Well…things are going to be out of synch today since I wanted to get to number 2,000 in a stand alone, not part of the daily life update…and, I think this one will be quite a long one as I add to it as the day goes on…2,000 of these things…kind of hard to wrap my head around and I guess it means I’ve been persistent, if nothing else…but I guess that means that I should take stock in how things have changed over the 3 years I’ve been doing this…and, the thing is, it hasn’t…still looking for work, still getting older, still riding the bike and still trying to figure out what life is about as I age…the problem is I don’t have any answers at all…but it’s not as if I haven’t been looking for them….oh, well…just have to keep going forward…what else can you do?

Well…it’s after nine and I still haven’t had my coffee yet…found the first version of “The Maltese Falcon” on TCM this morning and had to watch it…which put me a good hour behind but I think I need to get over having to have a schedule every day and just let a few of them just go by and see what happens…I did get the chance to get out and have a couple with C, D, and S last night and it was good to see anyone…I did miss having K come out but plans change…not much to do today…I do need to get moving so I can get out on the bike before the Michigan game comes on at noon…so that means I have about a half hour to read the papers…more later…

One last thing…just checked and the next one will be number 2,000 of these…so I guess I’ll have to do something special…

Well…it’s another late morning but am I really late if this has become the norm? The bug is still with me today but my throat is not as sore so there may be light at the end of the tunnel….I hope so…I am so tired of feeling like crap…I did sleep okay last night but it was the cocktails I had watching “Burn Notice” that helped but I can’t keep that up…so, I think I’ll take it easy again today and let my body heal up some…I might be going out later to have a couple with C and K so that will be cool and it will be warm enough to put the top down and that will make me grin…not going to do much else today other than put out another one of these…so, it’s time to just relax for a while and stare at the tv…more later…

Well…Okay, running really late today and there may be an excuse…at least not sleeping at all and being up at 4 is an excuse in my head anyway…it was a day yesterday that I thought the bug was going to break but I still feel like crap with a sore throat so I guess I’m not over it yet…I did get the papers read and had some coffee but that’s not really helping right now but I guess I’ll just have to power through it…I am looking forward to “Burn Notice” starting again tonight and that makes it a cocktail night but it will be a light one…just don’t feel well enough for more…I am going to work out here in a minute and try to get a bike ride in and then come back here for another one later…there are lots of things to write about…especially the turtle McConnell…more later…

Well…it was a long day yesterday and a little disappointing with the car still losing coolant and I’m at a loss to understand that..but, Obama won and we held the senate so it was not too bad of a day…way too many cocktails, though, and I feel like crap so this one is going to be short…really, going to end it right now since I have a pork shoulder to get in the oven for later today…and I do need to get back on the bike…more later…

Well…I just couldn’t wait to vote so I went over and got it done…only 30 mins from door to door and I feel pretty good about that…such friendly, nice people…and I still have smile on my face….it always feels good to vote, even though Michigan is going for Obama and there wasn’t the sense of urgency there was last time…now comes the waiting…I’m glad I have the workout to do and a bike ride, too, to burn off some of this energy I feel right now…or, maybe it’s the coffee and no cocktails last night? tonight is going to be different…I have cocktails and snacks to watch the returns and I hope it gets called early so I can text everyone…well…T anyway…more later…

Well…the day is finally here and I am waiting for the polls to thin out a little bit before I go over to vote…I am excited about the whole process and I really do hope one of the idiot poll watchers confronts me…I slept for crap last night with no cocktails and I forgot the melatonin so I was up and down all night and I had dreams that involved the Miata and some good looking woman that didn’t care about my unusual lifestyle…if only real life was like that…going to keep this one short since I do need to get the pork shoulder in the oven…I will be back for lots more later…yay election…

Well…it was another day yesterday and I didn’t do too much…I did get out on the bike but that was probably a mistake since I coughed so much when I got back that my chest muscles hurt today…and back muscles, too…so I may skip today..not sure yet, I do have to put a set pf plugs in the car today since it misses a little when it idles and it is one of the things I need to do before winter…I may not change out the gear lube though, since it was 25 when I went out for the papers today and it shifted okay…I still have that bug that I had but I am out of the medicine that helped yesterday so I may have to go out and get more…it was a good thing to find out that it was a bug yesterday and not exposure to antifreeze or other chemicals around here…I am getting excited about the election and am going to plan some food and cocktails for tomorrow night while I watch the returns…it looks good for our side so it could be a good night…I will be doing an election one for later today…I need to get some thoughts down about this long slog…

Well…still feel quite crappy today and I know it is a bug with the temp and coughing…so, today will be an easy day to try to get over it…does not help that I’m not sleeping again either…just realized that I wasn’t up at 5 as I thought…or, I was but it is actually 6 so that is about when I normally get up…but I was up til one so that makes it 4 hours or so…oh, well…I may have the car fixed since I took it out for a run on the e-way yesterday and it is still full after some miles…still have my fingers crossed, though, since I just guessed it was the radiator….I am sore everywhere from the work on the car, too, so I’ll have to take it easy on the bike today…if it gets warm enough to go out…I am getting so tired of chicken for dinner that I may have to go out for some fast food today…nah…maybe some pasta instead…I will be back for another one later..but right now it is time to get some water and hit the couch to watch the rest of the F1 race…

Well…up really early again and I feel like crap again…think I may have a bug, again, since I am coughing like crazy and my head is plugged up…glad I got the radiator in yesterday but that may have made the bug worse..and using a bunch of new muscles to work on the car has added to the normal pain…bruises up a down my arms from forcing them into shapes that they are not supposed to make is not fun either…let’s top that off with not sleeping well…but there was good news yesterday with K having her baby and she looks just like her…with red hair and all…okay…I’m about done for now…going to take it easy today and watch football..but first, Man U is playing at 8:30 so I need to get out to Meijers before then…