Well…it’s raining out there again this morning so it looks like a wait to get on the bike again today…I really did take the day off yesterday from everything and I am still feeling the guilts from it…I guess I did do something…did the grocery run since I wanted to hit Menards to get some lawn food and get it on the front lawn before it rained….slept okay last night but still feel off today and I’m not sure what that is about other than my allergies….they have been bad lately and I have had a sore throat for a few days…that’s pretty annoying but I finally got some more meds yesterday so I can take something for it….it is a little weird walking around this morning with no pain and I hope I don’t get too used to it…after all, I do have 700 more miles to do and I do kind of miss getting on the bike even after only one day off….not much to do today…I am going to clean a little and I have some stuff to do downstairs as I wait for the rain to end…but right now all I want is more coffee and to read some news…might run an errand if the rain keeps up…the radar still has a pretty good size blob of rain but that will only be an hour or so….more later….

Well…it finally looks like I’m going to get my day off the bike…it’s raining right now and the radar shows that rain is backed up all the way to Iowa so there won’t be a ride this morning anyway…I did two yesterday and I am pretty sore today….slept okay last night but feel pretty slow this morning so I think I’ll need a bunch of coffee to get me started…it is kind of nice to have no schedule for a change but I think I’m going to do the grocery run today since I can’t do anything else…I did get the railing around the flat roof wire brushed yesterday but still have a little more to do so I can paint it Thursday…supposed to be rain showers tomorrow too, so I’ll need to wait until then…my last big sunflower fell over yesterday but it was from wind and not the trunk breaking so I just stood it back up and used a chain to hold it to the fence…I am really surprised how small the root system for a 12 foot tall plant is….I will be taking them all down as soon as the seeds finish so I can put the stalks out in the trash Friday….not much to do today…I’m just going to wing it and do what I want with no schedule today….that is going to be weird…okay I guess I do have a schedule if I’m planning to do the grocery run…damn…more later…

Well…man, I’m tired this morning….both mentally and physically…not sure how I slept…it seems I was up quite a bit and then up for good at 5:14 so worse than usual….but, I’m less sore than normal with only doing one ride yesterday…but, I’ll be back on the bike for two today since it is supposed to rain tomorrow…it was nice to hear the rain last night and I am curious to see if it helped the lawn any since it was looking pretty patchy and I have been watering it to try to keep it alive…but that gets expensive real quick so I am hoping it will continue to rain some…didn’t get much done yesterday but that was the plan…I need to get to work to figure out how to get the last awning down so I can take it apart and paint it…and the railing out front needs to be done so I think I’ll get started on one of them today…but right now, I’m not motivated to do anything but have more coffee and read some news….more later….

Well…yeah, I know…I said I wasn’t going to ride today but damn, it’s really hard for me to just sit here and do nothing and be really, really bored…so, I got on the bike since it didn’t rain and put in a hard 18 miles…and the thing is that I feel so much better after I ride that I’m not sure why I’m taking time off….okay, part of it is that I looked at the weather forecast and saw that it is supposed to rain all day Tuesday and I just couldn’t take Sunday and then Tuesday off….and I do still have 700 miles to get to 5000 for the year….yep, lots of rationalizations in there but they are MY rationalizations and I can use them any way that I want….back to two rides tomorrow…..

Well…that was another weird night…slept all night until almost 6:30 so that was the longest sleep I’ve had in almost a year but I still feel pretty worn out today…and my back hurts for some reason that I can’t figure out…haven’t done any heavy lifting the past few days or anything out of the ordinary so I’m a little confused about it…but, I’ll give it a rest today and maybe even take something for it…not going to get on the bike today so maybe that will help? I’m not going to know what to do with myself today with no bike rides but I am really looking forward to having a day off….and I just looked at the radar out of habit and it looks like we have a bunch of rain coming in from the west that will be here in a few hours so I’ll have an excuse for not riding…not that I need one…I am curious how I’m going to feel later today…still pretty sore right now and hope that it will get better as it did the last time I took a Sunday off….didn’t get much done yesterday and I’m not sure about today…there are races and the TDF on today so I may just veg it out and take it easy all day to have a complete day off…that will be hard to do since I have work on the downstairs project to do that shouldn’t wait…we’ll see….more later…

Well…with everything that has been going on in politics and with all of the riding I’ve been doing, I am worn out both mentally and physically and need a break….so, I don’t think I’m going to do a political one today…just too much to think about and I need to let my brain rest for a while…maybe later? Who knows? My body is also throwing out the warning signs that it needs a rest, too…It’s been almost a month since I took a day off and all of the studies I’ve been reading say you should take a rest day at least once a week…that’s never going to happen but it’s supposed to rain tomorrow for part of the day so I think it’s time to give myself a rest…I did do two rides today after thinking I would only do one but I could feel my legs  starting to feel the fatigue that usually says stop…and I have pain under both kneecaps and in my achilles which should never happen so I think I’ll listen to my body this time and give it a chance to repair tomorrow….it will be pretty strange to not have to rush out of here in the morning and get a ride in before the F1 race….I did try a new recipe for pickles today…made some dill pickles but put a jalpeno in it to make spicy dill pickles…and I can’t wait to taste them tomorrow…have to let them set to get the flavor to mesh with the peppercorns and garlic that I put in too…so, it looks like I’m taking the rest of the day off…pretty damn tired and just can’t get motivated to do anything….that can wait til tomorrow….

