Well…that’s probably as close to a normal night’s sleep that I’m ever going to see again…only woke up once around 3 and the only reason is I was cold with not sleeping under any blankets to start the night…how the heck can you be shivering sleeping in full indoor thermasuit and with it still 66 in here? After working downstairs for an hour or so yesterday, I was expecting to be coughing all night but it really didn’t happen until now and it’s not even that bad…still feel congested but maybe getting two rides in daily this week is helping to clear out my lungs…and it is 55 outside right now so I can get on the bike early today…as soon as it gets light and that will be a good start to the day….still have that damn headache I’ve had for weeks now and I’m not really sure what it could be…I think it started when I had to close up the house with the cold weather but I can’t be sure of that…can’t really take anything for it since I am running out of allergy meds and can’t get more for a couple of weeks…might try some aspirin to see if that will help…I do have to finish up cleaning the yard today and get the last of the gardens bagged up but then I’m done other than trying to fill in the garden I put in the yard but I have to find usable dirt to do it…might have to buy a few bags of topsoil if it’s still available….then I’ll probably seed it with the seed I have left after repairing the front yard….not much to do today…going to just take a normal day with two rides and then fooling around a bit…need to start putting the hardware back on the linen closet doors and get them hung this week…they came out really good and look nice…and that will complete the work I’m doing here other than cleaning….now to get to finding a house for me….more later….

Well…okay, this is a little weird…was just out getting rid of the dead flowers out front in shorts and a t-shirt…and when I got back in here I looked at the temp and it is warmer outside than it is in here….so, it’s November, 70 degrees, and I have the windows open….that’s pretty cool…haven’t felt a real Indian summer in a long time but this week is it…I was even out on the bike in a t-shirt and shorts for the second ride today and that was pretty neat…supposed to stay like this until next week and I just realized that all of the time I spent outside has my cough better…still coughing but not nearly as much as earlier….I needed that break since my abs and chest have been hurting…oh, and I only have about 125 miles to do to make it to my  last goal of 5416 for the year…looks like I’ll make it if I can keep up riding doubles every day….one last thing…I got the first of the listings for houses from my brother today and found one house in Ionia that looks interesting…it’s in the village but it has a nice lot and a two stall detached garage with a big front porch…and, it’s only 96 K so if I were to put 45K down…my payments would be around 500 bucks a month including taxes…and I could swing that pretty easily….and they have a Meijers in Ionia….supposed to be a nice little town…I wonder if there are bike trails there? Guess I’ll have to search and see….

Well…damn, another 5:14 morning but I didn’t cough as much last night so I guess that’s something…but, it’s started up again and my lungs are bad enough that I can’t breathe too well right now…no dreams to speak of so I know I didn’t sleep too well…I did get out for two rides yesterday and the second one was a chore but my legs feel okay today and that is just a little weird…but they should start to hurt tomorrow if they keep up the two day rule…and I’m going to get two in today, too, since it is almost 50 out there right now so I can get out as soon as it gets light…I did get the rest of the painting done yesterday and it felt good to clean up my tools for the last time…now I need to put the hardware back on the doors and hang them but that is going to wait for a couple of days so the paint can harden a bit…I do need to get on the yard today to do some of the final cleanup but I’m not sure when that will be with the two rides I need to get to the final goal…still have more than a hundred miles to do but the weather is going to cooperate for the next few days so I should be able to get there….still feel pretty worn out so I need more coffee and some rest….more later…

Well…4:54….don’t really need to add anything else but the time I got up this morning….and I didn’t get to bed until after midnight so that sucks…and I’m coughing, coughing, coughing…again…feel like crap and my ribs hurt…again….I finally got a bunch of stuff done yesterday with almost finishing the painting that I will do this morning….and I need to do the grocery run today along with getting two rides in since I haven’t been on the bike for two days….the wind was just too much yesterday but the good thing is that it blew all the leaves off the front yard after I cut the grass short so they wouldn’t stick….I do need to pull the flowers out of the front since the frost got to them and they are all wilted and dying and finish up cutting the garden waste up and bagging it…but, I’ve got all week to do that…it’s supposed to be almost 70 Thursday so I’ll finish up the outdoor work by the weekend….man, I’m tired….I’m not going to watch any of the election reporting today…just can’t take it anymore so it will be a day of other stuff….maybe some sports or a “Legion” marathon….after I get my work done…should probably get the painting done before I go out for groceries so I can get on the bike as soon as I get back to set up the second ride this afternoon…might even get out in shorts this aft since it supposed to be in the 50’s…..I am going to hit DD this morning…they have smoked sausage on sale for 89cents a pound but you have to buy a case that is 11 pounds….I think I have room in the freezer downstairs and that will keep me stocked up until I move for sure…more later…

Well…damn…that was a bad night and I’m still coughing like crazy right now…I wonder what the trigger was this time? Was okay most of the day yesterday but then it went to hell just before I was going to bed…I am so damn tired of this crap…so, I feel pretty crappy this morning so I’m going to have to ease into it and let the painting go until later in the day…cripes, there is snow on the ground out there this morning and that is the last thing I want to see this early in the fall…but, it is going to warm up this week so it won’t stay long…will have to be careful on the bike today since there are parts that will still be icy…okay, forgot about the weird dreams I had last night…they involved a custom electric Cadillac with a cut down windshield and a removable steering wheel, stylish clothes, and someone stabbing the tires on my bike….all that in between the coughing bouts that kept me up most of the night….weirder and weirder…not much to do today…just painting and more painting but that will end it for me and I need to start cleaning this place up for the move…to where, I don’t know….more later…

