Well…kind of on time this morning…but, I’m still bored after being stuck in here all day yesterday with the rain…and it’s still raining so it looks like it may be a second day off the bike….almost 3 inches of rain yesterday…and now it’s going to be cold and in the 40’s so I guess I’ll have to start looking for the thermasuit to wear….slept okay last night and feel okay today if a little slow…have been feeling like I have a bug but I’m not sure how it could last 3 weeks…think I may try some allergy stuff today to see if that helps….I am going to talk about my back today since it started to hurt again yesterday but feels okay right now…just can’t get it to crack and that is annoying…okay…need some coffee and to read some news…more later….
Category Archives: My Life
October 23rd
Well…running early today and I think I’m just bored….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning…my back is okay right now but I’m worried that it will hurt again in a while…that seems to be the pattern lately….I did get the last ride in a t-shirt in yesterday…probably won’t get out today with the rain….and it’s going to get cold starting tomorrow with highs in the 40’s for the rest of the week so I guess I’ll start looking for the warm weather clothes….still going to wear shorts for the next month so I’ll have to get ready for that…not much to do today….going to clean a little but that is about it…..and come back here for a couple if I can find some topics….more later….
October 22nd
Well…running early today and my back is hurting again…crap….had been hoping it would continue to be okay but no such luck….slept okay last night but feel a little slow this morning…I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday but it is becoming harder to eat when I never feel hungry….I did have fun yesterday getting my fall drive in and I’m glad I did it….today will start the rain and it’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow, too…so it looks like a day off the bike….I am going to get out today as soon as the sun comes up but it is already really windy out there….at least I have brakes on the bike again….not much to do today…I have been saying I’m going to clean and today I might….or I might not…who knows?
No politics today…
Well….as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one and part of it is I just forgot…had some stuff in my head when I was on the bike but got distracted….I did get a two park color tour in today…60 miles just screwing around since it looks like today was going to be the last warm day this year that it won’t be raining…and it is supposed to rain the next 4 days or so….the new brakes on the bike are working pretty good if I use both of them….I do miss the disc brakes on the mountain bike…only ever had to use the back brake and it just stopped….but, I think I am going to wait until next year to buy a new one….okay, the Michigan game is starting so I think I’ll watch that….
October 21st
Well…running a little early today…have been up for 45 minutes and I am bored already…so that’s why I’m here this early….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done but putting the new brakes on the bike….not sure if I’ll do better today since I want to take a color tour drive today after the Man U game at 10….it is kind of weird to sit here waiting for the sun to come up to get on the bike…it is warm enough but just dark….slept okay last night and I feel better than I should but I still have a little cough that is annoying….and I feel a little slow to go with it but I’m not sure what the reason is…okay, I do…but I’m not going to talk about that….more later….
Got the new brakes…
Well….the new brakes for the bike came today and I just installed them….I can use the center pull brake levers again and it even stops just using them….so that worked out pretty cool…I was feeling a little concerned how the brakes were working…or not working on the fast downhills and the pads were leaving black crap on everything…. and vibrating so badly that the front wheel would go into a death wobble….I guess 40 years is the limit for the pads, huh? I’ll give the new ones a good test tomorrow when I get out early…and the new pads even came with new, metal valve caps that have rubber seals inside of them to keep the air from leaking out…pretty cool for 10 bucks total…and no shipping charge…
October 20th
Well…running a little late today…didn’t get up til 7 and that is really late for me….and I don’t feel that hot today….my lungs are scratchy and I have been coughing…yeah, that has been going on for a week now and I’m not sure what is going on….had some problems with the bike yesterday that I finally figured out and had a nice ride….going to stop talking about my back since it has been good for over a week now and that is a relief…..didn’t get anything done yesterday other than a little cleaning but I need to do more today….going to work on the car today for a bit and I need to get out to the bank for some cash since I have 2 bucks in my pocket…..was going to wash the car today but it’s going to rain over the weekend so I think I’ll wait…more later….
October 19th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done…sorted out the credit card thing with the bank and should have one coming next week…the first step in getting my credit restored….slept really crappy last night but don’t feel it too much this morning so that’s a plus….and my back is not hurting for the 5th day now and that is a relief….well…it doesn’t hurt a lot but it does still twinge some…I think I’ve decided to wait on getting the new brakes for the car until spring…there is still plenty of pad left so I’ll just have to grease the pins next week before it turns cold…or, I may even do that tomorrow if it doesn’t rain….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will clean today…need to cook today, too…think I’ll have chicken for lunch or make a stir fry….more later….
October 18th
Well….running early today and there is really no reason for it….just haven’t been sleeping again and it’s just too boring to not do this….I did get the oldest coffee maker back out with the newest one dying the other day…still tastes like coffee so I think I can use this one for a while….my back started to hurt a little yesterday and I think it’s from the riding position on the old bike…but, there’s nothing I can do about that….other than buy a new bike but I’m not going to do that until next month…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I’ll have to do the kitchen today….but not right now…I need more coffee….still don’t feel that hot this morning and I’m not sure it it’s just allergies or it it’s a cold…more later…..
Steely Dan…part two…
Well….thought I’d do a slight review of the show and the day yesterday…had a nice ride downtown with the top down and found parking in the ramp right where I planned….walking over to the arena, a woman comes running out of a restaurant calling my name and, at first, I didn’t recognize her…but then my youngest son came out behind her and it dawned on me who she was….had a nice little talk and that was pretty funny since she said that they knew I was going to the concert, she looked out the window and I was there….once I got in to the arena, I had to have a beer and the sticker shock damn near floored me…I mean, 10 bucks for a beer? After that shock, I headed to my seat in the upper bowl at the back of the arena and one of the ushers stopped me and asked if I would like an upgrade to a floor seat….so, from a 39 dollar seat to a 150 dollar seat…didn’t have to think twice about it…and the cool thing was there were empty seats on both sides of me and in front of me so I had a great view….now, the concert…all I can say is wow….the band just knocked it out of the park…probably the best I’ve heard them sound…high energy and they played all the hits but FM and Pretzel Logic…which disappointed me some but the rest of the concert made up for it….and I was close enough to actually see their faces….way too much fun and I am feeling it a little today…but worth it!