Well… I may not get political for the rest of the day…so the last placeholder may be left until tomorrow…who knows….not a lot to do today, have been up since about 6 but that’s not bad…I think the sleep is getting better…still up and down but longer intervals so some progress.

I did make the decision to not ride today since it looked like it was going to rain and it just started so I don’t feel nearly as guilty now as I did earlier….as you know, I have a really well developed sense of guilt about just about everything that I do…growing up in West Michigan, you can’t help it…it’s the puritan capital of Michigan and it’s another reason that I don’t feel I fit here any more…but that’s another story for another time…

No plans for the Michigan game but to watch it here and that may be a good idea since I’m still working on cleaning out the liver….but I may have a beer or two during the game. Then, the Penn State Alabama game later in the day and I am loathe to root for Penn State but you have to support a Big Ten team that might knock off the number one. Don’t worry, I’ll go back to hating them later in the season when it gets to be time for us to play them.

Geez…I’ve already gotten everything done I wanted to do today and it’s only around 10….I do have more of the books that T gave me (down to the last two) and I want to have them finished before we have lunch next week so she can bring me another bag…much better than the library…it’s like having a personal book consultant but I am a little concerned that she has just ordered the new 3G Kindle…foiled again by modern technology but she has a whole wall of bookshelves that I haven’t read so I should be good for about a year…and then I may have to get a Kindle but I want to see hers first to see how it works in daylight…need to be able to read it at the beach.

That’s enough for now…may have some sports updates for later, especially if Michigan wins….Oh, I purposely didn’t comment on my feelings about 9/11 since I feel that it’s meaning is personal….not something to be worn on your sleeves and trotted out to show your bona fides as a patriot.

Well….saw some things out on the trails that puzzled me and thought I’d pass them along….the first is the top of weirdness to me…why would anyone discard the box for a pregnancy test out on the trail miles from nowhere? Did they use it out on the trail? Did they just take the box out there to dump it so no one would know? I’m sure someone using it is not something that I want to see when I’m on my bike…might even fall off. Then there was the guy that was running 50 ft up the trail, then turning and running back; this cycle repeated for about four times while I was in the area…was he an ex-con that was used to the exercise yard? Did he think he had to pay by the foot? Or, was that just his favorite part of the trail?

As I said, trail weirdness, but fun, too…I had a smile on my face the whole way today since I feel so good…and I have to remember that most 57 year olds can’t do what I take for granted everyday. I promise that there will be something topical today…don’t know what it is yet but something…more later.

Well….a strange start to the day…sorry I’m late but I have been musing on a few things that still haven’t really formed but there are a couple of things that I want to share….if I wouldn’t have been axed at SC, today would have been 34 years….don’t really think about it much anymore but when the anniversary comes, a flash always comes about how things would have been so different if it wouldn’t have happened. But, I feel good today, three days of being a good boy have made me feel quite a bit better and I am looking forward to working out for a fifth day in a row and then getting on the bike to enjoy this extremely crisp, clear day that is really starting to look like fall here in Michigan. My heart sank when I heard from T this morning telling me she had been rear-ended taking her son to school…just glad they weren’t hurt but why can’t people just drive and do it right? I’m a professional speeder and somewhat assertive on the road but haven’t had a ticket or accident that I caused since 74…and it is because I pay attention for everyone else along with myself….I wish the rest of the people on the road would do the same. I’m sure I’ll have more later today since I seem to becoming more lucid as the effects of taking it easy grow daily…

Oh, did the math wrong…it would be 36 years today…

Well…an interesting day yesterday…had a great lunch with T and then out to Ada and won at pool, again. I was a little flummoxed and out of sorts (thanks for the neat word T) out in Ada, though, and I think part of it was the lack of sleep with being up and down all night. And, last night was a repeat of Tues night so I’m pretty exhausted today. At least I was a good boy and took it easy…maybe it’s my body adjusting to the changes…who knows. Today is another try with the new slow cooker…going to make some pork loin chops with potatoes and carrots…and I may add some portabellos to the mix but I decide that when I go to the grocery store this morning. so…that’s the plan for this morning…not much else to do today…meeting up with C for a beer or two later so that is something to look forward to….more later…yeah, I know, I promised that yesterday, too, but the early one kind of made up for it, didn’t it? Hope so…I will try to get more out today so come on back….

