Well…not sure if I’ve ever done one of these before, but there are a few things I’m thankful for and thought I’d talk a bit about them…first of all is the 17 months of being cancer free since my surgery in July of 2023…and I still marvel at all of the things that had to fall into place to have that happen…and to have the outcome I’ve had, being back to almost normal so fast that today I really don’t think about it much…and to have my own home that had the same kind of things fall into place there, too, for me to have it…and to be making money on the place every day and I may have enough equity and cash to give each one of my kids 50K when I go…and to have enough money in the bank to not worry for the first time in my life…but I still can’t bring myself to buy a new stove and spend the 700 bucks it will take…maybe later…and a big one…to have the good health I have to be able to have only 370 miles to go to get to 10K for the year…and that’s not bad for an old guy…so yeah…I’ve been pretty lucky over the past 4 years…and let’s hope for another 4 at least…
Time for football…
Well…did three indoor rides today and I may go down to do another one after the Lions game…but I’m down to 370 miles to go so I don’t really have to…I may just take the day off and watch football and clean a little…not even thinking about an outdoor ride with how cold it is…and it’s snowing a little so that just makes it easier to sit here with the heating pad on me since I just can’t get warm with the colder temps…but if I do have a bug, I’m not feeling it today…no sore throat or anything so who knows what the heck it was..did do a little cleaning already today with taking a scrub brush to the inside of my shower curtain that had a lot of soap scum on it…touchdown, Detroit! Now up 10-0…it’s nice being able to watch the game on Canadian tv…no American news…more later…
November 28th
Well…damn, I’m sore today as I was all night last night…so I may burn one of my covid tests to see what the hell is going on…it sure feels like I have a bug of some kind but I still need to get my butt moving and get on the bike in 30 minutes…I think the rides will be all indoors today so no more than 24 miles but with only 394 miles to go to 10K, that will be enough…and I need to get the rides done before the Lions play at 12:30 and I am going to try to not multi task during the game…so tired that I need an easy day…think I’ll have the last of the sourdough bread toasted right now with my second cup of coffee…and I may even get the french press out for more coffee later since I need something to drag myself out of this funk that has gone on for a few days now…it was really a good idea to do the cooking yesterday with no energy today to do it and I wonder…again…if I’ve done it to myself…I mean I only had one meal yesterday and it wasn’t a large one…not much to do today…just the rides and then football but they need to start in less than 20 minutes….more later…
Three in, one out…
Well…I really was planning on doing two rides in and two rides out today but it didn’t work out that way…after getting two rides in and getting the turkey on the grill and prepping everything else…you know I couldn’t just sit here and do nothing so I went down to do a third ride indoors…after eating and cleaning up, I finally got out for an outdoor ride about 2:15 but just then the clouds came in and the wind came up with a temp drop that made it almost too cold to go out…but I got one ride in out there for 37 for today…and that gets me to 9,606 for the year with 34 days left…and that averages to only a little more than 10 miles that I would need to do but I’ll do more than that…I restarted “Bosch” from the beginning on the indoor bike and that has been helping the time pass better down there…I’m sure I can do 24 miles a day indoors and hit the goal in about 20 days…okay, started “Ringworld” last night and I want to read some of that now…
First ride in…
Well…have the first ride in and now I’m taking 15 minutes before I go back down for number two…have the turkey out on the table to bring it up to room temp before I prep it with butter, rosemary, thyme, and sage…and it looks like I’ll be able to get it on the grill by 10 am so this will be a big lunch today…not as sore as I thought I would be after doing 32 miles indoors yesterday but I think I hurt my right foot since it feels stiff today…not sure if I’ll try to ride outdoors today or just do 24 indoors…we’ll see…I really do think I have a cold or my allergies are worse than ever…have a bit of a sore throat but that can be from either…started to feel that Monday night but it hasn’t gotten worse so I guess I can live with it…not sure if there are any bugs going around since I’m still not reading the news…okay, need to get back on the bike…more later…
November 27th
