Well… up and out of bed by 5:27 this morning and that followed waking up at 3 or so…and that’s wearing me out. ..the weather is going to suck for spring and we’re not going to get to 60 until late April and that’s just not right…so I won’t be out on the bike in shorts again until May…ick…didn’t get a thing done yesterday but I need to get moving now since I’m doing the grocery run this morning and need to get the weight work done and a ride in downstairs before that…and then I need to plan on some cleaning…still have 2 books to read out of this set so it looks like I won’t be hitting the library til Friday or maybe I’ll wait til Monday to give me time to do other stuff…got the laundry done yesterday so maybe I’ll paint the patches downstairs today and see if the paint really works…not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving right now and I’m tired of that every day…more later….

Well…the second storm of the day is rolling through here and the lights just blinked and I don’t like that one bit…at least it’s still over 50 and the furnace hasn’t been on all day for the first time this year…I did get out on the outdoor bike in shorts today but it really wasn’t pleasant when I forgot that the temp is 10 degrees colder out at the lake…so I cut the water stop short and got to the north side of the dunes where it was warmer…the detour route isn’t bad but going the wrong way through the tunnel of trees is a little weird…my legs held up a lot better with just a little stiffness but my right thumb has been howling all day so I’ll hit it with some voltaren soon…can’t pass up protein at 85 cents a pound so I’ll be getting another ham tomorrow since the pork shoulder is no longer on sale…darn…and that means I only have to make mashed potatoes again and I’ll be eating for another week…okay, want to finish the book I’ve got going…

Well…another month ends and I don’t know how I feel about it…it sure feels like time passing has a finite edge to it as I get older and there is an end that I can see coming…didn’t drag my butt out of bed til 6 or so this morning and I feel like I’m running behind as I always do…the weather forecast has changed from the 6 inches of snow that was supposed to come Thursday to an inch of rain instead and I’m okay with that…it would be warm enough to get out on the bike right now but it is going to be raining for a few hours so I guess I’ll do an indoor ride to start the day and maybe get outside after lunch…need to check on the cement patches I did downstairs to see if they are dry enough to paint…would like to get that done today…Meijers has pork shoulder on sale for 1.49 a pound and I am going to get one of those tomorrow if they have them…but they haven’t been following their ad prices lately and will either not have them or have a higher price and that sucks…I guess I can buy another ham at 85 cents a pound if they don’t….more later…

Well…finally, I got two rides in outdoors today for the first 25 mile day…I think I’ll be paying for it tomorrow but that’s okay…and it was the first day this year I didn’t ride the indoor bike and I was done with them before 10am…not too cold out there but it was still in the 40’s and I know how to dress for that…I measured the new detour route and with riding the tunnel of trees both ways, the new route is the same 12.5 miles as the old one so that is cool…I did see a duck perching on the railing of the boardwalk and I’ve never seen that before…usually the ducks stay on the other side of the dunes in Muskegon Lake where their food supply is…weird…okay, back to reading..

Well…another day of out of bed before 6 and I feel pretty worn out from it…just poured the first cup of coffee and I sure hope it gets me started soon…I think today is going to be the first day of 2 outdoor rides since it’s 50 already and that means I can get out as soon as it gets light…I did look for a new bike yesterday but one drawback is that I re-geared the ones I have to a road bike gearing to get more speed out of 24th and it will take a couple of years to wear out the gearing on any new bike…not going to replace a new crankset or cassette so I’ll have to live with the slower speed for a while…and that means I’ll be 75 before I get the gearing back to what I like…but I can at least get a new bike for 449.00 that is just like two of them I have…I guess I’ll have to think about that…okay, it’s not 50 but 42 and that is still warm enough to go out at first light…I do need to eat more than I have been with only one meal a day for a week now and I’m not sure if I’m going to buy another ham or a pork shoulder this week…Meijers has pork shoulder on sale for 1.49 a pound and that may be a good change if I can get a small one…more later…

Well..even though I did get an outdoor ride in, it has felt like a lazy Sunday today since I haven’t done anything else but read…I guess I’ll have to just accept that there will be days like this as I get older…just not a lot of motivation right now…there are too many sports on today with Michigan playing, Indycar and Nascar races, and MotoGP…hard to decide what to watch but right now it’s Michigan…going to rain Tuesday and then back to snow and rain for Thursday…still going to be cold until mid April and that sucks…I am thinking of buying a new bike since I’ve run out of parts to steal from the black bike…probably only going to have one meal today even with getting 21 miles in…today was the last day of going through the tunnel of trees until July or so with them rebuilding the road and trail on the uphill to the beach so I’ll be taking the back way starting tomorrow…okay time for Michigan…

Well…up at 5am and out of bed by 5:30 so I guess the string holds for another day…need to get off my butt and get moving after the coffee works a bit but I just poured the first sip down so it won’t be for a while…I did get some work done yesterday but I’m not sure if I’ll continue that today…the little weather widget just said we are getting 6 inches of snow Thursday and I just can’t take it anymore…so I’ll do the grocery run before that and then just go into hibernation mode for the weekend…and that just sucks…I am so tired of cold shitty weather and it never frickin ends out here…so I guess I’ll try to clean in here today and watch races…F1, Indycar, and Nascar…and that starts right now so I’ll pour another coffee and watch a bit before I get on the bike for the indoor ride…might be able to ride outdoors today for another 21 mile day but I guess we’ll see….more later…

Well…after the filter bag fell off inside the shop vac, it spewed dust all over the bike room yesterday that I had to clean up this morning after I got a ride…so I decided to clean the entire room and figured out how to keep the bag on the motor so that won’t happen again…the cement is drying but it’s probably going to be a week until it will be ready for paint…so I’ll do the cobweb patrol until it’s ready…still have some stuff to throw away, too to get the basement where I want it…so, it’s before noon and I have everything done for the day including lunch so there will be races and reading for the rest of the day…MotoGP on right now and Indycar qualifying along with the sportsman race from Martinsville so I’ll have noise for the background all day…and I’m going out to see if I can find a political topic…back later…

Well…up a little after 5 this morning…that’s getting to be a little boring, isn’t it? Slept okay, I guess…and I feel okay this morning and I still feel good that I can walk again without a lot of pain…but I’ll have to keep up the water treatment to keep the gout away…I did get some work done yesterday and I really should continue that today but I’m not sure what that would be yet…still working on the kitchen so I should do the floors and the counters in there…it’s only 28 degrees out there heading for another high in the 30’s and that sucks for being almost April…so, of course I won’t be on the outdoor bike today…just started pouring the coffee down and I’d really like it to start working soon so I can get moving…going to be an easy day if I do it right…more later…

Well…after drinking 13 quarts of water yesterday and another 6 so far today, my right big toe has stopped hurting and I am able to walk again…I am going to have to be more careful with dehydration in the future since this time it hurt to the point that my entire foot hurt from walking to favor the toe…and my hamstrings are getting much better to the point that I wonder if that had to do with dehydration, too…they are just a little stiff but very little pain…so I’ll take that…no outdoor ride today since it’s only 34 degrees out there and I’m not going to be that cold anymore…I did get some work done with mixing up some cement to fill the spalling blocks and floor in the corner of the bike room and I’ll paint it in a couple of days after letting the cement cure…also cleaned the kitchen stove and even took the burner knobs off and soaked them and then scrubbed them so the stove looks clean again…had a huge ham lunch today so no dinner but I am going to make hot ham and cheese crackers for later…okay, back to reading…