Category Archives: My Life

May 9th

Well…it was an unusual day yesterday but I made some cash so that is a good thing…and I got back on the bike for a nice ride so I don’t feel as guilty as I should for pigging out when I got back form pool with Tom…we tried a new place…or I should say an old place, one that I haven’t been in in 40 years or so, the Alto bar, and it was okay….have not heard from T hardly at all over the past few days and I’m not sure what is going on…if our friendship is ending, it would be nice to know….and to then start to move on to other things….I do feel okay today since I was good when I got home and that is something to be proud of….slept like crap again but I think that comes with the territory nowadays….not much to do today…it was a busy one yesterday and I am looking forward to getting back to the old routine and cooking something….and getting a second one out today…sorry about being so distracted and lazy but I am going to do better….more later…

May 8th

Well…it was a long and wasted day yesterday…okay, that’s just the guilt talking since it rained all day and I didn’t get out on the bike so I feel so lumpy and out of sorts….I did get some necessary things done around here so that helps a little…but it looks like another survival day around here….need to get the papers out to recycle and put the trash out but the bin is full and I really don’t want to be one of those people that overflows the trash onto the ground….I think I’ll do my penance for the lazy day yesterday by doubling up on the workout and going 30 on the bike…so that will take up a good portion of the day after I have coffee and papers….and a bagel with cream cheese….I will be back later for more…there has to be something going on in the world….more later….

May 7th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday with finally getting out to have a couple with K and V but that was about it….pretty much a lazy day and I didn’t accomplish anything so I am going to try to do better today….I do have some things to do today and with the look of the radar, it may be a no bike day since the rain has already started…..I do need to make coffee here in a minute since I did have a couple of cocktails last night and with the normal, crappy sleep, I’m kind of worn out right now…and there were no dreams but traffic jams at the Beltline and 28th and I really have no idea what any of that means…I did get caught up yesterday and I will do my best to keep up so you will see another one today…but, I’m not going out to get the papers so I’ll have to be inspired by the online ones…something that rarely happens…more later…

May 6th

Well….it was another day of nothing yesterday and I am trying to not feel guilty about it…it was nice to talk to T via text all day but I was feeling like crap most of the day and I think I have discovered why….way too few calories Friday…at least that is my story and I am going to stick to it….so, I tried to eat more yesterday and I feel better today…so far, that is….but we’ll see as the day goes on….I am going to make some stuffed pork chops for lunch and I have gotten creative with the stuffing using a box of stove top that I found in the cupboard…we’ll see how that comes out….I’m in the middle of watching last week’s “Mad Men” so I’m going back to that….more later…

Okay…it’s later and I have gotten lunch and the bike ride in and feel okay while I wait here for the storms to come in and to hear from K to see if we are meeting up for a cocktail….okay…just heard from her and are meeting up in a half hour…so that will give me something to do…I probably won’t be back for another one but, you never know….oh, just had an idea for a new one…

May 5th

Well….as you can see, I’m running really late today since I wanted to get to the coffee and papers first…and the Arsenal/Norwich match that just ended was a good one….and I’m sitting here waiting to see if the the rain that is over the lake comes onshore…it’s a little too cool to go out and get soaked on the bike…I did sleep okay last night but again, no dreams to speak of and I was up quite early so that will kind of set what kind of a day this is going to be…I do need to clean the kitchen and do a few other things today but I am not really looking forward to it…I really kind of hope it rains so I’ll have an excuse to be lazy…there are races on this aft and it is Kentucky Derby day…should have gotten the ingredients for mint juleps….oh, well…don’t really need the calories….I will try to come back later for another one…especially if it rains….

May 4th

Well…it was a day yesterday…finally up to the temps that we had in March and the bike ride was way more fun with it hot…and I won at pool so that was good….but I think I may have had the tv up way too loud when I got home so I’ll probably get a letter from the office here…oh, well…I do feel a little crappy today but not as bad as I should so that is a plus but I still can’t really think yet so I think I’ll head back to the couch…it’s just too early….

Okay…got the bike ride in and ate lunch and I feel somewhat better but not 100% yet….so this one is going to continue to be short…there were geese alerts on the trail today with the little ones hatching but no attacks…so that is one thing to be happy about…and the ride was fun so that’s another….okay…going back to the couch and to read the papers so I’ll have a topic for later….

May 3rd

Well….it was a somewhat productive day yesterday and I did get some cleaning and clutter removal done…and I slept okay so I have some energy today and that is a good thing since it is grocery day today….and it is 7 am and it is already 70 degrees with the spring smell finally that makes me smile. I did have dreams last night but they were in a setting that I didn’t recognize…I’ve been in it before but I can’t place it in the real world…it has element of my grandparent’s house in the city but that is about it….I do need to continue the cleaning today and the bike ride will be 30 miles or so…I am going to make tacos today after I get back from groceries…well…not right after but for lunch and it is just me trying to change it up from the pork loins and chicken that I normally eat….and I am going to buy the papers today and leisurely read them with coffee and one of the last bagels….more later…oh, I have been looking forward to some storms for the past few days and today might be the day…..they’ve started to the north already but nothing here yet…

May 2nd

Well…woke up this morning almost immobilized by the pain from working on the car…I didn’t think it was possible to strain every muscle above the waist but it seems like I did and every time I move I discover a new one that hurts….and I feel crooked like I really wrenched my shoulder but we’ll see as the day goes on…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of but I guess that is okay….I do need the ibuprofen right now and that is what I’m going to do….not much to do today..it looks like there will be storms to watch this morning and I better get moving if I’m going to go out and get the papers on the bike….it’s already almost 60 so at least it will be warm enough…more later….

May 1st

Well…it was a day of accomplishments yesterday…okay, one accomplishment…got the brakes fixed on the car and I am kicking myself that I didn’t do it sooner…the car actually stops with just a toe on the pedal and no vibrations at all…can’t wait to come down the ramp at Kalamazoo at 80 and wait for the last moment to hit the brakes…the last time it shook so hard I could barely see….but I am sore from breaking the bolts loose and that is going to hurt for a while….other than that…I did go out and have a couple with G…but I was good when I got home so I feel okay today…I have been struggling with topics lately but with a new month starting I will try to do better with no fillers….on that note…I think coffee is in order and along with a bagel with cream cheese…more later…oh, there was a dream last night that was all about high winds and tall buildings and I have no clue where that came from….

Just gonna cheat…

Well…I know…it is cheating to just write another one of these to just get to my goal without having anything to say…but, it is not as easy as it looks to come up with two of these every day. And, I still feel like crap for some reason so that is also an excuse…there was some nonsense out of the repubs today about the one year anniversary of OBL being killed and Obama using it in a speech…okay…this is not what I wanted to do so I’m going to stop here…and Man U is behind but still playing so I think I’ll go do that instead…