Well..after having visitors yesterday, today was an easy one and I didn’t do much but watch races and read and I needed that after all the prep work for the visit last week…a strange thing is going on with the eye drops I use to fight against the dry eyes that come from my allergies…have been looking for any kind of Clear Eyes drops for over a month and there is not any on any shelf at three different stores…so I got the brain storm to use my amazon prime and order some from them…and I got it for 29% off, too…but I am laughing about the tiny orders I have been making…I mean  card with two button batteries? And then 2 bottles of Clear Eyes with some chain lube? And today I ordered a combo salt shaker and pepper grinder just like one I had for 15 years before it broke….and some tongue scrapers to get rid of the white coating that has been on my tongue for months…and the salt shaker was only 11 bucks which is less than what I paid 15 years ago for the exact same one…it is pretty nice to not have to buy 35 bucks worth to get free shipping…so I’m only buying what I need…didn’t have to cook today with all of the leftovers from yesterday and probably won’t have to until Wed…okay, need to start a new book…

Well…man, I’m just worn out today after the visit yesterday and not sleeping too well last night and I’m hoping that the coffee will help me get on the bike before 7…it did rain a bit yesterday but it’s not going to help my lawn one bit unless it rains every day for a week or so and that is not going to happen…and the main rain missed to the south where it rained for hours instead of the half hour it did here…oh, well…I thought my right elbow had started to heal yesterday but I can barely pick up the coffee cup this morning without howling pain…so more voltaren before I get on the bike…don’t have anything in my schedule until October 6th when I get fitted for the partial dentures so there will be lots of beach time starting tomorrow…going to be near 90 later in the week and I may have to spend longer time out there…not sure if my skin will take it but I guess that’s what 100 sunscreen is for…not much to do today…just need to get the rides in and then wing it for the rest of the day…don’t have to clean the house so I’ll just relax and watch races….more later…

Well…that was a nice visit and Art made me laugh a lot…they brought me cupcakes for a birthday cake and some pasta salad and 2 packages of curry and rice so I’ll be eating off that food for the next few days…yummy…it didn’t rain…again…but it looks like it might in a few minutes…it has gotten pretty dark so I have my fingers crossed that some will come…I did get the batteries for my key fob today and they came in a box that would fit hundreds of them…thunder! I did get the battery replace and the fob works as it should…I have gotten used to opening the trunk with it and now it even flashes the lights when the doors are locked or unlocked…pretty cool! Just put the laundry in and now I’m going to read a bit until the race comes on from Dover…don’t think I’ll eat more today…the pasta salad and cupcake will have to do…

Well…up at 4:34 again today but was able to get back to sleep…kinda..until 5:30 or so and now the magic coffee needs to do it’s work so I can get moving and get the rides in before I get back to the last part of cleaning this joint up…it really does look like rain this afternoon…ha,ha…I’ve written that so many times without rain ever getting here that it is not even a joke anymore…need to get on the bike by 6:30am today to get two rides in before 9 and get the cleaning done…not sure when my son is coming over but it will probably be early…the bike rally downtown was not nearly as loud as it was last year and there is only one more day to go…have no interest in going down there to see all the maga assholes play acting patriotism as they continue to support the asshole in chief and his racist bullshit…okay, I normally don’t do politics in this post of the day but damn…I just hate these assholes who saddled us with the idiot trump…not much to do today…I’m tired of cleaning but this place is looking pretty good and I won’t have to do anything for a couple of weeks…I do need to figure out some meals with using up the chicken tacos yesterday…more later

Well…it has been a day of cleaning all day today with getting the dining room done, the fridge cleaned, the back stairs vacuumed, and the kitchen cleaned…just need to do a quick once over on the bathroom and vacuuming the living room and I’ll be ready for the visit tomorrow…didn’t go to lunch with T today since her hands have flared in pain as she waits for surgery on them on the 31st…and that really helped me get everything done…I did have to run an errand out to aldis since I ran out of pickles and tortillas and I wanted to drive the car since I cleaned it top to bottom yesterday…the battery in the key fob died just as I was getting used to using it to open the trunk so I ordered a couple and will get them tomorrow…easy to replace and they should last a couple of years…okay, have some messages I need to respond to over on Mastodon…

