Well…darn, another 4:57 morning and I tried to get back to sleep for a bit but with no luck so I know I’m going to be worn out later…but I feel lot better than I did yesterday so I’ll take that…man, it’s staying dark longer so fast that it’s 7 and it’s barely light out there…so if I can get out by 8 I’ll be happy….but it got pretty cold last night so I may be out in a fleece today….need to decide if I’m going to hit save a lot this morning to get either chicken or ribs since I didn’t get much protein this week but I still don’t have a lot of room in the freezer for any of that….and I probably shouldn’t be eating that much meat….my allergies have been really terrible over the past week or so and that is just so damn exhausting…and it feels like none of the meds are working anymore….and I’m almost out of the generic flonase so I probably should order some more…didn’t get a lot done yesterday as I was feeling pretty crappy all day so I’ll need to do better today…it’s been pretty hard to get back into working on the house but I did start getting the tools ready and will probably start on the trim today….once I get started, it will be easier….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and do the first ride and then figure out if I want to run an errand or not….they are building a city down at the landing for the Irish music festival that is going on this weekend and almost the whole lawn is covered with huge tents but I won’t be going since it costs close to a hundred bucks for the weekend and I really don’t know any of the bands/people who are going to be there….it will be busy down there and will probably get pretty loud…oh, well…more later…

Well…after the second ride this morning, I was sorely tempted to go out to the beach today but I have other things to do so I didn’t and I didn’t have any beer cold anyway…finally starting to feel better than I did this morning but I am still pretty damn worn out and that had something to do with me not going to the beach…just didn’t want to make the effort so I probably won’t get much done, either, but that’s okay….don’t think I ate enough yesterday with just a small bean burrito and three tacos but I will try to do better today…have already had 6 onion rings and a small pork chop and will have a couple of tomatoes in a bit and then three tacos again…and that should be enough….more later…

Well…the change of seasons is getting pretty real since it’s almost 7 and it’s still too dark to get on the bike…I am looking forward to the fall…it used to be my favorite season with the cooler temps and the trees changing color and I wonder how that changed? It could be that I got older and started to run out of years so each passing one reminds me of my mortality…but I am going to enjoy this one and take some color tours with the top down on the car…I remember doing one in my Fiat when there were Northern lights happening and it was so cool to just look up and see it with the cool, crisp air in the car…..going to try to not hurry today since I don’t have to and I need to decide if I want to hit save a lot and buy 10 pounds of ribs for 11 bucks….or 10 pounds of leg quarters for 7.90…..leaning toward the ribs but they are bad for me and shouldn’t eat them….hmmmm…I did give away some of the tomatoes yesterday when my neighbor yelled to me “you have any of those tomatoes left?” and I filled a bag to give to him and stood around listening to his stories for a hour or so…glad I could do that since it’s why I grow them….not much to do today…it’s 7:06 and I need to get out on the bike by 7:30 to get the day started….but I don’t really have anything else to do other than the grocery run….still haven’t started on the dining room and should get on that but still have no motivation so I probably won’t…who knows? More later….

Well…okay, I wonder if there is a jump starter for the human body? Sure feel like I need one today with waking up at around 5 but not getting out of bed until after 7….and it’s now 7:54 and I need to get on the bike in 6 minutes and I really, really don’t want to…took the day off yesterday other than riding and can’t do that again today….had tomatoes out on my chair all day yesterday with no takers so I need to eat a bunch of them over the next week or just toss them out….maybe I’ll just eat tomatoes for a couple of days but that is not enough calories….damn, I’m tired of thinking all the time…I wonder when I can just be instead of planning and riding and counting calories? I’m so tired of all this crap…..and even doing this…I’ve done over 10,000 of these since I started and is it from habit or for some other reason? Yeah, you can hear that I’m having an existential crises this morning and why is echoing through my head….oh, well…not much to do today…I’m going to drag myself out by 8:30 and I should take the garden down and get it out to the trash tomorrow….but they probably won’t pick it up so I’ll have to drag it back to the garage and I don’t want to do that….crap…it’s going to be one of those days…..more later,,,

Well….after looking at the garden and the other work I have to do, I think I’ll work outside today…I did pick almost all of the tomatoes and have them sitting on my chair out front with a free sign on them and I hope someone takes some since I am getting all tomoatoed out and just don’t want to eat them anymore….I think I’ll wait to mow the lawn til tomorrow, though, since it really can go another day or maybe even Wed….and I do need to find a topic for later but there just isn’t anything in the news that grabs me right now…so I guess we’ll see….more later…

