Well…I made it to the magic 6am before I got out of bed this morning and all that did was make me late for getting going today…don’t feel any better but maybe that will show later today…need this first cup of coffee to get me started right now but I still won’t be on the bike til 7am or so but I think I can still go to the beach this morning by 9:30 or so…if I decide to go…that would make 5 days in a row and I need that to make up for the cold weather that has kept me from swimming…I do need to have a bagel this morning to make up for not eating enough yesterday or I’ll run out of steam on the 2nd ride…it’s still damn humid here and the rain that was supposed to come overnight and all day today has magically disappeared and that sucks…oh, well…not sure why I’m still racing around to get going every morning even when I really don’t have anything to do other than ride and even with getting out at 7, I’ll still be done by 9am and that leaves me with the whole day to figure out…it was fun to talk to another Miata owner yesterday and that makes three of us here in Muskegon…or 3 of the C models anyway…there are a couple of A’s that I see around but there should be more since this is the perfect place for one…okay, need to get off my butt and get going…more later…

Well…it was kind of a disjointed day today when the threat of a storm with lightning stopped me after the first ride as I waited it out…after a while all of the clouds went away so I put the top down on the car and went to the library to get more books and when I got back here I got right back on the bike for a 2nd ride…when I was sitting at my water stop on the boardwalk, a black Miata pulled into the beach and parked and, as I was leaving I yelled down to the guy that he had a nice car and I had one, too…his was all black with a 5 speed and a 2009 that only had 28K miles on it…after that I rode home and since I was going to the beach anyway, I pulled in next to him and we sat there and talked about the cars…kinda fun and we had a mini Miata rally and I have a photo of both cars sitting together…then I went swimming for a bit and got scorched even with 50 sunscreen on so I decided that was the last time to the beach til next week…and with tomorrow being a holiday, it is going to be too busy out there…but, If I could get out there right after the rides around 9am or so, it wouldn’t be so bad…but we’ll se what my skin says in the morning…it’s supposed to rain but I’ll believe it when I see it…the rain has been missing us to the north all day and it appears that is going to continue…oh, well…

Well…damn…running late this morning with not getting up til 5:41 and I’m already sweating just sitting here so I’m going to be drenched on the bike after the 2 rides…just poured the 1st cup of coffee and need to get that down quick to have some energy on the bike…this is leftover coffee from yesterday and I have made a new pot for the 2nd ride and out to the beach later…going to go out and get a swim in early to beat the crowds…can’t believe how busy it was at my beach in the middle of the week yesterday…every parking spot was filled and most of the beach…ick…didn’t get anything done yesterday but cook so I don’t have to today and I am looking forward to trying the taco chicken wraps I’ve been thinking about…need to make another batch of homemade pickles today, though, since I am almost out of them and they go good with sandwiches…the weather widget says rain in two hours but I think it’s wrong with looking at the radar and seeing that the storms are going to the north…I wish they weren’t since my lawn is crunchy from how dry it’s been…more later…

Well…darn, it seems that every day is a busy one these days but I’m going to change that tomorrow…got the grocery runs in to 5 different stores and both bike rides…then out to the beach but not til almost 11:30 and that is too late for me…it got way too busy and people were waiting for cars to leave so they could park so I’ll go out tomorrow by 10 am and be back here before it gets busy…I do have to hit the library tomorrow since they are not open Friday and I have 5 books that can go back and get 5 more…and I’ll do that right after the rides at 9am….I did try to make iced coffee to take out to the beach but I think you need expresso to do it right…it was watery and didn’t taste much like coffee but it was cold and that was good with it 85 degrees out at the beach…the water was nice again but there was no one in it until I took a run and dove in…after I was in for a while, I think people figured out it was okay and lots of them went in….only had one meal today since I was too busy to eat but I did bake a couple of chicken breasts, cut them up, and hit them with taco seasoning that I am going to use for wraps tomorrow with mayo, lettuce, tomato, and pickled onions…it just seemed like that was a good combo but we’ll see tomorrow…maybe even some taco sauce for a little heat…okay, need to get ready for the US game at 8…

Well…still damn hot here and the temp never got below 76 but I slept okay…or no worse than normal and I feel okay today…going to be a busy morning and my sched may be screwed up by some storms that are forecast for around 10 but the NWS doesn’t have any rain in theirs so who knows? If it does rain, it will force me to make some decisions on the day that I wasn’t planning like do I do a 2nd ride and skip the beach? Sure don’t want to after the nice swim yesterday but I need to just let things happen and figure it out as I go…I do need to cook today and it looks like a pizza for lunch to use up the green pepper and aldis has baby bella mushrooms on sale and that will go good on it, too…thinking of another tray of chicken breasts that will give me options for the rest of the week…the DD ad hasn’t updated yet so I may just stop there on the way back from Meijers to see if they have any deals for the holiday…haven’t been there in weeks since their prices have now gotten to be just normal with no screaming deals like they used to have…I do need to stop at target since I need some new t-shirts to replace ones that have worn out and are too large for me anymore…so it will be a busy one that I need to get started right now…weight work will wait til later…more later…

