Well…another month gone and I really don’t remember where it went…it is my youngest son’s birthday today and I will have to talk to him for a minute…and I do have pool with Tom today and it’s nice to have something to do…I am going to cook some ribs this morning in the foil pack while I’m out on the bike but I have the F1 race to look at first and since it is a wet race it should be fun. I will be back later for more…

Well….running late this morning just because I decided to have coffee and read the papers first…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much….it does look like I’ve been dropped by the Post for some reason and it would have been nice for them to let me know why…oh, well….it looks like a gorgeous day outside and I’ve already been on the bike…not for the long ride but to get the papers…it has been such a good summer for that with the warmth and lack of rain…just read an article about average temps here in GR and they are almost 1.5 degrees higher on average than they were 20 years ago….but climate change is not happening….not much to do today…might meet up with T for a bloody this morning but I haven’t heard from her yet so I’m not planning on it…going back to the couch to watch the rest of F1 qualifying….I will be back later for at least one more……

Well…I’ve got to stop getting so up when glimmers of good things happen….I did it when I got the phone interview for a new job and now when I got a response from the Post for the unemployment project…I don’t think I’m going to hear back from them after the disclosure that I do this every day….but, I couldn’t lie and have it come out later so I’ll live with the consequences. I did have a nice day with going to celebrate the start of K’s vacation at Logan’s so I do feel a little crappy today….but that’s all right…I anticipated it and even welcomed it after being good for a few days….not much to do today…it is Friday so I don’t have to work out but I will do a bike ride later in the morning….and maybe meet up with T for a minute but I’m not holding my breath…I’m almost at 60 for the month and it looks like I’ll make it….

Well…an okay night last night but didn’t do a whole lot…I was quite good so I feel okay even though the sleep was pretty crappy….I did get a response form the Washington Post and will be taking part in their series on the unemployed where I guess the format will be that there will be weekly submissions by the people chosen but I haven’t heard back about what the format will be…at least it will give me something more to do as I look for work….that was a pretty good set of storms that rolled through here yesterday….some of the thunder was so loud that the concussion was moving my t-shirt as I stood at my slider and watched…one of the neatest things I’ve seen in quite a while….not much to do today…I do have to get groceries first thing and then you know the routine….might go out with K later to celebrate the start of her birthday week but I’m not sure….I don’t think I can get to 5 posts again today but who knows? You’ll have to come back to see….

Well….was just trying to relieve the boredom some so I went back to the Washington Post to see if there was anything new in the debt crisis….ran across a survey on what it is like to be unemployed and took it; they dealt with how much assistance you get, what your fears are, etc. and it made me even more depressed when I realized how precarious my position has become…I think I’m going to have to stop reading that stuff or I will fall off the face of the earth….okay…I’m about done with this for now….might come back later for more but this is number 5 for the day so I think I’ve earned a rest and a little tv….or a good book, not sure which yet….

Well….a pretty busy day yesterday with going out to the beach in the morning and then having to keep up the fitness routine after I got back which kept me busy until after three….and I was good last night so it was kind of boring but slept okay….no dreams that I can recall and it’s been a couple of weeks now since I’ve had one and maybe that’s why I’m a little tired but I think I may have to take a full day off exercise to get rid of all of the aches…it seems I always have this low-level soreness all over but I just keep forgetting the ibuprofen that I know helps….not much to do today…going back to the normal routine with coffee at Biggby and then back here for more resumes and lunch….it looks like the rest of the week is going to be kind of a bore but maybe out with K for a couple tomorrow…more later….

Well…had a nice night last night with going over to G’s and cooking outdoors and having a couple of beers…made salmon on a ceder plank along with asparagus and had fresh mozzarella with tomatoes as a salad…had never had that combination before and it was really good…overcooked the the asparagus until it was crispy and it looked burned but it was so good….just a yummy meal….and I was good here after I got home so I feel okay today…trying to think what to do today and I think it may be the beach for the morning since it looks like a glorious day and I need to swim in Lake Michigan at least once every year…so, I do have things to do today and need to start getting ready if I’m going to go……I will be back later for a couple…still running 4 behind and am running out of month…

Well….the last one…the one you’ll see if you look down, was supposed to be this one but I actually got an idea from a small snippet that I saw on the news and had to say something…it’s been less of a boring day than I expected since I had lots of work to do around here and I just finished….and it’s a little after three….I have been feeling pretty good today but it’s coming up on August and I feel the first twinges of the bad allergies coming on….it hasn’t been bad this summer and I haven’t taken anything for it yet….it doesn’t help that you can’t get the good allergy stuff anymore….these new formulations don’t do anything but cost money. I may be going out for a couple with G later but I haven’t heard from her so maybe not….I could use not spending money right now but then life just gets more and more boring and smaller and smaller….I do think I’m going to the beach tomorrow so that will help some….so, I’m not feeling it right now so I’m going to quit here….more later….I am trying to get caught up after all….

Well…another day, but I did have a few things to do so that helped…met up with K for a couple and then normal stuff last night…yep, my life has done something even I didn’t expect….it’s gotten more boring…oh, well….I really don’t have that much to say today….I do have a few things to do that will keep me occupied for about an hour but then back to the mind numbing nothingness….going to have to get moving on these to make the 60 for the month….and I’ll try later but right now I’m going back to the couch…

Well…I know, I’m late but you know with the problems I’ve been having getting thoughts down here, I thought I’d try to change things up and take the bike ride first to see if that would help…nope, it didn’t…didn’t think about anything on the ride but “Dark Side of the Moon” and that was okay….and I feel better than I should today…I think I slept okay and that may be it….it was a bunny alert day today and I decided to count how many just for the fun of it…57….and two deer…and the gorgeous woman….and it was a good ride but it’s 10:15 and I have everything done I wanted to do..so what’s next? Oh, the F1 race is on at noon so that will be a diversion at least…other than that…not much to do today with everyone out of town or working…oh, well…I am going to try to get a couple more out today…maybe another econ 101 since the repubs here in Michigan don’t seem to understand it at all….