Well…man, I feel like crap this morning and it’s going to be a struggle to get started as I pour the coffee down for a jump start…one of these days I’m going to just not do anything but not today…need to get on the bike by 7:30 and I may run out for groceries so I can make soup in the next couple of days…really don’t want to drive the car in the snow but I don’t think that is avoidable…didn’t get much done yesterday other than laundry but with that done, I don’t have much to do today but I feel like I should do something but don’t know what that would be yet…I really do wish that I could do what other people do and just take it easy and do nothing…maybe watch old movies and drink coffee but I’m just not wired that way and that sucks…oh, well…I do want to get the bird feeder up on the window in the next few days to give them something to eat with the snow covering everything…maybe that would be a project if it gets above freezing so the suction cups will attach…not much to do today…have 15 minutes before I need to get on the bike for 24 more miles today and that is really getting wearing…man, I’m feeling old today…more later…

Well…the new BP machine came today and I think it’s not working right since it has read my BP of over 200 and it’s never been that high ever…so I’ll take it into my doctor’s office in a coupe of weeks to calibrate it and see if I’m doing something wrong…yeah, I know it’s not that since this is the third one I’ve had and they are really easy to use…oh, well…I did get the new set of Betron reserve earbuds and I like the new ones better than the old ones…they sound great and have black anodized fittings that look pretty cool…I did get outdoors to shovel the snow today and I may have to do the grocery run tomorrow with the winter storm watch we have on starting tomorrow afternoon and lasting a few days…and I want to make turkey soup in the instant pot but don’t have any noodles…have everything else but I do need to hit aldis, too, since I am trying to get into eating veggies for snacks with ranch…not much ranch…but it’s funny when I lay out the cut up celery, carrots, and cauliflower in containers here on the couch to start my nights…and even with ranch, it is still a lot better for me than pretzels…I did get 24 miles in this morning and that puts me under 300 miles to go and I’ll keep trudging forward…okay need to get the veggies ready…

Well…it looks like it’s going to be another cold day today with the temp just barely to 30…and I am still cold from doing 3 rides downstairs where I have most of the heat turned off…no need to heat it to 66 like up here…298 miles left to go and a full month to do it so it looks like an anti climatic end to the riding this year…should get there with a couple of weeks to spare….just put the laundry in the dryer and that is really all I planned to do today…I did finish “Ringworld” last night and I’m going to start “Ringworld Engineers” this afternoon…didn’t remember the book at all it’s been so long since I read it for the first time…have read all of the first tier books I got at the sale so I’ll start looking at the nice to have ones to find something to read…okay…need to put the heating pad on and get ready to suit up to clear the walks after the race…

Well…damn, I’m already tired of the cold weather and having the furnace running almost constantly…and having to put the heating pad on just to tolerate it…not going to be a good winter if this keeps up…slept about normal for me with waking up at 5am and out of bed just before the coffee maker started at 6 and need to get moving and on the bike by 7 to get two rides in before the F1 race starts at 11…not going to do a double ride today after the effects of doing it yesterday so the third ride will be in the afternoon…need to keep grinding it out at 24 miles a day indoors and I should hit the goal with a week to spare…it has done nothing but snow here for the past few days and it looks like it’s going to continue all this week with some rain and ice mixed in…will have to go out at some point for a grocery run with the turkey running out and I’ll need to make turkey soup from the carcasses I have in the freezer and I’ll have to look and see if I have enough containers to put it in….I do have to do laundry today but I’m not sure what else I’ll do…probably clean a bit or just read…who knows? More later….