Well…I was right that the day had changed for me…I did lose at pool but then when I got home, got a call from G and swung over to her place for a couple and didn’t get back here until around 8 and by that time I was extremely unmotivated to write more so I didn’t. I did have problems sleeping but had weird dreams again that mixed the early 1900’s with current times along with weddings, plane crashes, and Paris…..very detailed and just a lot of fun…feel okay this morning and have a lot to do with groceries and then getting the car scheduled to have a new muffler put on it….other than that, going to just kind of veg here today…might be the day I take one off from riding….need to get the grocery list done so I’ll stop here…I will be back later for a political one since there was a repub debate last night and there had to be just a ton of idiocy coming out of the mouth of these idiots…

Well….I was really good last night and even slept quite well so I feel almost human again today but still have the aches all over so I may have some kind of a bug….or I’m just getting old but I don’t think that’s it…the legs were really dead on the bike yesterday and I think that points to a bug so that what I’ll keep believing. I am not ready for the weather to change yet but when you live in Michigan you have to be ready for it since it can happen in a couple of days….I do feel good that my allergies have not flared much this year even with goldenrod blooming everywhere…I do have things to do today….well, not much, but I do have some errands to run after coffee and that will allow me to wait until it’s a little warmer to get out for the ride…don’t want to go to sweatshirts yet….I did get a political one out yesterday and I’m getting a few ideas that I will get to today…I’m only one behind for the month so the goal is to get caught up…more later…

Well…another night and a few cocktails so I feel a little slow this morning…it was an okay day, though, had a couple with K and it was nice to get out of here for a while…I think I’ll have to wait to go out for the papers and coffee since it’s only 44 degrees and I don’t want to sit inside at Biggby’s….I do need to start the ribs I’m having for lunch in a few minutes so I should keep this one short and get to it…there is a race on at 11 from Atlanta that I want to see so it will be a fast morning if I’m going to get the bike ride in before then…I’ll be back later for a political one…

Well…another Sunday and more of the same old things…races and the Tigers…but not a whole lot more than that….and with today being a holiday…it going to be about the same…I do need to get back in fitness routine today and work out but I’m not motivated right now…maybe after coffee….but, do I go out and get the papers and go to Bigby’s or just stay here and make some…decisions, decisions…it’s going to be more racing today with 6 hours from Indy and maybe out for a couple with K this aft….okay, not feeling it right now so I’ll come back later…

Okay, didn’t go out to Bigby’s…came back here and made my own coffee…it was too cold to sit outside and the wind would have carried the papers away so I decided to come back here…did some damage to the legs on the long ride yesterday so they were flat this morning…didn’t help that the wind was blowing about 20 from the north and I’m in pain again…oh, well…not much to do today… as I said there are races on starting at noon and then maybe out to have a couple with K later….and no cooking since it is a leftover day so it’ll be low key here for the duration….more later….

Well…just a short one right now since I want to get out on the bike and take a long one…I think it will be a Steely Dan morning in the ears or maybe “Dark Side of the Moon” but I’m not sure yet…it’s a gloomy day and I don’t know if I want to compound or counteract the gloominess with music…maybe some Neil Young? Hmmm….I’ll let you know when I get back…it’s a little after 8 so I need to get moving…Pandora is throwing up a lot of Simon and Garfunkel this morning for some reason…a lot from “The Graduate”…it seems like it’s reading my mood today…should I put my tin foil hat on? More later…

Okay, just got back from doing 28 miles or so on the bike…rode the normal direction, then at the end decided to reverse course and ride it backwards…it does look really weird going backwards….not riding backwards, but the course backwards…and there was wildlife craziness out there today, too…came upon a squirrel that couldn’t decide which way to run when I came on him so he just spun around in circles until I went by….then there were kamikaze bunnies and a huge group of turkeys that thought they owned the trail…have never gotten so close to one without them being spooked….but, now I’m sore from all the miles and need to finish reading the papers and get ready for a day of racing….so, maybe more later….

