Well…up at a little after 5:30 again this morning and that wasn’t bad with only getting up a couple of times overnight…and now I have an hour and a half or so before I need to get on the indoor bike…it’s only 51 out here so there will be a wait to get outdoors this morning…okay, nope..it’s only 49 out here so it looks like I won’t be outdoors until 10 or so and maybe I’ll just take it easy today…don’t have a lot to do but make some pasta salad and clean so I really can ease into it today…my upper body hurts like crazy today after working overhead yesterday but it could have been worse working around the power line…I was right yesterday when I estimated 4-5 inches of rain when the official total for here in Muskegon was 4.45 inches…but there were places along the coast here that got a foot of rain from that storm and there is widespread flooding out here…okay, the little weather widget is saying record high for the day and that is going to be a spread from the record low this morning..weird, weird weather…have been good all week and have one more day to go before I can have a cocktail tomorrow night…feel pretty good getting back to taking care of myself and this is going to be the new normal along with taking entire weeks off…it’s a nice reset and I feel lucky I can do it…okay…need to get a post out to Mastodon and keep pouring coffee down….more later….

well…yeah, I know I do it to myself but that doesn’t make it any less busy…started out with getting an indoor ride in and finishing up “Jack Ryan”…then out to get groceries and gas along with stopping at Menards for lawn bags and lawn food then home for a cup of coffee and back on the bike for two outdoor rides…after lunch where I had a jalpeno and cheese hotdog that I got a couple of weeks ago for a buck and then out to clean up the containers I left outside in the rain and then trimmed the shrub next to the back door…attacked the damn overgrown bushes in the fence and cut some branches back from the power line to the house…during that time I made a noise call to the cops since the asses in the rental were at it again and I sure wasn’t going to wear earplugs to work in my own damn yard…didn’t get finished until almost 2 pm and have been doing some reading after watching Man u stink up the place in the Europa league…now I need to take it easy for a bit before I start my night…another one of being good since I am starting to like it….

Well…up at a little after 5 this morning and that’s early but I slept okay and I’ll take it…man, it rained for 18+ straight hours yesterday and I don’t think I’ve seen that in the 3 1/2 years I’ve lived out here…we must have gotten 4-5 inches of rain and there will be flooding on the trail when I get out there this morning…going to do an indoor ride to start the day here in 20 minutes or so but I need to pour down some coffee first…with all the rain, that sets me up for some yard work today and I need to stop at Menards for fall lawn food and some big yard bags since the leaves are starting to fall and I do need to clean up the side of the house and get rid of the dying flowers…with perennials mixed in, I can’t just pull everything out by the roots so I’m going to take the string trimmer and cut them down to soil level…might just put in some grass seed on some bare spots so it will sprout in the spring….the end of the rain last night was a small storm and it rained so hard I could barely see across the street with some 20-30 mph winds and that was cool…I do have some storage containers that I left outside overnight that I will have to clean today so the afternoon is going to be busy…going to make a batch of pasta salad to use up the end of the celery in the fridge since I like having that around…need to take the last of the chicken out of the freezer to make masala Friday but that will use up all of the protein I have so I’ll need to make some bean burritos…not much to do today…I’ll be busy all morning with the grocery runs and rides and will do a couple of hours on the yard after lunch but I’ll have to be done with that by 3 when Man U plays…more later…

Well…man, today is the first day in a long time I’m not going to get an outdoor ride in…it has been raining since I got up before 6am and it looks like we have 3 or 4 more hours of it before it’s over and I’m reveling in it…after the indoor rides, I got right after getting started on the basement and I have the tools all put away, lots of cobwebs have been vacuumed up along with cleaning the floor, and I took the AC unit out, cleaned and dried it, and put it away downstairs…so I think I’ve earned a little take it easy time before I get on to the weight work here in 15 minutes or so…have the grocery list done for tomorrow and really don’t have a lot to get so I’ll be eating out of the freezer for this week….it does feel strange to not even think about riding outdoors today but that is helping my thighs heal that I hurt yesterday in the wind…so now I’m going to read a bit and get out the weights…

Well…that was okay…went to bed at the normal time and just tossed and turned a little until 4:14 but was able to get back to sleep for another hour and a half so I’ll take it…no dreams to speak of but that was okay…feel good after the first night of no cocktails and I am looking forward to keeping that up til Friday…it looks like I’ll be doing at least the first ride indoors this morning with the rain and it’s supposed to rain all day off and on so I guess we’ll see if I can get outdoors later…I did need to get some work done today and get the basement organized and remove some cobwebs…will have to get the grocery list done this aft even though there is not a lot to get this week…will have to do some meal planning since I’m getting tired of sandwiches and would like some hot food but I don’t know what that would be yet…I do have the ingredients for chicken masala so I’ll make some in a couple of days……not much to do today…need to get on the bike by 8 or so to start out the day…it’s going to warm up over the next week or so and that will give me time to get out and do some yard work…might even have to mow the lawn with the rain we’ve gotten….more later….

