Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got wet on the bike again…but, this one was not as pleasant as the other day since it was a lot colder…and I am waiting for the temp to come up to go out today…the first time since May that I have had to do that..it is only 55 degrees outside and that is just a bit too chilly to go out in a t-shirt…slept okay last night for the first time in a couple of weeks but, with it being a cocktail night last night, I do feel a little slow this morning…hoping the coffee will do it’s job soon….and I am going to have a bagel with cream cheese in a minute since they were on sale this week….it will be interesting to see if having food in the morning will affect the bike ride….not much to do today…pool, of course, but that is abut it for the day…more later..

Oh…I forgot to say happy birthday to Robert Plant who turned 67 yesterday….

Well…it’s a gloomy morning and it looks like it is going to be that way most of the day….it may be the perfect day to take off the bike and let the legs heal some but we’ll see…if there is a break in the clouds I may try to make a run for it and at least get a short one in…slept crappy again last night but I have hope I can get back to the reasonable sleep I had a week or so back….don’t feel that bad today, though, so I’m not sure what is going on….I am running a little late today with the grocery run being done and not having a whole lot of energy to do it at my normal speed…then, I sit here and think “why” not sure why I have to do it fast when I have the whole morning to get it done…but, I do have to keep to the list to keep the spending down…and today was not bad at 38 bucks….and, I’m not too sore today so that is a good thing…not sure if I should take an ibuprofen this morning with the rain and getting on he bike being iffy…think I’ll hold off for now….not much to do today…and it’s true this time…I should clean but won’t…I did get some stuff done yesterday and I do need to build on that…more later…

Well…there hasn’t been a lot happen today in politics so I think I’ll do one on some strange things that have been happening on the trail over the past week…going down the trail, I noticed a pile of hickory nut shucks that were put there by some kind of animal I suppose…probably squirrels…and the funnier thing is that on 5 of the past 7 days that I rode through that area, either the bike or me was hit by a nut that was dropped from above…now, I’m not sure if they are trying to hit me or if I just startle them when I come through but whatever it is, they have pretty good aim to hit me 70% of the time…one other thing, today when I was going up the hill to the last water stop, I ran across a huge painted turtle on the trial just ambling across it…it had really cool patterns on it’s shell and I think it’s probably only the second one I have seen in the 25K miles I have put in riding out there….pretty neat thing to see….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and another normal one where I didn’t get much done…I did get soaked on the bike since it started raining just as I took off and kept raining until I got back here…was not unpleasant since it was over 70 and there was no lightning but I skipped sitting in the park at the last water stop since stopping was a little chilly…..slept okay last night and no dreams but with the all of the Miata wreck dreams lately, it was okay to have a little break…not as sore as I have been lately but I still do need to take some ibuprofen before since my wrists were killing me yesterday…no back pain, though, so that is progress….not much to do today…oh, one other thing….Man U won their first leg match yesterday and looked a little better so maybe they will get to the knockout stage…okay, back to not much to do today…just the ride and cleaning since I made popcorn last night and found out that butter is not the right thing to pop the corn in…tiny little, burned kernels that were pretty darn tough…more later…

Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done, again, but I did get out to have a couple with G and it was not terrible so that was cool….even tried to eat enough yesterday and may have been successful but I won’t know that for a while….and it looks like I won’t be on the bike this morning with the rain that is coming in but going in the aft is cool, too…or, I may take a day off and just let some of the soreness go away…didn’t sleep well again but it wasn’t as terrible as it could be so that’s a plus…had Miata wreck dreams again where an idiot person ran into it while it was parked and since it is so old, it was totaled…and that was not good….oh, well….there is a soccer match with Man U starting the champions league today so that will be cool to see if they come to play…if they play like that last two games, they will be out of the playoffs today…just can’t figure out how they can be so bad again this year….not much to do today…have to go to the bank after the workout and then have to work on the computer to see id I can free up some memory…more later….

Well…it was a pretty good day yesterday with having a nice, long lunch with T with lots of laughs and good conversation….slept okay last night and feel okay this morning but my stomach is still giving me fits today and I’m sure it is from not eating enough..so, today I will try to rectify that with a big lunch and dinner…well…big for me anyway….I am still sore from going hard on the bike but that is a good sore that I have earned so that I can deal with….my back is bad again today, though, and that is not from the bike…just getting old I guess and I don’t like it…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and some cleaning along with cooking and resumes…damn resumes…more later…

Well…it was a kind of crappy day yesterday with feeling off all day and I think it’s from not eating enough…my stomach was iffy all day and I didn’t have any energy but I think I feel better today…ate about 500 extra calories yesterday and I’m hoping that that will carry me through the day today….didn’t do much with feeling crappy other than watch sports and lie on the couch and today doesn’t look much different…I do have lunch with T to look forward to but I’ll wait to hear from her before I put it firmly in my plans…I am still sore today so It looks like that will be the new normal and my allergies have been bad the past few days…it looks like I will have to take something for them today since I was plugged up when I got up this morning…not much to do today…lunch…maybe..but that’s about it…when I get home there will be races and soccer but I will take it easy and see if my stomach will hold up….,more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost, badly, at pool but that was okay…going back to the Shame to play was okay, too, so I guess it was a good day….and, I got three out here when I normally just do one on pool days so that is something…not sure what but something….feel okay today, too, even after not being good last night so that is cool…it was nice to hear the rain just before bed last night but I really wanted some of the storms that bracketed GR to the east and west…oh, well…my back is sore today and it has been a pain for a couple of weeks now and I guess I’ll just have to live with it….doesn’t hurt when I’m on the bike so that’s the main thing…not much to do today…going to watch soccer and racing and try to clean a bit but that’s about it….more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done so that was progress…the car looks good but that was all I did…okay…I got one thing done….slept okay last night and had a weird dream that had the low battery chime from my phone in it…yeah…strange…feel a little crappy this morning after being good all week but not last night….not sure I am going to have cocktails much anymore….I am sore…at least my back is today and that has been bugging me for a week now and I don’t like it…it’s not as bad as when I was younger but it seems to make me stiffer now than it did…not much to do today…pool, of course, but at a new place and I’m not sure I like that much….but that’s life and I guess I have to deal with it…more later…

Well…just got the site migrated to a new server that should make it more reliable….so maybe no more week long outages…I hope anyway….have been working on a new topic for the day and haven’t found one yet…have been kind of busy getting the car cleaned after all the gravel yesterday but I have it done now…new wipers…and that irritates me a little..bought some Michelin wipers that you would think would be high quality and they only lasted about 4 months before they started to steak like crazy…and the paint on the arms faded so bad they looked like they were 10 years old…and, I went back to rain-x for the windows just to try to keep them clean for a while….but, no politics right now…going to go back to the phone and look for a topic…more later….