Well…with over 500 people dying every day from the Omicron variant of covid, it still seems a pretty dangerous sickness and I was waiting for the new double booster to be available that would address both of them….and it was announced late last week that it was available along with the flu vaccine that will address the bad flu they have been fighting in the southern hemisphere…so yesterday, I scheduled an appointment at Meijers to get both of them…and got that done this morning at 9:30…not a lot of side effects from either of them other than my shoulder is a little sore…about like it was when I got the last booster in March and not nearly as bad as the original vaccine hurt when it went all the way down my arm and into my left hand….so we’ll see how it goes for the rest of the day….it does feel good to get that behind me and I’ll continue to do whatever it takes to not get that damn disease…

Well…it’s uncanny how consistent waking up has been for me…today it was 5:07 but I was able to go back to sleep for an hour or so and that was a win….I seem to have slept okay but still feel a little worn out and that seems to be another new normal….I really, really need the coffee to work….have an appointment this morning at Meijers to get my latest covid booster and a flu shot but I need to get a ride in before that so I have about 30 mins to get on the bike…we did get lots of rain out here yesterday and it is going to be cool with a high of about 67 today so it will be perfect to get to work on the house…I probably should take the rest of the garden out today to put the bag out for pickup tomorrow but I want to cut down the flowers from the back of the house, too, so I may wait another week since they are still alive…not going to pull them out by the roots since some of them are perennials and I didn’t keep track of what ones are so I’ll have to wait til spring to see that….and I need to get more bags from menards to be ready for the leaves….not much to do today…just going to get my vaccines and then get the second ride in after that….then I’m going to prep for work and hope to get the bathroom door off and get the hinges in the stripper….baby steps….more later…

Well…damn, I thought today was going to be easier than it has been with the rain that came in but I had a bunch of new stuff to do…had to fill out the forms for the UK trip next year and was on the phone with my daughter for 2 1/2 hours just shooting the bull…and then I had to get my latest new vaccine booster and flu shot scheduled…tomorrow at 9:30 AM for both and that will be out of the way….and now I’m just going to sit here and listen to the rain and watch a race….and maybe take a nap…still at a pretty big sleep deficit and I’m starting to feel it today….

Well…Damn, this is getting annoying…another 4:51 morning but I feel okay and I think I can live with it…until I can’t….I’ve been watching the rain coming for two days now and it appears it’s going to fall apart before it gets here…that sucks since we really do need the rain….so that means I’ll be out on the bike as soon as it gets light to get one ride in before the F1 race from Monza….and then maybe the rain will get here and I’ll have the rest of the day off to watch football and races….didn’t get anything done yesterday and I may start on the bathroom door and frame today but who knows? I did try the pork ribs I got the other day and they are pretty good…at least worth the 1.19 a pound I paid for them and I’ll have another slab today along with a big salad for dinner…with only one ride today, I’ll have to cut back the food I eat a bit but just doing the salad for dinner should cover that…I was so sore from the waist down on the bike yesterday and I can’t figure that out…my right thigh has been sore all summer but this was different….my back, hips, and even my achilles all hurt and that may be just from the fatigue from doing 4300 miles so far this year…it doesn’t look like I’m going to get to 6050 this year for a new record but that’s okay…just haven’t felt like doing the 45 to 60 mile runs that it would take to get there…after all, I’m getting old but there is more to it than that…losing all motivation doesn’t help and it has been a struggle all summer…it’s become less fun and I don’t know what I’ll do when I get so bored with it that I don’t want to ride at all….I guess we’ll see….not much to do today…just need to get on the bike here in a minute and then hope the rain comes to make the second ride decision moot…more later…

Well…damn, straight to coffee this morning with not getting out of bed til 7:19 and it is strange getting out of the normal routine…need to get out on the bike in the next ten minutes if I’m going to be done before F1 qualifying at 10….so this whole morning is going to be a rush and I need to get going…had an okay day yesterday with the last beach day but I was exhausted all day and that is the reason I stayed in bed so late this morning…and that may happen again tomorrow with the rain that is coming in…I may even have a day off and I think my body could use that….so damn sore and nothing will help that other than rest…I did get the ribs in a marinade last night and I am looking forward to trying some of them…and I need to make a big salad for the second meal today with the head of lettuce that has been in the fridge since last week…would hate to see it go bad before I use it…and I have tomatoes that need to be used so I may even just slice a few up and use the new hot sauce I’m starting to like a lot….not much to do today…need to get going right now if I’m going to meet my schedule for the day but I don’t feel like it….sure wish it would rain right now….more later…

