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….

Well…as I said earlier, I needed to get three rides in before the Michigan game started at noon and the only way that would work is to not take any time in between the second and third ride so I did 17 miles without getting off the bike…and that was a mistake…the lactic acid buildup in my legs was so severe I could barely get off the bike and they still hurt right now…and that is weird since I do more mileage than that all the time outdoors with no affect at all…I know riding indoors is quite different than outdoors since there is no coasting in it but I sure wasn’t ready for how it felt today…but it was the first time this year that I rode more than 8 miles without a break…will probably do it again tomorrow just to see what the deal is and see if I can repeat the effect…other than the 24 miles, I really haven’t done much today but read and watch football…but I will need to do the weight work before the game is over and then dip my toe into politics again but tomorrow might be the day to do that with December starting…okay, weight work time….

Well…damn, woke up at 6 this morning but didn’t get out of bed til after 7 and that has put me behind for the whole day already…not enough time to get on the bike before the F1 race at 8am so I won’t be down there until 9 or so and then will need to get three rides in before Michigan plays at noon…or two rides before noon and then one later…I guess we’ll see…it’s still cold out here at 25 degrees and I don’t think I’ll be back on the outdoor bike again this year and that kind of sucks but it’s Michigan in winter so I shouldn’t be surprised….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and probably won’t today but I’ll need to go out and do the snow again with the wind making drifts along the side of the house…have been trying to eat more without gaining weight but I don’t think I have the balance right yet…and only doing 24 miles a day leaves me 600 calories I have to cut out and I don’t know where they will come from…not much to do today…just not very motivated to get moving today and I should have expected that after riding for almost 450 days in a row….need more coffee and to adjust to the fact that I won’t be on the bike for an hour and that is really hard for me…I may even need to get the french press out and make more coffee if I’m going to get the 24 miles in I need….more later…

Well…crap…it’s been snowing all day put here and I’m not too happy about that…okay, there isn’t anything I can do about it but I haven’t gotten to that resigned point yet that I can just let it roll of my back..I did take an easy day today and got some reading in but ate way too much…had two full meals and some toast for breakfast but I needed that after 3 days of one meal days…forgot to turn the hepa filters on today and I’m feeling it from my allergies and probably should do that right now…man, I remember when my allergies only flared in August and then were okay the rest of the year and now they are constant all year round and I don’t like it one bit…and taking medicine for it every day is getting really old…oh, well…I think I’m going to try to find some insulated hiking boots to wear this winter if I can find any that don’t break the bank…okay, maybe I’ll take a look online and see what I can find….

Well…woke up this morning to a few inches of snow that I’ve already gotten out to shovel and it is cold out there…27 degrees with NW wind of 20-25…and that sets up the lake effect snow that will probably go on most of the day…and it’s going to be another cold one tonight and tomorrow with a low of 24 and a high of 26 tomorrow…oh, well…have three rides in already and I think I’ll leave it at that for today since I’ll have almost 9,700 in before Dec 1st and will only have to average 10 miles a day to make it…I think I’ll stick at 24 miles a day since it’s pretty easy…don’t have a lot to do today and I’ll take an easy day to make good use of it…going to read a lot today and watch F1 qualifying that is on right now and I may watch some football later…but reading right now…

Well…not sure if I’m on time or running late today but I do know that I miss the days of taking it easy and not having anything to do…but I do need to get on the bike here in a half hour or so to get the 24 miles in that I need to do today…I knew it was going to snow overnight but it’s still shocking to look out this morning and see everything covered with a few inches of it…ick…but it’s almost December and it’s a month later than the first snow last year when Halloween was a a disaster for my trees…got a text from my daughter last night letting me know she is leaving to go to Peru Saturday for two weeks…hiking to Macchu Picchu and spending time in an Amazon ecolodge…sounds pretty cool and I am happy she is taking some time off and relaxing…with the snow out there, I’m surely not doing any outdoor rides anytime soon so the only decision I need to make is 24 or 32 miles indoors today? Man, I’m tired even though I did sleep okay last night and I think I’ll try to take a nap today…okay…I haven’t been able to nap in many, many years so I’m sure I won’t be able to this afternoon…not much to do today…have 20 minutes to get on the bike so I should pour more coffee down and get to it….more later….