Well…with the high humidity out here today, I almost went out to the beach but I thought better of it and thought I’d stay here and work on the house…to clean anyway since the kitchen needs work and I have been putting it off too long…and I think I’ll strip the rest of the tomatoes off the plants and make another batch of pasta salad after I cut the celery up into sticks so I don’t throw half it away…and I do need to clean myself up and give myself a haircut and trim my beard…and I need to do that before soccer comes on at three…so I should get off my butt and get to it but I have one more cup of coffee to have and I want to read the news for another topic…

Well…you know, I do wonder at times what would happen if I just stayed in bed all day…would anyone notice? Probably not but that probably applies to just about anyone who is retired…hmmm….woke up before 5 this morning but was able to lie in bed until after 7 and now I’m running late to get out on the bike before 8….the rides yesterday were just so tough to get through and I think today will be the same with how I feel right now….can you wear out a body? I sure feel like I’m getting worn out but I worked a lot harder when I was young and didn’t wear out so maybe it’s just getting old…..I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I’m going to continue that today with working on the kitchen and maybe even taking out the rest of the garden but I’m not sure if I have enough bags for that….and that will end the tomatoes for the year but I have a new head of lettuce that needs to be used and I need to make another batch of pasta salad….damn, I’m tired….not much to do today…just the rides and cleaning and that seems like too much work right now….crap, feel pretty depressed and today is going to be a struggle…but nothing I haven’t gone through thousands of times but that makes it a little harder…oh, well…let’s go….more later….

Well…damn, I’m sore this morning and I knew it was going to happen with all of the work I did yesterday…and my allergies have flared and I have been sneezing all morning…I feel miserable and I sure hope it gets better soon or today is going to be a chore….it’s almost 7 and there is no way I’m getting on the bike soon….and that’s okay since it’s all I have to do today and I can take my time….I do have to take the last of the tomatoes off the plants and start getting them bagged up to put out but I probably should wait til Monday to do that so I don’t have the bag stored in the garage…but it’s supposed to rain Monday so I may do that over the weekend…I did get 5 pounds of Johnsonville smokey cheddar brats yesterday and I can’t wait to try some of them…and I got a couple of containers of black forest ham for 1.49 each so I have food for the next couple of weeks…but I do need to clean my fridge to make some room in it today….and there is no room in the freezer so I won’t be buying any protein for a while….not much to to today…all I want to do is sit here on the couch for a while and I think I will…have just started the first cup of coffee and I’m going to need two just to get jump started and even think about getting on the bike….and it’s still dark out there at 7 so I probably won’t get out before 8….I feel pretty damn old today…and I don’t like that one bit….more later….

Well…damn, just finished another busy day and it is almost 3:30…started out at 8 with the grocery run to three stores and then back here to get two rides in before noon, then got the laundry in as I did the second one of these and had lunch, then decided to mow and edge the lawn as I waited for the dryer to run….with the annoying velcro failure of my right riding glove…yeah, how the hell does velcro fail? It looks like all of the loops unraveled in the fuzzy part of it so I took some of the new stuff I bought to fix my hat the other day and sewed it over the failed stuff and now that is fixed…and the dryer finished so I put all of the clothes away and I am now looking at the groceries that are still in their bags on the dining room floor and need to get moving to put those away…so, it has been a really busy day today and I am just now getting to sit here and have some ice water to replace all of it that I sweated out doing the lawn….I am going to be sore tomorrow as the pain in my shoulder started when I was doing the trimming and that needs to be addressed with some ibuprofen…but the good thing is that I’m done with the lawn for another week and all I have to do tomorrow is ride the bike and clean some…and the yard looks great and that makes me feel good….

Well…I’m going to do something unprecedented this morning…I’m not going to ride the bike before I do the grocery run….Just don’t feel like it and there is plenty of time to do that later….still trying to become more flexible with my life and this could be a step but we’ll see how badly I react to it…I do feel better this morning so I hope the reaction to the vaccine is going away…not as sore today but my right thigh is still giving me fits with the pain but I know that is from riding and I can’t figure out how I hurt it…I am going to hit DD this morning to load up on some brats and other stuff…how can you not buy brats when you can get 5 pounds for 8 bucks? And, with the train strike happening on Friday, there are going to be shortages of everything so I am going to stock up enough food to last a while….I know they are bad for me but I can take a little bad food with all the veggies I’ve been eating….and I’ll keep that up until the tomatoes are gone next week….not much to do today…just the grocery run and riding later but I do need to clean the kitchen at some point…still haven’t started on the house yet and that may wait til next week…just don’t feel any urgency to get started but I know I will soon…I do need to start thinking of what I want to see on the UK trip so we can do the conference call to the travel agent next month…damn, homework…thought that was all behind me…more later…