Well…I did get out to the beach for the last time today and this time I mean it…I need to get going on this place again so I’ll have it finished before I die….the beach was nearly empty and the water was still warm enough to get a swim in but it was a short one since the wind was really making the water a mixmaster with a big rip running across the beach that almost knocked me down a few times and it has scoured out some foot deep holes that I kept stepping in which didn’t help…so I made it a short day since I had planned to take a nap this afternoon to make up for the lack of sleep over the past few days but that didn’t happen since I can’t even sleep when I’m exhausted…oh, well…so tomorrow the work starts on the bathroom door and frame and I need to put the hinges in the stripper for a couple of days so I can clean them up and paint them black like the ones I did for my bedroom…will get all my gear up here and into the second bedroom since that is going to be my work room for a while until I start in there….but not now…just going to veg it out and take it easy the rest of the night….

Well…crap, up at 5:07 this morning and that makes about 7 hours of sleep total for the past two days and I know that’s not enough…but I really don’t know what to do about it….part of it might be I had to make a noise call last night since the idiot with the gold truck was sitting two houses down thumping his bullshit music for two hours and I just wasn’t going to tolerate it anymore….but it was the first call I’ve had to make in the past month so it’s been better up here….and they finally showed up while he was doing it and I think he got the fine he deserved….about time….I did get the 10 pounds of pork broken down and into the freezer yesterday and that fills it for a month or so…and it was all meat and no rib bones so I think it was worth the buck ten a pound I paid for it…not sure if I’m going to marinate it or not but I probably should and then slather it with Bullseye after it’s cooked…and I can use it for a pork stir fry next week….it is a pain waking up before the coffee starts and then having to wait for it to brew….not much to do today…might go to the beach for the last time today but what I really want to do is take a nap….but that won’t happen….so I’m going to be pretty worn out all day….it does look like I’m going to  have some time off Sunday with the rain that is coming in and I think I can use it….didn’t eat enough yesterday and that is going to make the bike ride a chore this morning….but I still feel like I’m gaining weight again so that has to happen….more later….

Well…it’s been quite a busy day for me today and I feel pretty good…it’s weird how eating enough works for that…but, I’m going right back to just having one meal today…or a normal meal of a pork chop and some onion rings and one of just tomatoes and a few tortilla chips…the day started out with two good bike rides and then I just couldn’t resist running an errand to pick up a 10 pound box of Smithfield ribs for 12 bucks…or rib pieces that were just placed in a plastic bag and frozen into a block of pork that is going to take a couple of days to thaw just to break them down for the freezer…they do look like they are pretty lean so I can’t wait to give them a try over the weekend….after I did lunch, I did have to go out to the beach for an hour and a half and got some sun and a swim in…then back here to make another batch of pasta salad since I had celery that was going bad that had to be used and I like having a container to make my meals easier….so, it has been a bit of a busy day and now I am going to relax and watch a little of the Man U match in  the Europa league….

Well…darn, another 4:57 morning and I tried to get back to sleep for a bit but with no luck so I know I’m going to be worn out later…but I feel lot better than I did yesterday so I’ll take that…man, it’s staying dark longer so fast that it’s 7 and it’s barely light out there…so if I can get out by 8 I’ll be happy….but it got pretty cold last night so I may be out in a fleece today….need to decide if I’m going to hit save a lot this morning to get either chicken or ribs since I didn’t get much protein this week but I still don’t have a lot of room in the freezer for any of that….and I probably shouldn’t be eating that much meat….my allergies have been really terrible over the past week or so and that is just so damn exhausting…and it feels like none of the meds are working anymore….and I’m almost out of the generic flonase so I probably should order some more…didn’t get a lot done yesterday as I was feeling pretty crappy all day so I’ll need to do better today…it’s been pretty hard to get back into working on the house but I did start getting the tools ready and will probably start on the trim today….once I get started, it will be easier….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and do the first ride and then figure out if I want to run an errand or not….they are building a city down at the landing for the Irish music festival that is going on this weekend and almost the whole lawn is covered with huge tents but I won’t be going since it costs close to a hundred bucks for the weekend and I really don’t know any of the bands/people who are going to be there….it will be busy down there and will probably get pretty loud…oh, well…more later…

Well…after the second ride this morning, I was sorely tempted to go out to the beach today but I have other things to do so I didn’t and I didn’t have any beer cold anyway…finally starting to feel better than I did this morning but I am still pretty damn worn out and that had something to do with me not going to the beach…just didn’t want to make the effort so I probably won’t get much done, either, but that’s okay….don’t think I ate enough yesterday with just a small bean burrito and three tacos but I will try to do better today…have already had 6 onion rings and a small pork chop and will have a couple of tomatoes in a bit and then three tacos again…and that should be enough….more later…