Well…have been wracking my brain all afternoon t come up with a political topic and haven’t been able to do it…oh, I could write about the 400 million dollar bribe that the idiot is going to take from the Qataris in the form of a customized Boeing 747 but I am just so damn tired if the idiot and writing about him so I won’t…so where does that leave me? Doing a filler for the first time in a long time…I just realized I haven’t driven the new car with the top up since I got it other than to load it on the ferry and that’s pretty cool…and even though the 6 disc in dash player is a little clunky, it’s nice to listen to entire albums again instead of playlists… and I have both cases filled with cds so I’ll have music for the entire summer…need to remember to put them in the car tomorrow along with the beach sticker and license plate tab…okay, want to go back to reading…

Well…after a year of delays, the trail through the condo/marina complex is back open again and I rode through it today…not sure if I’ll be using it much, though, since it was busy even with no people in the condos yet…will probably just keep using the bypass so I can get some speed going…and it’s pretty narrow compared to the trail that was there before…I did get three rides in before noon again and now it’s 12:30 and I have some cleaning to do before the nascar race comes on at 3 or so…still have the weight work to do but that can be done when the race is on…and I do want to read some this aft, too, so I guess I should get off my butt and get working…more later…

Well..damn, need to be on the indoor bike in 16 minutes and just dragged my ass out of bed…no coffee yet but I need to pour some down if I’m going to get a ride in before the MotoGP race at 7:30…it’s only 41 degrees outside right now so the outdoor rides are going to wait a bit…up at around 4 again today and I am so damn tired of it…might have to go back to the otc sleeping pills again but I haven’t needed them in years and I don’t want to do that if I don’t have to…but 4 hours of sleep a night is not enough…have to figure out meals for the next few days after I finish up the soup today…might make some bean burritos since I have all the ingredients for it…and I thawed some dogs for chili dogs so I do have options…yeah, I know…all bad for me but I’m tired of eating food that is good for me…just tired of eating in general with no teeth left to do it…the new car is just a little too big to clean it in the garage so the next time I’m going to back it out and do it in the driveway…could barely get in the doors without banging them into the grill or the studs…and I sure don’t want to do damage to it…not much to do today…need to get on the bike right now to get the indoor ride done by 7:30 but I am so damn tired of having discipline…want to just sit here and have more coffee but I won’t…more later…

Well…it’s been a pretty easy day today but I did get three rides in for 33 miles today…and I did the full 24th gear sprint on the way back on both outdoor rides since the wind was at my back blowing 15 mph or so…I really do like going with the wind like that and I really pushed myself enough that I know I’m going to hurt tomorrow since I already do…even passed a couple on e bikes that I left like they were standing still…and I was grinning like an idiot the whole time…finished up all three rides before noon and haven’t done anything but clean a little since…I do need to get the beach window sticker and the new license tab on the car but that can wait since there is no damn way I’ll be going to the beach until the water is warm enough to swim…so it looks like tomorrow will be about the same with races and rides…I really do want to take the car out for a drive but I don’t really know where to go…and that’s a little pathetic…oh, well…

Well…not sure what the heck is going on but I was up at 4 am again today and out of bed by 5:30 and that is just too damn early for me…or for anyone who is on a normal schedule…I think I’m going to have to clean the car out of the garage since it’s just a little too big to get in and out of the doors when it’s in the garage…but I have the glass done and I can put the beach sticker on and be ready to go out and get some swims in as soon as it gets warm enough…not going to buy a new beach chair since it wouldn’t fit in the new car’s trunk so I’ll use the 4 by 4 shipping pad I got from HF for my new beach blanket…but that is not going to happen til way into June…I sure hope the water is warmer this year…only had a few comfortable water days last year and I’m running out of years to swim…it looks like a one indoor and two outdoor ride day today and I need to wedge in the MotoGP sprint race at 9 so that gives me a lot of time to sit here and have coffee with it only 6:05 right now…might even have to make some pour over to get my old butt moving today…not much to do today…I really just want to go out and drive the new car but I don’t know where to go so I probably won’t…still too damn task oriented even at my advanced age and I need to figure out how to just fool around…have never been good at that….more later…

