Well…after getting everything done today, I decided to hear out to the beach for a swim and some sun and the normal set up is to pour one beer into my Contego leak proof coffee cup and throw that in my cooler with my water bottle and some sunscreen and an ice pack…on the way out, I heard a loud pop and knew what that meant…the pressure had gotten too high in the cup and it had blown the top off it…luckily, I had zippered it shut so the beer shrapnel was contained inside and I had put a spare beer in so I had one to have at the beach for my swim…when I got my chair set up and comfortable, I heard a loud jet engine and couldn’t figure out how with the airport all the way on the other side of the city…so I looked to the south and saw two A-10 Warthogs coming up the shoreline over the lake at about 200 feet altitude…pretty cool but they were the nicest ones I’ve ever seen…not beat up at all and, since the last ones were made in the 80’s, that was just not right…they looked like they could have come off the line today so I wonder if they were rebuilt ones? Whatever they were, it was cool to see them flying in formation just off the beach…you never know what you’re going to see at the beach….

Well…running a little early today with having to work on the computer to get it to do a windows update and it finally just finished so I guess it worked okay…slept okay last night but it was a 2:14 and 4:40 night so that kinda sucked and I finally just gave up and got up at 5:36…I found my next neighborhood improvement project to get the burning of open campfires banned up here and the first e-mails to the city commission will go out today…last night some asshole was burning near me that filled my damn house with smoke and I had to close all the windows while it was 85 degrees and I am just not going to tolerate that…so, I’ll be working to get them to enforce the burning ordinance that says you can have a fire if the smoke doesn’t impact any other property…and it does so here we go….even with not sleeping a lot, I still feel pretty good this morning and will be getting out on the bike for the first ride here in a few minutes and that will get me out before 7 and back here to do the grocery run…I did have to water the lawn yesterday and will probably have to do it for the next week or so to try to salvage the lawn….I put so much work into seeding it and getting it to grow I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet and spend a hundred bucks to keep it alive….I finally remembered to wash the car yesterday to get all of the pollen and dust off it and it now looks okay….not much to do today….I may do a beach run this aft since I haven’t been out there this week and I really could use a swim…don’t have a lot else to do today other than the grocery run and I don’t mind that….but I’m still kind of stuck in getting the summer going and I do need to think about how to fix that….more later…

Well…just got back from my first dental appointment in the string of many, many I’m going to need and it wasn’t too bad…hurt a bit but no worse than when I eat….so I’m going to wait a bit for the next one in July but I hope that I can get a cancellation and get in earlier….it looks like at least 4 more this year and then start it over next year…at least I think we are mitigating the damage and they won’t get worse so I guess that’s progress….I am looking forward to getting more done….yay!

Well…happy summer solstice….at 5:14 this morning, the sun started it’s trip back to the south and we will have the most sunlight of any day this year….but it was a 4:21 morning this morning and I’m not sure if I can keep up only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night…I feel okay this morning but need to get moving and get on the bike before 7 so I can get two rides in before I have my dentist appointment at 10:30….and that starts the long journey of getting my teeth fixed so I can arrest any more damage and try to get rid of the pain…and that is going to cost 400 bucks out of pocket even with insurance but I planned on that so no big deal…they did start putting the dredged sand on the beach the other day and extended the beach by about 40 feet wide and 100 feet long and it looks like it’s the first of many applications but I’m not sure how long the extension will last with some big wave action….not that we are going to get any…no storms or even rain in the forecast out here for the next two weeks so I’ll be spending money on water today…going to hit verizon thurs to give them one last chance to give me a better deal before I switch to another carrier to save money and get a new phone….then all I’ll have left to do this week is find a doctor and get my checkup scheduled….and I think that will be tomorrow since I want to watch the hearings today at one….not much to do today…just the bike rides, dentist and hearings and I think that will be enough for the day…this dental work is going to hurt so I don’t know how I’m going to feel after it….more later….

Well…I finally talked to the dentist this morning and ouch….going to spend 400 bucks tomorrow on work that is not covered but I planned on spending a grand out of pocket this year so that leaves me with 600 more to spend for what the insurance won’t cover…at least I’m getting started on the work and will probably be in pain for most of the summer but that’s okay…I’m in pain all the time right now so that won’t be any change….and I feel better with the uncertainty gone about the work starting…so I go in at 11 tomorrow morning to get started….more later….

