Well…was just sitting here earlier with the sun pouring in my windows so I thought I’d check the temp outside to see if it was warm enough to ride…it was but the wind was blowing 13-20mph but I thought I’d give it try anyway….so I dragged a bike up from downstairs, suited up, and took the normal 15 mile ride to go with the 8 miles I did downstairs this morning…it was nice to get out to see people and I only had to walk the bike about a hundred yards through the sand drifts out by the beach…most of the ice is gone from Muskegon Lake and there is only about 20 yards of it along the edge of Lake Michigan and no big piles like it used to do….my back is going to hurt later but it was totally worth it…finally had some fun riding and not torture….and it looks like I can get outside the next three days so I may try to do a double outside…or maybe just do what I did today with an indoor and an outdoor ride…who knows?

Well…running about on time today with waking up at 5:04 and then out of bed at 7:15 after lying there for a few minutes looking at the moon through my bedroom window…slept okay last nigh but my allergies are getting  bad again and I can’t figure that out…there is nothing blooming yet but I can’t breathe through my nose at all this morning and that sucks…I did get a few things done yesterday and it just struck me that when I was a kid February was one of the coldest months of the year with frequent temps below zero but the rest of the month looks like it’s going to be above freezing so maybe winter is ending early this year? Hope so…want to get outdoors on the bike soon…I will be downstairs on the bike this morning but that is going to wait a bit so I can have coffee and read some news….I do have to rearrange the garage so I can have a space to put he bike in after getting the grill….getting to the limit of space in there so I can’t put anything else in it…not much to do today…going to make a pot of chili later but I’m not sure if that will be for lunch or dinner…we’ll see….more later…

Well..after getting better sleep last night, I got off my butt today and got  some things done…got a bike ride in and then took the car out to hand wash it at the car wash and try to get some salt off it….then back here for another ride, and then made an olive burger for lunch and did a little more cleaning and I now have dinner in the oven which is going to be two chicken legs and a roast potato…I’m basically done for the day other than doing the dishes and watching some tv later…not sure what that is going to be yet but I think “Battlebots” will be first and then down to second an third tier stuff for the rest of the night…used up all of good stuff last night with “1923” and “The Last of US” so maybe I’ll go out to netflix ans see if there is something out there before I cancel it….

Well…slept through til 5:04 this morning and was able to go back to sleep til almost 7 so I’ll consider that a win…but I still feel pretty worn out today so the bike will wait til around 9 or so…just started the first cup of coffee so it will take a while to work this morning…if it does, I may get on the bike by 8 so I can wash the car today….need to look outside to see if the precip last night was rain or snow since the little weather widget on the banner is saying wintry mix but it is 35 out there…nope it just changed to 33 so it could be snow…don’t even feel like getting up to look out the window and my back hurts for some reason today even without doing anything yesterday…..I did have a meal and a half yesterday but they were small ones and today will be the same…going to make chili tomorrow and then start to plan what has to come out of the freezer…froze most of the burger I got at aldis this week but I did keep a couple of pounds out since I haven’t had any beef in a few months….not much to do today….just going to ease into it and have coffee here for a bit before I head down for the first ride…it’s going to be a struggle to do two today but I am going to try….more later…

Well…took a veg day today and didn’t get on the bike…just wasn’t feeling it and didn’t even get to a shower until after 2pm…my legs hurt much more than normal and I was hobbling around here and still am…but now it’s from sitting here all day and not doing anything…it has rained out here all day and most of the snow is gone so now we just wait for more…I am going to try to wash the car tomorrow morning since it has salt all over it and I can barely see out of the windows…and I will get back on the bike for two rides tomorrow…I may do the car between them since all this rain has washed the salt off the roads…or I could do it sat morning but would rather get it done while everyone else is working….right now, I’m going to start to wind down for the night…going to use up all of my good shows tonight and the go back to the second tier shows tomorrow…..

Well…that was a little better…up at 5:04 but stayed in bed til 6:23 but that was not enough to make up for the sleep deficit from Tuesday night so I am dragging this morning…I did get the house cleaned up yesterday for Tom’s visit and it was nice to see him and Lucy…only did one ride yesterday but need to do two today…was going to wash the car but it is raining out there right now and it looks like it will be going on for quite some time…so that may wait til tomorrow…I did make some guac yesterday but the avocados were so bad I had to throw half of them away…I guess that’s what you get for 49 cents each….only had about 600 calories yesterday with one chicken leg, half a baked potato, and some corn…okay, nope, that’s only about 400 calories so that could be why I’m so worn out today…I wonder if this is going to be a day off? Sure don’t feel like doing anything today…the weather widget at the bottom of my screen has a new one today with “heavy mix” that I’m assuming means it’s just cold enough to make the heavy rain turn into kinda snowing….not much to do today…did the laundry and cleaned yesterday so it may be the day to just veg it out and take it easy…but you know I won’t…at least I’m not sore today….more later…

Well…damn, that sucked…woke up at 3:04 and then tossed and turned for 3 hours until I gave up at 6:23…I am so damn worn out that I may not get on the bike today but we’ll see later…it’s going to be a chore to do the grocery run today and I can’t get to that until 8:30 with needing to get some allergy meds but the pharmacy doesn’t open til 9 so I’ll hit Aldis first….and the means a run over to Sternberg road today since the Aldis over there opens at 8:30….I think I need to take a day off soon and just take it easy but it’s easier to just stay on schedule….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to do laundry today and cook…making some chicken legs for lunch and I need to figure out if I’m staying with the one meal a day or if I’m having two…it feels like my energy level is pretty low from only eating one yesterday so I’m not sure if it’s sustainable….I wonder if spring is coming early this year with all of the snow melting yesterday and no sub freezing temps in the forecast for the next 10 days….haven’t had any birds on the feeder for the past few days and that is a little strange…have had flocks of them this winter and it has been pretty entertaining…not much to do today…just the grocery run and laundry but how I feel right now, that will be enough…more later…

Well…when I got off the bike for the first ride, I had some work to do over at mastodon since it had gotten very political in my feed and I didn’t want that…I did remember that the changes happened when I followed a few people that appeared to do nothing but boost posts all day long which cluttered up my feed…after unfollowing them, it is back to what I wanted it for…to talk to people and see what other people are doing in their lives…I did get the second ride in and, with having toast with peanut butter early, I’m only going to have one meal today….so I have the dishes done and only have to set up the coffee maker for tomorrow morning….just wrote checks for another 600 bucks today for my house insurance and electric bill and that brings the spending to 1600 bucks out of the 5 grand I’m going to spend by the end of the month…and that’s extra outlay over and above the normal bills so I guess the electric bill shouldn’t be included….

Well..damn, I feel like crap this morning and my head is plugged up and can barely breathe…my allergies are flaring up and there is no reason for it that I can think of….didn’t sleep well at all and I’m in slow mode again today…with barely enough energy to sit here let alone get on the bike…but I will, not for a while but I will….had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done but just vegging out is looking pretty attractive right now….okay, that’s enough of that….heard from C last night and he is leasing out his farm for a huge solar panel installation that is going to pay him a bunch of cash so that is really cool….it was nice to hear from him since there are very few people from the old group that I still have contact with…it’s already 43 degrees outside but there is a gale warning on with winds of 30-40 mph and gusts of 50 today so I think a lot of the snow will melt….and it’s been raining some so that should help, too….was thinking of taking the bike out but with those winds that is not going to happen….not much to do today…going to need to get moving soon but I don’t want to….if I can force myself to get on the bike, I’ll consider that a success for the day….more later…