Well…running late this morning and there is no reason for it…I’ve been up since 5 or so and just sitting and thinking….kind of a dangerous thing to be doing right now but I am waiting for the sun to come up and melt the frost off the car so I can go get newspapers….nope, I’m not going to scrape the windows as a matter of principle…it’s getting to the end of March and that crap is supposed to be over so I’ll just sit here and wait. Boring, boring night last night and I think I’m moving back to enduring my life again instead of living it….and I don’t think the cocktails help other than the boredom goes away for just a little while…so, what to do? Not sure yet…I’ll let you know if there is any breakthrough and miraculous clarity sets in. Not much to do today….there is the Bristol race to be seen and Sebring that is not on tv so I’ll have to watch it on the computer if I want to see it….going to try to get a couple out today but i have no inkling what they are going to be yet…maybe some navel-gazing, indulgent crap…who knows?

Well…a different night than I expected….no Jamo for St. Patty’s day since K wanted to go to Logan’s and there we no way I was going to fight those crowds….so, it was a night off that I really needed but kind of boring…Michigan State made a run at the end but UCLA beat them…not unexpected to me with how inconsistent their play had been….but, the Wings won even playing badly so that was good. As you can see, the brain is still not functioning right….still hard to get the flow going but I’ll keep trying….no plans for today….need a few groceries and to get a bike ride in but that’s about it….Oh, and Michigan plays this aft so that could be a diversion for a few minutes anyway….I will get a couple out later and hope to be better than yesterday…but, you’ll never know unless you come back….more later…

Well…it was a long day yesterday but getting back on the bike helped…I am sore everywhere today, though, but I can’t wait to go back out today…should be just a t shirt and shorts since it is already almost 50 at 7:45. The Wings won last night and they looked good….maybe we’ll get out of the first round this year…..not much to do today..it is St. Patrick’s day and I may be having a couple with K later but that is about it….this just isn’t working right now so I’ll come back in a while to continue…

Okay…I’m back and feeling better but still not 100% and can’t figure out why….maybe it’s the corned beef and cabbage….or the depression about not getting any responses to the resume…or that I’m getting old….or any number of other things that I’m not going to bore you with right now…but I will bore you with them later since I’m having trouble coming up with topics…but if you’ve been here before, you know that happens sometimes but it never gets easier and there is no consistent way to break out of it….other than writing but if I do that, you’ll get crappy stuff from me and I do still have my pride if nothing else. So, what to do? Who knows? I’ll be back later to try again…there is basketball on after all…Butler is making another run…

Well…first day out on the bike and everything hurts…I feel like I’m dying…the legs are okay but the lungs and wrists are killing me and I am sweating like crazy….only went 10 miles and I feel like I’ve done a hundred….but it is the best damn feeling I’ve had since I got off it January 1st. The trails looked good but were flooded and muddy in places and I think I brought back a couple of pounds with me…the shower is still filled with sand that is going to take a couple of days to rinse out….but it’s all good….more later…

Well…took the day off from pool yesterday since neither Tom or I was too keen to go or had the cash to do it…so I sat home last night and had a couple of cocktails and watched more of the British series “A Touch of Frost” that I have really gotten into. Other than that, it was kind of a veg day just getting resumes out and waiting for the weather to warm up enough to take the bike out…that should be today and I need to get the instructions out so I can reset the computer on the bike….three weeks earlier than the first day out last year so I can easily beat the 2400 miles from last summer….not much to do today…going to make my corned beef and cabbage a day early since I’m out of leftovers and it’s the only thing I have left to cook…and I will get a couple out today since I think the tangle in my head is starting to unravel….

Well…trying to restore the normal routine but I still feel kind of strange today and don’t know what effect it will have on the rest of the day. But, I’m trying so here goes….had an okay day yesterday with lunch with T and then out with G for a couple and she picked up the tab so that helped. Not sure about going out today..probably should try to conserve the cash and have a no cocktail day but my life is already boring enough without making it worse…going to try to get the bike out today since the trails are clear but if that doesn’t happen I’m sure I’ll be out wed and thurs…can’t wait to get the aerobic exercise going again since it does make me feel much better….and I need to drop the 10 pounds I’ve gained over the winter. I will have at least one more topic for the day….have been isolated for the past couple of days without the news so there could even be two….more later….

Well…I’ve been going through a rough patch over the last couple of weeks and it has been hard to clear my head enough to be lucid here….a nice lunch today with T has helped me to see that there might be sunshine out there….I have not read any papers today so I don’t have any insights to share as yet….I am going to get a glass of ice water, read the online papers and then come back if something strikes me..please bear with me for a couple of days until I get back in the groove here…

Is it groovy yet? It has been a weird couple of weeks but does that give me the excuse to slack off on these? Yep, it does…one of the great things about writing these posts…I get to do them when I actually have an idea that might be pertinent, or when I want to indulge myself by working it our on this page…..so, do I have anything to say? Not really…skipping the papers today was a double whammy with no news or caffeine…and then I had a couple of beers at lunch which disposed me to taking it easy….I did come back to do some writing so that should earn me some brownie points…I will have more tomorrow since I really don’t think I can get much lower….

Well…the time change has me all screwed up and I am running late…but there’s more than that…have been so down lately that I can’t get motivated to do much of anything…even going to skip coffee and papers this morning since I really don’t want to talk to anyone until I have lunch with T later….that normally lifts my spirits some but it’s not working today….I will have a few for later today if I can drag out of this funk…but, I can’t promise anything….

Well…running really late this morning with the time change and having to find all of the instruction booklets for the equipment that I have so I can reset the clocks….still have a couple to do but that will be later…went out to see the Wings game last night and it was a waste of time and money….I don’t know if it’s me or not but another political argument came up and I can’t believe how smug people are that still have a job….isn’t there something wrong with people that are in their 30’s that have been sucked into the Fox news alternate universe? I was called a communist by one of my friends last night because I believe that government needs to be a referee between the people and unfettered capitalism. Oh, well…maybe it’s a good thing that I don’t see these folks much anymore…I do have to remember that there are few people in West Michigan that feel how I do and just stop talking about both politics and religion….which gets me to another argument….nope, not going to go there right now…not much to do today…somehow I have two dvds from Netflix to watch today and I think that will be the plan after the news….I may get a couple more out today…but I am still seething about last night so I should just chill…more later….

Just had a thought…maybe I should use last night as a starting point for reflection, and trying to be a better person than the seriously flawed one that I am….

Well…running late today and thought I’d get this out while I wait for the coffee to brew….a fun day yesterday, well…at least part of it…met up with K for a couple for HH and it was good to see her…started cocktail night off a little too early, though, and I feel a little slow today. Just got back from getting the papers and it is already pretty nice outside so I think I may get the bike out today…yay! Haven’t looked at the weather, though, and this might be as warm as it gets and if it is, I’ll just veg and watch the Big Ten playoffs….not much to do today….going out to OT to meet up with M for the Wings game later…I’ll be back later for a couple…