Well…it was an easier day today and I really needed that…Ii did get three rides in and then made a batch of potato soup and froze one container just to see if it will freeze okay with milk and butter in it…I guess we’ll see…I did finish up the last book and put the top down for a run over to the library and I am amazed that I could park in the 1/2 hour space right in front of the steps…something about living in a small town…this is the last week of driving this Miata and the “lasts” are getting to me a bit…have had this thing for many years and I will be sad to see it go when I sell it…but the new one is such a better car that I probably won’t know how to act…now I just need it to last one more week without having the exhaust fail and I need to find the title for the old one….but not now…time to read a bit….

Well…not sure if there is anything worse than waking up at 3:53 and fearing that you can’t get back to sleep…but I was able to get another hour in so I guess I just have to live with that…need to get a ride in downstairs and then hope for two outside but that may wait til this aft when the temp comes up…it’s in the 40′s right now and I am so damn tired of the cold…I officially call this a no spring year since we are almost to May and it’s going to be in the low 50′s for the next week…and that sucks…not sure what I’m going to do for meals today but I did want to make potato soup with both russet and red potatoes along with some ham…have never done that before but I don’t see why that won’t be a good change to the recipe…maybe only do two rides today so I can take the hour I need to make the soup…haven’t taken any time just for me in a long time so maybe today should be the day? Not much to do today…I really do need to clean the couch and living room but with how I feel right now that seems like way too much work but I guess we’ll see…more later…

Well…I really don’t know how I can be retired and so busy all the time and today was just another one of a long line of them…started with the first ride at 7am and then out to do the grocery run, then back on the bike for two outdoor rides…oh, and after the groceries, I found time to feed the lawn for the first time this year…so yep, pretty busy and didn’t get done with everything until almost 2 so that made for a solid 7 hour day…tomorrow should be easier and I really need to finish the last book so I can get 4 new ones and keep the string going…my right knee has been giving me fits on the bike so I think I’ll put some voltaren on it tomorrow and see if that helps…I guess I’ll watch tv now…

Well…damn, I really don’t want to be up for good at 5:31am anymore…so darn tired and I just poured the first cup of coffee so I hope it works soon…rain is coming in and I want to get the food down on the lawn before that but I don’t think I have enough time before the grocery run…but I do have time to sit here until 7 or so before I need to get on the bike and have to pick up a prescription so I can’t get to Meijers until 9 or so and that leaves me a half hour or so and that is enough to get the food done…and that gets me done before noon if I only do two indoor rides today…it’s a little bittersweet that I only have  a week or so with the first Miata and it will get parked next to the garage until I can sell it…but the new one is such an adult car compared to the crude, fun of the A…it’s loud, rusty, leaking, and tiny but it’s been with me for 13 years and I still grin every time I get in it…and the fact that the new one is my last car is a kind of sobering thought…but I won’t miss looking for a new car…I really hate it and this process has been very stressful…I’m glad it’s over…more later…

Well…finally, the check for the car arrived and the owner is taking down the ad…the car is mine and it is such a relief…the owner said he’s had higher offers than mine that came in after mine but we had a deal and he is going to honor it…so that is cool…it’s been a busy one today with running all day…getting three rides in, making a run to Menards for lawn stuff, and getting the weed killer on it…it’s after 2:30 and I haven’t had the chance to read at all today and I still have the weight work to do…damn, I sure hope tomorrow is easier…better get going…

Well…damn, I think I may need a new coffee maker since it ran the cycle this morning but then shut itself off and that has never happened before…at first I thought it had tripped the breaker but it turned back on when I hit the button so who knows? Slept okay last night but I’m having a hard time getting going and it’s 7am and should be on the bike right now but I won’t do that without coffee…it’s damn cold at 35 degrees out there so if I do an outdoor ride, it will be after noon…I do need to get the weed killer on the lawn and then think about food for it and grass seed to fill in the bare patches…so the yard is going to take a lot of work starting today and I’m already worn out….just feeling damn old today old today and it looks like I’m not getting the new car since the check didn’t arrive yesterday and the guy I’m buying it from has some weird fixation on needing to get the check today or tomorrow or he’s going to sell it to someone else…I guess I can get one more year out of mine…oh, well…need to get moving right now so I guess I’ll just suck it up and cancel the ferry trip…more later…

Well…I finally got going on the yard today and got the lawn mowed with the bagger on it to pick up all the leaves and grass and smooth the lawn out some…still have huge bare spots from the drought and weed infestation we had last year and I’m going to hit it with weedkiller tomorrow since I crawled into the crawl space and turned the outdoor water tap back on…and now I can wash my bike and the car…and the old Miata needs washing after driving it in the rain last week…had two bags of leaves and branches I had to put out after picking them up off the lawn and I had one bag just fall apart so I needed to rebag the mess…what a pain…the check for the car is supposed to be delivered today but it looks like it has stalled…hasn’t changed to out for delivery all day so I’ll check it one more time this evening…the new Miata is about a foot longer than the old on so I may have to move the shelving unit that sits in front of the car…and I really do want to sweep it out and clean it up before I bring the new car home….okay, time to read again…

Well…up way too damn early with waking up a little after 4 and not being able to get back to sleep…so it’s going to be a low energy day today but I do need to mow the lawn after it dries up some…rain showers overnight but it’s only going to be in the 50′s today and I want to be out in shorts to mow so I guess we’ll see…so it looks like two rides indoors to start the day and then figuring out what else to do…I did track the check last night and it will be in Milwaukee today by 8pm so it looks like I will get the car…can’t wait til it’s sitting in my garage….pretty damn tired right now so the coffee needs to work soon or I’m just going to melt into the couch…but you know me, that’s not an option and I’ll drag my ass downstairs and get going before 7am….need to start thinking about food after having the BAH for so long…might have to go out and get some canned potatoes to make home fries and ham to finish it off…it’s a little weird that I’m coming to the end of driving the first Miata and I’m going to miss it after 13 years…but to have a reliable car that’s not trying to poison me is going to be a relief…more later…

Well…damn it really looks like today was a wasted one with only getting the three rides in and the outdoor one did some damage with how hard the wind was blowing coming back…my right knee was howling by the time I got back here and that always happens when I have to stress it lately…but I didn’t do anything else but the weight work and watch races along with reading…and I just discovered that I’ve already read one of the books and that sucks but that means I’ll get the other two done by Thursday….going to mow the lawn for the first time tomorrow so I can put the clippings out for pick up Monday night…and I’m going to get the outside water tap opened up tomorrow so I can wash my bike after riding it in the wet last week…so it may end up being a two ride day…crap, there is now a high pollen alert on for tomorrow so I’ll have to remember to take something for it before I hit the lawn…now teeth, ice, and reading…

Well…damn, up at 4:04 this morning but I was able to go back to sleep until a little after 6 and that has now made me late to get my day started and I need to get on the bike downstairs by 7….need to get three rides in by 1PM when the F1 race starts so I’ll be on my bike all morning…might try to get an outdoor ride in as one of the three but the coffee needs to work first…didn’t get much done yesterday and probably won’t today but I do need to get on the yard tomorrow and do the first mowing of the year so I can put the clippings and leaves out that have been stored in the garage since last week…it’s still in the 30′s here and that is pretty frickin depressing as we head to the end of April…but it appears that spring is coming in a couple of days when it will be in the 70′s for a day and that’s probably all the spring we are going to get this year…I do need to open up the outside water tap in the next couple of days and that means crawling into the crawl space and turning it back on and I wonder how many years I’ll be able to do that? Yeah, I’m starting to think that way as I feel myself getting old and I don’t like that one bit….more later…