Well…damn, need to get going pretty quickly since I need to get on the bike before I do the grocery run so that means I need to get out of here in the next 15 minutes or so….it did rain last night so I won’t need to water the lawn today but I really wish it would storm or rain during the day for a change so I could see it….I have a little conundrum with the grocery run today…both aldi’s and DD have protein that I can use but that will mean I’ll have too much here…but how do you pass up chicken leg quarters for 59 cents a pound or smoked kielbasa for 1.99 or sliced turkey sandwich meat for 2.37 for 22 ozs? So that means 3 stops this morning and I need to get at it…slept okay last night but was up at 4:11 for the first time and then out of bed at 6:11 and I’m still in a sleep deficit for my life I think….and I still feel worn out but I guess I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my life…I’m old so I guess that goes with it….I did get out to the beach to play in the waves yesterday but the new beach has screwed up the wave action and made a bad rip and undertow…the waves were even going in toward the beach and out at the same time and crashing into each other…some weird stuff I’ve never seen before…needless to say, I had to be really careful out there and it took a lot out of me….but I’ll be back out there again today….but I’ll be using the old chair since the new one broke the first time I used it and I’ll have to return it and hope the 15 year old one will last out the summer….not much to do today…I got the lawn mowed late yesterday afternoon so I don’t have much to do but the grocery run today but I need to get off my butt and get going….more later….

Well…damn, finally…we got some rain out here yesterday and it even rained twice in one day and I can’t remember that happening in a long long time….and I put food down on it before the rain and I think it’s as green as I’ve ever seen it…at least in the summer…and that means that I’ll have to mow here today or tomorrow…and it may even rain again tonight so that means that I won’t have to water it til Friday or so…slept okay last night but woke up with tight skin and can’t figure that out with not going to the beach yesterday…all I did was drive down to GH to get a new beach chair so that must be it…and the new chair fits in the trunk so that is cool…didn’t think I’d be able to find one this late in the summer….I am going out to the beach today to try it out but need to be back here by 1 for the hearing…so I need to haul ass to be off the bike for the new JWST photos that will be revealed at 10:30 and will need to be on the beach by 11 or so…damn, see that…rushing again and I can’t figure out how not to do it when I have things I want to do…..not much to do today….just going to ride and get to the beach and then veg out for a bit this afternoon….have a nice cool breeze blowing through here right now and I wish I had time to just enjoy that for a while…but I have to do my teeth right now so I can get on the bike….more later….

Well…darn…the car started leaking coolant again today so it looks like I need to find a shop out here that will work on it….probably a water pump that will cost at least 600 bucks to have fixed since you have to take the entire front of the engine apart to get to it and then you have to replace the timing belt, too, while you have it apart….along with all of the gaskets for the cam covers since they have to come off, too….so I guess that will be the project for the week…and I just noticed that I have blisters on my scalp from too much sun yesterday…so I guess the beach is out today….darn again…

Well…running a bit late this morning with not getting out of bed til 6:30 and I feel pretty worn out today….one of these days, I’m going to take a day off and just sit here and watch tv and drink coffee all day….but not today….have a lot to do today and need to get going here in a few minutes to get two rides in and head to GH to check out a new beach chair….I am looking forward to the release of the first JWST photos tomorrow that are supposed to be pretty cool and will start the flood of new science from it that I am pretty geeked about….it’s like the Hubble all over again and I can’t wait…and then there is the latest January 6th hearing that I will be glued to…but damn, indict the asshole in chief already…trump needs to go to jail and right now….but that’s a topic for another one today…and I will get to a political one later….two of my sunflowers died and I can’t figure that out…must be a fungus or something that I haven’t seen before…oh, well…I’m still waiting for it to rain out here and I am still shaking my head that the storms from yesterday fell apart again when they hit the lake and I expect that the ones that are forecast for today will do the same….I probably should put some food on the lawn just in case….not much to do today….just the rides and errand to GH…and I may go to the beach since there are beach warnings up and there may be some waves to play in…but there is not too much wind right now so that may not be til later…..need more coffee and to do my teeth….more later….

Well…I really do think I have a problem…I just can’t stop rushing to do things when I have absolutely no reason to….just this morning, I rushed out of here to get the first bike ride in before the F1 race started but then, knowing I wanted to hit the beach, I skipped the race at about halfway and suited up and went to the beach…but then I got antsy and headed back here about 1 since I needed to water the gardens with another race on at 3….just don’t know how to relax and that really sucks….and it is probably why I’m going to start working on this place again after this week…I would really like to have a few days of doing nothing but there is no damn way I can do that…really, I don’t know if I ever could as I think about it…maybe I need to see a shrink? An entire life of going hard all the time has ruined me….I can’t stop riding or I’ll balloon up to 250 pounds and I can’t stop working on the yard or I’ll lose all of the work I’ve done in the past year…and I can’t just leave the house as it is and live….need to think about this for a while…damn….

