Well…when I got up this morning, I was expecting to feel pretty depressed with how I felt then…so I was expecting a lay low day but didn’t…got 31 miles in on the bike, had lunch, and then went out to spade the garden and mix in the 100 pounds of composted manure I got last week…then I picked up all of the branches that fell in the high winds we had out here…and then came in and had to put heat on my back since it’s not used to doing any heavy work…it’s been a long time since I had to work that hard but it felt good and the heat took care of the back pain…I’m hoping that it lasts overnight…taking the week off cocktails to just give my liver a rest…and I’m getting used to only one meal a day so I’m going to continue that this week, too…feels good to continue to lose weight….going to try something new with some seeds for the garden today and start them in wet paper towel and then plant them…not getting many to start just planting them in the soil….think I’ll do that right now…

Well…running late this morning with problems with the site…up at 5:03 today but stayed in bed til 7:03 slipping in and out of sleep…had an okay day yesterday with getting the outdoor ride in and I’ve already gotten an indoor ride in and need to think about making this a 31 mile day…only had one meal yesterday with only doing one ride and I’m not sure what the second one would be today…maybe some pasta? Taking the week off cocktails to get my blood pressure down a bit and I’m looking forward to it….should lose some weight and I know I’ll have more energy….it’s a sunny day out here and looks like it’s going to stay that way so I will get out on the bike this afternoon….the wind is iffy at 12-15 but I can use the extra miles…I may do a second indoor ride just from boredom since it is just after 9:30 and I can get back on the bike by 10…not having a lot of luck with the tomatoes or beans so I need to buy more this week so I can get them going…the garden is going to be a mess this year and I really don’t care much about it for some reason….probably just a touch of depression…not much to do today….just making lunch and more rides after I get done with this….more later…

Well…yeah, I know…the plan today was to take the day off the bike today as I normally do on Sunday but when I put some bread out for the squirrels, the sun was shining and very little wind so I decided to suit up and get on the bike for an outdoor ride…it was a nice one and saw the first geese on Muskegon Lake and I scared up a flock of about 200 ducks when I rode the lakeshore trail that is right on the water….they have opened the road that runs next to the beach already but it is still covered in sand and I know they are going to bury cars in the sand alongside it since you can’t tell where the pavement is…and it’s bordered by deep sand that is going to suck a bunch of cars in like I saw a few times last year…not sure if the ride was that smart to do since my right leg started to howl about 5 miles in but it didn’t get worse so I guess it’s okay….should probably heat it some tonight….might even be able to get outside again tomorrow…but the damn temp doesn’t get in to 50’s until the second week of April….crap…

Well…it you have clear skies tonight, go out an take a look up and you may see some northern lights…it seems that they have been seen as far south as northern Ohio overnight last night…it’s always cloudy here and there is rain forecast overnight so I probably won’t get the chance to see any if they are still there tonight…there was a big CME that the forecasters missed a couple of days ago and I have been seeing lots of photos of it on Mastodon over the past day or so and it is really cool to see it in person…so go out and look up…

Well…damn, I’m tired today…up at 5:30 but laid there in bed til 6:15 and forgot to set the coffee maker up last night and I really don’t feel like having to do anything right now…skipped going out for the paper today since I really can’t justify 5 bucks just to get the ads…will have to set up some bookmarks so I can get them all online in the future….only had one meal yesterday and I’m feeling it today even though I made popcorn last night…not a lot of nutrition in popcorn even with butter…bought a pound of butter this week and didn’t remember that I had a pound in the fridge already so I froze one of them and will probably freeze the second one since two pounds will last me two years and I’m not sure if I’ll outlive the butter….going to take the day off the bike today and just take it easy today and I think I need it after doing a couple of 31 mile days last week…getting towards the first thousand miles on the bikes but there is no way I’m getting anywhere near last year’s record…I’ll be happy to get to 4K miles this year and will make the big push for 7K next year….not much to do today…might clean some but I might not…right now I just need more coffee and to read a bit….more later…

well…after that last post, I really thought I was done for the day but knew I needed to clean the couch…actually needed to do that a couple of weeks ago so today I got the vacuum out and cleaned the whole thing and rotated the cushions…I always feel good when I do that sine this is an expensive couch that my daughter bought me and it will probably be the last one for me so I need to take care of it…

Well…it’s been a busy morning with doing the two bike rides, making lunch, and then doing the dishes…but I’m done for the day now except for tearing the couch apart and rotating the cushions to make sure they wear evenly….not having a lot of luck getting the seeds to sprout and I think it may be how cold it is down there…I do have broccoli, dill, lettuce, and some sunflowers but non of the tomatoes or beans have sprouted so I may have to get new seeds this week….menards have them on sale again for 10 cents a pack so I’ll make a run over there some time this week…I am going to try to find a political topic for later this afternoon but I need a few minutes of down time first…more later…

Well…running about on time today with waking up at 5:35 but staying in bed til around 6:30…slept okay last night and I’m just a little sore from the 31 miles yesterday and I’m not sure how many I’m going to do today…don’t need to think about that right now since MotoGP is on and it’s the first race of the year…something to have running in the background….it’s raining hard enough for me to hear it today and it is just warm enough that it is rain and not snow….and it looks like it will be raining until noon or so….just want the damn weather to warm up and have a spring….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to clean a bit today but I’m not motivated to do anything right now….man, it’s pouring out there…it may still turn into snow since it’s only 32 degrees….oh, well…so it may be a hibernation day for me today…I’ve done two 31 mile days this week so can I take today off? I guess we’ll see….more coffee is necessary….I’m glad I put the heating pad on my back after the outdoor ride yesterday since it is twinging right now and it probably would have seized last night….not much to do today….it’s 7:15 and I think I can take an hour or so before I decide what to do….need to figure out meals for this weekend but nothing appeals to me right now…maybe some toast for breakfast….more later…

Well…I decided to work my butt off today, so after I did the indoor rides and had lunch, I suited up and got on the outdoor bike for another 15 miles for a 31 mile day today…sitting here with the heating pad on my back since it twinged a bit when I sat down on the couch…I probably should put it away when it’s not in use but it’s just so damn convenient to leave it on the back of the couch…didn’t get anything else done today so I guess I better get after some cleaning tomorrow…it looks like the winter storm we were supposed to get has turned into a mix of rain and snow of around an inch so I probably won’t have to shovel Sunday…I am so done with the cold…oh, they have the trail that goes across the point blocked off for the next year so they can build their “affordable” condos that range from 500K to 2 million dollars…and they detoured it over some of the worst roads in Muskegon but I survived it and the brutal wind coming back…but I am going to be sore tomorrow….

Well…damn, another winter storm is coming for tomorrow night and I am so damn tired of the cold and snow…I mean no temps over 50 at all in March? Oh, well…slept okay last night but was up at three and then out of bed around 6:30 but I feel kind of worn out today…I did get my new earbuds yesterday and they synched up with my tablet pretty easily so I’m going to use them for the indoor ride this morning…but, I’m going to try to get an outdoor ride in today as soon as it gets warm enough….and that should be after lunch…didn’t get a lot done yesterday…no, that’s not true…I got enough done so it didn’t trigger the guilts and I need to do that again today but I’m not sure if that will be cleaning or what but I do need to do something…have to figure out meals for a few days and I don’t have a clue what they will be…I do have pork steaks for one but I’m not sure what the second meal will be…I did discover what looks like a good show last night on netflix called “The Night Agent” and that will give me something to watch for the next 8 days….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and read some news before I get on the bike