Well…running a bit late this morning with not being able to get going…didn’t get up til 6:30 and I don’t think that helped how worn out I feel even with only doing one ride yesterday…and I need to get out on the bike here pretty soon since there is rain coming in that is going to be here around 9:30 or so…and I’m not sure how many rides I’m going to get in…it will be tough for me if I can’t get back out for at least one more ride….haven’t only done one ride two days in a row this year and I’ll feel like a slug if I do…okay, I have when I was riding indoors but I don’t want to get back on that if I don’t have to…I did get out to put more food on the lawn late in the day yesterday with the rain that was coming overnight but it looks like the rain dissipated before it got here so I really hope it rains today and works the food into the lawn….if it does rain, I am going to run out to depot to get some more veggie food for the gardens…can get 40lbs for 22 bucks and that should last me all summer…and with all of the sunflowers I have up, they will need food if they are going to get to the giant size that they tout on the package…it would be cool to have them get to 8 feet with heads that are a couple of feet across….I almost took the day off yesterday but just can’t figure out how to do that….and won’t do that today with a few things to do….need to pour more coffee into me and get on the bike by 7:30 so I have 22 minutes for one more cup and to shake the cobwebs out before I get on the bike….would really like to sit on the porch and listen to the rain this morning and I think that will be the goal for the day…tough work…more later….

Well…yeah, I know I said I was going to take the day off the bike today but it quit raining and I couldn’t just do nothing so I suited up and got out…and then it started to rain when I got out to the beach and it was pretty miserable all the way back…well…not miserable…I don’t mind it raining when it’s just a little warmer but it was only 59 when I went out and I am still cold from it…I did get some work done today so I guess that’s something…cleaned the couch and rotated the cushions and then vacuumed the rug and tore the bed apart and washed the bedding along with the couch blankets….so I did get a couple of things done but the races are starting now so I’m done for the day…I promise I’ll get back to politics tomorrow and try to do a couple a day on that until I get caught up….I may even do one today if I get any more bored than I am right now….

Well…damn, sitting here and have already read the paper and all the news websites…and that leaves me bored already and it’s not even 8am yet…so, it may turn out to be a pretty hard day since I don’t feel like cleaning yet…or ever, but I do need to clean off the dining room table that I let pile up with lots of stuff and looks like crap….and I do need to clean the stove some but will probably wait until I cook for the day….I may go out in the rain to feed the garden here in a minute since it does need food to keep everything going….okay, my brain isn’t working so I’m going to get more coffee and watch the MotoGP race….more later….

Well…not running late today with getting up at 6:05 but I felt so crappy last night that I was expecting to have that continue this morning…and it has a bit…still pretty worn out but I think a large part of it is going back to 45 miles yesterday…but, it’s raining a little out there with a long train of it all the way back into Iowa heading this way so I won’t do 45 today….or I may just take the day off and try to let the pain come out of my legs…but that is harder than it looks….will be looking at the weather all day to try to see a break that I can fit one ride into…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done so I think I’ll do some cleaning today…and I have to cook so I’m going to make tacos this aft but still need to get something else out of the freezer for tomorrow….I did water the lawn yesterday to try to keep it alive til the rain today but I don’t know if it’s raining hard enough to save it…don’t even want to look at my water bill this month…oh, well….not much to do today…just going to take it easy until I figure out if I want to clean….I need more coffee…and more coffee, and more coffee….more later…

Well…I don’t know why I’m surprised…I knew there would be lots of people on the trail for my last ride today with the pub pedal event going on starting at noon…but damn, not one of those people were paying attention at all and I almost got run into at least a dozen times…and I had to ride on the road to get around the swarms that were clogging up the trail on the way out and I really hate riding in the road…from the looks of some of these folks, there are going to be a few heart attacks in the crowd since a lot of them look like they haven’t done any exercise in 20 years…..but, I survived it and now I’m home and going to relax the rest of the day….and maybe come back here for one more after I take a look at the news….

Well…damn, it’s only 48 degrees out there and it’s June 4th? Oh, well…that just means I won’t be getting on the bike for an hour or so and that might not be a bad thing…slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed til after 6 and I wonder if that will affect my schedule for the day…ha,ha…don’t have a schedule other than to get a couple of rides in and watch the drunks on bikes later….should be good for a laugh or two….only did two rides yesterday so I could get out to the beach for the first time and relax a bit…it wasn’t too warm but I did get the first swim in for the year so that was cool…that water was about 62 degrees and that still feels pretty cold when the air temp is only 70 with the wind blowing 15 off the lake….I did almost get out for a third ride but when I got on the bike, the left pedal was making a cracking noise that annoyed the heck out of me and I had to figure it out…so I took a pedal off the black bike to swap out to make sure the noise was in the pedal and then washed it out and then lubed it and I think I have it fixed…just figured out that those pedals have over 16K miles on them so I guess I should start looking for a new set….want to keep the black bike rideable just in case someone comes out and wants to take a ride with me….the first people moved into one of the rentals across the street yesterday and it isn’t even done yet and I can’t figure that out…and I wonder who can afford 1900 dollars a month? They are pretty small houses when I now look at them and can’t be more than 1100 sq ft…and no basement…weird….not much to do today….just going to wait for the temp to come up and then get on the bike for the first ride and then wing it for the rest of the day….it looks like I’m going to take the day off tomorrow with the rain…or I’m going to use that for an excuse and get a rest day in since I’ll probably do three rides today….more later….

