Well…damn, I need to get on the bike in 9 minutes and I’ve just poured my first cup of coffee and that just doesn’t work…feel just worn out but need to get going to get everything done that I planned for the day…it’s going to get to 70 today so that means two rides outside and I need to spray the deck wash on the front steps to get rid of the algae that has turned it green…I survived the run into GR yesterday and the car did, too but I know I need a new car soon and need to get off my butt and find one…feel pretty worn out today with having a cocktail or four last night so I need to not do that again tonight…I think I’ll grill two more pork chops today and with the potato soup, I’ll have food for two more days…and then I’ll make some more chicken Masala…I need to freeze the chicken since it’s been in the fridge since Wed…okay, I need to get going or I’ll just sit here on the couch all day and that’s just not allowed…so, down I go to get on the torture machine for the first 8 miles of the day…more later…

Well…it’s been a long day today with going into GR for my brother’s funeral and didn’t get back here til almost 5…I did talk to my middle son and there seems to be a thaw there when he showed me pictures of my granddaughter and said that we need to figure out when I could meet her…so that was cool…and it was nice to see some friends and the rest of my family, too…I almost only have sisters left and that is a little weird…my last brother did a nice eulogy and we laughed some…he was a well liked person and that was nice to hear…I’m worn out and need to wind down for the day…the car worked okay all day and made the hundred mile round trip with no problem…even had the top down on the car coming home but that was a little chilly…now I need some rest…

Well…slept okay last night and was only up a couple of times so I’ll take it…but my back is sore from going out in the high winds yesterday afternoon and I have the heating pad on while I do this…need to get two rides in downstairs early today so I’ll be on the bike before 7…need coffee first and have just poured the first cup that I’m going to follow up with number two between the rides…going to be a somber day today with heading into GR for my brother’s service this afternoon but I think the two weeks gap since he died will make it easier…at least I hope it does…just not good with funerals…I did find some clothes to wear that are not jeans but I still might just put the jeans on since that is what I wear these days…okay, these years since I stopped looking for work…and with losing almost 40 pounds the past two years, nothing I found really fits other than the stuff my daughter sent me and that not really dressy but they’re not jeans…it’s a little hard now having my birthday all to myself and I’ll miss the phone calls from him…it looks like the weather id going to break for a few days then it gets back in the 40′s for highs and that sucks…not much to do today…just the bike rides and then into town…might ride outdoors when I get back but who knows? More later…

Well…with the high winds today, I didn’t think I would be able to get outdoors on the bike but when I went out to try to figure out why the shifter was not adjusting right and figured it out, it was warm and it appeared that the wind was dying down some, so I got on the bike to try to get a ride in…probably shouldn’t have with the wind still blowing 20+ but it was out of the north so that makes a difference since it would be a cross wind all the way out and back…and the shifter worked perfectly all the way out and back but the adjuster will have to be replaced when I have to replace the cable at some point…found a used one in my bike part shelf downstairs that I can swap in so that was cool…didn’t get much else done today but grill some pork chops and it was darn yummy…but noe I need to do my teeth and set the coffee up for the morning….

Well…slept all the way through the night til 5:34 this morning but I sure don’t feel like it…still pretty worn out and it is going to be a struggle to get going…I wonder when I’ll get back to normal and feel good again? It looks like no rides outdoors today with a gale watch on and winds from 20-30 and gusts to 40 all day…I can probably use a day off of 30+ miles to recharge…but I’m not too sore today after taking an ibuprofen last night…haven’t taken any all week…trying to stop taking that along with drinking to see how I really feel without any artificial masking…didn’t have any of the chills/sweating that have been plaguing me the past few nights so I hope they are over and it was just a reaction to the vaccine…didn’t eat a lot yesterday but a bowl of soup and a brat and I don’t think that is enough to support 30 miles on the bike…going to grill some pork chops on the grill today for lunch after I get two rides in downstairs…I am really looking forward to the warm up that starts Sunday…a few days in the 60′s and one day in the 70′s so I’ll need to carve out time to get the rest of the yard work done and get the front steps sprayed with the deck cleaner…not much to do today…just going to ride downstairs and then take the day easy and read a bit…and I need to get going in the next 15 minutes…more later…

