Well…up at a little after 4 this morning but was able to stay in bed and get a little more sleep until 6:09…had a dream that my laptop was falling apart…or wearing out already and I have no clue where that came from…only did two rides yesterday and that makes me feel like such a slug that I will be getting on the bike before 7 and get three rides in…don’t have to cook today with with doing the Masala yesterday and one more bowl of leftover soup so that means I’ll make a pizza on the grill tomorrow…one of these days I’m going to eat fast food and take it easy but then I’d break my record of almost 7 years of making my own food…might try to make bread again today if I get some energy but it’s not looking like that is going to happen with how I feel right now…we’re heading in a stretch of weather with highs in the 20′s for at least two weeks and that means no outdoor rides for quite a while and that gives me time to install the new fenders on the bike and reset the computer….man, I’m worn out today…not much to do today…just grinding through the rides and then figuring out what cleaning to do…more later…
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Living on 30K…
Well…when I started to collect my earned SS benefits, I never thought I could live well on it…and I just got the latest statement and with the raise that starts this month, I’ll get over 30 grand this year and even with that little money, I’m putting away over 1K a month and if I don’t buy a new car, I’ll have well over 50 grand in cash in the bank by the end of the year…there has never been a time in my life when I’ve been this comfortable with money and not worried about affording even health problems or having to buy a new car…but, I am done with spending money after cancelling prime yesterday…not really anything else that I need…I guess it paid off that I was frugal my entire life…and still am…
Let the plane crash…
Well…it’s been in the news lately that liberals are pulling out of politics in large numbers after the debacle of the election and the pundits attribute it to trump fatigue but I think there is a bigger thing going on…I think we’re tired of always working our asses off to save this country when 50% of it just doesn’t give a damn… and that’s just how I feel…caring about this country as I do but I think there is something else that is happening on the left and that is that we are going to let the plane crash this time and let the repubs do all the damage they can do for the next 4 years…that is the only thing that is going to get it through maga folks that these guys don’t give a damn about them…let it all burn down…I have enough money in the bank to live for a couple of years so no matter what the idiot trump’s minions do to SS, I can live through it…and you know, I feel better not obsessing about politics anymore…I have a detachment that is serving me well and I’m going back to that right now….geez…
January 1st
Well…is there a better way to wake up to the new year than to have “Monterrey Pop” on the tv and Janis doing “Ball and Chain”? Cripes, I’m back in 1968 again…I sure need the coffee to work soon and I will be making more in the pour over after the first ride..slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed til about 6:30 and I sure needed that…haven’t been sleeping well lately…ha, lately? I don’t remember ever sleeping well…just saw the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen and it says 3 inches of snow today and it feels good that I don’t have to go anywhere for a week or so….going to make chicken Masala today and it will be good to not have ham and salt anymore…my BP is still over 130 this morning but that should change…I hope….not sure how I feel about starting over on the bike after doing the big year last year…is a new beginning or is it the bottom of a big hill again? I would really like to take a day off but that would break the string and I can’t do that….not much to do today…just cooking, football, and making more coffee but not yet…I can sit here for 20 minutes or so and have one more cup before I need to get moving…it’s a little daunting to have a new year facing me…but the last one was okay so I guess I can survive it…more later…