Well…didn’t get out of bed until 6:35 this morning and that should mean that I feel okay but I don’t…still feel pretty worn out and I hope that is not the new normal for me….I know I’m getting old and that feeling crappy is inevitable but I have too much to do around here to let that control me….man, I would just love to have a day off and just screw around and I used to know how to do that when I was younger…oh, well…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done…I am going to get on the dining room today and start prepping it for paint…need to take the shades down from the windows and put some paper over them so I can start sanding and filling them….and I need to start working on the door frames, too…I sure hope that the filler I have downstairs is still good or I’ll have to run out to depot and I don’t want to…I do need to get on the bike for two rides today and would like to start by 8….but right now all I want to do is have more coffee and sit here for a bit….there are live drag races on all afternoon so that will give me the background noise I need to get some work done….I really should clean some, too, but we’ll see about that….don’t want to overdo it….more later…

Well…yeah, if I don’t have a political one done by this time of the day, I probably won’t do one…but who knows? I did get two rides in but the first one was so brutal with how I felt and went out so early in a vicious wind that I was sure I wasn’t going to be able to do the second one…but, after watching the F1 race and then watching Man U beat Arsenal…yeah, I’m in shock, too…that buoyed my spirits enough that I suited up and went back out and the second ride was much better even though it was still pretty windy…but, I feel like crap right now after making way too much food for dinner…haven’t eaten like that in years but all I had was a bean burrito and 6 chips loaded up with two tomatoes, lettuce and onions so I guess there was a lot of no calorie stuff on it…but I won’t need to eat again until tomorrow night….there was a huge new cruise ship down at the landing today that had a French name so I’m guessing it came out of Quebec…very modern looking dark blue and streamlined…and it was there all day….okay, that’s about all I wanted to say right now…the nascar race is starting and I need another glass of water….

Well…damn, I feel worn out again this morning and I need to get out  the bike in about 20 minutes so how is that going to work? Man U plays at 11:30 so that means I’ll only get one ride in today… the F1 race is on at 9 so I do need to get out early but I sure don’t feel like it right now…it was a chore to go out for the paper and I wonder why I still do it…it’s basically worthless and cost 5 bucks so I think I’ll wean myself from that habit soon…slept okay last night but I keep losing earplugs so I wonder if I need to buy new ones? The ones I’m using are years old and that may have something to do with it….I did only have one meal yesterday and I think I’m going to feel it later…I do need to start limiting my calorie intake if I’m not going to do two rides a day….but I am going to use lots of tomatoes again today when I make a bean burrito for the one meal I’m going to have….okay, I may have two but the second one is going to be just tomatoes and maybe a couple of tortilla chips….it looks like today is going to be a wasted day…almost, and I’m not sure how I feel about that…I do need to keep some discipline but one day isn’t going to kill me, is it? Wouldn’t that be funny if it did? Not much to do today….it’s getting light so I need to gulp another cup of coffee and get on the bike soon…more later….

Well…just looked down at my hands and they look so old and wrinkled…just as  the rest of me does…and that is depressing….but I’m old so I guess that’s to be expected…slept pretty crappy last night and I’m feeling it right now but still need to get out on the bike by 7:30 to be back here to see F1 qualifying at 9….but I’m not sure if I’ll do two rides today with Michigan playing at noon…I think I may be able to do it if I get back on the bike right after qualifying…but I’m not motivated to do that right now and I hope that changes but that’s a lot to ask of  a couple of cups of coffee….I did watch the first two episodes of the new Lord of the Rings show last night and it didn’t grab me at all….never said wow about the story and I hope it gets better as it goes on…they spent 465 million dollars on it but I sure don’t see it…and I wanted it to be a grabber…oh, well…I need to cut out some calories today so it looks like the second meal is going to be just tomatoes and I’m glad I put the burger for tacos in the freezer to wait to make them until next week….feel really fat right now and I think I’ve gained weight over the past week or so and I don’t like it….not much to do today….just going to wing it and force myself to get two rides in before noon and then veg out and watch Michigan play and I think there is a race on, too…so I won’t be too bored…more later….

Well…yeah, I know I said I wasn’t going out to the beach today but it got to be almost noon and I said what the hell…a good way to end the summer of the beach is to do it on a Friday…and I’m glad I did….it was mostly empty but those same damn yakkety people set up right next to me again and they had the whole damn beach that they could have used…what the hell? But, I didn’t let it ruin my day since the water was warm, the waves were fun, and I could stay in for 45 minutes so I didn’t have to listen to them….getting a swim in was the topper for the season…and I didn’t feel the melancholy that I used to get when we did weeks at Harbor Springs since I know I can do it again next year if I’m still alive…should have the house done by then so there won’t be any guilt from taking the summer off…I do have some wood finishing to do down the back stairs, the porch ceiling, and the cabinet in the bathroom and I may try to get those done over the winter, too, so I can really take the summer off to train for the two week trip to the UK that’s happening the end of Sept. next year…we’ll be walking a ton over there so I need to be ready to walk 10 miles a day and that will take some training since riding the bike doesn’t do it….but right now a little football and then the new Lord of the Rings tv show…and that will take up most of the night….