plant those…have 16 bean plants up and I am going to get those planted next week along with the tomatoes…still having a hell of a time with the peppers so I may not have any of those for the second year in a row…or I may just go out and buy a few that will be larger and that might work…I’ll have to see where I can get those out here…maybe depot…we’ll see….

Well…damn, just got back from doing the second ride of the day and that may have been a mistake…where they did the biopsy last week hurts like crazy and it was not so good of an idea to sit on it for almost 3 hours today…and my fingerless riding gloves opened up the burn that was healing on my right thumb….and my back is being heated again since I could barely stand after getting off the bike…not a lot of pain but just so damn stiff that I had to do something…so, it looks like I’m taking a rest and repair day tomorrow and I’ll just get the yard work done instead of riding….I do need to come up with a political topic for later but I think I already know what it’s going to be…so, I should be back here in just a little while….more later…

Well…just poured the first cup of coffee and I sure hope it starts to work soon….had some dreams last night that I don’t remember but it had something to do with being cold and then I woke up and was cold so that was weird….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I need to work on the yard today and I will get to that after I get two rides in…my hands are finally starting to heal and the stiffness is going away just in time to hurt them again raking today…I did eat two meals yesterday to have enough fuel to support riding two times and I got 23 miles in but I think I ate too much so that leaves me on the fence about eating two meals today…but I have chicken that needs to be cooked or frozen so I’ll probably do two breasts today…but won’t eat them until tomorrow…I have a leftover one that I forgot about and that will be enough for today….how many calories in a boneless skinless breast? Not more than 300 so I’ll stay under 1K for the day…not much to do today…Man U plays at 7:30 so I won’t be able to get out on the bike til 9:30 or so but it will still be cold so I’ll be in full thermasuit but maybe in shorts this afternoon….more later…

Well…just walked out on the porch to get the mail and in it was a pleasant surprise…got a check from my insurance company for 244 bucks for some sort of a refund to my premiums…I have both my car and house insurance with the same company so I’m not sure what account it’s for but I’ll take it…it would be nice to know but I don’t need to know….and I really don’t think I’ll call my agent to find out…it’s just a piece information that is not necessary and I don’t feel like doing any work to get it…

Well…damn, I’m even more sore this morning and I hurt everywhere…even have a headache and that is not normal at all…I need to get moving and I’m not sure how that is going to work…it’s April and it’s only 29 degrees out there and that sucks…I am so tired of the cold and it gets worse as I get older…okay, is this the starting of a little bout of depression? Sure feels like it….but I’ll have to see how it plays out…I really should get on the bike now but that is going to wait for a while so I can get some coffee in me…at least the sun is shining but it’s not warming things up so what’s the point? Didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to try to get some yard work done today but that is going to be a chore with how sore I am….but I think moving around will help with that…at least I hope it will…I did try to eat more yesterday but I was still under 1,000 calories and I wonder if that is contributing to how I feel? Eating has gotten pretty hard to do as I try to keep losing weight…I do want to check the car to see how much coolant I lost on the run out to Ada the other day…pretty sure most of the air in the system should be gone and I’ll have to fill the expansion tank….not much to do today…need to get on the bike by 8:30 and that gives me 23 minutes to veg and have more coffee…going to try to get outside for a ride later but I don’t feel like doing anything right now….more later…

Well…after the two rides today, I decided to take the day off since I hurt so much and was exhausted…even laid down on the couch to try to take a nap after I almost fell asleep writing the second post today…and I had two meals…or two half meals today since I know that is part of being exhausted with only doing one light meal a day for the past 5 days…my hands really hurt so I didn’t go out and start working on the lawn…I will get out to rake up the leaves tomorrow and get the branches bundled up to go out with the trash on Tuesday…I could even wait til Monday when it is going to be in the 60’s but I do need to do things over the weekend along with riding twice a day outdoors….so tomorrow will be better and I’ll get some work done…I do have lots of seeds up downstairs and should be able to plant in a couple of weeks….

Well…damn, I hurt this morning…and it’s darn near everything that does…my back and hands are stiff and it is going to take some time to loosen them up today….had a good day yesterday and the car survived it so that’s one less thing to worry about…I think today is going to be a recovery day but I am going to get on the indoor bike …it’s too cold to ride outside today so I’ll try to do two indoors to keep the guilts away….it’s only 35 outside and I am so tired of the cold but it’s going to warm up starting tomorrow so I have that to look forward to…man, my brain is just not working right now and the coffee is just getting it started so I’m going to stay in slow mode for a bit…I do have to start looking for meals after I finish up the ham today and I may just use the last can of potatoes to fry up but might make some oven fries instead…didn’t have much to eat yesterday other than a ham sandwich on Italian bread so I am going to toast some of the Italian this morning with peanut butter and coffee…not much to do today…just going to ease into it and try to loosen everything up…it’s a little weird to hurt in places that are new and I hope I don’t have to hurt everything again…damn, I’m old….more later…