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…

Well…have been running since I started around 7 this morning but it 2pm and I am done for the day…the first cruise ship of the year is docked downtown and I wonder if we’ll get a lot of them this year…I think we got a dozen last year…just finished cleaning up after making the Masala for lunch and then treated the pot from the instant pot with soft scrub and then wiping it down with lemon juice to keep it from oxidizing…there was only a couple of blood spots on the trail and no abandoned bikes like last year…but there was tons of red bull cans along the trail and…I did get my 33 miles in and it was nice to have the trail to myself again…just a few bikes and walkers today like usual…okay, need to read….

Well…it’s 38 degrees on the first of June and I know I’ve never seen that before…this has been the coldest spring I can remember and I’m pretty damn old…the heat has been on for almost three weeks now and it’s not going to get out of the 70’s for another week…this is not normal…when I moved out here 4 years ago, I was on the beach in June but this year it won’t be until July…ick…slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed tit almost 6:30 but I still feel like I haven’t slept in weeks…part of that could be only having one meal yesterday and I really think it’s going to be a lot of work to do better today…have the chicken thawed for Masala but the thought of doing that much work is not sitting well right now…it takes a couple of hours to make and clean up from it and I don’t have the energy right now…I do need to get on the indoor bike soon so I can be done by 9 when the F1 race is on but then I don’t know what I’m going to do the rest of the day…nothing probably but I do need to clean the fridge at some point…and the living room, and the kitchen, and everything else…but I need more coffee before I get going here in 17 minutes….more later…

Well…I had forgotten that today was “drunks on the trail” day and it was a mess for the first ride outdoors…but, being the idiot I am, I went back out to get a second ride in and it was just a frickin crowded mess and I ended up riding in the road all the way back…there must have be a dozen crashes and a hundred close calls and the trail will be a mess in the morning…but I did get the33 miles in so I guess that’s something…there were over a thousand people on bikes and I think it’s too crowded when I see 10…so, next year I’ll just take a pass on this day and ride indoors…should have done that today since my legs have been asking for a rest for quite a while…I’m still laughing that I bought 600 tabs of benadryl for 10 bucks…they do work better than the red dots so it looks like I’m good for the rest of the year..and they make me sleep better…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6 this morning and I’ll take that any day…time for weight work…

Well…damn, it’s only 41 degrees out here and the heat has been running all night and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that going into June…this has been the coldest spring I can remember…so I won’t be outside on the bike until around noon or so…I’m glad I mowed the lawn yesterday so that leaves me only cleaning to do today as I ease into the day…I did get the 600 generic benadryls yesterday and tried one last night and they seem to work okay…my allergies have been so terrible lately that I needed to do something…the generic flonase that I ordered is not going to be here til next Tuesday but I need it now and that sucks…slept okay last night…finally…and didn’t get out of bed til 6 and slept through the night and after the 3am debacle of yesterday that is a welcome change…need to get moving soon to be on the bike downstairs before 7 but I sure don’t want to…just want to sit here and have coffee and let my body wake up…more later…

Well…dodged a bullet with the new car this morning when I found that the rear brakes were adjusted perfectly so I didn’t have to do any work but jack it up and turn the back wheels…I did get the chance to see under the car and it has no rust anywhere and the rear suspension is nothing like that of the old car…the old one was simple double wishbone front and rear but the new one is what looks like a 4 link of some sort that I’m still trying to figure out…damn, just mowed the lawn and it triggered my allergies so bad I’ve been coughing and sneezing for a half hour now…I sure hope the meds come today…it has been pretty busy today with an indoor ride, an outdoor ride, then over to the library, back here to mow the lawn and now lunch and then out for one more ride and I should be done other than laundry by 1pm or so…okay, need to make lunch….more later…