Well…was up early this morning as you can see from the previous post and don’t feel too bad…maybe there is something to be said for taking a day off from beer and trying to sleep without any aids. I do have this weird heartburn that started last night and continues this morning but that may be from the acid rich foods that I had yesterday and the fact that I’m still not eating enough. You’d never think that to look at me….still carrying about 10 pounds too much but I guess I’ll have to live with it. It might be a fun day today…T might be able to go to lunch and I haven’t seen her in a while so that would be nice. And, as you know, it’s Wed and that means out to Ada for pool later….

I think there may be more topics for later, too, but you know that depends on how the news hits me when I go out for coffee…I’m going to try….

Well…it’s been a weird morning…decided to go out to GH to see the waves and even wanted to go swimming but the temp of Lake Michigan has dropped about 10 degrees and it just wasn’t worth it. The Moday funday yesterday was a somewhat melancholy affair, at least for me, because it marked the acceleration of the changes that will shortly take us quickly into the fall. I do like autumn but it is much easier for me to lie to myself that I’m not getting older, that time is not passing when all of the days seem the same. I could see the first small markers of that change in some of the leaves that I saw turning on the bike ride and lining the road to GH. The problem is, you can’t do anything about it; but it is still hard to accept, especially when you know your are closer to the end than the beginning. I guess I’ll just have to try to ignore it again….but that never works….maybe just revel in the melancholy, let it have me for a couple of days and then get up and go forward…..

Well…there was Monday Funday yesterday to celebrate (or mourn) the end of summer…had fun at Logan’s and was a good boy when I got home so I feel okay today…there was a huge traffic jam on 131 coming home because of an accident so it took me almost a half hour to go 13 miles….I don’t understand why people can’t just drive past a wreck….there was one open lane and no one could drive past it faster than 5…not a lot to do today, hope to get back on the bike since I gave my legs a rest yesterday and they do feel better; not sore at all but I’ll take it easy anyway….I will have some topics later, I hope,….more later…

Well…had to take yesterday off for a recovery day but was bad again last night so we’re back on the recovery today….but I am going to go out and get coffee and read the papers…so I’ll try to get something topical out later today…might have a Monday Funday later since it is a holiday…..more later…

Yeah, I know, I’m late this morning…had way too much fun yesterday and Michigan won,,,yay! Started out the aft at Peppino’s downtown but 7 dollar draft beers? So, we moved over to OT for the rest of the game but didn’t watch much of it since we were playing shuffleboard and, of course, K and I won both games we played…that gets us to 23-2 when we play together. It was nice to have a few of the group back together if even just for the day. I’m debating with myself whether to go out for a bike ride but I probably will if just to get the toxins out. No sprints today, just a cruise.

Oh, a one last thing, I did buy a slow cooker yesterday and made some chicken, potatoes, carrots, and corn on the cob…well..don’t want to cook any other way….some of the best, most tender chicken I can remember….can’t wait to have the leftovers today….

Well…another boring night at home but feel okay today…the change in the weather has been a little surprising but at least it’s not raining anymore. I DO have something to do today…yay! Going out to watch the Michigan game against Uconn and it looks like there will be a few of us at Peppino’s downtown. Had to look all over this place for my gear but found the shirt and need to de-wrinkle it so I don’t look too sloppy. I think I’m going out to get a slow cooker today and maybe cook some chicken, potatoes, and corn….should be yummy…more later…

I DO have to wish two of my sons happy birthday today…yep, two of them born on the same day 3 years apart…but the even weirder thing is that my oldest brother and I were born on the same day 13 years apart….match that one…