Well…damn, running late this morning with not getting out of bed til 6:30 and it’s already 7am and I just poured the first cup of coffee so it looks like I won’t be on the bike til 8 or so…and that shouldn’t give me the guilts but it does…it’s only 57 out there right now and it may get cold enough tonight to have the heat come on…in August? The low is going to be 51 tonight and not out of the 60’s for a high today so it appears that the beach is over for the year…my knee is hurting this morning and the voltaren didn’t do much for the pain last night so I think I’ll try an ibuprofen before I get on the bike…it looks like I won’t even open this place up today so maybe my allergies won’t be as bad as they were yesterday…it was so bad that I felt like I had the flu…coughing like crazy and that continues this morning as it did overnight…man, I’m feeling old but the extra sleep helped some…I can’t remember the last time I stayed in bed til 6:30 so I guess I should enjoy that a bit…not much to do today…I do need to get off my butt and clean the bathroom  and just straighten this place up some and I think I will after the rides…and I need to take the chicken out for Masala later in the week…need to get out of the rut I’m in with food but not being able to taste has taken away my motivation…oh, well…more later….

Well…crap, just pulling up to the garage door on the bike this morning and felt a pop in my left knee…have been hobbling around all day from it and every time I use it it gives me a little jolt and I hope I’ll be able to ride tomorrow…okay, it’s not that bad but my right knee has been the one hurting all summer and now both of them hurt…I guess I can take an ibuprofen…didn’t do anything but veg and read today and I got though an entire book and I’m going to start the last one as soon as I finish this…then I need to start weaning myself from reading so I can get other stuff done around here…it looks like swimming is done for the summer since the water is too damn cold and it’s only going to be in the 60’s until Wednesday…I can still go out there to get some sun for this last week but then the chair and towel comes out of the trunk until next summer…oh, well…back to reading…

Well…I very seldom feel my age but I am this morning…allergies are so bad I feel like I have the flu and I have no energy at all…this would be a good day to take a day off but I can’t if I’m going to meet the goal of riding every day for two years straight…damn, I’m coughing so bad today that my chest hurts and I’ve had a headache for a full day now so I am going to take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike…it’s only getting into the 60’s today and it will be cool til Tuesday so no beach time until later in the week…this will probably be the last beach week I have this year and I wanted to get one more swim in but it looks like that’s not going to happen and that sucks…I did read a book and a half yesterday and that leaves me with two so I’ll be heading back to the library by Tuesday…going to have to stop reading soon to get other things done around here and that is going to suck since I really have enjoyed reading the hundred books I’ve done since the start of the year…not much to do today…no cooking since I took too much food out of the freezer so some of it may have to go back in… and with how I feel, I just don’t have the energy to do anything….more later…

Well…I think my allergies are worse than the have been all year and I am frickin miserable…even took one of last two allergy pills so it looks like I’ll be taking some benadryl later…the damn trails are lined with goldenrod and ragweed and every time the wind blows through here they flare and I start coughing and my head plugs right up…if only it would rain that would really help but there is none in the forecast for the next week…crap…didn’t do a damn thing today other than the rides and reading and I’m going back to that right now…

Well…damn, that sucked…up at 3, 4, and 5 and finally out of bed before 6 and my allergies are off the chart this morning…but I knew that was coming with the trails lined with blooming goldenrod and ragweed…feel like crap today and have a sore throat and it’s going to be a lot of work just to get moving this morning…not sure what I’m going to do today but the bike rides with no energy to spare…damn, have to get on the bike in 29 minutes and that is going to be a lot of effort…I did get some yard work done yesterday but I’m not doing any today…there is a little rain shower going on right now…at least the radar is showing a shower but I’ll look outside in a minute to see for myself…it didn’t get under 70 overnight and it’s going to be only a little higher than that for a high today…I just might take some allergy meds on top of the flonase today and then just veg out on the couch for the day…just feel miserable right now and need to eat something before I get on the bike…more later….

Well…okay, I think today was too easy and I’ll have to fix that tomorrow…only did the rides, out to the beach, to the library, and then mowed the front lawn and swept the front walks…water was still way too cold for me to swim so I was only out at the beach for an hour or so…didn’t have to cook today and I won’t have to tomorrow, either but I think I may have taken too much food out of the freezer…and I need to eat some pasta salad every day or it will spoil…I have so many freckles from getting sun this summer that my skin looks like my mother’s did whenever she got in the sun…okay, there’s a race coming on from Daytona so I’m going to watch that…

Well…man, I’m tired this morning but I did stay in bed til almost 6 so I guess that’s a win but I don’t feel like it…have 40 minutes before I need to get on the bike and just poured the first cup of coffee to get that going…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done but make some pasta salad and that was the only thing I had for dinner and I know that’s not enough after two chicken tacos for lunch…it’s only 60 out there right now so it will be another fleece morning for the first ride…Lake Michigan turned over yesterday and it was damn cold so I couldn’t swim yesterday and I’m not sure if I’ll get back in to swim this summer and that sucks…have to start getting ready for the transition to fall and I’m going to try to get to the beach every day until then…the air was finally clear yesterday and I could see all the way down to GH and the clouds in the sky looked like a painting and all I could do was stare at it…pretty cool…not much to do today…need to go to the library for more books after I get the rides in and then out to the beach for some sun…yeah, a lazy day and I’m going to mourn the end of summer….more later….

Well…up and out of bed before 6 again today and it’s down to 61 degrees and I wonder if I’ll have to wear a light fleece for the first ride this morning…have 45 minutes before I need to get on the bike and I need to toast a bagel and have that, too….running out of days to go to the beach so I may go out there this morning to see if I can get a swim in…hasn’t been too bad of a year for the beach but time is changing and I have to get used to that…it seems that the seasons are more defined out here and change more quickly…one day it’s 90 degrees and a few days later it’s only in the 70’s…oh, well…I’ve been emptying the freezer the past couple of weeks and I’m all the way down to soup and I may have to use the ham bones to make more to keep getting the freezer organized…I did get a little cleaning done yesterday and I’m going to try to keep that up today…the bathroom needs a once over and I do need to get rid of the amazon boxes that have piled up in here….but a bagel and the bike rides first….more later…

Well…in all of my long years, I have never been summoned to be on a jury until I got one today…and while I was filling out the questionaire I see that by being 70 years old or older you have a get out of jail free card to be permanently taken off the jury rolls…so I filled out the questionaire online and checked the exemption box so I guess I’ll go through my entire life without having to serve on a jury…I guess getting old is good for something….

Well…up and out of bed at 5:30 again today and I wonder if I’ll ever sleep well again…on the 2nd cup of coffee already and will need to get moving as soon as it gets light but that gives me almost 45 minutes to sit and sip…it looks like my beach days could be over for the year as it’s not going to get into the 70’s until late in the day for the next week or so and not even out of the 60’s next Monday…brrrr…don’t have a lot to do today after getting the grocery run done yesterday so I really should clean today before I immerse myself in reading this afternoon…no rain in the forecast for the next week but we did get a ton of it Monday night and even had the trail flooded in spots…had a 150 feet under 4-5 inches of water and I soaked my shoes getting through it….unless it rains almost every day for the rest of the summer, my lawn won’t recover and that sucks…oh, well…going to get moving soon and just see what the day will look like….more later…