Well…after I decided to only do three rides today, that gave me enough time to work on the car a bit so I decided to do the glass and rainx it and then clean the interior and waxed the inner door parts that everyone always misses…then I cleaned the under hood parts of the front fenders and the trunk and I’ll start on the wheels tomorrow if it’s not raining…have to remember to put the registration and proof of insurance in the glove box…there are so many clever little details on this car from the way the top folds to be it’s own cover when it’s down to the soft opening glove box and the little cubbys of storage that are behind the seats and between them…I did get the string trimming done this morning but put the trimmer away with the gas cap pointing down and it dripped all over my bike and made for a long clean up and it still smells in the garage…oh, well…

Well…damn, it’s only 34 degrees out here right now and that is just wrong for the second week of May…woke up at around 4am today but was able to get back to sleep til almost 6 but that is not making me feel any better…have been trying to eat enough to support doing 30 miles on the bike every day but that’s harder than it looks…and I’m going to try to do two indoor and two outdoor rides today to go over 40 miles for the first time this year…but that means I need to get on the bike by 7am…just looked at the weather and it’s not going to be warm enough to go out til this aft so I guess start time can move back a bit…I really don’t have any big tasks to complete until I need to have blood drawn on the 26th so I am just going to enjoy the lull and take it easy for a change…it’s going to warm up into the 70’s for the next few days and I wonder if it’s time to go into shorts for the year yet? Don’t have any that fit me so I may have to buy a couple new pairs after losing a few of inches off my waist…not much to do today…just an easy wing it day after getting everything done yesterday…so I’m going to pour more coffee down and wait for it to work…more later…

Well…finally got the paperwork done for the car at a cost of almost 700 bucks so I’ll need to stop spending for a couple of months to get some money coming in…was pretty easy and only took about 10 minutes to do all the stuff I had to do so that wasn’t bad…had the top and windows down for the fist time and they really have done a nice job of wind management since there was no buffeting even with the windows down…and the injector cleaner I put in this morning really smoothed the idle out and I’m pretty sure it’s just from a little condensation in the fuel tank…I really do need to eat more…when I don’t eat enough, the caffeine from coffee makes me jittery and my hands shake…so I might need to have three meals today to catch up…okay, I did stop at the library to drop off two books and pick up three more so I think I’ll read for a bit….

Well…as I sit here finishing up the coffee and getting ready to get on the indoor bike, the thought hit me that I really do have a pretty good life as I head to the end of it…I mean I have the house and car sorted and don’t really have to do anything about that anymore…and the new car makes me grin and even with burning through almost 15 grand, I still have enough cash to be comfortable and most people can’t say that…so I’m going to enjoy this day and the rest of them that I have…the idea that I have a car that I can take anywhere that I want liberates me from the trapped feeling I had with the old car failing as it was…not sure if I’m going to do the one lap of America but the fact that it is a choice I have with the new car makes me feel like there are possibilities I didn’t have a couple of weeks ago…so now it’s time to get on the bike and get this day moving…

Well…up at 5 am again today and I’m really not sure why…I mean I’m working my ass off to get things done and it should tire me out but it’s not…so I sit here before 6am trying to figure out my day and I think I have a plan…not going to skip the indoor ride like yesterday since it really does jump start my day and gets me going…I had a hard time getting going yesterday without it and don’t want to do that again…going to be eating some bad for me food the next few days and I don’t really care…going to make chips and cheese and some sandwiches with ham and turkey I got yesterday…and maybe some bean burritos…who knows? I do have to be at the SoS office at 1:40 to get the paperwork for the car done and that is going to cost around 900 bucks but then I’m done and I’m going to enjoy getting that done and the car officially mine…then I need to go to the library to get a couple more books to tide me over into next week…I did get the lawn mowed yesterday and I need to run the string trimmer to get the yard finished up but that won’t be til tomorrow…so, not a lot of urgency to get going today and I can have more coffee and ease into it…more later…