Well…damn, how can I be running late already with getting up at 6:26 and just starting the first cup of coffee? Need to get on the bike outside before 7:30 to get three rides in before noon to make up for only doing 2 rides yesterday…it rained for hours out here and my lawn really needed it…really close to losing it for another year after being dry for over a week and the rain is going to help the garden, too….should probably feed the lawn again and I need to whack the trash trees in my fence so I can put the lawn bag out Monday night…the sunflowers have survived a few weeks now and I wonder if I can finally get them to flower without the damn animals cutting them down? Have to add a few new strings to the lattice to give the pea plants something to hang onto but I don’t see them flowering yet…the beans have started to put out flowers and the cuke plants just may survive this year so the garden may just be a success this year…going to grill some food today with chicken thighs, potatoes, asparagus and green pepper going on it with garlic powder and dried onions…and I’ll take the tires off the front of the car and shoot the suspension bushings with WD as I wait for the food to cook…but I need to get moving right now to make that happen…more later…

Well…damn, felt really lousy when I got up this morning so I skipped the indoor ride to let the coffee work a bit…but when I got out for the first ride, I knew there was something wrong other than having a couple of cocktails last night since I felt really shaky on the bike and barely had enough energy to climb the last hill coming back here…so, I had an idea what it was and made a couple of slices of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and that almost immediately made me feel better…I sat here for a half hour so I could watch the MotoGP sprint race and by that time, I was almost back to normal and the second ride was much better…but I stayed with only two rides today to let my body get better…and I’m sure that’s the result of being under 1K calories for a few days but I did it again today with just a bowl of soup and some chicken masala with rice but I’m used to that so changing it will be a little tougher than I expected…I think that will change tomorrow when I grill some chicken thighs with small yellow potatoes and asparagus….and the damn cottonwood tress have started to shed and it looked like riding in a snowstorm…coughing and sneezing on both rides…that might have something to do with how I felt…at least it rained out here and that may wash some of the pollen out…

Well…damn, I’m worn out today and dragged my butt out of bed at 6am…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get on the indoor bike in 14 minutes to keep to the schedule…not going over to my brothers house today as there is a dumpster mix up so I have the day to myself…and that is a good thing with how sore I am today…have been abusing my old body lately and it just doesn’t take it like it used to…oh, well…had a good day and got a lot done yesterday and I need to feed the garden today before it starts to rain later at around 2pm…so I’ll have to get the rides in this morning before the drunks get on the trail today…it’s “pub pedal” day today and there will be carnage on the trail…maybe I’ll just do outdoor rides today….I am going to grill some chicken thighs with small yellow potatoes and asparagus tomorrow and I’m looking forward to that…I need a day to take it easy…so damn worn out and hurting today that I wonder if 24 miles will be enough? Went over 3,800 miles yesterday and that puts me toward being over 4K in the next two weeks so I’m still on schedule to make the goal for the year…I do have to get my “ride my age” day in soon so that will mean 6 laps of the 12 mile loop but that is not as daunting as it use to be since I’ve already done 4 before…not much to do today…just need to drag my butt out right now and get going…can’t wait for the rain….more later…