Well…up way too early today at 4:55 and I really hate getting up this early…I may try to do two outdoor rides today since it’s already over 40 gut that will need a change in my schedule that I’m not sure I’m ready for…but I’ll do anything to stay off the indoor bike…just getting damn tired of riding indoors…and if I do that, I can sit here and have coffee until it gets light and that has some attraction…didn’t get anything done yesterday and I can live with just two outdoor rides and then some basketball and reading…I do have to plan some meals in a couple of days but still have leftovers that will last the weekend and I’ll be eating out of the freezer for the next week…need to clean the fridge at some point since it’s getting a little grungy and piling up some old food that needs to go…not much to do today…just going to ease into it with getting up so damn early and the coffee not working yet….more later…

Well…the sun came out today! It hasn’t for a least the past week so it’s pretty darned welcome…and with it over 40, the snow has finally started to melt with the walks and the street clear for the first time in almost two weeks…so tomorrow I’ll suit up in the afternoon to take a look at the trails and see if I can get through…still only going to be in the upper 40’s but I’ve been out in that a lot this year so far…after all of the activity yesterday, I’m taking it easy today with just the normal stuff and now March Madness and reading…still pretty sore for some reason and my left thigh has joined in with my left elbow to give me more pain…damn, this getting old is tough…and it’s nice I don’t have to cook today…okay, back to reading…

Well…up and running at a little before 6 today but I sure don’t feel like I slept much…it’s probably from not eating enough even though I made popcorn with real butter last night…but that went with only a bowl of masala and a bowl of soup during the day…going to have a bagel this morning to try to fix that…but I need to get this done and the weight work first…it was still cold enough that no snow melted yesterday but I hope that changes today…it’s supposed to be 46 for a high but I think we’re still weeks away from the trails being open again and that sucks…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and should clean the kitchen or bathroom today but all I want to do is lie on the couch and read…I’ve been so damn sore lately and I have been trying to figure out why…my legs and hips have been so stiff that I may have to take something for it today…okay, going to stop whining now…don’t have any plans for today so I think I’ll just slip into my normal routine here in a minute and get the day’s tasks done…more later…

Well…finally I got some work done today and that feels good…started with the weight work and ride and then cleaned the living room, took the couch apart, rotated the cushions, and washed the cover in the load of laundry I did…then I reassembled everything and got to work making masala…finished everything just before noon…it never got above freezing today so none of the snow has melted but one of my Mastodon friends that live in Iowa said they are getting to 75 Friday so maybe some of that warmth will be coming this way…not much but it will get to 53 Saturday and then back down to the 30’s and 40’s…ick…so damn tired of the cold…don’t really have to go anywhere until Monday so I’m not going to…time to read…

Well…that didn’t last long…got up at a reasonable time yesterday but back to the normal waking up at 4:53 and then out of bed at 5:08 so it looks like we’re back to normal…it’s still snowing out here and it’s only 24 degrees and I can’t wait for this winter to be over…but even if it gets warm, it’s going to take a week or so to clear the trails again…going to make masala for lunch today and I know I need to take in more calories…a bagel and a bowl of soup is just not enough even with just one ride on the bike…it is kind of nice that I don’t have to go anywhere until next Monday…but I will need to get creative on meals and do some freezer diving…need to make a pizza to use up the green pepper and pepperoni in the fridge…even though I didn’t sleep much, I feel okay this morning and I’m not sure why…I should feel like crap but it’s only half crap and I’ll take that…more later…

Well…darn, it never got over 20 degrees out here today so none of the 5 inches of snow we got melted…but I’m not shoveling it…I just frickin refuse…I still can’t believe I didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 this morning…that just isn’t normal for me and I am a little curious to see what happens tonight…I did make a batch of potato soup today and I really like the ease of the recipe…total time including cooking is only an hour so I wonder why I don’t make it more often…that meant only a bagel and a bowl of soup for under 1K calories again but I may make some popcorn with real butter tonight…have been working through all of the oscar nominated films and did “Marty Supreme” last night…and okay movie but it didn’t grab me…and that makes 5 of the 10 that I’ve seen…going to make masala tomorrow so then I won’t have to cook again til Sunday and I think I’ll open a jar of pasta sauce sine I haven’t made pasta in a month…okay, time to start a movie…

Well…slept all the way through til 6:30 this morning but I don’t feel like I slept at all…I don’t understand how I could be so tired other than I only had a bagel and an omelet to eat all day for about 700 calories…getting up that late makes me running late for the whole day and I need to get off my butt and get moving in 15 minutes…we had lots of snow overnight and it’s going to be cold with a winter weather advisory and a high of only 20 or so and I am damn tired of the cold…don’t have to go anywhere for the next week so but I’ll probably hit DD later in the week if there is anything I need…can’t figure out why I’m so sore today and that I have a headache…haven’t done any physical labor that would cause it so I’m stumped…it’s only 17 degrees out there right now and I’m going to just hibernate today to get through it…I really should clean some but the allure of reading is pretty strong and I’ll probably just read after the bike ride…more later…

Well…up and out of bed a little out of 4 this morning and that really sucks because that didn’t make me tired enough to take a nap this afternoon…when it got light and I had the bike rides in…I took a look and the roads were okay so I ran an errand out to the library for more books and, while I was out, I made a run out to Meijers and Aldis to get the rest of the ingredients for masala and bagels and CC…and now I don’t have to go anywhere until next Monday…with all the rain we got…7th street has a foot of water over it that I had to drive through to get out of here…I was going to call the city but the water is keeping the traffic away and I don’t have to listen to the thumpy assed cars at all today…thinking of making some potato soup but it can wait til tomorrow…back to reading…

Well…up at 4:04 this morning and I just started pouring the coyfee down and I hope it works soon…damn, I’m getting old…feel like crap and I know I need to do more today…will get on the weight work in a few minutes and get two rides in today…we’re getting freezing rain and other crappy weather for the next two days so I’ll be hibernating while it passes…but I’m out of books so I may venture out later this morning and go to Meijers to get what I need for masala…but I do have ingredients for bean burritos or pasta so I do have food…just not what I want to eat…for some reason I’m sore today and I can’t figure out why but it could be from sleeping wrong but how do you avoid that? Going to get some cleaning done today after my body gets started but it’s not happening right now…damn, it’s only 5am and I need to drag my butt into the day…more later…

Well…after today, I’m up to 4 days in a row of taking it easy but there won’t be a 5th…need to get off my butt and get things done around here…and now we are under a winter weather advisory for all day tomorrow and Tuesday…ick….only did a ride today since my left elbow is killing me and it just keeps getting aggravated when I do the weight work…but I’ll be back to two rides and weights tomorrow…I’ll probably finish up the last book today but I’m not going out in the snow to get more…so I’ll have two days to clean all day…before I do the grocery run Wed and then I can hit the library for more…okay, need to make some food since I only had a half a chicken breast, a potato and some cabbage all day….