Well…I was going to do one about Cheney and the nonsense in his new book but I just haven’t been able to work up the outrage today with the Michigan game being on and off…they just went back into a lightning delay near the end of the third and I can’t remember that happening in a long time. It has been an okay day today…didn’t get a lot done except watching football…did go over to K’s to let Sam out for a run and I should have worn my suit and gone swimming…It could be a fun night tonight with the storms that are on their way and the race from Atlanta starting in a little while….so, I will try to get some political stuff out tomorrow but it’s the weekend so I won’t promise anything….there are many targets out there that I just have to take a shot at…and yes, that’s a metaphor so no comments from the crazies out there, please…

Well…I need to get going to get the bike ride in before the storms come…so, I’ll be back later to finish this one up and hopefully a couple more today…

Yow…that was a nice ride but on the way back a near miss from a storm made me feel like I was in the “Wizard of Oz”….pedaling as hard as I could to just stand still in the wind….looked black to the north but no rain came from it….it was a nice day yesterday but T’s day got away from her so no lunch which disappointed me some but then Tom called and we had a surprise day of shooting pool and I won the week in a one game playoff….and we took it easy so I feel pretty good today…went 15 miles almost flat out the whole way…not sure what is going on but my legs felt like they could go forever today…pretty cool….not much to do today…Michigan starts the football season this aft and that will be a must see but there are plenty of races on, too so it looks like a veg day of cooking and watching tv….yeah, I know, I should be doing more but I get to do what I want…it would be nice to have someone to watch the game with but I’m getting used to being alone and it’s not bad, really….more later…

Well…another night and more of the same….so I really don’t have a lot to say right now…the Lions won another one but didn’t look too good but that’s okay…didn’t see the first string play at all and they still won…nope…don’t have anything to say..will be back later…

Okay..it’s weird how getting the bike ride in can make my brain start to work better…I’m a little sore since I had to really go today to beat the rain that is coming…and that is kind of stupid way to look at it…I was already soaked through from sweat so a little more water wouldn’t have made any difference…and it is warm enough so I wouldn’t be cold…oh, well…I do have a busy day today which is quite unusual…might have lunch with T and then out to shoot pool with Tom later so I’ll be busy all day..then MSU starts it’s season tonight…it will be cool to just have activities all day and not to have to think about being out of work….it has been weighing on me lately….I will try to get back for another one later but no promises…I do need to tear into Obama again…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do a lot except get groceries…it is nice to have food here again after getting down to nothing….bought a lot of stuff that is bad for me…okay, not bad for me but I should be eating a lot more veggies…well..that’s not true either…I have lots of them that I have to figure out how to use, though, I think I’ll look for recipes today…yep, this one is very disjointed today…the brain is not working too well and I’m not sure why….not much to do today….going to ride the bike out for coffee since there are probably only a few days left I can do that…and sit outside at the coffee shop…not sure if I’m going to go there if I have to sit inside….way too noisy and happy…Bigby’s is kind of like a caricature of a coffee shop….still don’t like it too well even after going there all summer….the pressure is off with it being a new month so I’m not sure if I will get another one out today…I’ll try…

Well…another month is gone and with it, the summer here in Michigan and I know it’s a cliche but I don’t know where it went…it has been a summer of being as frugal as possible which has forced me to get creative to keep from going stir crazy here. It’s the first summer in 10 that there has been no one to do anything with and also the first one in that time that I haven’t been out on someone’s boat…I did get out to Lake Michigan a couple of times but there have been no pool parties at K’s and I miss that….haven’t golfed, either, but that is probably my fault but it is nowhere near as much fun to go alone….no, this is not a whining post, just a free form set of thoughts about where things stand and a recap of the Michigan summer….I don’t know why I’m still optimistic about finding a job…many, many resumes have gone out with only one response that didn’t turn into anything but what’s the alternative? To curl up into a ball and say “poor me?” Nope, that’s not me and I’ll keep on trying every day…keep trying to keep my spirits up, and keep smiling at the sky when I’m on the bike, and keep grinning that I still have my health and what little of the brain that still works….and I get to do this everyday…not a bad life considering….

Oh…this is number 62 for the month…made it…again….the streak is alive!!