Well…damn, what a sucky day yesterday…only heard from two of my kids and I guess I’ll never hear from two of them again….but I shouldn’t bitch too much when T’s mom is in the hospital and not doing well…perspective…..slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 or so and I’m still having trouble getting started with just pouring my first cup of coffee…and I put my grandpa coffee cup away since I’m not considered one anymore….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I think I need to mow the lawn today after the bike rides….haven’t been feeling too hot the past few days and I think I may need a rest day here soon…and I may have to just let go and stop scheduling my days so tightly…I wish that could be today but I know it’s not going to happen….I do need to find out what the hell is going on with the dentist since it’s been over a month since my first appointment and haven’t heard a peep from them since….and I need to find a  doctor and head over to Verizon tomorrow to give them one last chance to keep my business before I move to a new carrier that is much cheaper….so, if I accomplish those things I’ll consider this a successful week….not much to do today….just need to get started somehow and get on the bike for the first ride but don’t want to….still pretty depressed and it seems like that is happening all the time recently….and that sucks….more later….

Well…damn, I really can’t remember getting on the bike feeling as lousy as I did this morning…but I gutted my way through it and felt quite a bit better after the second ride…had to think about why I felt so crappy and part of it was only about 1200 calories a day for three days straight and, with doing 30 miles a day, that is just not enough…so I started to rectify that this morning with making some toast with peanut butter after the first ride and pouring down all of the coffee I had left…and now F1 is coming on so I’ll end here for now…more later…

Well…damn, feel like crap this morning and did it to myself…and that makes me feel even worse…..my right foot is swelled up like every time I do this stupid crap and I wonder how I keep doing this at my advanced age? Shouldn’t I have this figured out? Crap, crap, crap…..at least I had the top down on the car when I went out to get the paper this morning and that woke me up a bit….got some bad news from T at 5 am this morning…her mom fell down the stairs at her house and broke her arm in two places…what else is she going to have to go through? I feel so bad for her and her mom…and that puts my small troubles in perspective….another crap….I don’t want to get on the bike this morning…I really don’t want to do anything….can I just sit here on my couch? Nope…..is there a reset button I can push for my brain? It seems that’s what I need today but if I don’t get on the bike my day will be bathed in guilt and I’ll feel even worse…didn’t get anything done yesterday but laundry and the day feels like such a waste….I did do 30 on the bike but that is the minimum now it seems…okay, this has gotten to be too much work and I don’t want to do it anymore….and it’s father’s day and I’ll only hear from my daughter….not from the boys…how crappy is that? More later….

Well…on the way back from the first ride today, I noticed that there was another, different cruise ship docked at the pier down the hill from me and I still think that’s kind of weird….there is still nothing to see or do here so why stop? This ship was also a nice blue and white that looked pretty cool and looked quite new so I wonder how they make money on the great lakes? Must be an expensive cruise…hmmmm…I did get two rides in and washed the bike and then re-lubed the chain that I used my brass detailing brush and dish soap to scrub clean first…so that is drying now and will be ready to go in the morning for the first ride tomorrow but I am still trying to figure out when I get a day off to rest a bit with no rain in the forecast for an excuse….okay, I need to read some news for a topic on politics and then come back in a bit….

Well…that was okay, slept pretty good last night and didn’t get out of bed til 6:24 so that is a big win for me….and nothing hurts too much and that is a bonus…I do feel that I got some sunburn from the beach yesterday but that was the plan…and I got burned even with having 30 sunscreen on from the bike rides….but no beach today…did 5 days in a row and I think my skin needs a rest as I do….darn, it’s only 52 degrees out there right now so it will be a fleece morning when I get on the bike and I need to have lots more coffee before I do that….didn’t get much work done yesterday but get some more grass seed and dirt put in and probably won’t do much today other than water the lawn to try to keep it alive….need to take a look to see when F1 qualifying is on so I can make sure I have the bike rides done before then….I really like the ham that I got for 1.88 from DD this week and even better, it came in some reusable containers that are pretty cool and that I can use….they are an unusual size that is between all of the other containers I have and I may just go back there Monday and get a few more….will need to find some room in the freezer but they don’t take up a lot so I think I can do it….and it will be nice to have easy food that I don’t have to cook….not much to do today…going to get on the bike here in a few minutes and then let the day just kind of happen…feel pretty worn out this morning and really don’t want to think much or plan anything…..I think the 30 miles a day is starting to wear on me but I’m not sure how I can take some time off to get some rest….the guilts are hard to fight….more later….