Well…damn, how can I be running late already today? Have to get on the bike in 10 minutes and haven’t even had any coffee yet…so I need to gt in gear and get moving…slept okay last night but it’s going to be hot today and tomorrow so tonight could be a rough night…going to get to 90 the next couple of days and with the 95% humidity out here it’s going to be uncomfortable…going to try to mow the lawn today and get the last of the summer food on it before the storms that are coming in overnight…I forgot to spray my face with the 100 sunscreen yesterday and got a little red but I won’t do  that again today…and I need to do the grocery run after the first ride then two more rides and the yard work so it’s going to be a busy morning…my thumb still barely hurts and I’ll take that any day and my back may be healing up some after two months…fingers crossed…nope…just picked up my coffee cup and it hurts again…crap…not much to do today…ha,ha…that made me laugh…going to start running in 5 minutes and hope to be done for the day by noon…but it looks more like 1 pm….man, I’m going to be worn out…more later…

Well…today was not too busy but I did get some things done so I don’t feel bad about that…got the three rides in before 10 or so and then did the weed walk since I had weeds near the front of the house that needed to be taken care of…then I didn’t do much until I grilled some chicken and pork loin and had dinner early…still have the compression socks on to try to keep the swelling down and it is working some but not enough…looks like I’ll have to take a month or so off of cocktails to fix it…but not tonight…probably tomorrow…oh, well…I did get my absentee ballot in today and rode past the big old house that had just been moved to a new lot for the third time just about a block from here…we did get some rain out here yesterday and overnight but that’s not going to save the lawn…it is supposed to rain tomorrow but if it doesn’t I’m going to start taking the garden and perennials out at the back of the house….so I can put it out next week…it was so damn humid out here today that I’ve been sweating like crazy all day…and I was so flat on the first ride that I had to come back here and eat something before the second ride or I wouldn’t have made it though it….so I ate a lot today…for me…to try to avoid that tomorrow…okay, want to read a bit before I settle in for the night…

Well…damn, I had to go back to compression socks last night with my right foot way too swollen by the heat and being on my feet a lot yesterday…better this morning but I am pretty tired of it…slept okay last night but I’m pretty worn out today as I am almost every day until the coffee starts to work…just poured the first cup at 6:30 and need to get on the bike in about 15 minutes but there is no urgency today…we did get some rain yesterday that lasted about an hour but I don’t think that will help the lawn at all…better than no rain but we need hours of rain to help it survive…have my fingers crossed that we’ll get some over the next few days…going to do a weed walk today with having some pop up in the front…going to test the 100 sunscreen today to see if that is enough to keep me from scorching…it was tough spending 11 bucks for a small spray bottle but I had to do that…I did make potato soup yesterday and I need to grill some chicken thighs today and I may even take some pork loin fillets out of the freezer to go with it…damn, 5 minutes until the bike and I need to get going…more later…

Well…I finally got back on schedule with getting three rides in before 10 am today, then an errand to try to find some 100 sunscreen that I did but damn, 11 bucks for spray on banana boat that will probably only last a couple of weeks…oh, well…then back here and now I’m making potato soup with the 3 pounds of potatoes I got for a buck last week and picked up another bag today…yeah, pretty stupid to be heating up the kitchen when it’s over 80 degrees but I did need to use the celery up, too…I think I have a little over a buck into the entire batch even with 5 tablespoons of butter in it…and it will last me 5 or 6 days…even have the weight work done and now I’m watching the men’s team gymnastics at the Olympics and it is so much fun watching the US team try to get a medal…so now I’m going to finish the soup after the final American goes on the pommel horse…go USA!

Well…I’m just getting old….only did 25 miles yesterday and I feel like I did 100 and I am looking forward to getting to the goal and then taking it easy for a day…have 28 minutes before I need to get on the bike and I am going to pour the coffee down fast so I can get on the bike as soon as it’s light…I was out watering the flowers and garden for 15 minutes yesterday and I got sunburned from it with not having any sunscreen on…feel like I did an hour on the beach and that sucks…I am going out this morning to try to get some 70-100 sunscreen and I’ll have to put 50 on to put the top down on the car…weird…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to cook today…some potato soup is on the agenda and grilling some chicken and pork…I am laughing that the weather widget on the screen says rain coming…it hasn’t rained here in three weeks and it’s not going to rain today…it just doesn’t happen here…have a new set of people that moved into the rental across the street and they seem pretty quiet so that’s cool…man, it’s humid here right now and I am sweating just sitting here today…going to be a hot one today with it already 74 at 6:25 and getting toward the mid 80’s this aft…made my own taco seasoning yesterday and I like it better than old el paso so I’ll keep doing that for chicken tacos…not much to do today…just the rides and running out to Meijers for sunscreen and some cheap food…another 3 pounds of potatoes for a buck along with some pork loin fillets again that will go on the grill…more later…

