Well…the bike has been giving me problems for the past week or so with the rear shifter seeming to lose it’s adjustment every day…I thought it might be the shift cable so I changed that out and worked on trying to adjust it for an hour and a half and remembered that I had this same problem with my first bike when the shifter wore out at about 12,000 miles…and this shifter had 27, 000 miles on it so I bit the bullet and changed it out for the new one that was on the black bike…what a pain in the butt…worked on that thing for 3 1/2 hours but I think I finally have it adjusted and it works for tomorrow’s rides…but damn that was a hell of a lot of work and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get my hands clean…I need some rest right now and some more water…it will take days to get everything cleaned up but that is going to wait til later or tomorrow….what a day…

Well…damn, how does it go from 84 degrees to cold enough that the heat comes on? The weather has been weird out here and so damn dry that even the trees are looking wilted…slept okay last night but I am so damn worn out from all of the health crap that all I want is a day off to not think about it….just got an alert on my bottom banner that says: Air; poor…and I guess that means that the heat and lack of wind is going to let the air pollution get pretty bad later today….didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to cook today…at least for one meal…going to make some catfish and fries in the air fryer and use the leftover burger for the second meal….and tomorrow I’ll grill some pork steaks that I thawed…and I’ll make some potato salad after I get some sweet pickles on the grocery run…the problem is I can’t taste a damn thing…what’s the point of eating?  Not much to do today…just going to get on the bike in a minute to get the first ride in…crap…the weather widget just changed to “record high” and I wonder if I should drag the AC unit out of the basement? Probably not…don’t mind the heat…more later…

Well…man, I’m worn out today and need to get on the bike in less than 30 minutes if I’m going to get two rides in before the xfininty race starts at 11…out of bed at 7 and feel like I didn’t sleep at all…hmmmm…seems like I’ve said that before…lots of times…it’s going to be in the 80’s today and that will be okay if the assholes out here don’t thump their bullshit all day and I can open my windows…might have to water the lawn again today…okay, the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen just popped up with a “near record temps” alert and I’m okay with that…it was a race day yesterday and it’s going to be another one today with both the xfinity race and the cup race postponed til today….so I’ll be entertained or at least not too bored today….I was going to make potato salad today with having eggs in the fridge but I don’t have sweet pickles to put in it so I’ll probably wait til wed and the normal grocery run….not much to do today…just need to get going and get on the bike here in a few minutes but I sure don’t feel like it….had too many days off last week to take another one off today but I’d like to…more later….

Well…up at 6:17 this morning and I really thought it was later looking at how light it was…but it’s only 51 degrees out there so that is going to make the bike ride pretty damn cold…have to get out by 7:30 if I’m going to get the first ride in before raceday starts with the F1 race from Monaco at 8:55…not sure when I’ll get the second ride in but it looks like after Indy around 3:30 or so…I really look forward to this day every year with three races on ending with the Coke 600 tonight…had an okay day yesterday but only got the lawn watered…today is going to be a write off with just the bike ride and not even any cooking since I have leftover burgers and some Italian sausage in the fridge…I may even fire up the grill to cook the sausage…I think I’m going to be sore on the bike this morning since it hurts to just sit here right now…I wonder if I’ll only do one ride today? Not sure….I did have to make a noise call last night and that depresses the hell out of me…what the hell is wrong with these assholes? Not much to do today…just need to drag my butt out here in a minute…okay, in 35 minutes and that will give me enough time to get another cup of coffee in me….more later…

Well…it felt pretty good to get out on the bike today but I think it’s going to hurt later since it does right now…even went out for the second one in just a t-shirt and shorts and that was fun….it’s strange that my back doesn’t hurt at all right now and it should…one good thing is that I can have two meals again with getting two rides in and I wonder if the two eggs and two slices of toast count as a meal…I really want to grill the pound of burger that I have in the fridge and I probably will here in a little while…need to take it easy for a bit and do the dishes first…had to water the lawn today to keep it from dying completely since there is no rain in the forecast til two weeks or so and it is getting crunchy…going to make bigger burgers this time and only get 4 out of a pound…so I probably will get to that soon….

