Well…after getting the two bike rides in by around noon, I decided it would be a perfect day to trim all of the branches that had grown over my power and cable lines, cut them up and put them out for pick up tomorrow…all of the overhead work with my heavy pole saw has everything from the waist up hurting and stiff…can barely move my neck or right shoulder and I need to take some ibuprofen before I use the voltaren…but it is nice to have it all done so I don’t have to think about it anymore…until next year…put out almost 20 bundles of branches…they cover half of one side of the front of my lawn…so now I’m going to take a break for a bit and read some news to try to come back here for a political one…more later…

Well…damn, it’s getting to be almost winter out there with the temp only 33 right now…and it’s going to get colder later in the week so I need to winterize the outside of the house this week…need to trim the trees that have grown around my power lines today to make sure I don’t lose power over the winter…I did get out for two rides yesterday and I’m going to try to do the same today but that means I’ll have to wait until it gets up to at least 40 today…slept okay last night but I still feel worn out and it’s getting on to three weeks of feeling this damn bug and I am so tired of it….I just want to go back to bed and that is not right…and the little widget on the bottom of the screen says “cold weather” and I know I’m not ready for it…my right hip is howling in pain this morning and it has to be from sleeping wrong last night since I didn’t do anything to hurt it yesterday…other than ride twice…I did read an entire book yesterday and that made me neglect this site and Mastodon and I have fear that no one will keep coming here if I don’t have new content…I’ve done almost 12,000 of these over the years and it’s been a lot of work…more later….

Well..damn, I’m cold again this morning and have the heating pad on me to try to get warm…up at 6:23…again, and I still feel so worn out that all I want to do is sit here and do nothing…but I won’t…as soon as it gets light I’ll suit up and get on the bike…but it’s going to be full thermasuit today with the temp only 40 right now….didn’t do anything yesterday and I feel pretty damn guilty about that…I wonder if there will ever come a time when I can just let go and relax? But that would mean cutting calories down to around 500 and I’m not sure how that would work…I feel pretty crappy at 1K and that might be why I don’t have any energy….at least it’s not raining right now but I do have to spray the bike to get the grit out of the shifters from riding Friday in the rain…it just damn annoying to have the bike not work smoothly but I guess it’s to be expected after abusing the bike…don’t need to cook anything today with all of the leftovers in the fridge…still have pizza and soup that will last me until Wed or so and then I’ll do the pork shoulder in the instant pot….and I need to freeze the rest of the ham…or toss it…not sure which…not much to do today…just need to keep pouring coffee down me until it starts to work and then get on the bike in the freezing cold….not coughing as much today so I’ll take any small improvement I can get….more later…

Well…I could make excuses for not doing a damn thing today like it was raining, or there were sports on I wanted to see and both of them would be true…but I just didn’t have the energy to do anything today…and it is the damn cold still hanging on after two weeks plus and I wonder if it is ever going to go away? Don’t feel too bad but I am still coughing and that is annoying…but the last time I had a cold years ago, it just stopped overnight and the coughing and fatigue were gone…I still have a headache but that is probably from allergies sine my little widget at the bottom of the screen has turned red and says “pollen tomorrow” so that can’t be good…going to be able to ride tomorrow so I don’t feel too bad about taking a day off but I do need to get the inside bike prepped so I can start riding that when it’s ugly outside…and it will be a few days this week…I did get to 3600 miles this past week so the 4000 mile goal is doable…not a lot for me but I’ll get to trying for 7K next year…and next year, I’ll get to a total of 100K miles since I started keeping track…and that is a long way…tv time…still the rest of the nascar race, the F1 sprint race is on in 8 minutes, and Michigan plays State tonight at 7:30…

Well…damn, it’s not a good start to the day when you wake up thinking you’ve slept in, look at the phone and it’s only 6:23…then you look at the weather and radar and see that it’s 38 degrees and rain is starting that will last most of the day…does that mean I’ll get the indoor bike ready and get some miles in? Probably not….I think I’ll make this a day off and watch some soccer and races instead…slept okay last night and forgot to turn the hepa filter off so I can breathe this morning…but I can’t leave it running for another day…or can I? I did make a new batch of potato soup yesterday that came out good but I have chick peas that I could have added but I forgot them…and maybe they wouldn’t have added anything…I will use them in the next batch of ham soup that I’ll make soon….have the heating pad on my back this morning but it’s not from pain but just that I feel so damn cold today that I needed to do something…damn, I hate getting old…not much to do today…going to try to not feel guilty about taking the day off the bike…but that will be hard as always….more later….

Well…damn, I hurt this morning and my right hip has decided to join in the fun…yay! Slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it this morning…so how do I know I slept okay? Yeah, that’s the problem…I don’t know but I hope I did….just poured the first cup of coffee and it’s way too soon to say if it’s working or not…it should but I’m not taking anything for granted….had a good day yesterday with making a pizza on the grill and having it come out good…I do need to use the rest of the ham today in some potato soup that I’m going to use yellow potatoes in and I am curious how they are going to taste…it is still raining out there so I won’t be on the bike for a while if at all…only one ride yesterday so I need to control the calories again today…only had a bowl of soup and one piece of pizza yesterday so that surely would be under 1K calories and I need to do that again today to shed the 10 pounds I’ve put on since the UK trip started….still have the pork shoulder to make this weekend or I may wait til early next week with all of the leftovers in the fridge….need to cut up the celery in there for snacks with ranch later so I don’t waste it…not much to do today…the F1 practice and qualifying from Texas is on later so that will give me something to stave off the boredom…more later…

Well…as I went out to put the pizza that I made this afternoon on the grill, I notices that the trees have regrown surrounding my power and internet cable so I need to get after clearing them out again…I did it when I bought this house but have neglected it since so, the next time it’s not raining, I’ll get my extension trimmer out and cut a bunch of the branches down…I really don’t like working around power lines but my trimmer is fiberglass and plastic and I hope that will protect me if I slip and happen to touch the line…that’s how it’s supposed to work anyway and it does need to be done before the winter storms howl through here…and it’s always windy out here anyway so I’ll get after it Saturday…or tomorrow if the rain holds off and I’ll have my rubber shoes on, too, so maybe that will help…oh, the pizza came out good but my daughter donated my pizza pan so I had to make it in a rimmed baking pan she gave me…worked out good since it is nonstick and the pizza came right out…only had one piece since they are pretty good sized and now I’ll have pizza for 5 more days….

Well…damn, I was really expecting to take the day off with the rain today but it’s over already so I’ll be riding here in a while…still coughing like crazy and feel pretty crappy right now and I am wondering how long this damn cold is going to hang on? It’s been two weeks today since I started coughing on the UK trip and it’s getting really old…had a good day yesterday and got a lot of work done…did the grocery runs, then mowed the lawn, then out on the bike for two rides and finished it up with two loads of laundry and the smaller loads left everything wrinkle free out of the dryer….today was going to be a rest day with just using up leftovers and reading but it’s already over 50  so I’ll be out as soon as it gets light…not sure if I have the energy to cook anything today but a pizza on the grill would taste pretty good…and I have yellow potatoes to make another batch of soup and use up the rest of the ham…can I just sit here for a while and not do anything? I need a day of rest but I’m not sure if I’m capable of that….not much to do today…just going to ease into it for the next half hour or so and have more coffee….man, I’m tired….more later…