Well…sitting here at 11:23 and I am done for the day and that is just weird…Olympics is on and I have the laundry started…I was going to go out and get some 100 sunscreen but I really don’t like to go to Meijers on the weekend so that will wait til tomorrow…they have potatoes on sale again for 3 lbs for a buck along with the bacon wrapped pork loin for a buck, too, so I’ll get a few more of those and I’ll grill some more thighs to make burritos at the same time…I do need to make potato soup in the next couple of days or maybe even today…we’ll see…only did 25 miles on the bike today since I need a semi rest day to heal up a bit and I know I’ll hit my goals for the year so I can afford it…I do need to clean a bit but I’m not sure what yet…or I may just watch the Olympics…great women’s archery match right now…

Well…damn, I need to get on the bike in 9 minutes and I sure don’t want to…I am so worn out this morning that I can barely get moving and I just started the first cup of coffee…need to get two rides in before the F1 race at 9 and I don’t think that is going to happen…okay, it has to so I need to gt moving…had an okay day yesterday and gave myself a haircut with a number one instead of a number two comb and I think I like it shorter…it looks like no wind out there this morning and that will be welcome with the wind always blowing out here…I am going to go out and get some 100 spf sunscreen today since I got scorched with the 50 yesterday…or I’ll just wear long sleeves for all of the rides…okay, this is going to be another split day since I need to get going….

Well…yep, I do need 100 spf sunscreen…went out today with just the 50 on at 11am for the third ride and my arms are scorched…my neck even feels like it too so I’m going to run out to Meijers in the morning to see if they have any 100…if not I’ll have to order it from amazon along with the parts for the black bike…I did get the earplugs I ordered and I like them but won’t have to use them for a while since the lawn stopped growing with the 16 days of no rain…so another year of losing the lawn and that is a pain…went a little too low on calories yesterday and was so dizzy that I could barely get off the couch this morning…and I may have done that again today and I really do need to take that seriously with all of the riding I do…I did get over 5,700 miles so I’m down to only 400 more miles to break my record and then another 1,000 to grind out to get to the 7,100 goal…I had thought of another goal that made sense but I forgot what that was so I’ll have to think about it for a bit…but right now I need to try to find something to watch for tonight since Svengoolie has a movie on that I’ve seen lots of times….so I think I’ll do that right now…

Well…crap…having computer problems this morning and I should be on the bike right now but I just can’t get going…the power went out with a huge bang last night but I think a transformer just tripped since it only took an hour to get it back on…slept okay last night but I don’t feel good at all…just so damn worn out and my tv stream is still out of synch and my son is not going to do anything about it and that pisses me off…two days now and I’m missing the olympics and the race from Spa…okay, this is going to be a short one since I am not feeling it right now…I’ll be back later to complete this one but I need to get on the bike right now…more later…okay, I’m back after getting two rides in and I am going to test how bad the sunburn from the antibiotics is going to be this morning when I go out for ride three after F1 qualifying…will probably go downtown to see the Budweiser Clydesdales this afternoon but I need to find out when they will be here…still in a lot of pain in my back/neck and I wonder how long I’ll let if go before I call my doctor and have it checked out? I’m used to pain so I’ll probably just deal with it…not much to do today…I should make potato soup today or tomorrow before the celery goes bad and to use up some of the buck potatoes I got this week….more later…

Well…man, getting three rides in before 10 am took a lot out of me and I really needed to take the afternoon off to try to recharge a bit but it really didn’t work and I’m still so low on energy I could just sit here the rest of the day…and I just might…the pain in my back is still pretty severe and it’s coming up on two months since I hurt it…and it’s weird that my left should has been hurting this summer when it’s normally my right that hurts with any abuse like cutting out the sod on the front walks…one good thing is that I really do think I broke an adhesion or scar tissue in my right thumb and it hasn’t hurt since I did the walks and it’s no way near as stiff as it had been…so now do I wait for the scar tissue to reform and worry about that? Nope, I’m used to it hurting so if it comes back, oh well…it looks like only two rides in the morning tomorrow since F1 qualifying is on at 9 and I can’t get three rides in before that…and I’m not sure if 11 is too late to go out in the sun without burning to a crisp…I guess I could chance it to see if I can get some flexibility back into my schedule…only had about 800 calories today so I’ll probably have to eat more tomorrow…had a chicken sandwich and some chips for lunch and then one boneless/skinless chicken thigh and some creamy pasta for dinner…I did assemble the potato salad today so I’ll have that for tomorrow and then will have to think about what else to cook Sunday and get that out of the freezer tomorrow…okay, I’m done…