Well…I made it…5 days of no cocktails and it is getting easier as time goes by….and my foot and liver are thanking me today…I did sleep okay and had some weird dreams again that had to do with my gardens being pulled up for some reason and that was a little strange…but, I feel okay this morning and the first ride is coming up in a few minutes that I am looking forward to….it feels good to have gotten so much done yesterday that I don’t have a lot to do today but work downstairs and on the gardens and watch some soccer this afternoon…I do need to start cleaning the oxidation off the garage siding so I can paint it next week but I think I’m going to wait to do that until next week…I am taking the weekend off to just fool around and clean…this place needs a scrubbing everywhere and I have been putting it off to get other things done…and this afternoon could be the perfect time with the storms that are predicted…the damn power outage from a couple of weeks ago has ruined storms for me…I used to anticipate seeing them and watching from the porch but now, after the 10 hour outage, I cringe when I see them coming in….I guess I’ll have to see how durable the power is here but it doesn’t look good with it failing  during the first big storm of the year…my lawn sure needs the rain after hitting it with crabgrass killer yesterday and not having any rain to speak of for weeks…water costs too damn much here in the city to water it so I guess I’ll just let it go brown…not much to do today….going to finish the first cup of coffee and then get out on the bike by 7 so I can get two rides in this morning….then I’ll just wing it for the rest of the day with no plans….more later….