Well…still feel pretty lousy this morning and didn’t sleep for crap so it is going to be one of those low gear days…at least to start…almost got on the bike at 6:45 to get back here for the F1 practice from Monaco but then thought to myself that it’s stupid with how I feel so I am going to just ease into the day instead….not sure why but I’m pretty sore, too, and it may be from just doing too much on the bike lately….I guess I’ll stop bitching now…didn’t get much done yesterday but fool around in the garden and cook so I really do need to get some stuff done today…laundry and paying bills is at the top of the list but that will come later….coffee, coffee, coffee….I need it to start working right now or I may just lie back down on the couch and take a nap….the shade grass seed that I put in out front is coming up quite well and will fill in the bare patch that came from salting the walk for the mailman over the winter and it is even coming up right up to the foundation of the house where there has never been any grass since I’ve lived here…so, pretty cool to make some progress….boy, it’s getting hard to remember what the heck day it is when all days are the same to me…just thought that it was Saturday and I was going to have to wait to mow the lawn until Monday when it may be a little long to mulch it….weird…so, I’ll probably do it tomorrow after it dries up a bit out here…I do need to take a day off here soon just to heal up and feel better since burning out the bug on the bike is not working this time…so I wonder if it will be today? Nope…you know me…I’ll drag my ass out between the practices and get the first ride in before 10….and then out for the second right after lunch….don’t have to cook today with all the leftovers but I do need to plan what to eat for the next couple of days and get something out of the freezer….not much to do today….just going to sit here for a bit and read the news and then watch F1…that’s about as far out as I want to even think right now….more later…

Well…pretty sure I have a bug of some sort but at least it’s not covid…even with the bug, I got two rides in today and a run out to ollies to get 4 more t-shirts so I have enough for the rest of the year…have used two of the new ones already today and have 5 left in reserve as I wear out the old ones I have in the drawer…and now most of mine are 100% cotton which I like better and they breathe better when I’m on the bike than the 60/40 ones I got last year from Target…and I paid 5 bucks each for them and I got 4 today for 8 bucks…after lunch, I got out to clean up the bird feeder and windowsill that was covered in black crap I had to remove with a scrub bush and bleach cleaner…and then I refilled the feeder since I do still like to watch the birds that come to it….I do have a cuke coming up in the garden along with a couple of sunflowers I planted in the end of it alongside a row of tomatoes….you can never have too many sunflowers and I think I now have 8 up along the back of the house that should look pretty cool when they get big…still no herbs and I think I’ll have to learn more about growing them for next year after three whole packs of seeds an none coming up…but I have lots of flowers of all types out back that will look really cool when they bloom…and now I’m thinking if I should go out for another ride since it is only 2:23 and the rain isn’t going to get here til 4 or so…we’ll see…

Well…damn, still feel like crap this morning and just burned one of my covid tests to see if I may have picked that up even with still masking everywhere I go…it feels like a cold or the flu but I don’t feel that badly, just a little warm and worn out…and I feel like I have an infection in my right salivary gland…it hurts a bit but I don’t have a sore throat other than that from the pollen that is everywhere out here…my car is coated with it even being stored in the garage…and I just got a little “pollen high” alert in the lower banner on the laptop so it must be pretty bad out here…so, in 5 minutes I’ll know what the deal is….and then try to figure out what to do if I do have an infection without having a doctor out here….it is still raining out here and we sure needed it with not getting any for a couple of weeks…saw one flash of lightning last night but that was it for the storms that were supposed to last all night…I could really use a big boomer storm to watch….not sure if I’m going to get out on the bike today but I probably will after it dries up a bit but only for two rides if there is a big enough window….the signs for the new development on the point went up yesterday and there was a busload of potential customers doing a tour…and the strange thing is that they were all oldsters and I wonder how these folks could afford a half million dollars for the smallest condo? Okay, just read my test and no covid…so I must have a cold or a severe reaction to my allergies that is going on….and that is a relief…and it’s weird to be relieved that I have a cold or other virus that is making me feel like crap….oh, back to the condos….the signs say that the project will be opening in 2024 with two condo buildings along with a huge marina and common house complex…but that means that they need to get moving fast since the condo buildings are going to be at least 5 stories tall and there is no infrastructure for the boat slips at all…sure hope they keep my trail open while the construction is going on….not much to do today….with it raining right now, I will have to wait to go out on the bike so I may make a run to ollies to get a couple more t-shirts since they have them on sale again for 1.99 and then I can replace the last of the old ones and use them for working around here….I should clean the basement up some to stay ahead of the cobwebs and start sorting out the old clothes to go to goodwill but we’ll see….more later….

