Well….running a little late this morning with waking up at 4:14 and then forcing myself back to sleep a few times until 6:30 or so…but, I feel okay and the coffee maker is working so I guess I’ll just get on with it….I’m not too sore this morning so I guess the ibuprofen worked that I took last night…the overall soreness that I felt yesterday is just a dull background pain and that kind of tracks with muscle strain instead of being sick so that’s what I’m going to believe it is….I did forget to talk about the SpaceX launch Sunday night and I never get tired of seeing them…and I just got notification that the 4 astronauts just arrived at the ISS and that is pretty cool, too…I guess there is going to be another launch while these 4 are still there so there will be two Dragons docked there at one time…it is cool that the US is back in the launch business….I did get a ride in yesterday and I may even try one today but the high is only going to be 38 so I am going to wait a while before I even think about going out….I am going to clean the kitchen today if I feel better…and I think I do…haven’t had my coffee yet so we’ll see after that….I am going to get a turkey for t-day this week since Meijer’s has them on sale for 39 cents a pound and I can get a 15 pounder for 6 bucks…that’s a hell of a lot of cheap protein and I really do like turkey…I will have to clear a spot in the freezer to keep it for a couple of days…I may stuff it with a little smoked sausage along with the carrots and celery I normally use to just spice it up a bit…and that should make an interesting gravy….more later….

Well…cripes…feel crappy again this afternoon and I hurt just about everywhere starting with my thighs that started to howl out on the bike…again…but they have been joined by my elbows, shoulders, and hands…it could all be from riding in the cold…it was only 37 when I went out today but I was in full thermasuit for the first time and I wasn’t cold at all..so, I wonder what the heck it is? Exhausted, too, but I slept okay last night so that can’t be it…at least my lungs are better and I haven’t been coughing much at all but I could go back to bed right now and I even took a 15 minute nap watching soccer…this is just a little confusing….but, I don’t feel terrible…this is just annoying….maybe I’ve got a cold…who knows?

Well…I guess that could be considered “sleeping in” for me…didn’t get up til 7:23 and slept through the night without getting up once and I don’t know how I feel about that…I should feel better but I guess having a couple of cocktails last night offset it…..still feel pretty slow this morning…I did have some dreams last night that had a falcon 9 landing in them and I’m not sure what that had to do for the story but I was really close when it happened so it was cool…and the rocket was damn big from up close…did a total veg yesterday and yes, I am feeling guilty about that…should have cleaned some but just didn’t feel that hot most of the day and I’m not sure what that was about other than not eating enough…feel that way again this morning…a little…so I am going to ease into it…forgot to hit the button on the coffee maker last night so the coffee was cold when I got up and even 45 secs in the microwave didn’t get it hot enough for me…ick….didn’t even ride the bike yesterday and I may have to take the day off today, too, with the wind blowing 20 or so right now and it being really cold…maybe later in the day…right now I just need coffee and to try to read the news a little….more later..

Well…sitting here in the cold gloomy dark of the living room this afternoon and I am feeling exhausted and crappy…now, I think I know why I feel exhausted…I mean half a chicken breast and two bowls of turkey soup just isn’t enough to support riding 20 miles yesterday…and I started out today with the same problem with only having a small piece of smoked sausage and a handful of chips for lunch…and I am planning a dinner of the other half of the chicken breast and a handful of baked fries so it looks like I’ll be down around 1200 calories again today…but, if I try to eat more, I feel like I’ve eaten a Buick and am so uncomfortable that it hurts to just sit here. Hmmmm…and the allergies don’t help at all with the damn headache that I’ve had for weeks and that takes a lot out of me…okay, that’s enough bitching…I guess I should do something about it, huh? I did take an aspirin about an hour ago that has helped some but I can’t take any allergy stuff right now since I’m only allowed one a day and I’ll need that later to be able to breathe as I try to sleep…I wonder if this is what it is like to grow old? If it is, it sucks…oh, well…..

Well…running a little late this morning and it’s just that I was a little distracted with the F1 race and MotoGP starting in a few minutes and reading all the news already…I did sleep better last night and didn’t get up til almost 6…when it got to 5:44 I gave up trying and just got up…and that’s okay since I slept with strange, strange dreams and that means I got into deep sleep that I haven’t been able to do for a few days…I am thinking about getting out for a ride since there is a dry slot that is coming over right now and the rain will be stopping for a couple of hours or so…and it is about 50 out there right now so I should take advantage of it even though I had planned for today to be an off day….still having the problems with thighs hurting like crazy at the end of the ride and that is new so I’m not sure why that would be…not going any harder than normal so I am a little confused….didn’t get anything done yesterday but really didn’t have to so I think I may be able to keep the guilts at bay today…don’t really have much to do today, either, but clean and I should do the kitchen so that will be the plan for the day…but it’s still early so I guess I can take it easy for a bit and watch the race first…more later….

