Well…with it getting to 90 here today, it was a perfect day to go to the beach…and since I wanted to go in the morning, that put me out on the bike before 7am to get two rides in before 9:30…I may even do three rides in tomorrow morning before I go out there…going to try to go every day this week…I even got a short swim in to keep my streak of 66 years in a row of at least one swim in Lake Michigan…the water was cold at 58 degrees but it was colder last year…and if the lake doesn’t turn over, it may get into the 60’s by the end of the week…so maybe some extended swimming…not a lot of people out there when I went out a little after 10 and I stayed until around noon…got a little color where I needed it so that was something…might have to run the air tonight since it is still almost 90 out here and the low is going to be in the 70’s…just ran a fan last night and that was okay…I love the new swimsuit I bought over the winter…nice fabric and it fits the new 35 pounds lighter me…not bad for 15 bucks…

Well…it’s going to be a hot one today sine it never got under 72 overnight and it’s heading to 91 this afternoon…still slept okay last night and didn’t need to put the AC on so I wonder why I put it in the window? Only had to run the little fan last night to keep the air circulating…but there are still warnings for heat on for the entire week…it is humid so I need to get on the bike before it gets much warmer…and I am going to the beach this morning before it gets to 90…and I get to use the new swimsuit I bought late last year that doesn’t hang off me like all the rest of them do with the weight I’ve lost…I think I’ll only do two rides today for 25 miles and will probably be back here before noon after the beach…don’t think I’ll get a swim in today with the water temp only 59 degrees but I will wade in up to my ankles…have been out of synch the past day or so and I’m not sure why that would be….I really could go back to bed and I think I need to take a day off at some point..too damn old to keep up this pace…I am surprised that I don’t hurt from dragging the AC unit up and installing it but that may be the 2 day rule at work…who knows? One more day of leftovers and then I’ll make a pizza tomorrow and then chicken masala Wed…have to take the chicken out of the freezer today for that and for grilling Thurs…it’s going to be a lot of effort just to live today but I’ll manage…more later…

Well…I have been looking forward to having fresh green beans from my garden this year and today I picked the first ones…but, there is a catch…I can’t taste them anymore…and that’s all part of losing my taste that has been going on for years now and I think it’s going to get to the point where I can’t taste anything and that will really suck…oh, well…it is going to be HOT this week with temps in the 90’s tomorrow and then near 90 for the rest of the week and the news is going nuts about a “heat dome” that is going be over the eastern half of the country…with the humidity that kept building all day today it is going to be uncomfortable…I even dragged the A/C unit up from the basement and put it in my bedroom window…it doesn’t work that well but it does take the temp down to tolerable in about an hour…I know I’m getting old when carrying it up the stairs was a lot of work…think I’m going to the beach tomorrow so that means I’ll have to get two rides in early since I don’t want to be out there when it gets over 90 since I won’t be able to swim with how cold the water still is…but this week may do it…it is supposed to be 58.3 degrees today and that may be warm enough to dip in it for a splash…we’ll see…

Well…for the third day in a row, our force field that keeps rain away has worked too well…this one missed to the west and north…I can hear the thunder and the sky is black but not a frickin drop…there goes the lawn for a second straight year…I did pick the first of the green beans that I am going to steam for dinner with chicken legs and a half potato for dinner…the tomato plants are looking a little wilted but I think I’ll get at least some tomatoes this year…and I have a couple of tiny cukes and Jalapenos and green peppers on the plants and didn’t get any last year…I did cut some lettuce for the burrito I made for lunch and the broccoli is looking good…not sure when to pick the peas but I think it will be a couple more weeks until they are ready…I did get 38 miles in outdoors this morning and now I have more miles outdoors than in heading for 5,000 before my birthday…over 4,300 right now so doing 700 miles in a month shouldn’t be hard…okay, I’m worn out even with staying in bed til 6:30 this morning so I’m going to take a break and watch some soccer with England playing later this afternoon…

Well…that was weird…slept through the night and didn’t get out of bed til almost 6:30 even with going to bed early last night…but I still feel pretty worn out so I’ll have to drag myself out here in 32 minutes to get the first ride in…just couldn’t force myself to have a second meal yesterday so I’ll be down on calories today…it’s going to be almost 90 out here today and into the 90’s tomorrow so I may just go to the beach to start evening out my biker tan…not sure how cold the water is but I would really like to get a swim in…last year it was cold all summer and I only was in the water a few times….but with the health problems, that was okay…it is nice to have gotten something done on the house with putting the new blinds up but I won’t be doing anything on it today…it will be enough to get two rides in…or maybe even three…there is a little wind out here and it is almost 70 at 7am so just a t-shirt and shorts for all the rides today…still pretty sore today so I’m not sure how fast I’ll be taking it…I do need to get two meals in today but I’m not sure what they will be…I have chicken legs for one but I sure don’t feel like cooking anything today so it may be another one meal day and I know that’s not smart….oh, well…more later…