Well…I’ve been exhausted all day and I’m not sure why that would be…had an idea that it may be the latest covid vaccination that I got less than a week ago and that might explain the alternating chills and sweats in bed trying to sleep…I did get 30 miles in on the bike today with two indoors and the weather giving me just enough time to get one in outdoors before it rained…the wind was blowing like crazy when I was coming back and I probably hurt myself doing it…I’ll know tomorrow…I did make some potato soup today and it came out great after I cut back on the celery and onions…very silky and potato flavored…refining the recipe as I have done with all of the soup I make…I may have to take it easy tomorrow if I feel like this again…it looks like a warm up is coming starting Sunday with temps back into the 60′s to near 70…I can’t wait to try the deck wash I bought that doesn’t need any scrubbing to  get the algae off the front steps…really don’t want to do that crap anymore…

Well…that was a little better again but even only getting up once all night still leaves me pretty worn out this morning…and I had that weird shivers to sweating thing again last night and I wonder if it’s part of the re adjustment of my body after no cocktails for the third night in a row…had an okay day yesterday but only rode 34 miles since I wanted to get some yard work done but I won’t be riding outside today with rain forecast for the whole day and into tomorrow…just looked at the radar and the rain is all the way to southern Illinois…so that leaves me time today to just get two indoor rides in and then head over to the library to get three more books…then I guess I’ll clean some or make some potato soup again since I want to take some to my son Saturday…got some cheap pork chops yesterday and I think I may grill some today or tomorrow…and I’m going to make chicken Masala Sunday…and keep eating out of the freezer so I can fill it again…got enough ingredients to make two batches of Masala so I’ll be eating that all week…not much to do today…it is going to be a lighter day today with the rain keeping me inside but I do need to use the deck wash Sunday…supposed to get ride of the algae without scrubbing and the gallon of the wash was only 4 bucks…more later…

Well…that was a little better…sill woke up a few times but the sleep in between was deeper and easier to get to and I hope that continues tonight…really felt like a proper detox with alternating chills and sweats all night and that is progress to me…but feel okay this morning and look forward to another busy day…bike ride then grocery run and then back on the bike and I’m going to try to get two rides in outdoors this afternoon for another 42 mile day and might even work on the yard a bit…I’ll at least get the outdoor water turned back on and drag the hoses out of the garage and it will be nice to have that available…but I need to try to repair one of them since it has a leak…I may just look for a nicer 100 foot one to buy instead of having crappy ones…I do have cooking to do the next few days and I’m going to make chicken masala Sunday along with grilling some pork chops that I need to marinate after I pick them up this morning…might make some potato soup to take to my son Saturday to go with the ham/vegetable soup I made last week…not much to do today…ha, that’s funny…going to be running starting with getting on the bike downstairs in a few minutes…more later….

Well…okay, now I’m feeling the effects of not sleeping at all last night but I still couldn’t take a nap like I could in my 30′s and 40′s…so it will probably be an early night tonight and I’ll be in bed by 10 or so…I did get 4 rides in before noon for another day of 42 miles…there is something screwy with the shifter on the bike and I think it may be the cable starting to come apart in one of the sheaths they run through…it’s done that before but I want to hit it with a blast of water from the hose first when I turn the outdoor tap on and put a new valve on the outlet…then I can drag the hose out and wash it out to make sure I don’t replace a good cable…it was a little marginal with it only 53 when I went out but I survived it in shorts and riding gloves…but I may need to rethink spending 4 hours a day on the bikes…I have so much other stuff to do that needs to be done like raking the lawn and reseeding parts of it and it will need to be mowed in another week or so…and my front steps have turned green from algae so I need some deck wash and elbow grease…too damn much work to do…and this summer I’ll have to scrub the entire house again…ick….

Well…that really sucked…probably the worst night of sleep in a year…got maybe 3 hours of sleep over the entire night and was up and down starting after the first hour of sleep that took and hour and a half to get to…up at 1, 2:24, 3:01, then up for an hour and a half so I decided to start planting the seeds for the garden and climbed back into bed at 4:30 and then out of bed a little before 6..so yeah, I’m  a little worn out today and I’m hoping fora nap later but it probably won’t happen…darn…not as sore as I should be after 42 miles on the bike yesterday and I am going to try to repeat that today and need to get going to make that happen…and I do need to start on the yard work to get the leaves picked up…it’s going to need mowing in the next couple of weeks, too…so I’m going to be busy starting today and I’m not sure if I like that or not…the garden needs to be turned over to get it ready if the seeds sprout and I still need to get some more bean seeds and will do that tomorrow…need to pour down the coffee if I’m going to get on the bike by 6:45…not much to do today…the rides are the central part of the day and will take up the morning and into the early afternoon…but, I’m not sure how I’m going to feel after I get started…need to do my teeth first….more later…