Well…I start being good again tonight and this week I’m going to go all the way til Friday and then only having cocktails Friday and Saturday from now on…it hasn’t even gotten to 70 out here today and I had to do the first ride indoors since it was only 51 degrees when I got up and I’m just not up to putting a fleece on to ride yet…and my gloves, hat, and shoes were all still wet from riding in the rain yesterday and that would have been nasty to be cold and wet…didn’t get anything done today other than two outdoor rides so I wonder how the heck I can be running so far behind…the wind had picked up to normal of 15-20 out of the NE so both rides back were a chore and I think I hurt my legs from it…they are stiff and sore right now and it hurts to just get up from the couch so I’ll have to take it easier tomorrow…one good thing is the bike is working great after replacing the broken rear shift cable and I’m going to enjoy that…may even just do two indoor rides tomorrow since it’s supposed to rain all day…yeah, right…

Well…damn, I’m worn out this morning and I broke a pair of glasses overnight so I need to go out this morning and buy another pair so I can read…it’s such a pain to have to wear glasses to see anything…I’m pretty tired of life right now…it’s cold out there so I’ll need to wait to ride today unless I go downstairs and I sure don’t want to do that right now….so, I’ll have coffee and sit here for a bit and hope my body revives…one of these days I’m going to take a day off and feel guilty for the rest of my life…it’s only 52 out there right now and it’s not going to warm up much before the afternoon…cripes, I still feel cold from riding in the rain yesterday but I liked it…something new to experience and with how little rain we’ve had, i enjoyed how it felt…didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than laundry and it will probably be the same today although I should clean the living room and figure out meals for the rest of the week…Meijers has bacon wrapped pork loin fillets on sale for a buck each so I may get a few of those but I’m not sure what I’ll have with them…have a few potatoes left but the prices of them are too high at a buck a pound….not much to do today…it’s 7am and I’m not moving much but need to….damn, I’m tired…more later…

Well…got two rides in today but the only problem was that it was in the pouring rain…started on the first one with no rain gear and only got about 3 miles before it started to rain but I decided to just continue since it was almost 70 and no lightning…by the time I got back here my shoes were even squishing so I put on a dry t-shirt and grabbed my rain gear and went right back out for the second ride..it was just pouring down and I could hear the rain hitting my hat…when it started raining hard, it started to get cooler and was down into the 50’s so I was glad I had my gear on that kept me warm…riding in the rain gets the bike and me so frickin dirty that I had to hose my raincoat off after I did the bike and I had so much dirt on me that it coverd the floor of the shower…it felt damn good to be dry and warm again…and I didn’t get much else done but laundry so I’ll consider it a day off…back at it again tomorrow…

Well…that sucked…up at three and then out of bed by 5:25 and I can’t believe how worn out I am just from driving 85 miles and having a couple of beers with friends…just getting old, I guess…at least the car worked well and survived the thrashing I gave it flying along at 85-90…getting close to 200K miles on it and I am still a Mazda fan after having two of them with super high mileage on them…it was a pain in the butt getting back on 96 coming back here with the ramps closed and had to detour down by the Whitecaps stadium…glad that it was on a weekend or it would have been a backed up mess…the F1 race is on at 8 this morning and it won’t be light enough to get a ride in before that so I’ll have to wait til 10 to go out and that means a short day again today with only 25 miles…my right elbow and knees hurt like crazy this morning and I am tired of being sore…I look forward to getting back into my routine today and I really do think I’m becoming a hermit being alone all the time…but I’m okay with that…it’s relaxing…not much to do today…I really should cook something since I’ve been living on sandwiches for days now but it looks like just a salad and pasta for today…I need more coffee…more later…

Well…I did make the trip into GR and it was fun to see K an K again…and I even texted my son to come and hang out sine he lives about 10 blocks from O’toole’s…and he gave me the idea to not sell my house when I go but to turn it into a family house that everyone left can use to take vacations and go to the beach…to rent a place like this for a week would be a thousand bucks and I like the idea of leaving something for the kids to enjoy after I’m gone…I’ll have to discuss it with my daughter and see that she thinks…all in all a good day…