WelI…not much to talk about with sleep last night with getting up once at 4am and then out of bed a little before 6….feel okay this morning but a little worn out and I think it’s from the constant riding with no days off that I’m not going to fix anytime soon….it was a little cool going out for the paper this morning and that felt pretty good with the top down on the car…..I do need to get out on the bike here soon to get back here before the F1 race starts at 9 but I won’t get two rides in before that so that will keep me from the second ride until almost 11 and that will push everything back for the whole day….I am going out to the beach today since my skin has healed up some and it can take a little more exposure….have so many freckles on my arms that it looks like my mother’s did when she was out in the sun…not really a smooth tan at all but what can you do about it? And my scalp is really freckled, too, and that makes me laugh a little….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really don’t have much to do today, either other than water everything and watch races so it will be an easy one….damn, already have cramps in my right calf and it is really stiff….have been having some problems with my legs lately and I wonder if I’m getting enough water…my big toe on my right foot started giving me gout signals yesterday so I do need to pour the water in….not much to do today…and I feel pretty guilty about that…taking the summer off is harder than I expected and I’ll probably start doing things after my birthday…..so this will be my last week off….more later….

Well…darn, what an unproductive day…I did get the two rides in this morning but that was about it….didn’t even get out to the beach since I needed to give my skin a break after all of the sun this week…and my beach chair is falling apart after 15 years so I need to find another one but this late in the summer, it’s not easy to find a cheap one….and I still have two months to go out to the beach….I did go down to the fishing contest that was supposed to be a big deal at Heritage landing but I just laughed when there were just a couple of canopies and about 5 guys standing around when there was supposed to be live music and a beer tent….so that was a bust and all I did after that was water parts of the lawn and gardens…and cooked…need to get some room in the freezer since aldi’s has chicken leg quarters for 59 cents a pound starting wed or 5.90 for a 10 pound bag….so that will be my protein for the week….I sure hope I can be more productive tomorrow….and I am going to the beach….with the temp approaching 90…

Well…it’s been a good week up here and pretty quiet but I can feel that’s going to stop tonight and I’ll be making some noise calls to get them to shut the hell up….the guy with the crap brown suv to the south of me is testing the waters right now with turning his stereo on and off after a couple of minutes to try to avoid someone making a call on him…and that is the guy that someone else called on the other day and that kept my streak of not calling going until today….and that is something I don’t understand…how enjoyable is it to sit in your car turning the stereo up and down every couple of minutes so the cops won’t catch you? I think some of these folks are addicted to the thump, thump, thump and need to have it or why else would they tempt a fine just to hear their music…exactly this thing was discussed out on jalopnik the other day when they reported that Florida has a new law that says if you can hear the stereo outside of the car, they can be pulled over and fined 112 dollars….and I couldn’t believe the support for people being able to blast their stereos there…calling it just another excuse to pull over minorites…but I had to retort and ask them if they’ve ever lived anywhere where 150 cars a day go by thumping their music with up to 85db from it in their living rooms? Not one of them have had to endure that so I told them they shouldn’t really be commenting if they don’t have any experience with it…otherwise, it’s just an opinion not supported by evidence. Didn’t go over well….I think there should be the same ordinance here to make this a livable city where people can have their windows open without having to listen to that crap….and maybe go to an event or to the beach without some ass pulling in and blasting the entire place….I think that needs to be suggested when I talk to the city commission at the end of the month…

Well…damn, running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 7….and the two day rule is in effect today with my legs hurting a bit after the long ride thurs…and they are pretty stiff, too, but I am going to get on the bike here in a few minutes to get two rides in before the F1 sprint race at 10:30….I do need a day off at some point and I think today would be a good day for that but I know I won’t take it off….there was a miracle last night when there was no campfire smoke, no loud music, and no fireworks and that made it a pretty relaxing night….it’s been a pretty good week out here and I sure hope it lasts through today….I did get some garden work done yesterday with weeding and moving two cuke plants from the end of the garden into the open spot where I was supposed to have my peppers but only have 3 that came up….cukes need a lot of room and I really didn’t want to have to move them when I mow the lawn….some damn animal has attacked one of my sunflowers and ate part of the flower that hasn’t even opened yet and that sucks….probably one of the squirrels…I did have one of the young ones eat out of my hand the other day and that was pretty cool….not much to do today….just going to water the lawn and fool around a bit after the bike rides…I do need a day off at some point…I am just damn tired but I have 7 minutes and I have to get on the bike….more later….

Well…okay, this is weird….after doing 75 miles on the bike yesterday, my legs don’t hurt at all….not even a little stiff and they should be…how the hell did that happen? At my age, they should be howling in pain this morning but they feel pretty good…I guess I’ll see when I get on the bike here in a minute if I’ll have any effect of the long ride….didn’t get out of bed until almost 6:45 this morning so I guess that is an effect of the ride…I’m sure I didn’t have enough calories yesterday with only a brat and 4 chicken drumsticks and burning over 3,000 but that’s okay…the long ride is never about the calories…just proving to myself that I can still do it…didn’t get out to the beach yesterday with the ride and the scorching I did to myself Wed but I am going out there today….and I will have 50 sunscreen slathered on me for the rides this morning that will last for the beach…I do need to do a better job of taking care of my skin…didn’t get anything done yesterday but pick some beans and water some of the lawn and it looks like today will be the same…I am going to have to ease back into working on this place soon or I think I’ll never do it…kinda used to doing whatever I want and I have lost all my discipline for the first time in my life…is that a good thing? It is what I was going for taking the summer off…to finally be able to just live and fool around without being bound to a schedule like I have my entire life….okay, need to get going…have 11 minutes to get on the bike and still need to do my teeth and slather the sunscreen on…more later….