Well…worked on cleaning this place since Thursday and finished it up this morning expecting my son to come out today…but he never came and no text or phone call to beg off…oh, well…I really needed to clean this place up and now I won’t have to do any cleaning for a week or so…I did get to 1,700 miles indoors on the bike today and with the 233 outdoors that only leaves 67 miles to do to get to 2,000 by the end of March…and with a week left, that should be easy…have way too many leftovers in the fridge and probably shouldn’t have made the cabbage yesterday but it was going to spoil and, even at 45 cents a pound, that would be throwing away a couple of bucks and I didn’t want to do that…so I won’t be cooking until late next week and that’s okay…not going to get to 50 again here until next Thurs and that kinda sucks and then it gets cold again into the 40’s…ick…it would be nice to get some outdoor rides in…okay, have to treat my eyes with the ointment the eye doctor gave me no so they will clear up enough so I can see the tv later….

Well…up at 0600 this morning and that followed waking up at 5:09 and trying to get just a little more sleep…my eyes are really foggy this morning and I think it’s from allergies that I’ll see for sure after I give them a wash here in a minute…need to get on the bike by 7am to get the rides in and then get after cleaning the living room…sure don’t feel like doing anything right now and it feel like my body is giving up on me on small increments…have a plantar wart on the sole of my left foot, have a crack in my left thumb that hurts like crazy, and my eyes are giving me fits today and I just feel worn out from all of it…and I think I’m going to need to make more coffee today…haven’t had any whole bean coffee for more than a week and today would be a good day for it….it was darn windy yesterday so there was no way I was getting outdoors and it is going to be cold today so I’m not even going to think about going out…and the weather is going to be cold for the rest of the month…not even getting out of the 30’s today and won’t get to 50 until Thursday and then back into the 40’s and that sucks…not much to do today…just cleaning and surviving with how I feel right now…damn, I hate getting old…more later…

Well…worked on this place all day today and now have the kitchen, bathroom, and dining room done with just the couch and living room to do in the morning…I did get laundry done today and cooked the remaining cabbage with potatoes and carrots so I’ll have that to eat for a week or so to go with the stir fry and chicken and rice…only did one meal again today but I did have a bowl of the cabbage after it was done so maybe that counts for a meal? Finished the first book today and have started the second one but just a couple of pages sine I need to rest my eyes a bit…oh, and I gave myself a haircut since what’s left of my hair was getting shaggy…so now it’s a little after 6 pm and I am done for the day….think I may have a movie to watch tonight but I need to take a look at plex to see…only did two rides today since there wasn’t time to get a third in and still get the cleaning done…so I’ll try to do three tomorrow morning before my son comes over…

Well…just looked and this one is my 12,999th post here since I started doing these years and years ago…man, that takes a bit of discipline to keep coming here and having something to say every damn day…sometimes they even made sense…but not all the time…lots of rants in there about the stupidity of politics that hurt people every day with the latest trump bullshit hitting we older Americans right in the heart of our trying to just live out our lives and keep the earned benefits that we paid for…but that is going away soon and I can’t believe that there is not a revolt happening right now…it looks like we are just going to allow the thugs and billionaires to kill us all by killing SS and that means I have no more than a couple of years before I’m dead broke and lose my house…and that is on the stupid fucks who voted for the idiot trump thinking he would only hurt people they hate…god, I hate those assholes…

Well…I feel like crap this morning and it is going to be a chore to get going and get on the bike in a few minutes…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6:30 today and that is going to make me late for everything for the day…after the rides it is going to be cleaning all day and I really don’t want to do it…just want to sit here and do nothing for the first time in 519 days but I won’t…I think I ate enough yesterday with two meals but I sure don’t feel like it right now and I do have leftovers for the next few days to keep me going…the freezer is looking a little bare but that has been the plan for a while now to try to empty it out and see what is in there…still have a t-bone to grill but I’ll need to fill the propane tank again soon…probably should do the two pork chops that are in the freezer along with it while I still can chew them…major dental work starts on April first and I won’t be able to chew anything for 4 months…damn, I’m tired…not much to do today…just cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and the bike rides…I think it might be a goal to get on the bike by 7:30 and that would get me done by 10:30…but that is looking quite daunting right now…more later…

