Well…just had a thunderstorm roll through here with tons of rain and that was a little weird since it’s only 46 here today…and we’re supposed to get an inch of rain today…I did get an outdoor ride in for the 3rd day in a row of 21 miles a day…felt good again to get out but today I had my rain gear on since there was a heavy mist happening the entire ride…supposed to rain again tomorrow so I’m not sure if I’ll get outside on the bike…getting close to 1,000 miles for the year that I should hit next week but I need to pick up the pace if I’m going to get to 8,000 miles this year…I’m enjoying my discovery of Clive Cussler and his books so I’ll have reading material for weeks and the wandering around the library worked pretty well Wed…okay back to reading…

Well…up and out of bed at 5 am and I feel just damn worn out today…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to pour it into me to get going…we’re supposed to get an inch of rain today so I’ll need to get out on the bike before 10 so I can get an outdoor ride in before the rain comes in…but that means I need to get on the weight work by 6am…it’s going to be raining for the next few days so I’ll be riding indoors but I’m not sure if I’ll do 2 rides or one…I think I need an easy day but that won’t start til tomorrow if I do it at all…didn’t get much done yesterday but I need to eat more today after only a bagel and a turkey sandwich yesterday…and that was only about 800 calories for the day and I’ll be feeling that today…so, I’ll toast a bagel in a few minutes with the 2nd cup of coffee so I’ll have a little fuel for the rides…not much to do today…just need to grit my teeth and get going but that seems like a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…got another 21 miles in today but came away from it cold and wet since it was only 40 degrees when I went out and it started to rain about 3 miles out on the way back from Lake Michigan…so, it’s a heating pad day but I should get off my butt and do a load of laundry and I will after I get this done…starting a new author, Clive Cussler, right after the laundry and I am a little excited…I have run across him but never read anything of his until now…this batch of books has 3 new authors in it so I have expanded my group and added a bunch more books to read…was running out with the other authors I have been reading so I hope these will give me something to pass the time…time for laundry…

Well…there just is something wrong with getting out of bed before 5am and pouring coffee down at 5:14…I am so damn tired that I may only do one indoor ride today…it’s not going to be warm enough to ride outdoors again today since the 42 degrees out there is the high for the day and it’s going to get colder soon…didn’t sleep well at all last night but that is the pattern since I decided no more sleep aids and I may have to rethink that…you would think that I’d be able to take a nap after no sleep but that isn’t happening either…oh, well…need to get on the weight work soon but I just want to sit here for a bit and think about meals…I could make another pizza today but don’t want that many calories…so maybe a bagel this morning and then a smoked turkey sandwich for lunch and no dinner today…that would keep me under 1K calories for the day and I need that…crap…already running late and need to get off my butt and get moving….more later…

Well…you read that right…I was able to get out to Lake Michigan on the trails today and only had to walk the bike about 300 yards in 12.5 miles…and most of that was along the base of the bluff along Muskegon Lake that doesn’t get much sun…it’s never been open this early in the 5 years I’ve lived out here…all of the snow we had did nothing to raise the water level in Muskegon Lake but it doesn’t look worse either so I guess that’s something…the condo project looks like a ghost town with it going into receivership last fall and there was not one car or truck in any of the parking lots so it looks like the restaurant has closed after only being open a year…so it was a busy morning after the rides, grocery run, and washing the crud off the bike so I can lube it up tomorrow since it is going to be raining most of the day…it feels good to ride more than 20 miles in a day for the first time this year…time to read a bit..

Well…I’m not sure how it happened but I’m back to getting out of bed at 5:14 again and that is way too damn early…I know it helps me get my day going but having my first cup of coffee before 5:30am seems a little weird to me…so I’ll be on the bike before 6am and I could even get two rides in before I head out to the grocery run but I’m not going to do that…want to get an outdoor ride in to take a look at the trails to see if they are passable…if they are, it will be the earliest in the 5 years I’ve lived out here…need to do some meal planning today but I am picking up some smoked turkey so there will be sandwiches for the next few days…need to get some food out of the freezer but I’m not sure what that will be yet…a little tired of pizza but I still have 4 in there so I’ll probably use one this weekend…it’s going to rain a ton over the next few days so the snow will all be gone but, with the 30’s that are coming, we could get more next week…ick…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and grocery runs…and maybe some cleaning…more later…

Well…finished up the last book this morning so I had time to do some cleaning and that felt good so I think I’m going to wean myself off books for a while…but I am going to pick up a few more tomorrow but not 8 like I got last week..going to do a wander in the stacks tomorrow to try to find new authors who look interesting…my BP machine has been throwing error messages so I think I may need a new one…and it’s reading about 10 points higher than it used to and I’m not doing anything different…or I guess I could just stop taking my BP since we do have the meds figured out…going to hit DD to get some sliced smoked turkey they have on sale for 4 bucks for 2 1/2 pounds and I have lettuce and tomatoes so I can make sandwiches with it…looks like I’ll be able to ride outdoors tomorrow with the high getting to 50 or so then we have a short stint of warm weather and then it freezes again on the 12th with temps in the 30’s…ick…oh, well…that’s March in Michigan…

Well…up a little before 5 this morning and I went straight out on the porch to look for the lunar eclipse but it’s cloudy here so I didn’t see much of it…slept okay but feel pretty worn out this morning and it’s going to be tough getting going this morning…and, while it warms up this week, then it goes down into the 20’s for a week and that sucks…didn’t eat much yesterday but I need to do better today…so, I’ll have a bagel before I get on the bike here in a few minutes and lots more coffee…didn’t get much done yesterday but wash the car but I do need to get the grocery list ready for the run tomorrow even though I don’t need much other than milk…going to do the breakfast for lunch thing again today…have been having trouble with my BP the past couple of days and I may have to make a doctor appointment…I couldn’t get under 140 yesterday and that’s way too high…not much to do today…just need to get started on the weight work now and then grit my teeth and get the rides in…more later…

Well…after I got the normal stuff done early today and finished up the 2nd ride a little after 8 so then I decided to drag my butt out in the cold and wash the car…the only problem was that it was only 13 degrees and the car turned into a block of ice and I couldn’t get all the soap off of it…oh, well…I did get the last of the sub 3 buck gas today but we won’t see that price again this year after the idiot’s stupid war…only did one meal today of two slices of pizza and no bagel for breakfast…so that is about 700 calories for the day and I can live with that…will have to plan meals for the rest of the week and get some food out of the freezer…but I can do that tomorrow since I have one more day of leftovers to have…got my new BP cuff a few minutes ago and I’m going to try it out and then go back to reading for a bit…

Well…darn, back to getting out of bed by 5:14 again and that just sucks…but I feel okay so I guess that’s something…need to get off my butt and get going by 6am so I can get two rides in before I take the car to wash it around 9am…the stupid trump war has raised gas prices by 45 cents a gallon so now I guess 3-4 bucks a gallon is the new normal and it’s just another tax that asshole has put on the country…and who benefits? Yep, the Saudis and his cronies in the oil industry…I can’t wait to see the inflation numbers after that…I’m sure it’s going to be 6-7% for this month…nice job, maga…you did this to us…okay back to life…took an easy day for the second one in a row yesterday but it’s not going to be 3…in 14 minutes I’ll be on the weight work and then the rides…my BP cuff sprung a leak yesterday so I had to spend 10 bucks to order a new one…need to plan some meals in a few days but I have leftovers for the next two and I really do need to eat out of the freezer for a couple of weeks…more later…