Well…I talked before about the house next door going up for sale after it being mostly empty for the 4 years I’ve lived here…it looks like it’s been sold and I met the young couple who bought it and had a nice little chat…I am so relieved that I’m not going to have another rental that I’d have to deal with like every other one up here…and they made the point that they are very quiet people after I bitched about all of the work I’ve done to make this place less noisy…so that’s cool…I did get three rides in today and went to the library for more books but I think I’m going to have to take an easy day soon since I started to really hurt on the first ride…both my left tricep and my left thigh just burned the whole way and that’s not normal…so maybe just two rides tomorrow…reading time…

Well…slept til almost 6 again today but I sure don’t feel like I slept at all…I wonder if I’m hitting my limit with my body? I mean I’ve been working my butt off around here along with riding 38 miles a day and that is a lot for an ancient person like me…and not eating enough…okay, going to stop whining now…going to run out to the library this morning to get a few more books since I’m running out and want to make sure I have reading material for the weekend…I have slowed way down from the one book a day that I was doing and I think that’s a good thing…I really do need to get other things done around here…but I will be on the bike here in 15 minutes or so to get the day started around 7am or so…there was just an ad on UK tv for short term loans that had an interest rate of 1,271 %…yow! who the hell can afford that? That means if you borrow 100 pounds, you will owe them 1,271 pounds after a year…who would take that deal? Weird…not much to do today…just the rides and the library run but I really don’t want to do anything…oh, goody…we have an air quality alert for smoke particulates…just what I need…more later…

Well…darn, it was another busy day today with getting two rides in outdoors, then doing some yard work…got the front steps coated with Thompson’s and then got after the bushes and filled a paper lawn bag with the cuttings…then I went back out for the third ride and hit 4,000 miles for the year on that ride…again, the earliest I’ve ever gotten to 4K…that’s 1,383 miles outdoors and 2,620 miles indoors so far…so it looks like it’s going to take another 6 weeks to tie them up…it looks like it is going to be warm enough to do all outdoor rides for the next 10 days or so and that will mean 38 mile days…so the mileage will come pretty fast…I do have to do some meal planning since the leftovers will be gone after tomorrow…probably making my one pot chicken dish with tomato sauce in the cast iron pot my daughter gave me…that’s the only one that is big enough…and that will make food for 4 days…okay, back to reading for a bit…

Well…man, worn out again today and I really would like to take a day off…but I won’t so the coffee needs to go down and I need to get moving by 7am so I can get two rides in this morning…then the front steps and yard work…need to do some meal planning since I’ll use up all the leftovers today…so I’ll do some looking in the freezer to see what I have…probably some chicken thighs in the cast iron sauce pan with potatoes, celery, onion, and pasta sauce….with rice added at the end…my brain is not working today and this one is harder to do than it looks…it looks like there is not much wind out there so I can get on the bike in a few minutes but I’m really tired of rushing to get things done all the time…I sure hope the smoke has abated after the effect on my lungs yesterday and I think I’ll put a mask in the bike bag just in case…9 minutes until I need to get on the bike so I need to get going on maintenance of this tired old body…not much to do today…just the rides and yard work and I hope to be done by 1pm or so…or maybe earlier than that…more later…

Well…after getting two rides in downstairs with the rain this morning, it cleared up enough for me to get an outdoor ride this afternoon but it may have been a mistake…the smoke from the Canadian wildfires was so thick out there today that visibility was down to about two miles and by the time I got out to the beach I had a splitting headache and a sore throat from breathing the smoke… and it didn’t have the nice campfire smell but that of a chemical fire…should have worn a mask and, if it’s as bad tomorrow, I will wear one…need to coat the front steps tomorrow along with trimming the trash bushes so I may only do two rides tomorrow…okay, need to watch Wrexham….

