Well…as I said a little while ago, I had a nasty rattle coming from the exhaust that started yesterday and it was just so damn annoying…so, you know that I have to get at it when something is wrong with the car and even the rain wasn’t going to stop me…so, I just went out to take a look at it and the heat shield just fell off in my hand when I pulled on it…and when I started the car up to test it and see if the one on top of the pipe had to come off, too…it was quiet with no problem so that was probably one of the easiest fixes I’ve ever had on the car…and it will make my day to not have to think about it anymore…yay!

Well…it appears to be a normal Thursday with doing the grocery run and then reading the paper before coming here…and now I have a new problem with the car…the leak appears to be fixed but I have a heat shield in the exhaust rattling that is annoying as hell…so, I’ll have to climb under the car today or tomorrow to see which one it is…it’s in the front of the car so I think it’s the one that is on the pipe just coming off the header…we’ll see…should be an easy fix or I’ll just remove it if there is clearance and it won’t start the car on fire…slept okay last night and feel so much better this morning than I did yesterday…and it looks like the bike ride will have to wait until later with the rain out there right now so I am going to revel in that and plan on only one ride today…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I need to do the oven today since it is getting pretty dirty….and the rest of the kitchen needs work, too, so that will be on the agenda today….but first, I am going to have more coffee and read some news and ease into it….more later…

Well…so much for the new schedule working…got up at 6 but just couldn’t get to the point where I wanted to do one of these…so, I got on the bike first and still don’t feel that hot…part of that may be that I didn’t have coffee yet so we’ll test that right now with the first cup…slept okay last night but getting on the bike was a chore…much more work than I like and it feels good to be back here on the couch…I did get out to get my hair cut and run some errands yesterday and I need to get out and run a couple more today…need to get out to DD to get some chicken for 99 cents a pound so I’ll have protein for the rest of the week…the marinade I made the other day came out really good so I am going to modify it a little to make some chicken tacos…just going to add some chili powder and maybe a little cayenne…need to make something new since I am getting bored with the normal stuff…not much to do today…I should clean but probably won’t…just have no motivation right now so we’ll see…more later…

Well…trying out the new schedule this morning with getting this done before I get on the bike for the first ride and I’m not sure the brain is ready for this…I did sleep okay last night but up at 5:04 is not okay…I was able to lie back down for an hour or so but none of that was sleeping so that didn’t help much…but, I don’t feel too bad right now so I guess I can live with it…and, I’m not really too sore today even after two rides yesterday so maybe I’ve gotten over that hump and two a days are going to be the new normal….need to get on the bike by 7 or so today since I want to get my hair cut and run some errands this morning and I do want to see if the car is still leaking…it appears it isn’t but I think it needs a full heat cycle to see for sure…and I need to spray around here again today since I found another cricket in the kitchen so I must not have done a good job of it yesterday….not much to do today…after the hair cut and errands, I need to cook some chicken that I’ve had in a new marinade overnight…just got bored with baking it with a little seasonings on it and it would be nice if I can get some more flavor into it….more later….

Well…running pretty late today and I just can’t figure out this new schedule of getting out on the bike early….I’m not sure if I am lucid enough to do one of these as soon as I get up but I guess I’ll give it a try tomorrow…one thing I do know, the bike ride is not nearly as much fun without having coffee first…slept okay last night and got up just a little before 6 even with getting to bed late again last night but for some reason I felt flat on the bike…oh, okay, no coffee…almost forgot about that…not too sore today even after the bike…didn’t get a lot done yesterday with all of the sports on tv and not having any motivation so I think I’ll try to clean some today…I do need to put some poison down since I am damn tired of having crickets in here and that may help with the spiders, too….I did make a pizza yesterday and I think I finally have the recipe for those down…one thing I can’t understand is why frozen pizzas have so damn much salt in them…the crust recipe I use has only a teaspoon of salt in it and that makes a 16 inch crust….and my pizza tastes so much better than frozen…hmmm…more later…

