Well…darn, back to getting out of bed by 5:14 again and that just sucks…but I feel okay so I guess that’s something…need to get off my butt and get going by 6am so I can get two rides in before I take the car to wash it around 9am…the stupid trump war has raised gas prices by 45 cents a gallon so now I guess 3-4 bucks a gallon is the new normal and it’s just another tax that asshole has put on the country…and who benefits? Yep, the Saudis and his cronies in the oil industry…I can’t wait to see the inflation numbers after that…I’m sure it’s going to be 6-7% for this month…nice job, maga…you did this to us…okay back to life…took an easy day for the second one in a row yesterday but it’s not going to be 3…in 14 minutes I’ll be on the weight work and then the rides…my BP cuff sprung a leak yesterday so I had to spend 10 bucks to order a new one…need to plan some meals in a few days but I have leftovers for the next two and I really do need to eat out of the freezer for a couple of weeks…more later…

Well…that kinda sucked…up and down all night and woke up for good at 5:14 but I tried to sleep more but gave up at 5:44…feel pretty worn out but need to get off my butt and get moving now to get the rides in before Man U plays at 9am…not sure if I’ll have a bagel for breakfast but I probably should so that means I need to get the teeth in now and get on the weights by 6:30…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same with soccer and two races on starting at noon…and I have a book to finish so it will be a nice relaxing day…okay, not really with needing to get two rides in before 9 and that is pretty stressful…and it snowed overnight and again I think Michigan is just screwing with us…we made it to March and it’s supposed to be warming up and it looks like it’s going to but then it’s going to crash back into the 30’s by the middle of the month…ick…only 17 degrees out there right now and I am just so damn tired of the cold…more later…

Well…it’s the last day of February and I’m damn tired of being cold…didn’t drag my butt out of bed til 6:21 and I’m going to feel it all day today just like yesterday…need to get going and do the weight work that I skipped yesterday but I needed the day off for recovery that I never give myself…took a way too easy day yesterday with just an indoor ride and an outdoor ride and then just reading and I really hoped today would be the same but I can’t allow that…it’s 7am and I’m just getting through the first cup of coffee and it was strange to smell the coffee already brewing when I was lying in bed…I had a long string of getting up at or before 5am and the benadryl really knocked me out but the after effects make me feel like crap so I’m not sure if it’s worth it…not much to do today…just need to get off my ass and get moving…should clean today and I might but I’m not sure what that will be…more later…

Well…it got up to mid 40’s today so, of course, I got an outdoor ride in…the trails have melted a little but they are still impassable and it looks like they will be until at least the end of March unless it really warms up and stays there and it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen…I will be happy when I can get back to 25 miles a day…almost all of the snow has melted except for the big piles and the roads are still icy from the snow that fell a few days back so I had to be careful today…won’t be back outside until Monday since it’s only going to be in the 30’s this weekend…okay, it looks like I won’t be outdoors again til at least Wed but this is pretty normal for out here…heading for spring…okay, have some reading to do…

Well…damn, running so late this morning that I don’t think I’ll catch up…didn’t get out of bed til 6:27 and that is the fault of taking a benadryl to try to get over getting out of bed around 5 every day…but, I feel like crap so I won’t be repeating that tonight…today is the anniversary of moving out here to Muskegon…5 years and I have no clue where the time went…it’s not a bad place to live and I’ll have my house paid off in another 10 years if I live that long…so today is going to be a day of throwing out the schedule and just letting the day flow and be what it wants to…I may be able to get an outdoor ride in this afternoon and I am really curious about how much snow is still on the trails…I would love to get on them but I know there is still ice and snow on them if it’s anything like the past 4 years…they haven’t been clear until April but the time is coming for 25 mile outdoor days and I can’t wait…not much to do today…should clean but I have a new bag of books to read and no motivation to do that…more later…

Well…up at 2:45 and out of bed a little after 5 and I am shaking my head why that is happening…I mean this crap has been going on for months now and I spend my days just frickin exhausted…and today I have a lot of stuff to do…and it’s only 10 degrees out there and the cold is wearing me out…so, I’ll run the car again today before I head out for errands but need to get the weight work and a ride in first…skipped the bagel yesterday so that meant only two meals but with the 700 calories in the pizza, I was over 1K for the day…and that is too much…but today is going to be a lost day for my weight and that sucks a bit but I’ll just have to live with it and be fat…the coffee is not working yet but it needs to so I can get off my butt and get the day started…more later…

Well…just finished up the 8th book in this batch so that means back to the library tomorrow morning to get more…I really do fear I’m getting to the end of the books so I guess I’ll have to start doing something else with my time…I do need to stop at the city offices tomorrow to pay the water bill and get my beach parking passes before I hit the library but they’re only 3 blocks apart so no big deal…I did get to DD for bargains today and a couple of them were pretty good deals but filled my freezer completely…I mean how can you pass up breaded chicken patties for 6 bucks for 5 pounds? Going to be a lot of hot sandwiches with lettuce and tartar sauce…oh, and honey ham for 2 bucks a pound? Now I am going to have to eat out of the freezer for a couple of weeks…so the grocery bill for the next couple of weeks is going to be small…it is nice to have easy stuff in the freezer when I don’t feel like cooking”’it snowed again last night and I had to shovel again today…hope it doesn’t snow tonight..it starts to warm up Friday and we’ll be in the 40’s next week…outdoor rides!

Well…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6 this morning but woke up before 3 and struggled to sleep after that…and I’m feeling it right now…need to get on the weight work in 15 minutes or so and get my day started but I just poured the first cup of coffee so it’s not working at all yet…need to do the grocery run this morning and hit DD but I have no room in the freezer for what I want to get so something has to come out of it…not sure what but I think I’ll take a container of ham soup out…it will probably be a one ride day today since I can use the rest…my skin is healing up okay and I think it will be done in a few days…going to try shaving with a razor this morning after using my electric shaver for the past couple of weeks to allow my face to heal…no snow overnight and I think we may be to the point where I don’t have to talk about that anymore…yeah, that made me laugh, too…it snows here well into April and I’ll be shoveling for another month…more later…