Well…after I got the rides in today, I suited up and went out to the beach thinking that the water was going to be too cold to swim and it felt that way at first…after I had some coffee and sat there getting burned for a bit even though it was foggy and only in the 70’s, I decided to try the water again and then just said to myself go for it and went in to get a swim in…and the water was good, actually and I stayed in and played in the 6-8 foot waves for a bit…the beating and bashing of the waves filled my ears up with water and they still haven’t drained 6 hours later…I hope they do at some point since my hearing is cut down by 50% with the water in there…I am going to be sore tomorrow since my side already hurt now and they’ll do nothing but get worse…but, I’m going back out there tomorrow after the rides and grocery run…no sunscreen and I may be tempting fate…

Well…another day, another heat warning here and it never got under 80 overnight…but I had the little fan on me all night so sleeping was okay…but I can feel that the heat took a lot out of me yesterday but it’s only going to be hot through Thursday and I can take that…going to head out to the beach again and, after it got to 91 yesterday, I’m hoping I can go swimming today if the warm water is piling up in the shallows…I did get a little color yesterday and expect to get more today and I know I shouldn’t…the results of my blood work are out on my mychart page so I guess I’ll have to go out and see if there are any big problems that I’m going to have to deal with…sometimes I wonder if ignorance is better…at least less stressful…I did get the laundry done yesterday and mowed the lawn so I guess that’s something…need to get my butt going here soon and get the weight work done so I can get on the bike by 6:30…more later…

Well…it got up to 90 today and that’s pretty darn hot compared to how cool it’s been all this year…I did get out to the beach today but I forgot my water bottle and the bug spray which I really needed with the biting flies that were all over…have already put that in the bag for tomorrow…and yes, I’m going back to the beach again tomorrow with the hope that the water will be warm enough to swim after the heat today…still too darn cold today and without the bug spray, I cut it short and came home after an hour and a half…I did still get some color and I needed that…maybe I have a vitamin D deficiency after using the heavy duty sunscreen for so long? It was a busy morning with doing the weight work, two rides, mowing the lawn, and heading out to have blood drawn in the north end before I went to the beach…so I am a little worn out already so I’m going to sit here with the fan on for a while and read…have a heat warning on with the crazy humidity out here but I still like the hot weather and can deal with it…it was nice to just sit and listen to the waves at the beach and relax for a bit…didn’t even get my book out to read…it was a little weird to have hot coffee on an 81 degree beach but that’s my life now even though I wanted some cold beer…oh, well….

Well…that was a nice little storm that rolled through last night and it woke me up even though I had earplugs in but we needed the rain so that was cool…going to be a really busy morning today with needing to get the rides in, go out to get blood drawn, mowing the lawn, and possibly going to the beach for the first time…so I’ll be running starting with the weight work here in a minute…it stayed over 70 overnight and it’s going to be a hot one at 88 for a high today and that is going to go on til Friday when we get storms again and the highs go down to the low 80’s…summer weather that I was waiting for so I’m not going to complain that it’s too hot…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but that’s pretty normal for a Sunday but I’ll make up for that today…used up all the leftovers yesterday so I’ll need to cook today and I think that will be a pizza to use the green pepper in the fridge…I did hard boil some eggs for sandwiches yesterday so that will be the 2nd meal today…it’s 5:30am so I need to get going and start the day…more later…

Well…after I rushed my butt through the two rides this morning and damaged my legs in the process to get done before the F1 race, the time of it was wrong on the internet so I got back here with time to spare and that was okay since I got the chance to have coffee and catch up on the news before the race…but halfway through it, I got bored so I went out and did the weed walk on the entire lawn with my pump sprayer that fell apart while I was using it but I was able to figure it out and fix it…then I had to scrub out the animal water container since it was looking pretty bad…after that I just took the rest of the day off and read while watching soccer and races…still pretty worn out and I wonder if I should mention that to my doctor on July 7th when I’ll be in for my checkup…I’m a little reluctant to raise any problems since it will just lead to more tests that I just don’t want to do…it’s going to be hot here the next 4 days with highs near 90 each day with high humidity and I a going to the beach either tomorrow or Tuesday so I can get a beach day in during June…and I need to go out and get blood drawn tomorrow or Tuesday…always something…