Well…okay…you know I must be a little bored when I’m doing another one of these today…I did get to most of the things I wanted to do today…got the bathroom cleaned and did the kitchen floor and the living room floor so that was enough for the morning…just went out and kicked the leaves under my maple tree in the parkway so the high winds will blow most of them away today and I won’t have to rake them…still need to clean out the flowers beside the steps to the front porch and pull out the snapdragons that filled the empty spot next to the shrubs but that will happen later in the week when it gets warmer…it’s only 33 out there right now and I’ve even seen snow today and that is quite depressing…and I’ve started to cough again after doing okay last night…damn…still have to wipe down the linen closet doors to paint them tomorrow but that will be the last work I’ll do today…or maybe not if I get even more bored…

Well…damn, I almost missed the start of the F1 race with the time change…thought it was going to start at 8 but it is now at 7…not sure why I looked for it early…I think it was looking for the MotoGP race but I don’t think there is one of those today…I did sleep okay last night and the coughing is better today…fingers crossed…and I had dreams about some biting salamanders that were like baby alligators who were then killed by giant spiders….yep, it’s strange inside my head….got a ride in yesterday and it felt pretty good other than the high wind and that wind is going to keep me off the bike today…it’s supposed to blow 25 to 50 mph today and that is just too much for me…and it’s going to be cold, too, so I’ll just take the day off and finish the prep work for painting tomorrow and I need to clean the bathroom and the kitchen floor but that will have to happen before Man U plays at 11:30…don’t have to cook today with having lots of leftovers so it is going to be a pretty easy day…might even watch the Lions play but that depends on what soccer is on…but right now I need more coffee and to watch the race….more later…

Well…I’m getting tired of talking about my bad sleep so I’m not going mention it this morning…I will mention that I am frustrated with the cough being bad again with only spending an hour working downstairs yesterday…I am getting to the point that I am going to just tear out what is left of the downstairs project and fold it….there really isn’t any point of keeping it going and I am just damn tired of the coughing….got a few things done yesterday with finishing the prep work for the last painting project but I think I’ll wait til Monday to do that…just not feeling it right now and F1 qualifying is on in a bit and I do want to see that…and it is damn cold out side so the ride will have to wait until the aft but Michigan and Michigan State is on at noon so that will push me back til almost 3…I don’t think it will be warm enough before then anyway…didn’t get out yesterday with the cold and wind and I am finally okay with taking some days off since I will be able to do doubles next week with the last of the good weather coming and I may even be able to get out in shorts a couple of those days….not much to do today…just coffee, coffee, coffee and some sports until I get motivated to get my day started…and a half cup of coffee just doesn’t do it….more later…

Well…that was weird…slept okay last night and didn’t get up til 5:44…and had dreams of a thousand foot tall hollow tree that was in danger of blowing over in the wind along with the old Aquinas dream that I was missing classes and couldn’t figure out how to get to them…and I haven’t had that one in quite a while…weird….so, I don’t feel too bad this morning… a little worn out but that’s to be expected after only a few hours sleep for months…and doing only one ride a day now is leaving my legs without any pain or stiffness and that is welcome after hobbling around here all summer…I did get the gardens taken out yesterday and now I just need to chop up the plants and bag them so I can put them out to the trash next week…I think I’ll try to seed the one in the yard but I need to fill it in first but I don’t know if I have enough dirt behind the garage for that…it’s going to be in the 50’s all next week so I’ll have plenty of time to do that and do the final cleanup of the lawn before winter…I am going to get on the prep for the final painting today so I can paint over the weekend…or maybe next week…I am going to need something to do on election day since I won’t be doing any news until the 4th….way too nervous about the outcome….more later….

Well….damn, running late again today and it is because I’m trying something new with my sleep…instead of just getting up when I wake up at o’dark thirty, I’m trying to stay in bed and see if sleep will come back…and I need it to since the sleep deficit has gotten so bad that I’m exhausted all day…it worked today with waking up at 4:30 but I forced myself to stay in bed and didn’t get up til 6:30…some of that time was even sleeping so I got over the 5 hour mark last night…hope that helps today…..I did get a bunch of stuff done yesterday after the grocery run and it makes me feel good that I have grown a nice lawn here for when my son takes over…and I got to use my new waterproof slip ons and they are pretty darn comfortable and warm so worth the 15 bucks I spent…and I got a ride in, too, and that made me feel better some….and it looks like I’ll get out today but later in the morning…I do want to get the first garden cleared out this morning and get the glass put back in the storm door on the front of the house along with more prep work to get the final painting done…it looks like the weather is going to get better next week with highs in the 50’s and it would be cool if I could get out on the bike in shorts a few more times….but, I understand that it is coming on to November and that means cold is on the way…I am getting used to it already so maybe it won’t be so bad this year….more later…