Well…it was a working day today as I get this place cleaned up for my son’s visit Sat…and I had to cook today and the stir fry took a good hour to prepare and cook…I did get the kitchen cleaned mostly but I’ll still have one countertop to clean since the dish drainer and all of the pots and pans I used for the stir fry were in it and drying…still need to make the coffee for tomorrow morning but that doesn’t take much time…I did get three rides in and made a run over to the library to get 4 more books but didn’t have a lot of time to read today and probably won’t tomorrow with having to clean the bathroom, living room, and finish up the kitchen and do the floor in there…it is Thursday night and it is my favorite tv night since I can watch the shows I have been saving all week…so probably “1923” and “Reacher” with “Harley Quinn” as the lead in…so there will be cocktails and relaxing tonight…making coffee now…

Well…damn, how can I be running late when it’s only 20 after 6? Need to get on the bike by 7 am so I can get three rides in before 10 and then get to the library for more books…no outdoor rides today since it’s not going to get out of the 30’s today and it’s going to be extremely windy…only having one meal yesterday is slowing me down this morning and I’ll try to fix that this afternoon with making the stir fry to go with the chicken and rice I made the other day….and I have a head of cabbage that I need to cook in the instant pot probably tomorrow so then I’ll have three meals of leftovers that will keep me going until next week…so I won’t be making the Masala until next week at some point…need to clean this place up since my son and Art may be coming out Sat and it will be good to see him…so kitchen today, bathroom tomorrow and living room at some point too…one of these days I am going to take a day off…ha, ha….I don’t know how many times I’ve said that but I know that it’s well over 500 days since I’ve had a day off…October 19th 2023…not much to do today…just the rides and the library trip along with cooking so the chicken doesn’t spoil….more later…

Well…when it came time to make the second meal of the stir fry chicken today, I wasn’t feeling it so I decided to stick with one meal today and I’ll probably feel it tomorrow…oh, well…I’ll make the stir fry tomorrow…just ran out of time today with doing an indoor ride, hitting three stores on the grocery run and then two rides outdoors…made a huge mistake on the first ride with how sensitive I’ve been to the cold lately…it was 53 when I went out and decided to go out in shorts and my fingerless riding gloves and by the time I was halfway, my fingers were howling in pain from the cold so for the second ride I put on a pair of long workout pants on that my daughter gave me and then put my lightest gloves on and that worked…so now I have another thermasuit that I can use in the in between temps…but that second ride meant that I didn’t get to lunch until almost 1 and I was still full from it at my normal dinner time so no dinner today…I did just finish up the 4th book I got last week and it only took me 5 days to do it…so back to the library tomorrow for more…and I did stop at the cop shop and got my beach parking passes for this summer…so it was a little of a busy day today and now I need to take a break…I am looking forward to the final season of “Bosch: Legacy” that is coming out in a week or so…only 10 episodes so I’ll burn through those pretty quickly….

Well…up at 4:24 this morning and out of bed before 6 and I stayed up late so that’s not a lot of sleep and I’ll be feeling it later today…it’s going to be a busy one with doing the grocery run to 3 stores this morning and I need to get on the indoor bike by 7am so I can get out of here at 8:15…it’s supposed to rain later today so I’ll need to get the two outdoor rides in before that…and I do need to cook today with having chicken thawed for stir fry and that will keep me fed with two meals until Saturday when I’ll make another batch of Masala….or maybe I’ll wait til Sunday for that…man, I’m worn out today…but I still need to get moving soon and then just keep plodding forward all morning…hope to have the outdoor rides in before noon but that gives me no rest time at all…going to stop over at the cop shop to get my beach parking passes for this year and I need to start looking for a new beach lounge chair since the old one is just worn out after using it for 20 years…beach weather seems pretty far away right now with one more warm day and then down into the 30’s again…oh, well….more later…

Well…it’s been a kinda busy day today with getting three rides in and then just putting the chicken and the rest of the stuff in the dutch over and getting it simmering…I did finish the third book and have started the fourth one but I’m not sure how much headway I’m going to make on it today…have a few other things I need to do and still haven’t done the weights yet…it looks like DD has smoked spiral sliced ham for about 1.20 a pound so I’ll stop there for that and for roasted turkey for 2.50 a pound so that will give me some easy food to make later…so it will be a three store run tomorrow and I think I can get the indoor ride in before I go…and it will be warm enough to go out in shorts tomorrow before the temp drops and it snows again Thursday so I’ll be riding indoors through the rest of the month…I did get over 1,800 miles today and I just might be able to get to 2K before the end of March…still have 12 days to do it so the numbers work…okay, I need to get the weights going…