Well…damn, it got down to 53 degrees last night and it was pretty darn cold in here…woke up at 4 or so but was able to get back to sleep til 6:30 and that makes me late for the day…going to need a fleece to get on the bike by 7:30 and I need to pour coffee down to get that done…I did get a lot of cleaning done yesterday and the rest of it can be done Sat morning before the visitors come over…looking forward to seeing Art, my son’s dog and my son and DIL…got the car completely cleaned and I think I’m going to run out to aldis and meijers this morning to pick up things I forgot on the grocery run…supposed to have lunch with T today but I’ll believe that when it happens…haven’t seen her for over a year and that’s too long…oh,well…my damn right elbow is still howling in pain and it hurts to pick up my coffee cup…I think I’m going to hurt from cleaning the car today and I’m starting to feel it right now…I think I may try some ice cream to see if I can finally eat it after years and years of pain…but there is no room in the freezer so I guess I’ll have to wait a while until I empty it a bit…not much to do today…just need to have more coffee and get off my butt and get going…more later…

Well…have been trying to find a political topic to do today but no such luck so far…I did get the rides in and the car cleaned and waxed and even did the entire interior along with the glass and then ran over to the library to get more books that will last me until the damn motorcycle rally is over…there is no place left to park for the people that live here and that sucks…making an easy town into a pain in the butt until Sunday night…and they just did a sound check for one of the stages and it sounds like it’s in my front yard…that is really going to suck later…I have been getting the cleaning done and need to get the floors done today right after I do this one…have the microwave clean and will do the stove and countertops later and that will just leave the bathroom and living room to do…and a day and a half to do them…okay, time to get off my butt and get moving…I’ll be back for a political one later…

Well…damn, running late today and I just poured the first cup of coffee at 6:39 so that will mean I won’t be on the bike til 7 or so and that makes me late for the entire day…a cold front came through last night but we didn’t get a drop of rain from it and that sucks…it’s only 62 out there right now and the wind is blowing like crazy so the rides will be a chore…the high is going to be only 72 today and that will be a relief after the nearly 90′s we’ve been enduring…my damn right elbow is howling in pain and has been for almost a week now so I’ll have to take some ibuprofen for it in a bit….don’t think I’ll go to the beach today since it’s not going to be warm enough and I have too much to do anyway…need to clean the kitchen today and mop all the floors after I clean the car and go to the library…so it will be a busy day…again…and I need to get it started soon…slept better last night but I sure don’t feel like it right now and I sure hope that’s not my life from now on…more later…

Well…after the good news yesterday, I vowed to myself that I was going to go out to the beach to make up for cutting my swim time short to come home and see the results of the tests…so, of course, I did wake up a little happier today and got right into the rides at 6:30am…then did the grocery run, and then out to the beach by 10:30am…where I stayed until noon or so since I really did have to get cleaning and I did…have the dining room cleaned and will work on the kitchen tomorrow and should be able to finish that but I do want to clean the car since it is coated with dust it’s been so dry up here…so it will be two rides and then clean the car…and I do need to hit the library to get more books after the car is done…and I need to remember to just use a little of the car wash soap since I used about 5 times more than I should have last time…not sure if I’ll wax it again but I probably will since it only takes about 10 minutes to do…and I do have new wheel/tire cleaner that I want to try…okay…need to read a bit before tv…

Well…darn…up at 4:53 this morning and that is going to make for a long day today since I can’t take naps anymore…it was such a good day yesterday except for the crappy copy of “Superman” that I tried to watch last night but it had advertising type floating all over the screen and that was so damn annoying that I shut it off after a few minutes…I did grind some beans for today’s coffee and it just tastes so good I wonder why I don’t do that all the time? I have 6+ pounds of beans in the drawer and I haven’t even gone through the first bag I bought months ago…it’s going to be a little busy today with getting the first ride in then doing the grocery run…I do want to clean the car today since it is so dusty and filled with sand from the beach trips and I am going to do a full beach run since I cut yesterday short with the mychart notification…man, I have been so lucky with my health lately that I want to just relax and live for a bit…so I’ll have to haul ass so I can get to the beach by 10:30 or so…the math doesn’t work, though since I’ll still need to do the second ride after the grocery run and won’t be done with that til 10:30…maybe I’ll wait to clean the car til tomorrow? I did get started cleaning this place up and need to keep working on that later today…the kitchen needs work and I’ll clean the microwave today along with the sinks…I do still want to carve out some time to read so I can finish the last book and get a few more from the library but I’m going to cut back on that to get other things done around here…ha,ha…they have a 70% chance of storms tonight and I am laughing at that forecast…it just doesn’t rain here…more later…