Well…it was a boring Sunday but they all are so I shouldn’t be surprised….no dreams or anything else to report except that the sleep was crappy as always…but, today could be better, right? I sure hope so….not thinking right now so I’m going to go get coffee and read the papers…and that is all I have to do today….

Okay, I’m back but the coffee is not working as I had hoped…maybe the workout and bike ride will….there was one disheartening thing that I saw on the ride yesterday that I didn’t report….and for those of us here in Michigan it is not a welcome sight…the first pickup with a plow on the front….I really don’t need anything reminding me that winter is fast approaching…that was all too clear this morning when I got in the car and the windows were completely fogged up…I know the Mazda has that fatal flaw but I still don’t like being reminded of the coming changes…don’t want to have to warm it up every morning just going out for coffee…oh, well….

I am getting to the lyric before the ride today: “I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream…you could have been anything to me…”

Well…you know how this works on the weekends….I run late, then apologize for it…not today, that’s just how things are and will probably always be..I’m used to it…you should be, too. The boredom level rose to almost unbearable heights last night but it was a good State game that helped some…the Wings looked like crap and got whipped, though, and that wasn’t fun…I do need to find some new things to do…have been saying that for a while now but I think I mean it now…or, maybe not, who knows? Not much to do today….the Lions play and there is a race from Talladega that might be fun….no more steaks today…I think I need to limit the red meat to once a week….going to make healthful chicken stir fry today…but the sauce is loaded with sodium so maybe it’s not too healthy…I am getting tired of watching what I eat….I can’ think of anyone else that keeps a mental running tally of the calories they take in every day….more later…

Here’s the lyric: “When you dance, do your senses tingle and take a chance? In a trance while the lonely mingle with circumstance…”

Well…it’s been another Saturday and I really didn’t do anything much….I did cook a t-bone for lunch and that was really good…I try to stay away from red meat and I’ll be back to that tomorrow with a chicken stir fry I think. I am getting a little excited about the Wings game tonight…going up against the Caps who are the other unbeaten team in the league. Oh, forgot to put the Wings gear on…back in a minute….I’m back…have the oldest Wings shirt on now that I bought almost 12 years ago and got it for the first trip to the Joe….didn’t have to wear the gloves today but I think I may have damaged my little fingers in the cold since they still itch today…hope not….it was a nice ride on the bike…..okay…have been just noodling a little until I get to the time when I can pour a cocktail which is quickly coming up along with the Wings game…so, I’m going to go do that and come back tomorrow with something of substance…

Well…running late again but I’ve been up just screwing around for a couple of hours so I don’t know why…I think I just forgot….it was a nice day yesterday and I did get some t-bones for later today…I think I’m going to go out to get a bottle of wine to go with it to do it up right….I’m waiting for the temp to come up so I don’t have to scrape the car…and I am not looking forward to this starting already…there is kind of a hole in the day with Michigan having a bye week but I guess I can watch State…there was a really cool film on Pearl Jam on PBS last night that had early clips and interviews that made me skip part of the Wings game to see it…not much to do today…I do have to go over to Meijers to get the wine and papers but that is about it…looks like the bike ride will be later in the aft…don’t want to damage the hands again so I think I’ll get the gloves out…more later…

Well…I know I promised a couple more today but I am having a hard time getting motivated to do the political thing…so I think I’ll just wander around for a while and see what happens. the bike ride was so damn cold today that when I got back my hands were almost frozen….they hurt so bad under hot water that I almost couldn’t stand the pain…never had that happen before…might have to get the gloves out, huh? The lunch with T was fun…hmmmm…my energy level is so low right now…not sure what is going on…still waiting for them to come and fix the furnace and that is putting a huge crimp in my plans…might have to go back to the office again….okay….this is boring me so it must be boring you so I’m going to stop….won’t promise there will be more later…I did get some t-bone steaks for 3.99 a pound today so that was okay…

