Well…sitting here waiting for the Man U match to start and just sitting here is hard and I really don’t know how to take it easy anymore…have the first ride in and the weight work done and now I’ll settle in for a couple of hours to watch the match then right back out for two more rides before the indycar race starts at 3…saw some really cool clouds at the beach this morning that looked like they were in 2D and painted on the sky…strange…I did see 4 more houses with Harris/Walz signs in the yards and still only 1 for the idiot trump and this is a quite conservative area…it looks like we have a major weather change here today with the low getting down to 50 tonight and down in the 40’s by Friday…a little too cool for me this early in September but we all know what’s coming and there is nothing to be done about it…just hope the heat doesn’t start coming on til the end of the month…okay, the match is starting…

Well…damn, it looks like the schedule of races and soccer matches is going to be a problem with getting the rides in today…need to get on the bike by 7:30 to get a ride in before the F1 race at 9…and that will take me to the Man U match at 11 that will go for two hours so the next time I’ll be on the bike is 1 and then I need two rides before 3…crap…I hate busy days like this…slept okay last night but feel like I didn’t and I need the coffee to work right now…I forgot to do the weight work yesterday and I feel like a slug from it so I’ll do it while I’m watching the race at 9…another month starts and the weather is changing to a low of 50 tonight from the 67 that it is right now…as long as the heat doesn’t come on, I’m okay with that….there is a big car show starting this afternoon to raise money for cancer survivors but I’m going to wait to go til tomorrow afternoon…supposed to be 1,000 cars there and it might be fun to see…have to remember the 100 sunscreen when I go…don’t know what I’m going to eat today but I do know I need to eat more…my ribs are showing and I haven’t seen that in a long time…more later….

Well…damn, it’s after 7 and I’ve just poured my first cup of coffee and that puts me behind for the day already…need to get two rides in before F1 qualifying at 10 so I need to get going by 7:30…got a lot of miles in yesterday so I can only do two rides today and not feel too guilty about it…Michigan plays tonight so I’ll be glued to that at 7pm so another night of no Svengoolie and there are lots of races on, too, so today might be fun…going to slather my neck with voltaren before I go out in 8 minutes….and my right elbow that has been hurting so badly that it hurts to pick up my coffee cup…damn, I’m getting old…the humidity has finally dropped out here and it’s pretty comfortable here right now…it was just so wearing to have everything so damp for so long…I may even clean the bathroom today since it will dry after I wash everything…I do need to cook today with no leftovers to eat and I haven’t planned anything yet other than taking some thighs out of the freezer…should make another batch of pasta salad but that may wait til tomorrow…damn, I need to get going…more later…

Well…when I got up this morning and it was raining, I knew the rides were going to start indoors and it really did look like I wasn’t getting outdoors for any miles…and I even entertained the thought of only doing one ride indoors and calling it good…but the one ride turned into two inside and by the time I finished indoors, the rain had stopped and it was drying up quite quickly so I jumped on the outdoor bike to get a ride in…that ride turned into two for a total of 42 miles and my easy day turned into more…and now I only have 186 more miles to go to get to the goal of 7,100 and I should get there next week since there is no more rain in the forecast until next Friday…not sure how I feel about that…I know it’s what I have been working towards all year and have thought about for years and I know I haven’t thought past it…not sure if I need a goal to be motivated to ride but I know staying active is the greatest anti aging thing you can do and I like the way I look weighing less so I know I’ll keep it up…not sure if it will be at this pace, though, since I do feel like I’m wearing out…haven’t had a rest day this year but that is another goal to be met this year…riding every day for the year…time for weight work…

Well…up at about the same time as always this morning…okay, that’s not true…I wake up at weird times all the time but today it was around 6 or so…there is a nice breeze blowing through here right now and it looks like it’s not going to be light before the rain comes in so I’ll be doing the first ride downstairs today….we might even get a little storm and that would be cool…had the feeling that it was Saturday when I got up and that has been going on all week…with no routine the days just run together…I forgot to take food out of the freezer so I’m not sure what I’ll be eating today…maybe some pasta? Or a hot ham and cheese sandwich? Should probably look right now and get something thawing…man, it would be easy to just hit BK for a burger and fries but that would break my string of 4 years of no fast food…I just want to sit here and watch for rain to quote Pink Floyd….the sky here is golden as the sun comes up but my camera won’t capture it…oh, well…not much to do today…I am so tired of being damp with the humidity and I hope the rain will change that soon…I am going to sit here for a half hour and have more coffee and watch F1 practice…more later…

