Well…thought I had the rear wheel fixed but it wasn’t so I had to rebuild the wheel from the black bike that I have been stealing parts from for the past few years…and that meant swapping a spoke out that took when one broke on the grey bike so that meant swapping out the sprocket cassette and the bearing carrier and putting the tire on the other wheel…then putting the bike back together…going to look to see what a new rear wheel will cost so I’ll be able to ride when this one breaks…worked on that for two hours and I still need to get an outdoor ride in after the Michigan game is over…okay, back tot he game…

Well…up at a little after 4 again but didn’t get out of bed til after 5:30 and I’m not sure if that’s a win or not…still don’t feel like I slept at all but I’m not going to whine about that…going to try to get an outdoor ride in today but I’m not sure when that will be…Michigan plays at noon and that’s when it will be warm enough to go out…oh, well…I’ll get an indoor ride in and the weight work done and then I can build on that later….still don’t have to cook today and it looks like tomorrow but then I need to get some meal planning done…probably a pizza since I have green pepper that needs to be used and I do need to clear the freezer out…down to the last two books and I am pondering stopping reading for a while so I can get other things done…need to clean the basement and get rid of the cobwebs and start working on getting rid of everything…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and basketball along with a race later…the 12 hours of Sebring is on starting at 10am so I’ll run that in the background…more later…

Well…after I got the weight work and indoor ride in today, it was raining so I didn’t think I was going to be able to get out for a ride but it cleared off about 10 or so and I jumped on the bike to get a ride in…it was a pain in the butt with the little ratchet mechanism in the rear wheel that allows you to free wheel not engaging so every time I stopped pedaling, the pedals just went around with no movement of the rear wheel…so I crippled it back here and then took some WD and soaked the sprocket carrier and it appears to be fixed…I’ll give it a try when I go out tomorrow…the trails were almost clear but cluttered with leaves, branches and other crud from the heavy rains we had last week…and part of the trail was still flooded but it was easy to ride through it…but it was so dirty on the trail that I had to wash the bike when I got back here…okay…time to read…

Well…up way too early today at 4:55 and I really hate getting up this early…I may try to do two outdoor rides today since it’s already over 40 gut that will need a change in my schedule that I’m not sure I’m ready for…but I’ll do anything to stay off the indoor bike…just getting damn tired of riding indoors…and if I do that, I can sit here and have coffee until it gets light and that has some attraction…didn’t get anything done yesterday and I can live with just two outdoor rides and then some basketball and reading…I do have to plan some meals in a couple of days but still have leftovers that will last the weekend and I’ll be eating out of the freezer for the next week…need to clean the fridge at some point since it’s getting a little grungy and piling up some old food that needs to go…not much to do today…just going to ease into it with getting up so damn early and the coffee not working yet….more later…

Well…the sun came out today! It hasn’t for a least the past week so it’s pretty darned welcome…and with it over 40, the snow has finally started to melt with the walks and the street clear for the first time in almost two weeks…so tomorrow I’ll suit up in the afternoon to take a look at the trails and see if I can get through…still only going to be in the upper 40’s but I’ve been out in that a lot this year so far…after all of the activity yesterday, I’m taking it easy today with just the normal stuff and now March Madness and reading…still pretty sore for some reason and my left thigh has joined in with my left elbow to give me more pain…damn, this getting old is tough…and it’s nice I don’t have to cook today…okay, back to reading…

Well…up and running at a little before 6 today but I sure don’t feel like I slept much…it’s probably from not eating enough even though I made popcorn with real butter last night…but that went with only a bowl of masala and a bowl of soup during the day…going to have a bagel this morning to try to fix that…but I need to get this done and the weight work first…it was still cold enough that no snow melted yesterday but I hope that changes today…it’s supposed to be 46 for a high but I think we’re still weeks away from the trails being open again and that sucks…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and should clean the kitchen or bathroom today but all I want to do is lie on the couch and read…I’ve been so damn sore lately and I have been trying to figure out why…my legs and hips have been so stiff that I may have to take something for it today…okay, going to stop whining now…don’t have any plans for today so I think I’ll just slip into my normal routine here in a minute and get the day’s tasks done…more later…

Well…finally I got some work done today and that feels good…started with the weight work and ride and then cleaned the living room, took the couch apart, rotated the cushions, and washed the cover in the load of laundry I did…then I reassembled everything and got to work making masala…finished everything just before noon…it never got above freezing today so none of the snow has melted but one of my Mastodon friends that live in Iowa said they are getting to 75 Friday so maybe some of that warmth will be coming this way…not much but it will get to 53 Saturday and then back down to the 30’s and 40’s…ick…so damn tired of the cold…don’t really have to go anywhere until Monday so I’m not going to…time to read…

Well…that didn’t last long…got up at a reasonable time yesterday but back to the normal waking up at 4:53 and then out of bed at 5:08 so it looks like we’re back to normal…it’s still snowing out here and it’s only 24 degrees and I can’t wait for this winter to be over…but even if it gets warm, it’s going to take a week or so to clear the trails again…going to make masala for lunch today and I know I need to take in more calories…a bagel and a bowl of soup is just not enough even with just one ride on the bike…it is kind of nice that I don’t have to go anywhere until next Monday…but I will need to get creative on meals and do some freezer diving…need to make a pizza to use up the green pepper and pepperoni in the fridge…even though I didn’t sleep much, I feel okay this morning and I’m not sure why…I should feel like crap but it’s only half crap and I’ll take that…more later…

Well…darn, it never got over 20 degrees out here today so none of the 5 inches of snow we got melted…but I’m not shoveling it…I just frickin refuse…I still can’t believe I didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 this morning…that just isn’t normal for me and I am a little curious to see what happens tonight…I did make a batch of potato soup today and I really like the ease of the recipe…total time including cooking is only an hour so I wonder why I don’t make it more often…that meant only a bagel and a bowl of soup for under 1K calories again but I may make some popcorn with real butter tonight…have been working through all of the oscar nominated films and did “Marty Supreme” last night…and okay movie but it didn’t grab me…and that makes 5 of the 10 that I’ve seen…going to make masala tomorrow so then I won’t have to cook again til Sunday and I think I’ll open a jar of pasta sauce sine I haven’t made pasta in a month…okay, time to start a movie…

Well…slept all the way through til 6:30 this morning but I don’t feel like I slept at all…I don’t understand how I could be so tired other than I only had a bagel and an omelet to eat all day for about 700 calories…getting up that late makes me running late for the whole day and I need to get off my butt and get moving in 15 minutes…we had lots of snow overnight and it’s going to be cold with a winter weather advisory and a high of only 20 or so and I am damn tired of the cold…don’t have to go anywhere for the next week so but I’ll probably hit DD later in the week if there is anything I need…can’t figure out why I’m so sore today and that I have a headache…haven’t done any physical labor that would cause it so I’m stumped…it’s only 17 degrees out there right now and I’m going to just hibernate today to get through it…I really should clean some but the allure of reading is pretty strong and I’ll probably just read after the bike ride…more later…