Well…running early today and I’m not sure why…slept okay last night and even had a few dreams that I don’t remember…and they were the first in a long time…darn….it wasn’t a bad day yesterday and today will be okay, too with having lunch with T and then out for pool…there will be a gap between them so I think I’ll just take a little drive and enjoy a top down cruise for a while….if it’s not raining…I do need to wash the car this morning since the pollen on it is quite thick….not going to do a lot else today…just the normal Friday stuff…will have to clean tomorrow and Sunday but that’s okay…there’s a heat wave coming and I will be able to run the air with no guilt….more later….

Well…running a little late today with doing the grocery run and then reading a real newspaper….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but trying to stay in shape and the bike ride was a good one….I am going to try some ibuprofen this morning since I can feel the pain in my forearms this morning….but still no back pain and I am still confused about that…it should be hurting…guess I shouldn’t bitch too much….I didn’t win the powerball last night but no one else did either so it is over 400 mill for sat….will have to come up with 6 dollars for that one…but I did win 4 dollars so I guess it’s only 2 dollars that I need….not much to do today…I do need to get on the bike early today since I am going to watch Comey’s testimony at 10…nothing is going to happen so maybe I won’t…just the live commentary on Kos…more later….

Well…had a pleasant surprise today when my oldest brother called to ask me if I wanted buy his mountain bike since he is unable to ride it anymore with a knee replacement he had 18 months ago…if I wasn’t so broke I would have considered it since it is a nice one…and then we talked for about an hour and that was pretty cool…not sure what is going on but I’ve talked to two out of three of my brothers in the last two weeks…and it had been years since I had to talked to them….okay…so it was only one thing…don’t want to pollute this one with talk of politics…I’ll do a separate one on that…

Well….running early today and I think this may be the new normal since I seem to be up by 6 every morning…feel okay today and don’t hurt too much so I’ll take that…my back has been okay for two days now and that is a surprise with how much it has been bugging me lately….I did get some work done yesterday and I had to…the cobwebs were everywhere and that is a creepy feeling when you wake up and walk out of your bedroom and get one across the face…and I cleaned the bike pad and carpet from bike stains so I feel okay about that…need to do more today and the kitchen is the target…but not yest…have just started the coffee and need to have a couple of cups to get me moving…more later….

Well….running a little early today and it’s because I’ve been up since 5:30…another night of crappy sleep and I am feeling it right now….didn’t get a lot done yesterday since I didn’t feel that great most of the day and I’m not sure why…had no energy and a cough but the cough is gone today…so far…so I’m not sure what the heck is happening….maybe not eating enough again? Just don’t feel like it…but I will try to do better today…I am going to get the motivation to clean some today after the workout and bike….but I need more coffee and to work out the kinks first….it’s a bitch being creaky in the mornings….more later…..

Well…just can’t get my brain working to do some political stuff right now so I thought I’d just do another one on some weird trail stuff from earlier in the week…a few days back, while I was riding past one of the retention ponds along M-6 I noticed a pair of muskrats pushing rafts of some kind of vegetation across the pond…not sure why they were doing it but it was strange to see…maybe food? Who knows? At least it took my mind off the idiot in the WH for a few minutes….

Well….feel pretty crappy this morning and I wonder if it’s a day that I can take off and not work out and ride….slept really crappy last night and was up at 5:30 so I’m hoping there will be a nap involved later this morning….lost my earplugs overnight and I think that is part of it…haven’t been taking anything for the allergies and I think I should be…my head is filled up this morning and the headaches are starting…had one yesterday that felt like a stroke it hurt so much for a couple of minutes….didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to try to do the kitchen today…but maybe not…we’ll see….

Well…there were a couple of things that happened on the trail today that I almost forgot about….not sure why that would be but I’m not going to dwell on it….at the top of the first climb that goes to the highest point along M-6…where I make my first water stop…I looked off in the distance and there was a helicopter hovering maybe a couple of thousand feet in the air…I watched it for a few minutes and it just stayed in one place until it moved off….not sure why it would do that since it was not carrying anything that I could see…oh, well…the next thing was that I came on a garter snake that was just warming itself on the pavement…and, of course, I had to pick it up…I just love the way snakes feel..that silky feeling…when I grabbed him, I broke into laughing since he tried to bite me multiple times…I’m not sure if he realized that he has no teeth or fangs or that his head is about the size of my pinkie fingernail but he kept it up until I grabbed him behind his head…then he calmed down and just looked at me while flicking his tongue……a pretty cool encounter…l made sure he was safe in the weeds when I let him go….I’m not sure why I didn’t remember this stuff until right now…..

Well…running a little late today…just can’t get started but the coffee is helping…a little…slept okay last night but there were no dreams to speak of….I’m still struggling with back pain today but don’t have too much other pain…I did go hard on the bike yesterday and I’m feeling that today….didn’t win the powerball last night but no one else did either…so it will be almost 400 mil for weds…..didn’t clean yesterday but will do that today….the kitchen is littered with dead ants that need to be gone and the surfaces need to be cleaned, too…so that will be the goal for the day…..it’s already over 65 so I can get on the bike as soon as I want…but there needs to be more coffee before that…more later….

Well….running about on time today for this, but I’ve been up since really early and just can’t get started….just poured the first cup of coffee and had the first sip so I guess I’ll have to wait a while….had a nice day yesterday with a top down run out and back for pool…which ended up in a tie for the first time in a while…even got a little color from the drive even with sunscreen on….and that won’t help to even out the bike tan that is looking quite weird…don’t have a lot to do today other than clean and watch the champions league final this aft…but that will be later, now I need to have more coffee and get ready to get on the bike….more later….