Well…I had some things to do yesterday and it was good to get out of here for a while…had a few with K to celebrate her certification and then I had a couple here but I have my newfound restraint to thank for feeling okay this morning. But, Thursdays are kind of boring without hockey….just can’t warm up to the World Series without the Tigers in it. It looks like I can get back on the bike today after two days of rain and I can’t wait….it feels like I’ve gained 10 pounds in the last two days and I do have 200 more miles to do to get to 2500….looks like I won’t get to 3000 this year but that’s okay….I could do 30 or so a day for the next month to do it but I’m not that motivated. I do have some things to do today…having lunch with T and I am excited about that….and the Wings play tonight so I’ll have to get the gear out….I will have a couple more later today….oh, and I’ll have the lyric after the bike ride…

Here’s the lyric” “Hold on to freedom…freedom’s the only thing you have…hold on to justice…justice is your biggest laugh…”

Well…it was a long day yesterday with pool with Tom and then out with G after that for a couple….I was good when I got home, though, so I feel okay this morning….I did win at pool for the third week in a championship game so the competition was good and had fun. I hope the rain quits today so I can get back on the bike…it is such a big part of my feeling good that even missing one day was not a good thing….and I still hurt so I guess it’s just the way I’m going to be..G did give me some great news…she is going back to finish her degree and I am so happy for her…I remember my college days fondly and the challenge of new learning always made me smile…not much to do today…it is Thursday so there will be a grocery run today…but that’s about it…I have been keeping up with the posts this month so I do have one thing to feel good about….more later….

here’s today’s lyric: “can’t imagine the moment…reaching out through the silence, all the things we both might say….to the heart that will not be denied…’til we’re both on the same damn side…all the barriers blown away…”

Well…this has been a disappointing week so far…I did have some resumes go out and I don’t know why I should be depressed that I haven’t gotten any responses…after all, there have been hundreds go out over the summer and now the fall with no luck…maybe it’s the inability to ride the bike today…the guilts have already set in and now I have to try to figure out how to take 800 calories out of what I eat today to make up for it….I’m sure there is a weather component to it, too, with the day being so dreary…but I think the root cause is the lack of possibilities that now exist….and the fact that I’m balanced so precariously on a razor’s edge of financial ruin that the next repair on the car or unexpected bill will nudge me over that edge. It is extremely stressful to live that way and I think that is one of the reasons for the discontent in the country right now…there are too many of us who have worked our whole lives chasing the American dream and now find that there is no place left for us….but, I’m going to keep on trying….what else can you do?

Well…a third night with no cocktails so I feel pretty good today…weird dreams again but they are not really clear right now..something to do with fish that I was trying to keep alive….I did get a lot of stuff done around here yesterday since I am still waiting for them to come and look at the furnace…I can’t remember this place looking so clean in a long time and I kind of like it….maybe I’ll have to try to keep it this way for a while…it looks like the string is going to be broken today….looking at the radar, it looks like we have an express train of rain coming in from the south all day and it has already started….I’ll look for a dry slot until the aft but 180 days in a row is not a bad record…..I wonder if taking the day off will help the soreness? Not much to do today…I’m supposed to hang out with G later but Tom wants to go today, too…so that is a dilemma….but a good one to have with being cooped up here since last Thursday…more later…

Well…an easy night last night with G out of town so a no cocktail night and I feel okay today…weird dreams that included Aquinas College, BMW loaners, tornadoes, and lots of dirty dishes….yep, it;’s getting strange inside the head again and I like it….the Aquinas part is a repeater where I haven’t finished all of my course work yet…I forgot what classes I had and the ones I remembered, I couldn’t find…the BMW loaner thing was connected to that part, too….a new detail, to be sure…not much to do today…have to clean some and get out on the bike but that’s about it….I could whine a little about not getting any resume responses but that’s just not me….I will come back later for at least one more….

Okay…already did the one more so look up this time….today was 180 on the bike and it was a dead mouse alert day…saw 15-20 of them in 20 feet on the trail…..don’t know if I’ll make it to 183 but I’m going to try….

Here’s today’s lyric: “Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground…Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down…”