Well…man, this has been a lousy day with feeling like crap and worn out all day and I still feel that way and it’s 6pm…so, what the heck is going on? I did get out for a ride this aft but only 15 miles so that can’t be it…I did do 45 yesterday but I felt okay last night so that can’t be it…didn’t sleep much last night or the night before but that can’t be it since I never sleep…and all I did all day today was clean up some and do the grocery run this morning…along with the short ride and I am beginning to wonder if I’ve just overdone it riding 30 miles a day for the past 20 days in a row with a couple of 45′s and a 60 in there, too….I know I haven’t increased my calorie intake at all to compensate but that shouldn’t matter…I still have enough fat on me to burn for the extra miles so that can’t be it…I did go over 1600 miles for the year so far yesterday and I’ve only a little over 200 miles yet to go to have the first 1K outside for the year…crap, what if I’m just getting too old to keep this up? That would really suck and it’s something that I fear will happen all too soon…oh, well…there’s not a damn thing I can do about so I probably shouldn’t worry about it….but, I will…

Well…I guess I need to do a normal one of these before I get back to railing against the repubs who will do nothing to protect our children…so, slept okay last night but I think it was more from fatigue than anything else…I did get 45 miles in but my legs ran out of energy out at the beach on the last ride and that made the trip back here into the wind just brutal…and the rain we are supposed to get is missing us again so I think I may get out today after I have some lunch….have already got some cleaning done and took the light down and packed it away along with getting rid of the cups that never sprouted anything and cleaning up the dirt I spilled all over…and then I cleaned the microwave but it is starting to rust so I may have to buy a new one in a while…I do have another old one downstairs but it has no features and I like the short cut buttons that are on the one I’m using….I did get out and do the grocery run this morning but the damn stores are getting bare again so I didn’t get a lot of stuff…I did get some burger for 1.99 a pound at Meijers and they were even selling it in one pound packages instead of the huge 5 lb blocks so I got three and am going to make some sloppy joes later today….and Meijers even had the tire for the bike that I needed so now I’m set for the rest of the year with the slightly used one that will go on the back of the grey bike next….so now I’m heating up a chicken leg quarter I had left over and making some asparagus to go with it in the steamer for lunch and then I’ll try to get out on the bike after that…don’t mind getting a little wet if it sprinkles…we sure could use some real rain out here but I’m not holding my breath….more later…

Well…look, this is normally where I go on and talk about my days and what I did and what I’m going to do and thoughts about my life…but right now I just can’t….I’m shattered by the Uvalde massacre and my life really doesn’t seem too important for me to blather on about what groceries I’m going to get and whether I’m going to ride…unimportant bullshit at this moment…maybe later…but not now….

Well…when I started the day at 5:23 this morning, I really had no plan other than to ride the bike twice and then figure out what to do….after I got back here from the second ride, I decided to jump in the car, put the top down, and head over to Menards to look for some more lawn food since I fed it the last time almost a month ago…and if that sounds way too much, it is, unless you are cutting the amount going down to one half normal to adjust for the sandy soil out there…and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had 10K sq ft bags on sale for 15 bucks so I grabbed one and came home to do the application…and this bag will be enough for 3 applications so I’m good til the end of July…after that, I planted the rest of the pepper plants from downstairs so I could shut the light off and will be cleaning up later…..and now I’m sitting here trying to decide what to do…that’s a Joe Wash line by the way…I had it in the back of my head to do 60 miles today to make up for the day off tomorrow but I think I’ll cap it at 45 and maybe a recon ride so that will make 50 or so for the day…so, all in all, a productive day that will keep the guilts away for the rest of the day…maybe….who knows? At least I’m not talking about working on the house….I did have a grey squirrel almost come up to me and take food out of my hand…if this one is in the yard when I open the door, she comes running toward me waiting for me to throw a slice of bread to her….kinda fun….maybe more later…