Well…that was strange…had some really weird dreams last night with dead cats, Elvis, and lots of sand in it….yep, just as weird as it sounds…but, I slept okay and didn’t get up til 6 so I guess I’ll take it…had a pretty good day yesterday with getting the gate stop repaired and mowing the lawn but didn’t do a whole lot more than that and getting two bike rides in…and today is going to be a one ride day…I think…need to continue to manage the pain in my legs and they are stiff even with taking some ibuprofen for it last night so that’s telling me something….and I really need to listen…not sure what work I’m going to do today but I have lots of cleaning that can be done and I should do some work downstairs but we’ll see how that works with the races that are on today…and there is F1 qualifying on at 9 so that will put me on the bike before 7:30 or I’ll miss it…it’s still kind of dark out there and that keeps getting me out the door later and later every day and I know that causes stress since I know fall is coming pretty fast and I still don’t have a place to live…I think I got rid of the squirrel that was attacking my gardens since I whacked him with a stick a week ago…haven’t seen him since that time but he was moving okay going down the fence so I think he just gave up…more later…

Well…still running late again today and I’m not sure if is the new normal or not but I guess we’ll see in a few more days….slept okay last night but was up at around 5 again and I think I’m getting fatigued from it…but, I’ll stop bitching about that…I did get a few things done yesterday and I need to go out to get some different adhesive to re-attach the gate stop since the wind broke it loose yesterday…it had been loosening all summer and I knew I was going to have to repair it so I’ll get on that this morning after I get the first ride in…I think I may be edging up on a one ride day here soon since I went over 4200 miles yesterday and only have 800 more to do this year…and I do like not having constant pain in my legs….and I think I’m going to get more lawn food since it looks like the lawn needs it….and I should start on wire brushing the railing around the flat roof so I can paint that next week…I did make some of the coffee that my brother made in the coffee maker this morning and it is pretty damn good…will be my treat coffee for when I need something special and the normal stuff just isn’t doing it for me…not much to do today….just the bike rides and fixing the gate…might mow the lawn and then feed it too but we’ll see…I do need to cook today so I need to put some time for that in the schedule so the chicken I thawed won’t spoil….more later…

Well…running really late this morning even with waking up at 5:13…but I rolled over and tried to get back to sleep and must have since the next time I looked at my phone it was 7…so that puts me behind for everything…should be on the bike already but I need coffee before I do that….I did get some stuff done yesterday and was pretty busy most of the day…even got two rides in and fed the lawn…I’m not sure what is going on with the lawn…doing everything I normally do with lawns and it’s not working…the front has dead patches all over it and the whole thing is turning brown so we’ll see if the food helps…might have to get more food next week since I’ve only fed it once this summer before yesterday…it would be nice if it would rain sometime….I did start to wind down the downstairs project yesterday and started putting some equipment away and that will continue over the next couple of months until I shut it down completely…need to start prepping to move even if I don’t know where I will be moving to…not much to do today…and that is true today…I may take the day off other than cooking and riding…and maybe a little cleaning….still feel pretty worn out but need to get going here in a minute….more later….

Well…crap…back to sleeping bad again and was up at 4:24 again and couldn’t get back to sleep so this is going to be a long day….but it’s raining out there right now so I may have to go out on the bike a little later this morning….and that’s okay, we sure needed rain…my front lawn is dying and I can’t afford to put water on it…or as much as it needs….man, I’m tired….I did get a few things done yesterday…had an electrical socket fail so I had to put a new one of those in downstairs and I got some more grass seed but bought the wrong stuff so I have to run back out to Menards and get the right stuff before I do the grocery run this morning….if it keeps raining, I’ll probably do that early and since I can’t get on the bike until later and need to get that done…almost didn’t get on the bike for the second ride yesterday but finally got the energy to do it around 3:30 after I cleaned up the new bike and took it out for a ride around the neighborhood….I am damn tired of being sore all the time but I know the only way to stop that is not to ride twice a day…and I’m not ready for that yet….not much to do today….just the grocery run and I need to feed the lawn along with cleaning some but I’m not motivated at all right now so that will come later….I hope…more later….