Well…after the pain int he butt work to put the first new blind up yesterday, I was going to take today off and get back to it tomorrow…but after taking a half hour off, I just had to get it done so I got to work and these two only took me half hour total…I did remember the idea that if you put some wax on the screw threads they will go in easier and it worked like a champ..so all three of the new blinds are centered in the windows and perfectly level and look pretty modern…and I repaired all of the extra holes in the frames that held 10 different blinds/curtains that the previous owners never repaired…it’s nice to finally start making progress on the house again and now it’s time to start painting again…but not today…I’m done for the day and a race is going to start so I think I’ll do that instead…

Well…normally, when I hurt as bad as I do right now, I’d take a day off of everything and give this old body a rest but with the goals I have of riding every day and getting to 7,100 miles won’t allow that…but I may just skip the indoor ride and just do two outdoors today…it’s almost 60 out there so I can get out as soon as the coffee starts to work…was up at 3:40 but didn’t get out of bed til after 6 but the extra time didn’t do a thing and I’m still exhausted…the new blind looks good and modern and it makes me want to get the other two up in here but I’m not sure if that will be today….maybe…but I need an easy day to grill some chicken and potatoes…damn, it’s pushing 7 and I need to get going but I have no energy…it’s going to be 90 here for the next three days and I wonder if I should go to the beach for the first time Monday? The water is still too cold to swim but I think I need to start evening out my biker tan and I could use the relaxation time…I normally like to go out there in the morning but that would mean cutting out at least one ride and I’m not sure I can do that….I guess we’ll see…not much to do today…just need to get my butt moving right now so I can finish the two rides before 10…damn, I’m sore…and tired….more later…

Well…damn, what a pain in the butt but I do have one of the new blinds up in the living room…the cheap ass screws they included look like they’re made to only go into plaster or pine but my windows are trimmed with walnut and it was almost impossible to make them go in even with drilling the holes almost as big as the screws…I even had to go downstairs and get leftover screws from other work since the heads of the ones with the blinds just stripped out…but the blind works and looks good and the other two should be easier after figuring out this one…didn’t get any other work done but the bike rides and an errand…and my hands hurt so much from doing this one that I am going to have to treat them later…crap…

Well…damn, I’ve been feeling the depression coming for a couple of weeks now and it hit overnight….up at 4:34 this morning and haven’t slept for crap for the past week and it’s probably connected but I’m too tired to think about it right now…it didn’t rain like forecast yesterday so that means I’m going to lose the lawn for the second year in a row…I wonder if I should just plant dune grass on it and let it go? Today is going to be a struggle with needing to go out and get the new blinds, stop at aldis, and then hit DD but I’m not sure if I’m going to have the energy to cook anything today….I do need to tear the couch apart today and rotate the cushions but that seems to be a daunting task right now….watched the last “Discovery” last night and I’ve now endured the end of 6 Star Trek series starting with TOS when I was 15…damn, that’s a long time and I’m really old…I just hate it when a show I like ends…oh, well…need to get on the bike in an hour or so to get the day started but I may do that earlier since I’m already bored…I do need to put one set of blinds up today to replace the one that fell apart when I tried to clean it but that seems like way too much work with how I’m feeling…and it’s not going to rain until next Friday so I give up on the lawn for another year….more later…

Well…after wearing myself out all week, I really had to take it easier today…I still did 33 miles but not a lot of work other than putting the new tabs on the plate and putting the new beach parking sticker on the windshield so I guess I have to keep it until at least the end of the summer…I do have veggies coming with beans and peas already growing and the cuke plants are flowering and they never did that last year…and even the pepper plants are flowering and I have a tiny little Jalapeno growing already…not sure what’s going on with the sunflowers this year but I have 8 of them up when last year they only got about 4 inches before some animal cut them off…a couple of them are over two feet tall and growing and have started to make flowers…so tomorrow I’ll go out and they will be gone…the flowers I put in on the east side of the house are taking off and have started to flower and I can’t wait til they all do…I do have to figure out where the next beans and broccoli are going to go since I want to have some late in the summer and I have lots of seeds…my new blinds have come in at depot and I’ll pick them up tomorrow and I’ll hit aldis right next door to get some mushrooms for the pizza I want to make this weekend…and maybe run over to DD to get some spicy chicken patties for 5 pounds for 6 bucks so I’ll have something quick and easy when I don’t want to cook…time to get ready for the night…