Well…running a little late today with getting out on the bike around 6 and then reading the paper before coming here to do this…it was still a little dark when I got out and it was so damn windy that it was a little unpleasant…slept okay last night but was up around 5 and that is disappointing…it would be nice to get at least one night of 7 hours or so…and I even went to bed late last night…oh, well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done but cook and watch races and that looks like what today will be….going to make a pizza for lunch and I’m not sure if I’m going to go out on the bike again…could take a rest day of only 15 miles but I’ll think about that later…maybe it will rain? I do have to do some laundry today since I don’t have anything clean and need to do bedding and towels…so maybe I’ll just take it easy today…have been getting 30 miles a day in and don’t really need to do that every day…more later…

Well…running a little late today with needing to get a bike ride in before the 24 hours of LeMans starts at 8…and that meant getting out around 6:30 before I had any coffee and that was not any fun…I really thought I was going to get another day off the bike with rain forecast but that changed overnight, I guess, and it looks like I may be able to get two rides in today…slept okay last night and didn’t get up until 6:14 but that meant I was on the bike after only being up for 15 minutes and that is just not long enough to wake up…but, I survived it and now have coffee and this to do…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I do have to cook today with loading up the instant pot around 10:30 or so since the whole process takes about an hour and that will set me up for getting the second ride in early in the afternoon…I should clean some today and I may this afternoon but there is soccer on and with the 24 hours, I should be able to do a pretty good veg job today…more later….

Well…that didn’t work too well…up at 5:14 and there was no going back to sleep this morning so I just gave up and got up…and it is cold in here since it is in the 40′s outside and it is June…didn’t think I’d be drinking coffee to warm up this time of year…took the day off the bike yesterday with all of the rain and my legs feel better for it…not stiff or sore at all but I’ll change that in a little while when I get out for the first ride…almost went out late yesterday but the wind was blowing over 30 and that is just too much…I fought the guilt pretty well yesterday but I won’t today…I did get a lot of cleaning done yesterday…finally got the fridge done then vacuumed and repaired the crack in my coffee table along with spider web removal…have to work on the car and then run an errand after I get the first ride in but I have to wait for the temp to come up since it is only 45 right now and that is just too damn cold to go out…it’s another leftover day today so no cooking to do…I think I’ll just do a little more cleaning while soccer is on later and then try to get a nap later since I was up way too early…more later…

Well…it’s Thursday and I’m about on time for grocery day…I even remembered to come here this morning before I got to reading the news and I consider that a small victory…slept okay last night but was up at 4….but, my persistence of trying to go back to sleep was rewarded with another couple of hours of kind of sleeping and some really weird dreams that were quite welcome…and I feel okay this morning even after getting out to have a couple with G that wasn’t terrible…okay, that’s not fair…we actually had some fun and some laughs and it was good to get out of here for a while…it looks like I’m going to have to have the water pump replaced on the car along with the timing belt and a bunch of gaskets so I need to start saving since it will cost about 800 bucks…I’m going to try a foreign car shop that is just a mile or so from me so I can drop the car off and ride my bike home…have been checking comments online about them and they are almost all good ones so I think I’ll give them a try…but it’s not really urgent since the car only leaks about a tablespoon of coolant when I park it so maybe in a couple of weeks…and this will fix the oil seepage that is making the engine dirty and that will be cool…and I don’t have to work on it so that is worth 800 bucks…didn’t get much done yesterday but with the rain all day today, I am going to attack the fridge and get that cleaned later this morning if I can’t get out for a ride….it looks like the rain has parked over GR so I may get a rest day and heal up the legs some and that is a good thing….more later….

Well…this getting up at 5 or so and then going back to bed for a half hour appears to be a new pattern that I think I like a little…that little bit of extra sleep seems to give me a lot more energy and I’m not sure why that would be…I do know that my allergies are bad this morning already and that is a pain in the butt since I can’t take anything for them after taking something last night….oh, well…got another double in on the bike yesterday and am going to try to do another one today since it may rain me out tomorrow or keep me to one…don’t have a lot of pain this morning so only going at 80% for the second ride seems to have helped and I think I’ll continue that and see what happens…at least it’s warmer this morning so I won’t have to put a fleece on when I get out…didn’t get a lot done yesterday with watching soccer most of the day but I do need to spray some bug killer today since I have lots of frickin crickets that are getting in here somehow and that is getting annoying….I’m used to spiders but the crickets a just a little too much…more later…