Well…I think my body gave up on me today with getting up at 4:04 but then not out of bed til almost 7…and I’m having a hard time getting going so I won’t be on the indoor bike until almost 8…and yes it is raining here so the rides are going to be indoors today…and I will get some cleaning done…going to make breakfast for dinner today with eggs, toast, and turkey sausages that I got for a buck from DD…and I should make some more potato salad but that won’t be til Friday…ha, the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen just popped up with “rain/snow ahead” and I’m not sure what to think about that…it can’t snow in June…it just can’t…it’s supposed to rain an inch today and we sure can use it…and I can use an easier day than yesterday…can I just do two rides indoors today? That’s the plan and I hope I end up with a clean kitchen and some time to read…the coffee is not working at all and it needs to soon…going to pour the second cup and I need to get on the bike in 15 minutes to get the day started…I’m pretty happy with how the front steps came out after the deck wash yesterday and the Thompson’s will make it look better when I get to it tomorrow…more later…

Well…it’s been a pretty busy day today with hitting 4 stores on the grocery/ errand run this morning, doing 3 outdoor rides, and then I finally got some work done…got out the deck wash and scrubbed the front steps with a scrub brush…just looked at them and all of the algae is gone so as soon as the rain is done I can treat it with Thompson’s water seal…I think I have enough to do all the flat surfaces and then I’ll have to get another gallon…it looks like rain all day tomorrow so that will wait till Thursday…and I do need to clean the fridge soon and that just may be the job for tomorrow since I have to be indoors…didn’t read much today and that was okay…I think I needed a rest since reading had become a chore to do instead of enjoyment…so, what am I going to do now? Read until 7pm…

Well…damn, I’m already behind on these for the month and need to get off my butt and get moving on stuff…have been reading too much and not getting anything done…it’s warm enough to get out on the outdoor bike as soon as it gets light but the wind is blowing like crazy so I may just ride indoors to start the day…going to do the grocery run today since it going to rain almost an inch tomorrow and I’m going to hit DD for another load of 10 for 10 buck food…then I’m doing another errand after I get back here that will make my nights more fun…and I’m going to spend 30 bucks to do that….slept okay again last night and the generic flonase came so I can finally try to get my allergies under control….they have been so bad lately and I’ve been coughing and sneezing like crazy…only have 25 minutes before I have to get on the bike so the coffee needs to work right now…not sure what I’m going to do today but I do need to get something done…probably tear the fridge apart and clean it and I’m going to leave the books on the table and not read anything today…oh, well…maybe some yard work, too…it’s going to be in the 70’s today and I’m sure I’m going to have to make a call on the assholes in the rental…god, I hate them…more later…

Well…damn, it’s not supposed to be in the 30’s in June but that’s the temp right now…only 39 degrees here and I am so damn tired of the cold….I did sleep okay last night and got out of bed around 6am but the one meal days have sapped my energy and I am going to struggle to get going…have just started the coffee and will need to pour down two cups before I get on the indoor bike…I think I need an easy day today with just 33 miles on the bike and then some reading but the fridge needs to be cleaned and I’ve been putting that off for weeks now…like I have been for most of the other things I should be doing…oh, well…just damn tired and worn out…at least I don’t need to cook today….but I still need to do meal planning for the week after I use up the leftovers…and I really do need to have at least two meals a day or I won’t have the energy to do anything…one of these days I’m going to have to get some rest but not today…need to drag myself down in a few minutes and get my day going but I’ve only had one cup of coffee and that needs to change…more later…

Well…after getting the three rides in, I didn’t do much else today other than making Masala and reading…but now I’m going to watch nascar on prime on the computer…this is a little weird having nascar on along with the drag races on the tv….and I’m doing this while I have the race audio in my earbuds…so I don’t need to cook much for the week until Thursday or so since I still have potato salad in the fridge along with bacon for blts…and I got all the stuff I got at DD in the freezer…didn’t eat a second meal again today so I think that is going to catch up to me Tuesday or so and my legs will go flat…I do like losing weight so I’m going to keep it up until I hit the wall…okay, time for races…