Well…damn, I really did think it was much later when I woke up today but it was only 7:03 and I feel that right now…all of the health crap has worn me out but I am going to try to get on the bike today…it’s too damn cold right now at 48 degrees and it sucks to hear the heat come on at the end of May…can’t remember another year where it has been this cold so late in the year….it looks like I’m losing the lawn already since it hasn’t rained in two weeks and there is no rain at all in the ten day forecast…F1 qualifying is on at 10 and I don’t think I’ll get out before that…I wonder if I should make a couple of eggs for breakfast today? Going to make 4 burgers for lunch so I’ll have them for the next few days but I still need to limit my calories…damn, I am just so worn out today….can I go back to bed? Didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to clean up the bike room later today and get the cups taken care of…and I need all of that done before the xfinity race at one….not much to do today…just need more coffee and to ease into it…damn, it’s already almost 8am and I’m barely moving…more later…

Well…darn, U of M medical moves fast…got a call from Ann Arbor this morning and have a video conference with a doctor on the 5th of June…they are even going to help me do a dry run next week to make sure everything works…it’s accessed through my U of M my chart page so that’s easy…and it looks like I’ll be able to get the surgery scheduled for November or December…and then use the winter to recover…so things are moving…not in a direction I want but what I need…

Well…damn, with the bad news yesterday, I am pretty depressed this morning and with the heat still coming on that makes it worse…and I just got a frost alert on my bottom banner and I just wish it would kill the damn garden and get it over with….it’s 37 damn degrees out there and it’s almost June and I can’t take the cold anymore….I wonder if I’ll just write the day off and not eat anything? My damn gout is flaring again and my right foot is feeling numb from it…think I may try to get on the bike today but it hurts still so that might not work out…just remembered I have eggs in the fridge and I may make a couple sunny side up to have with some toast….but I need to keep the calories around 500 if I don’t get on the bike….it’s a leftover day today with a pork chop and a dog to eat…I am going to have a burger tomorrow…damn, I’d love to have a day where I eat whatever I want….and I still have the Italian sausage with artichoke and garlic to try…having to watch F1 on a New Zealand channel this morning since the UK channel is not working so some pretty weird commercials are on….not much to do today…can I just melt into the couch? So damn tired and worn out from life that I want it to just stop for a while…but it doesn’t so what do I do? More later…

Well…it is really strange to wake up in the morning knowing you have nothing to do…and there is no sense of urgency to get going and get doing….I really don’t like it much…the only thing I have to do today is grill some pork chops and I wonder if I should slice some potatoes to put on the grill, too? Really trying to cut the calories while I heal up but gaining a few pounds this week is not the end of the world…thinking about making a run over to Ollies today to look for shorts and t-shirts…they have shorts for 6.99 and t-shirts for 1.99 again and with how things are hanging off me with the weight loss, I really need to get something that fits…didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same but I should clean a bit…have to get the cups cleaned up downstairs and take the light down…maybe that will be the project for the day…pretty darn worn out this morning and need to pour some more coffee down me to get started and should do that right now…more later….

Well…damn, I need to just stop buying food…did the grocery run this morning to three stores and got so much food there is not any room in my freezer…got the regular stuff at Aldi’s and bought a dozen eggs on sale for 1.19…and then at Meijers I got two pounds of burger to grill in a couple of days…one of them is already in the freezer…but then at DD it all went off the rails…bought 2 pounds of smoked ham for 4 bucks…ribs for 1.99 a pound and Italian sausage for 2 bucks a package…I’m a little curious how artichoke and garlic goes together in one package but I froze the other one already…I’ve already thawed two pork chops for the grill tomorrow so none of the new food will be used til the weekend….and me without being able to burn off the calories…crap….I did keep lunch down to a small roast potato and half a chicken breast and that is about 500 calories so I’m doing okay so far…will stay under 1K for the day…still hurt from Monday so I’m trying to take it easy….