Well…damn, I can’t remember being this stiff in a long time and I know how it happened…and it’s all my fault for doing 45 miles a day on the bike for the past 6 of 7 days….and the stiffness is even in my neck and shoulders, too, and that is pretty unusual…even my feet hurt so maybe I’ve reached my limit and should pull back some…I think I’ll use the rain for an excuse to take a day off Sunday and try to heal up a bit….didn’t sleep too badly last night but was up at 3:41 for the first time and the out of bed a little after 6….cripes, I’m worn out….sure hope the coffee starts to work soon or it is going to be brutal on the bike here in a few minutes…you know, I wonder how I got so off track with riding….I’m feeling a compulsion to get out there three times a day and I think that’s not healthy for someone as old as I am…is there a precedent for this kind of self abuse? I started riding as a way to get into shape and burn some calories since I’ve always had a problem with my weight but the weight is not coming off anymore even with not eating much and burning 1800 a day on the bike…I should be losing a pound every 5 days with the extra burn of 600 cals a day…I mean damn, I only had a chicken sandwich with a quarter of a chicken breast and a handful of chips with a glass of milk…at about 500 calories for lunch and a small pork rib with asparagus for dinner for another 400 or so…so I’m under 1K cals a day and can’t lose weight? I am really starting to hate even thinking about this crap all day every day…..oh, well….not much to do today…I do need to do the weed walk in the yard today since I noticed a bunch of them mowing yesterday and I want to run out to Aldis for some stuff I forgot and I may go out to the beach this aft to get a swim in…but, it’s only going to be about 70 today and that may be a little cool for swimming…we’ll see…more later…

Well…can’t get a line from the Neil Young song “Coupe DeVille” out of my head this morning…”well I hit the wall…woke up this morning and I hit the wall..” and that is just how I feel this morning after doing 45 miles a day on the bike for 5 of the past 6 days…I had been thinking that I may have been overdoing it for a person my age and I think I was right…but that doesn’t mean I’m going to get smart and take a day off…nope, that would be too easy…and would make me too guilty…so I need to think what to do…I was so exhausted last night that when I got into bed and needed a new set of earplugs, I just bit the cords off them instead of getting back out of bed and cutting them off with scissors….and I didn’t get out of bed til almost 7 this morning…so, I’m pretty used up this morning and I’m not sure when I’m going to be able to get going…or if I should…didn’t get much done yesterday but water the lawn to keep it alive and ride the bike for almost 4 hours…I am going to get to 1K miles outdoors on the bike today and with the 800 miles downstairs, I am inching up on 2K for the year so far but I’m not sure if the 6050 goal is doable with how I feel right now…not much to do today…just need coffee, coffee, coffee…and to read the news a bit…I was bad last night and had a cocktail and that may be why I feel like crap this morning so I won’t do that again for a while….I think that is triggering my depression again and all I want to do is sit here and stare at this screen…but, I won’t…I will drag myself out in a few minutes…or a half hour since it is still only 53 out there and I don’t want to be cold….more later….

Well…after having a lot of birds on the feeder out here over the winter and into spring, I’m down to only one bird left still using it. I have a young male Cardinal who is on the feeder almost once every 10 minutes or so and spends a lot of time sitting in the feeder as he eats…and he is even using the water container I put out a couple of days ago but he is the only one I’ve seen do that…I really expected that the squirrels would be the ones getting drinks from it but I don’t think they’ve found it yet…I did almost get the female grey squirrel to eat out of my hand today..she got about a foot away and then ran so I had to throw the bread out so she could still get it…she still runs toward the back door when I come out but is  pretty wary and just stands there on her hind feet watching me…still no hummingbirds and I wonder if I should do a count of the days I’ve waited? We’ll see….

Well…that was about normal…went to bed at the normal time, tossed and turned for the normal two hours trying to get to sleep, and then out of bed at the normal time of 6am…so about 5 1/2 hours last night but I feel okay today so I’ll take it…just saw a pretty cool thing…I moved the hummingbird feeder over to hang from the tree just outside my kitchen window yesterday and, with the sun coming up, it looks like there is a light inside it and it glows…I hope the birds find it this year…if not, it will be the second year I’ve had it up with no birds….I really don’t hurt as much as I should with doing 45 miles a day the past two days and I am going to get my day started today with getting the first ride in at 7am before I do the grocery run which will set me up to do 45 again today….with not working on the house, I have a lot of time that needs to be filled and I guess riding the bike is as good as anything until the water gets warm enough to go out and swim every day…I almost went to the beach yesterday but the 20mph wind would have sandblasted me and that is just no fun…and it looks like it won’t be warm enough to go out the rest of the week with highs in the 60’s and lower 70’s…I do think I found out why my allergies spiked over the weekend…it looks like all of the tall grass along the trail is blooming and the high wind is spreading the pollen everywhere….was just damn miserable the past few days and was hoping the rain we didn’t get would wash some of it out of the air…no luck…not much to do today…just riding and the grocery run and I may have to start using the sprinkler on the lawn to keep it alive til next week when it’s supposed to rain….and that will cost some large dollars but it has to be done….oh, well…more later….