Well…just wanted to do a short one on the happenings of the day that had to do with the car….when I went out to get the paper this morning, the belts started shrieking and slipping and did it for about 15 seconds….when it did it again when I went out to run an errand, I remembered that it is a real wheel drive car (a real head slapper) and that it may be packaged so I could get at the belt adjusters without having to jack the car up and crawl under it….like I had to with the MX-6….well….5 minutes later I had both belts adjusted and it was just so cool to be able to do those things on a car again…to be able to use the knowledge that I learned over a lifetime of working on cars….I think I have this mental image of the Miata as an English sports car that had to be worked on just to keep it on the road…but a reliable one….it was fun to work on today….

Well…I guess I lied…I am getting behind again but that always happens on the weekend so you shouldn’t be surprised…it was a busy day yesterday with getting the new stereo in the car and then going down to the casino with G and hanging out with her all day…just a nice, relaxing day but I lost 30 bucks playing the slots so I won’t be going back there anytime soon…G was up 200 bucks but gave it all back by the time we left…made me a little nostalgic for all the time we used to spend together….it looks like a nice day out there and with it being 58 degrees already, I’m going to head out for a ride in a minute and clear my head some….I will try to come back later for more since it is going to be a total veg day with races and naps since I got up at a little before 6…

One last thing…you can blame me for all the rain…I bought a convertible….

Well…it was busy yesterday but I am going to make sure that today is easier…but, I am going to go out and have a new stereo put in the car in about an hour…I did have dreams last night that included Czech women, water towers, and horse drawn wagons…don’t ask me how it all fits together but it did at the time…and, I didn’t sleep well and was back up at 5:30 this morning so the trip to the casino with G isn’t going to happen….and I’m not really a gambler so it doesn’t have any attraction to me…I am going to put the top down on the way out to ABC if it’s not raining….waiting to hear from T about the B-52 concert last night…not a place I would have wanted to be with the cold and rain…Okay…have a few things to do before I take off so I will end here….more later…

Well…it was a night out last night with G for a couple and then back here for one more and I still feel a little crappy from yesterday and not eating enough but I’ll fix that today I hope….I do feel good that I caught up and made the goal for the month and I am not going to get that far behind again…I am still really gunshy in the car even in normal driving and I hope that goes away soon…it’s preventing me from enjoying driving and that’s about all I have left in my life…I am really starting to like the new car…it just reminds me of simpler times and cars and I need that right now….I will be back later for more but right now I need water and the couch….I do get to have lunch with T today so I have to get ready for that, too….

Well…it was a day yesterday and nice surprise to see T for a few minutes…and out to shoot pool which I won but I was not good last night so I feel a little low..and the US just looked terrible playing Brazil which does not look good for World Cup qualifying later this month…I am going to do a sports one for later since Nick Lidstrom is going to announce his retirement later this morning and I do need to watch the news conference…and do the grocery run in a few minutes so I’m going to keep this one short….only two more to go for the month and it looks like I’m going to make it…

Well…another night of being good and I should feel better than I do…it’s almost certain it’s the allergies and I may even have to start taking something for it…did not sleep well last night but you’ve heard that before….I am almost caught up with these and forgot that May has 31 days which will help me get there….I may go out for coffee this morning for the first time in a couple of months and I will put the top down on the car….but, after that, I do need to get the old tv out of here today and I just lifted it and my back held out so I think I’ll give it a try…and then it’s trying to get back to the old routine and just cleaning and cooking today….more later….

Well…with all that has been going on over the past couple of weeks, I ignored a couple of milestones that I do want to share….as of today, I went over 1100 miles for the year and it’s not even June yet…well ahead of any other year but it was the ridiculous early weather that got me the head start….and, this is the big one, I went over 10,000 miles on this bike since I bought it! I won’t do the tired cliches of how far that is in comparison…but it is a long way and I feel pretty good about it….only two short now….

Well…the storms were a little disappointing last night but at least it’s not raining now…it was an okay day yesterday and I feel okay this morning with starting a no cocktail week…I do need to get moving quite fast today since i do need to go waste 2 or 3 hours at the Secretary of State’s office to get all of the car stuff straightened out….and then come back here to get off my butt and clean…I also have to go get a new shifter cable for the bike before the one I have breaks…maybe I’ll stop on the way back from errands…and I do have to do 4 of these today to get caught up and it looks like I may just make it without cheating, anymore, that is….but I’m not going to promise anything…more later…

Well…it has been a scorcher today and I thought about going out to GH and then remembered it’s a holiday today and that would mean that the traffic would back up all the way to 196 and I just didn’t feel like sliding the clutch for 10 miles…so, it has been a day of just trying to get the calorie count back up to where it needs to be but saying healthy at the same time…the new neighbors have been moving in all day and they seem to be really quiet people so that is a plus….I was going to lie out in the sun again today but it’s just too hot for that so I’ll have to get evened out some time later…I do need to buy some 30 sunscreen for the car…I did figure out how to put the top down still in the seat but it is way too heavy to pull up with the condition of my shoulders…still only takes about a half a minute to get it up so that’s okay….okay, this is just filling but it is something…

Well…I am going to try to get to 60 so that means a return to cheating today…I am so screwed up today…it feels like a Sunday and I can’t shake it…cut the bike ride short since I was not feeling too swell and still don’t…don’t think I ate enough yesterday…you tell me…a brat, a hot dog, and two handfulls of chips…yeah, I know, it’s not enough but I still have that aversion to food that has hung on for the last two weeks since the crash…so I am going to make some Mexican food later today…maybe the spices will get me going and eating again….who knows…only three behind now….