Well…darn, have to get on the bike in 25 minutes to get my day started and it’s going to be a busy one…have to do two rides indoors at least, cook the big turkey meal, and then try to get a couple of rides in outdoors…but they won’t happen until later in the aft when the temp comes up into the 40′s…or maybe another 32 mile day indoors? Need to get the turkey on the grill by 10 or so and let it cook longer this time…going to be harder to get it up to temp since it’s only 27 degrees out there so I’ll probably need to run two burners on the grill and leave it on for three hours….slept okay last night but I still feel worn out today and I really wonder if I have a cold…sure felt that way yesterday but not eating enough gives me the same feeling so who knows? I will get down to 400 miles to go to 10K today if I do at least two rides in and one out and then keep up grinding for the next few weeks…so I guess I need to get moving right now and get started…more later…
32 miles indoors…
Well…I think I’ve done something that I’ve never done before…did 32 miles on the indoor bike today and I really can’t remember any time that I was on the bike for 4 times in one day…but I feel so compelled to make sure I hit the 10K goal that I have to just keep riding…I mean, it would be such a waste to work so hard all year and then fall short…how the hell would I explain that? If I can get 2 indoor rides in tomorrow along with two outside, I’ll be down under 400 miles to go and still have over a month to do it so I guess I am optimistic that I can get there….and it will be quite a relief when I do…but tomorrow is going to be busy with making the t-day meal a day early so riding will have to work around that…probably put the turkey on the grill after the two indoor rides to get it started around 10 and eat the big meal for lunch around 1 or 2…it was just too damn cold and windy out here today to go outside…never got above 35 and I’m not ready for that…and the wind was blowing about 20 all day…oh, and the little weather widget just said 3 inches of snow for Friday but it shouldn’t stick around too long…oh, well…haven’t had the chance to read today so I’ll need to do that later…”Ringworld” is next up…
Qualified people?
Well…if you didn’t know how bad the new “administration” of the idiot trump was going to be, you only have to look at his picks for attorney general…he started out with Matt Gaetz…you know him, the Florida legislator who is under investigation for child trafficking after sleeping with underage girls for years…or after he withdrew, the next one was Pam Bondi…you know her…the Florida AG who idiot boy bribed to drop investigations into him a few years back…and the question comes to mind for me…”do you have to be a criminal to be a picked for an office by the idiot?” It sure looks that way or maybe you have to be a talking head on fox news since one of them was picked to be secretary of state…yeah, if you didn’t think it could get worse than the first trump debacle, you ain’t seen nothing yet…geez…
November 26th
Well…damn, up at 3:30 this morning and now I’m pouring the coffee down trying to get moving enough to get on the indoor bike before 7…not sure what is going on but I felt so tired yesterday and like I had a bug but I think it was from not eating enough for a few days…and doing 33 miles a day for almost a week…it’s only getting to 37 degrees today so I’m not sure if I’ll get outdoors on the bike today…just so damn tired of being cold and numb…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I need to do the grocery run this morning after the indoor ride that has to start in 15 minutes and I’m not sure if I have the energy to do it right now…yeah, I’m whining this morning and I can’t figure that out either….I really do think I need some time off but not until I get to 10K on the bike…but I need to get my brain around not riding every day when I start the new year….and that is going to be tough…it’s only 34 degrees out there right now and not getting much warmer today so I may have the chance to see if I can take riding in the 30′s outdoors….or if I need to do 3 rides indoors…not looking forward to either…more later….
Finally, an easier day…
Well…finally, the easier day I’ve been needing has finally come…easy for me, that is…still got three rides in to start the day and when I got back here I changed clothes and climbed into the crawlspace to shut off the outdoor spigot and then put the brass cap on it for the winter since it is going to get cold here later in the week…and then I coiled the hoses up and put them on their hook in the garage so the yard work is basically done until spring…I may pick up some leaves later but they will have to go out in the trash since the last yard waste pickup is tomorrow morning and it has started to rain here again and I got cold enough on the bike that I don’t want to do that again today…and now the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen says snow Friday…ick…going to do the grocery run tomorrow and then I’ll be in for a week and won’t have to drive in the snow…but right now I’m going to do the weight work and read a bit…