Well…when I got up this morning, I found that my bathroom sink drain was completely blocked and drain cleaner wouldn’t touch it…so after the second ride, I went out to depot to pick up a small drain auger and found a nice one for 30 bucks…to get at the pipes I had to remove the trap under the bathroom sink and found that the clog was right there so I didn’t need the auger…15 minutes later I had it cleaned and put back together with the stopper adjusted right so it opens as it’s supposed to…have had problems with that drain since I bought this place but now I think it’s solved permanently and I saved the 30 bucks I spent on the auger so I can return it next week…I did get the last of the lawn food applied to take advantage of the rain that is supposed to come tomorrow morning…okay, need to do the weight work…Oh, when I was at my water stop on the last ride, an old gentleman sat down to ask where the “beach loop” was that he saw on the signs so I showed him since I ride it every day…he was looking for a place to do rehab walks for some knee problems he is having…we had a nice chat and it was cool to talk to anyone with my self imposed covid isolation going on…

Well…damn, I hurt everywhere this morning and I think this may be an ibuprofen morning…really don’t like to do that but I’ve been using too much voltaren to try to make it thought the rides…I did get three rides in yesterday and I’m gradually heading to the goal that I’ll hit in a week and a half or so if I keep up the 38 miles a day…didn’t get anything done yesterday but cooking but I need to feed the lawn to take advantage of the rain that is coming tomorrow and use up the leftover food…then I won’t feed it again until the fall food goes on in October…I really do need to clean the kitchen today, too, since the sinks are getting pretty bad and the prep table is too…and that will lead into the bathroom but with how humid it’s been they would never dry…but the weather is changing over the weekend down into the 70’s and that should help…I do need to order the parts to rebuild the bike and I have enough cash back on my capitol one card to cover it so all the parts will be free…and I’m going to order a new set of earbuds since the ones I’m using are getting pretty old…I should make a list of the things I need so I don’t miss anything…not much to do today…just need to get started on the bike as soon as it gets light in a half hour and then take it from there…more later…

Well…another night of not much sleep but I was able to stay in bed until almost 6…still pretty worn out and I’m wavering on riding indoors to start the day…if I do, I need to get going in 10 minutes or so and I just poured the first cup of coffee so the math doesn’t work out…I do need to do the grocery run today but just at Meijers and Aldis…no deals at DD today…I’m under 300 miles to get to my goal on the bike for the year so I guess a 25 mile day wouldn’t hurt too much…I’m not sure what the post goal riding is going to look like but I do know I need to cut calories if I cut back on riding…but how do I do that when I’m already under 1,500 calories for the day? One less ride would mean taking 600 calories out and I can’t live on 900 calories a day…oh, well…it only got down to 72 last night but the weather is going to change with highs down into the 70’s next week…and lows back in the 40 to near 50…I just want the humidity to drop…tired of being damp all the time…not much to do today…just the grocery runs and rides but I do need to cook today…have some chicken thighs marinating but I’m not sure if I’m going to grill or not…more later…

Well…after getting the work done yesterday, I had an afternoon off today so I decided to go out to the beach since it was so damn hot and humid…and I wanted to try out the repairs I made to my beach chair…and they worked but I think I’m going to re web it over the winter since the frame is so sturdy…not like the new ones that are flimsy and weak…will probably cost me 40 bucks to do it and a lot of drilling for the screws but it might be a fun project…and I’ll change it from the small jelly plastic to a more standard 3 inch webbing…I did get some color in my hands since I didn’t have any sunscreen on them along with my face to get rid of the raccoon eyes from my sunglasses…don’t think I’ll need aloe sine I was only out there for an hour and a half…the water appeared cold the first time I stepped into it but once I got in, it felt okay and I played in the water for a half hour…it might be my last time for the summer so that was a little bittersweet…but, we’ll see…

Well…I wouldn’t wish that night of sleep on anyone…tossed and turned from 11 til 2, got up for a bit to watch for the storms coming in, laid back down til 4, up again then out of bed for good 5:32…and I must have slept with pressure on my eye since I can barely see clearly this morning…I am so darn worn out today after that…so I started the coffee early and I’m pouring it down and hope it works soon…it never got under 75 again last night and it’s supposed to be almost 90 again today…the heat index got up to 105 yesterday and it will probably be higher than that today since it’s so humid right now with the rain…we did get some good rain overnight and it lasted a little more than an hour and I’ll take it…the lawn was crackling when I mowed it yesterday and even this rain isn’t going to do much for it…I’m thinking of only doing two rides today so I can go out to the beach for one last time this summer and try to get a swim in…the water has to have gained 30 degrees over the past week and I’m not sure if that’s possible…I did get the front porch clean3d up and fixed yesterday and need to start thinking about replacing it in the next couple of years and I may expand it to make it more like a deck…but that will cost 3-4 grand and I’m not sure I want to spend it…we’ll see…not much to do today…just two rides and the beach but I still have an hour before it gets light and I can get on the bike…more later…