Well…that really, really sucked…didn’t sleep at all last night…even went to be late but then was up at 3am and never really got back to sleep until I gave up at 5 and now I’m pouring coffee down trying to get my body started…need to work on the car today since I think the parking brake/rear calipers are adjusted too tight and are dragging so I need to pull the wheels and back the adjusters off a bit and then I can clean the wheels while I have them off…and that is going to push the trip to the library back to late morning and errands to this aft…and I may only do one ride today since my body just needs some rest but we’ll see how I feel after I get the work done…still damn cold here at 47 and we have not had a spring this year and that sucks…we’re almost to summer and still in the 40’s? Oh, well, not anything I can do about it…forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer for the Masala I want to make tomorrow so that may be put off til Sunday…have plenty of other food that I got from DD so no big deal…need to get on the bike by 6:30…or I really don’t need to but I’m getting bored already so I might just as well…my darn allergies are terrible this morning and I can’t wait for the meds to get here today….more later….

Well…another morning of waking up at 5 and I am trying to figure out the pattern of that and how it changes over time…at least it’s not 3:04 like it was for quite a while…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get that down so I can get on the bike downstairs soon to get the day started…going to try to get 33 miles in again today before I leave to make the run out to Ada so that will make for a busy morning…I was reminded by one of my Mastodon friends that I described a pretty good day yesterday and when I look back, it was…so many food bargains and the good health news along with carving out some time to read made for a day that most people would love…and I realize that it was luxurious and I am fortunate…it is still cold out here at 51 and that is just wrong for the end of May and it’s barely going to get over 60 but that is still warm enough to put the top down on the car if I dress for it…so no shorts today and probably a fleece…and I need to get 6 new discs in the changer in the car for new music for the ride…I was going to say not much to do today but that’s not true…going to be running until I get in the car at 12:15 and I need to remember to eat something before I leave….more later…

Well…it was an okay day today and I got some real deals at DD today…I mean a half pound of bacon for a buck? Or a 12 oz package of thin sliced mesquite smoked turkey for a buck? Or a 12 oz package of honey ham for a buck? They had their 10 for 10 bucks sale on and I spent 12 bucks on a huge bag of food…even got a package of mixed salami for a buck…pretty good deal…now I need to find room in the freezer for most of it…it didn’t rain while I was running errands this morning so I didn’t have to wash the car…I did get 33 miles in on the bike today but it was more of a struggle than I like…I’ll have to get on the bike early tomorrow to get the miles in before I head out to shoot pool at 1pm…and my friend K might just come for a bit and it would be good to see her since I haven’t seen her in almost two years…and then I can show her the new car, too….I did make the potato salad this aft and the eggs were okay…thought I overcooked the eggs but they were okay…and the red potatoes worked just fine…so again, I have too much food here but that’s okay…haven’t been eating enough and my clothes have started to hang on me…it’s finally raining here and we really need it but there’s nowhere near what they forecast…oh,well…back to reading…

Well…a little bit of good news this morning with the results of the PSA test showing that the cancer hasn’t come back and that is a relief…it’s always hanging over me that one of these times it’s going to show the that the little bit they had to leave behind was going to explode and kill me but not right now…didn’t look at the rest of the tests since it’s not really important to me and there is not anything I can do to change them…slept okay last night but was up at 5:30 again and that is way too damn early but there is nothing I can do about that either…I did get some work done yesterday and now I’m waiting for it to rain to wash the grass seed into the ground and sprout some of it…used 15 bucks of seed yesterday and that is not cheap…I did use the rest of the red potatoes for another batch of potato salad that I need to put together today but I may have overcooked the eggs since I forgot I had them boiling…oh, well…I do need to do the grocery run today but don’t have much on the list so it will be a quick one…if I drive in the rain today I’ll have to wash the car before the run out to Ada to shoot pool tomorrow and I am looking forward to that…need to drive the car more…will turn it over to 50K miles on the run tomorrow but who cares? Not much to do today…need to get on the bike for the indoor ride here in a minute and then get on the grocery run…will have to dance around the rain to get two rides in outdoors but I’m going to try…as always…more later..