Well….that was a little better…didn’t wake up til 5:34 and was able to get back to sleep for about an hour so I’ll take it after yesterday…and I don’t feel too bad right now…felt just exhausted yesterday afternoon and I still haven’t figured that out yet and I hope that doesn’t happen again today…I did get out for a 20 miler yesterday and had a weird thing happen when the fronts of my thighs hurt like crazy for the last 6 miles and that never happens….it was cold enough to go out in almost full thermasuit and was pretty damn cold when I got back here that lasted most of the afternoon….I think I still haven’t shifted to be used to the cold yet and I hope it happens soon…didn’t get out to shoot pool with some concerns about covid and that was the smart thing to do but it would be nice to have a few things get back to normal…I guess that won’t happen until there is a vaccine available….didn’t get much done yesterday but put the trash out and that got rid of all of the garden refuse so the cleanup on the yard is complete…I may rake some more of the leaves in the back yard after the rest of them are down but those will just be composted behind the garage….not much to do today…going to just wait out the weather and let it warm up before I even think about getting out and watch some football later….more later…

Well…that just sucked…up at 3:34 and then had the hardest time getting back to sleep…think it took til almost 5 but I guess I slept until almost 6:30 but that is just not enough…oh, well…slept on my right thumb that has arthritis in it and woke up with howling pain in it that did go away for the most part….it is going to hurt playing pool later…and that is cool…I am going out to play pool this morning and it will be the first time in months I’ve been out of here for something other than groceries or supplies to work on this house…and it looks like another lockdown is coming with the virus exploding here in Michigan and across the country…I guess that what we get when a lazy moron gets elected…okay, no politics here…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday and did almost 20 miles but I won’t get out today with it raining right now and I never go out after having a couple shooting pool so I’ll have to wait til tomorrow…I am really trying to not feel guilty about not getting out after getting to my goals and with the pain I’ve been in lately….my legs just need some rest…but that means I’m back to eating only one meal a day to compensate for less riding…not much to do today…pool at 10 and then I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and just take it easy…I can use a day off….more later…

Well…that was another night of okay sleep but I wonder when I’m going to start feeling better from it…still feel so damn worn out even without riding yesterday that I’m beginning to think I may be getting old…that can’t be it…had some strange dreams again and that is one bright spot of sleeping a little better and this one had all people I didn’t know and lots of pizza in it…and I was going on a group ride that I never do…strange….I wonder if I should order pizza? I did get some cleaning done yesterday and should do the kitchen today and I just might since it is only 29 outside and that is means I’ll have to wait to get on the bike until this afternoon….just don’t want to do full thermasuit just yet but I guess I’m going to have to sometime…after all, I did put jeans on the last time it was cold and I usually wait to do that until t-day….I think it was a good thing to take a day off riding…my right knee was starting to get sore and I am having pain in my foot that isn’t the gout coming back so maybe I need to take it a little easier…not much to do today…just cleaning and looking for houses…I did see a nice one in Hastings for only 118K that doesn’t even need any work and I may just take a run down there and take a look at it…I am a little limited of how far out I can go since I do need cable internet…I should have something picked out by the end of the month…I hope…more later

Well….I talked about a little disappointment I had yesterday when I was going out for the top down park run yesterday when the stereo in the car wouldn’t play my mp3 player through it…I tried a bunch of other cables and none of them worked so I assumed the unit was at fault…but, I wanted to make sure so I hit the dollar store this morning to get another one on the way back from aldi’s…just tried it and it works again…so I guess all the cables I have are shot….that is pretty cool and is one less thing I have to think about….a bit of good news…

Well…that was weird…slept through the night for the second day in a row and I can’t remember when that happened the last time….and I’m barely coughing now so maybe I’m feeling better…still feel a little slow and low energy right now but that is probably from not eating enough…or from too much riding so I think I’ll take the day off with getting to my last goal for the year yesterday…I do still have that damn headache I’ve had off and on for a month but I know it’s from allergies and I hope I can get some more meds this morning when I do the grocery run….it is a little strange that we had a storm last night and the power didn’t go out….was sitting here waiting for it and dreading the fact that it was going to get cold and I would need the heat to work…it is only 39 out there right now and that is a huge change from 64 yesterday…I’m going to have to get used to the cold all over again I guess….didn’t get much done yesterday but I got most everything done the day before so I didn’t have much to do…I do have to clean today but I really want to just take a day off after I do the grocery run…and I just might….it would be nice to just veg for a while and let my body heal up some….more later….