Well…this one is worse…this is the 5th covid vaccine that I’ve gotten and the first 4 caused just a little arm pain but this one is different…I ache everywhere and feel a little worn down with chills and sweating but I can live with it…I think my immune system is working overtime with this booster being for both the BA4 and BA5 variants…I could be having a headache from it, too, but I’ve had a low grade headache since August when the goldenrod and ragweed started to bloom so I can’t be sure…so, I took the day off today and just rested but I have lots to do tomorrow so I need to feel better….and I sure hope I do…time for more rest….

Well…not sure if it was getting the vaccine or what but I didn’t get out of bed until 6:48 this morning and I still hurt a bit…but it’s better than last night so I’ll take it…but it is a little weird that the pain in the vaccination site is mirrored in my right arm…and that amuses me….and I forgot to hit the button on the coffee maker after I loaded it last night so I’m only on my first cup of coffee and I’m going to need more before getting on the bike…I wonder if the chills I had last night are from the vaccine or it just being cold? Whatever it was, I put my sweats and socks on to be comfortable and that reminded me that fall is coming and I don’t mind that at all…read an article about the details of the development that is going to happen on the point and it looks like it is going to be pretty cool with lots of public spaces for fishing and boating…and they are going to start on it next year…man, this is going to be a nice community with all the work being done…almost a billion dollars of improvements in the next 5 years along the lake…and selfishly, it is going to make my house worth much more in that time…it could be worth 200 grand by the time I die….hmmmm….darn…this should have been a separate one….not much to do today….need to get out on the bike here in a couple of minutes but I really don’t have much than that to do today…I did fix my bike riding hat with some velcro yesterday after the adjusting strap rotted through from sweat and whenever I come up with something like that it makes me feel that I still have capability even though I’m just so damn old….I sure need to eat more today after just a small chunk of ribs and some tomatoes yesterday…but I’m not sure what that would be…more later….

Well…with over 500 people dying every day from the Omicron variant of covid, it still seems a pretty dangerous sickness and I was waiting for the new double booster to be available that would address both of them….and it was announced late last week that it was available along with the flu vaccine that will address the bad flu they have been fighting in the southern hemisphere…so yesterday, I scheduled an appointment at Meijers to get both of them…and got that done this morning at 9:30…not a lot of side effects from either of them other than my shoulder is a little sore…about like it was when I got the last booster in March and not nearly as bad as the original vaccine hurt when it went all the way down my arm and into my left hand….so we’ll see how it goes for the rest of the day….it does feel good to get that behind me and I’ll continue to do whatever it takes to not get that damn disease…

Well…it’s uncanny how consistent waking up has been for me…today it was 5:07 but I was able to go back to sleep for an hour or so and that was a win….I seem to have slept okay but still feel a little worn out and that seems to be another new normal….I really, really need the coffee to work….have an appointment this morning at Meijers to get my latest covid booster and a flu shot but I need to get a ride in before that so I have about 30 mins to get on the bike…we did get lots of rain out here yesterday and it is going to be cool with a high of about 67 today so it will be perfect to get to work on the house…I probably should take the rest of the garden out today to put the bag out for pickup tomorrow but I want to cut down the flowers from the back of the house, too, so I may wait another week since they are still alive…not going to pull them out by the roots since some of them are perennials and I didn’t keep track of what ones are so I’ll have to wait til spring to see that….and I need to get more bags from menards to be ready for the leaves….not much to do today…just going to get my vaccines and then get the second ride in after that….then I’m going to prep for work and hope to get the bathroom door off and get the hinges in the stripper….baby steps….more later…

Well…damn, I thought today was going to be easier than it has been with the rain that came in but I had a bunch of new stuff to do…had to fill out the forms for the UK trip next year and was on the phone with my daughter for 2 1/2 hours just shooting the bull…and then I had to get my latest new vaccine booster and flu shot scheduled…tomorrow at 9:30 AM for both and that will be out of the way….and now I’m just going to sit here and listen to the rain and watch a race….and maybe take a nap…still at a pretty big sleep deficit and I’m starting to feel it today….