Well…that was an interesting night…didn’t sleep that hot but I did sleep without earplugs for the first time in over 10 years…this place is pretty quiet at night and I can barely hear the furnace…not like my apartment where the furnace upstairs whined like a jet when it ran and the new one they installed in my place sounded like a 747 taking off…and that was in addition to the stomping around that sounded like a damn square dance above me at times…so, I think I can go without the plugs for now after I get used to it…it is different, I’ll say that…I did take the day off working on the house yesterday with my hands feeling so beat up that it hurts to even do this…I have cracks in the ends of my fingers that I think are from washing them so much and I think the plaster isn’t helping…I guess I’ll have to start to wear vinyl gloves all the time until they heal…didn’t get on the bike for the 4th day in a row but I am going to get out today…it’s supposed to be 32 today and that’s warm enough to go…and the trails should be okay since it hasn’t really snowed much since it turned cold….and tomorrow is supposed to be 50+ so I can do a double…I think I’ll start doing that every day to make up for the days I’ve taken off…and I’m ordering a new bike this week since I have just about worn out the current one and it will take too much money to repair…but, I am going to make it a project for something to screw around with and learn more about how to take the crankset apart…and the swingarm bushing that is worn out…it will be relaxing to do that with having a bike to ride while I work on it…and if I can fix it, it will be cool to have a spare bike to ride in the muck….the new one is going to be dark gray with a black swingarm and black front forks…looks pretty cool and I can’t wait to get it in a week or so…not much to do today…just going to ride the bike in the afternoon and then out to have a couple with K after 3….so, an easy day today….more later…