Well…it was an October morning, near the carousel…I met a lithe young beauty and we talked there for a spell…yeah, that line from Donald Fagen just popped into my head when I wrote October 5th…kind of an odd day yesterday with C in town and stopping in to chat for a few and then out with G for a couple late…got to use my headlights for the first time in quite a while and that was cool…and leaving the top down out and back was cool, too….did have to replace the bolt in the pedal arm on the bike with the original one since the threads on the new one just self destructed…and the weird thing is that the old one didn’t come loose the entire ride…weird….have lots to do around here today so I guess I should get at it…need more coffee first….more later…

Well…..not sure what is going on but the past couple of days have been a struggle to just endure them….and today looks the same or at least it has started out that way…I did have a dream about cats and goldfish last night and I’m not sure where that came from…it was weird enough to be enjoyable but it wasn’t….hmmmm….and I am sore everywhere again and I am getting really tired of it….I did start saving for the new bike and I hope to have enough by the end of the month to order a new one…but, they are out of the one I want so I have to wait anyway….not much to do today…I do have errands to run this morning and then I should clean this aft and I think I will…need to accomplish something….more later….

Well….feeling like crap this morning and I’m not sure if it’s allergies or if I have a cold…all I know is I have been coughing since yesterday and my head is stuffy and hurts…probably should take some allergy stuff to see if that’s it….it was a big sports day yesterday and that meant I didn’t get anything done…again….and, the way I feel, today will probably be the same….just can’t get going and all I want to do is go back to bed….but, I won’t…need to work out and get the bike ride in or I’ll feel guilty all day….I am sore everywhere today…it hurts to just sit here and do this and that is a new one….I do have some work to do around here today and I need to get that done but I need more coffee first…and I didn’t have enough left in the coffee maker to have more than a cup and a half…I suppose I could make more but don’t even feel like doing that….more later….

Well….man, what a long day yesterday with going out to have a few…or more…with G which got me behind for the night…and I feel it this morning…just behind on everything…the paper, coffee, and this and I know that I don’t like it too much…and the prospect of getting on the bike has absolutely no appeal to me right now…maybe after more coffee….other than that, yesterday was pretty much a veg day just watching sports all day and today looks like the same…Man U is on right now and then there are races and football on all day….so that will be my day….not sore at all but I will take something before the bike ride…I did look for a new bike and they have one just like mine for only 350 bucks but I don’t have it right now so I guess that will have to wait until I save some cash…okay, going back to the game and more coffee…more later…

Well…it’s another dreaded first day of the month and that always depresses me if I let it…it was a pretty good day yesterday so maybe that will carry over into today…oh, I won at pool bur it was comical how badly both of us were shooting….glad I’m not so competitive anymore…it appears that the clutch bleed has helped…hasn’t fixed the shifting completely but it is much better….but I think I’ll still order a new cylinder to have it on hand…not too sore today even with going hard on the bike yesterday…my back is better today so I think I have that fixed….going to take it easy today and just watch sports all day…need to make a pot of chili, too, but that is so easy that it takes all of 5 minutes to put it together…more later….

Well…since I’m already at the goal for the month, I don’t feel too badly about doing a short one…not a filler but a short one….out on the bike in the rain today, I saw a Trump sign and immediately a thought popped into my mind…those things remind me of the “I’m with stupid” t-shirts that were a big thing in the 80’s….from now on, whenever I see a Trump sign or bumper sticker, I’m going to think that they are with stupid…and you can take that two ways….

Well….just realized that this one makes my goal for the month and that is a good thing since I normally don’t do a second one on Fridays…but, with the rain going on, I may have the time today if I can’t get on the bike…didn’t ride yesterday and I really don’t want to take a second day off the bike….that would lead to a major case of the guilts and I wouldn’t eat anything today and that is never a good thing…didn’t do a whole lot yesterday and I should have…okay, not really…don’t have a lot to do any day….slept okay last night and that’s the first time I’ve talked about that in quite a while….I am a little irritated that there was no Ray Donovan or Mr. Robot this week…had to fill in my Thurs night with other stuff that isn’t as good…oh, well….there is a Wings preseason game on tonight so that will be cool but it just tells me that the year is speeding by….okay…I really do need more coffee…more later….

Well….yesterday was kind of a bust and I didn’t get anything done really….didn’t make it to Oct 1 without a sweatshirt on the bike since it was only 51 when I went out….and I got to 2400 miles yesterday so it looks like about 2700 for the year when I’m done…not a bad year but way under the record of over 4000…my back is locked in place again and that is causing some pain today and I hope that will get worked out on the bike….forgot to take painkillers before the ride yesterday and had cramps in my hands and feet so I won’t do that again….I think I may need to take a day off the bike soon since, for the first time this year, I really didn’t enjoy the ride and just wanted it to be over…and that makes it torture…the 25 mile an hour wind didn’t help, either….okay….need more coffee…oh, I do have a few things to do today but they’re not very interesting so I won’t talk about them…more later…

Well….it was another busy day yesterday…at least in the morning since I had to work on the car, bleeding the clutch and greasing the caliper pins on the front brakes…not sure if I improved the clutch or not…felt okay yesterday but this morning it didn’t…so maybe I need another slave cylinder…the one in it is not leaking but there is something going on…and the rear shock on the bike fell apart when I got back here yesterday so I had to loctite it back together and I am curious how that is going to work….did the grocery run this morning and don’t understand how I can spend 60 bucks on nothing….oh, well….not in too much pain today but there will still be ibuprofen before the bike ride…it is too cold to go out in a t-shirt and I am hoping to get to Oct. 1 before I get the sweatshirts out….don’t have a whole lot to do today….have a pork loin in the oven slow cooking it again so there will be a good lunch…more later….

Well….it was a really busy day yesterday and I spent most of it in the car…had to meet up with a bunch of people yesterday and I made a bunch of cash so that was cool….was good last night and I shouldn’t have been with the debate on…but, that is one for another post that I will do later…have to do the normal stuff and work on the car first, though, going to grease the caliper pins and bleed the clutch first thing after I finish my coffee….the shifting was not as bad yesterday but I still think there is air in the line…or the slave cylinder is leaking again so I’ll check that, too….the allergies are really terrible this morning and I have started the day sneezing like crazy so there will have to be some medicine before I get on the bike today….other than that stuff…I am going to take an easy day today…don’t think I’m even going to cook…just use up the leftovers and then make another pork loin tomorrow….more later….