Well…it’s another early morning today with getting up for the first time at 4:25 and then for good at 6….feel a little run down today with the allergies flaring last night that left me with a sore throat today…hope that’s all it is but I guess if it’s a bug, I don’t have to go anywhere…I am coughing, too, but that seems normal every morning for the past week or so….I am a little sore since I went hard on the bike with it fixed and my legs are feeling it this morning….think I’ll take something for it before I get to working out…and, I’ll be able to get on the bike as soon as I finish that with it being almost 50 right now….I did get a few things done yesterday and have a few more to do today…have to run an errand to Aldi’s to get some chicken thighs and I can’t wait to try the legs that I have been marinating over night…that will be for lunch today….more later….
Monthly Archives: April 2018
I know you miss the politics…
Well…as you take a look at past issues here, this place has always been slanted toward politics since it has been something that I have been interested all my life…at least since the 1960 election which is the first one I remember. But, lately, the bad news has come so fast and hard that it is sometimes overwhelming to ingest it all…and that is one of the reasons that the political commentary has been a little sparse lately….I haven’t been feeling that I am adding to the conversation and that is a little troubling….maybe if I stay away from the idiot trump things will get better? Oh, there is one thing I did want to comment on that was in the news today about Scott Pruitt and the damage he is doing to to this country…and the latest outrage is that he is only going to use industry financed “science” for rulemaking…like oil industry research to write regulations considering pollution regulation…you get the drift…just like the tobacco industry research that continually said that smoking is good for you and was instrumental in delaying anything being done about the epidemic of lung cancer and heart disease that is still caused by smoking. So now industry shills will be writing regulations that, until now, used real science and had the goals of cleaning up the environment…remember the days of smog that used to choke this country…because they are coming back again….geez….
It’s official…I’m an idiot…
Well…have been having some problems with the new bike that started yesterday…the chain was skipping in the top 3 gears and I spent a couple of hours yesterday changing out the rear gears and lubing everything up but nothing worked…and it irritated me so much I just went on and on about it when we were out shooting pool yesterday…and was going to send a nastygram to the company and bitch to them about it since the bike only has 600 miles on it….but, when I got up this morning, I knew exactly what was wrong with it….as a little background, with a new bike you normally have to make some fine adjustments to the shifters so they are zeroed in…and yesterday, I had made a quarter turn towards the downshift side just to see if it could be any better and completely forgot that I had done it…and the chain didn’t start to skip until a few miles down the trail so I didn’t connect the two…so, this morning I took the adjustment out and no skips at all in 15 miles….the bike was trying to shift down a gear when it was skipping….and I am an idiot for not remembering that I made that adjustment…I guess the bright side is that the chain and gears needed to be lubed up and that is done now….geez….
April 24th
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for a second one yesterday and that is kind of normal for pool days….and, I think I won, but I haven’t been keeping track of that as much as I used to…slept okay last night but I think I got sunburned with the top down ride out and back to pool yesterday….at least my face looks red and it feels kind of tight….might have to use some aloe later….have been having some trouble with the bike the past couple of days and I think I may have figured it out….we’ll see later when I get out…and I can go any time since it is already over 50…but, I need to work out and have some coffee first….I do need to get some stuff done around here today but easing into it seems to be the right thing to do right now….more later….
April 23rd
Well…running on time today and I’m not sure why….slept okay last night but was up really early…it’s odd that it is now light enough to wander around here without the lights on in the morning…have been thinking about going into shorts for the year today and that would be about the normal time for me….it is going to be about 70 today and that will mean a top down run out and back to pool today…and, I have to go to the bank this morning to deposit my fed check….I did get another crack in my right heel and it hurts like crazy when I walk so I’ll have to figure out something to do about it…not sure what but maybe I’ll check on the internet…not much to do today….not going to do much around here today and I don’t need to….more later….
This makes me smile….
Well…after I just stopped laughing, I thought I’d do a shorty on the idiot trump’s non-invitation to Barbara Bush’s funeral….can you imagine how terrible a person has to be to have the Bushs not want them around? I can’t remember when a sitting president was pointedly not invited to what is essentially a state funeral…and I’m an old guy…but, it happened here…and in no uncertain terms, too, basically saying stay the hell away from us….and idiot boy tried to spin it into “I didn’t want to go anyway” saying that him being there would have been a “distraction” and his secret service protection would have been in the way…yeah, that’s a lie, too, since the Obamas, the Clintons and even Melania was there along with the Bushs who still get SS protection, too….all I know is that having the moron in chief snubbed like this makes me smile…a lot….impeach…
April 22nd
Well….another day and I almost forgot to come here and do this one…not sure why that is happening but 8 am isn’t too late so I guess I’ll live through it….slept okay last night and don’t feel too badly today…should be much more sore than I am since I did 30 miles on the bike yesterday….just had to go out for a second one in the afternoon with the temp getting over 57…and that means I could go out in just a t-shirt but I knew it was a mistake after the first two miles…my legs were dead and that didn’t go away until almost 8 miles out….I should have my summer legs and lungs after more than 700 miles in but they are just not there yet….didn’t get anything else done, though, and today that needs to change….well…not really…but that sounded good….I did get my fed check yesterday and that is another 600 bucks in the bank so I may splurge on some new clothes…or some fast food…have too much in the fridge so that will probably wait until next week….more later….
Over 700 miles already…..
Well…had a nice ride today and just noticed that I have gone over 550 miles on the new bike already and, with the 160 miles I put on the old bike, that puts me over 700 miles for the year so far. To put that in a little perspective, a year ago tomorrow was the first day I got out last year since the snow hadn’t come off the trail yet. I wonder if that means I’ll get to the record this year? I know that this year will be the earliest to 1K that I have ever had and that’s pretty cool….I may even go back out for another 15 miles today after Man U finishes…if it gets above 57 that is…..
April 21st
Well…running on time today and I’m not sure why that is….I think part of it is losing track of what day it is…that has been happening a lot lately since I really don’t have any reason for keeping track of it…slept okay last night and didn’t get up until 7 or so…it is getting light way too early….and the shades in my bedroom don’t do a very good job of blocking it…I’m not too sore this morning but I am going to take some ibuprofen before I get on the bike just as a preventative measure so my hands don’t cramp up….might do a double today if I feel like it…one before the Man U match and then out again after…not sure yet….didn’t get much done but wash the car yesterday and I’m not sure what I’m going to do today….should clean some but I’m still not motivated so we’ll see…more later….
Bargains…
Well….started looking for a new pair of running shoes to replace the Nikes that I bought almost 20 years ago and, with Meijers having a sale today with 40% off, I thought I’d go over and check them out after I washed the car this morning….as I was looking through them, I came upon a shelf that had clearance shoes on it and found a pair of size 9 New Balance shoes that are normally 65 bucks for the great price of $16.25…yep, only $16.25 for a cool looking black and grey pair…and, I can’t believe how comfortable they are. Technology sure has changed in 20 years…they are probably the lightest shoes I have ever owned and I’ve already had them out on the bike today…it’s pretty cool when good things happen….