Well…that didn’t last long…only got two days of reasonable sleep and then back to getting up at 3:14 today and then just fitfull tossing and turning until 5:26…and I am feeling it now…another exhausted start to the day…needless to say, didn’t sleep well, either, but I did say I wasn’t going to bitch about that anymore….I did get the new electric lawnmower yesterday and it looks pretty cool…probably won’t get to using it today since I spent the day prepping the bathroom for paint and want to get that done today…I did get the bathroom fan running yesterday, too so that is one last thing that I was a little worried about….and I got the grate for it brought over here cleaned up and painted so I can install it once the paint on the bathroom dries…didn’t get anything done around here yesterday and even skipped the second bike ride with the rain coming in…and that helped my bike sores some but we’ll see about today….I am going to get out here in a little while but it is still dark until after 7 now so I have some time to have coffee and read the news….might even have to make more coffee since the leftovers were kind of short this morning….more later….

Well…something’s happening here…what it is ain’t exactly clear…that’s two days in a row of sleeping until after 6 and that is really weird given my history of not sleeping at all…but, I’ll take it even if I don’t have the energy I had yesterday morning…feel pretty worn out today but I think I’ll get back into the standard routine for my days…so that means getting on the bike here in a few minutes when it gets light…had a nice day yesterday and I did get out on the bike tewice with no damage that I can feel right now…not too sore but I am still fighting the bike sores that I have been for three weeks now and that is not normal…have to figure that out soon…and why my right thumb hurts like crazy for no reason….I do have my car loaded up with stuff from my storage shed to move over to the house today and I have to remember to do that every day I go over so I will have all of the little stuff moved before I make the big move in October…the new lawn mower is supposed to be here today and I hope it is when I get back here today…but, with the rain coming in, I won’t be able to use it until Wed at the earliest since it is an electric and I don’t want to die doing the lawn….not much to do today…I do have to continue the prep work on the bathroom so I can paint tomorrow….so that means that I won’t get anything done around here today….more later…

Well…I wonder if this is what normal people feel like in the morning? got up for the first time around 3 or so but was able to go back to sleep off and on until almost 7 and I feel kind of supercharged this morning…have lots of energy even before getting much coffee down and it would be cool to make this  the new normal….even went out to get the paper as soon as I got up and didn’t need to work into moving at all and that was weird, too…don’t feel too sore today with only doing one ride yesterday but we’ll see when I get on the bike in a few minutes…well….not in a few minutes, going to watch the Moto GP race before I go out since I need to have my bagel and cream cheese and another cup of coffee…cripes if I continue to feel this good I may even clean around here today….I do need to hit HF for a new battery cut off switch since the one I have appears to be leaving the battery connected unless I turn the switch 4 or 5 turns and that’s not normal for how it’s worked for the past year since I installed it…and I can get another free flashlight and that will make 7 of them I have…I wonder what it would look like if I lit all of them at once? I think I’m just going to take my time getting out this morning and try to relax my self-imposed stress level and stop rushing around this morning….there really is no reason to have to keep to a schedule…at least today…more later…

Well…you know, I could write a little bit about Macron trying to engage trump at the G-7 summit but trump just stared into the distance and talked about the weather….but no, don’t feel like it…I did get out and have a couple this aft with K and that was fun…and I did go over to look at the cars but that was a little disappointing and redundant…so I wasn’t there long…but, I did decide to only ride once to give my legs a little rest and they are thanking me a lot right now…not hobbling around here as much as normal and that is a good thing…I had been thinking that it was permanent damage that I was going to have to live with it…I think I did get the leak fixed in the car since there were no spots under it after driving around all day and that is a relief…but, it’s still not running right and I may need to put a new set of wires on it since these are over 6 years old and I have been holding them together with blue silicone…and that is about twice the recommended life for the wires…okay, it’s cocktail time and I want to catch up on some tv shows on the server before the indy car race comes on later….

Well…it’s another 5:04 morning today and I may stop talking about it since it appears to be the new normal and who wants to read about normal? I really hate that it is starting to stay dark later and later in the morning and that it is only 52 out there which is borderline for getting on the bike right now…so I am going to go wash the car here in a few minutes instead and let the sun warm things up some before I go out…I was nice and parked my car across the lot so the guys replace wood on the building could get their trucks closer and then the sprinklers came on and left the car covered in huge ugly water spots and I can barely see through the windshield…so I’ve dug out the quarters and will be heading out after I have some coffee…but I have to detour since they have the street blocked off for the mud run sponsored by the church behind me and that is just damn annoying…oh, well….my thumb still hurts where I smacked it earlier and I keep whacking it on the bike and that is not fun…I’m glad I’m taking the weekend off to heal up some since I am really sore everywhere but I think I am going over to 28th street to look at the cars today…but I need to see Man U play at 10 first and have a bagel with my coffee before I get moving…more later…

Well…when I was pulling out to head over to the house today, I looked back at my parking spot and saw there was a small spot of coolant left from the car and the only thing I could think of was damn, not now…just don’t need some car problems right now…but after having the hood open the other day to put a new set of plugs in it, I noticed that the entire hose that runs from the radiator to the overflow tank was wet and couldn’t figure it out…so, tonight, it was bugging me so I went out and took the hose off and it had collapsed inside and was completely plugged off…it was funny that the thing felt like a wet noodle and I couldn’t blow any air through it…so, I hopped on the bike and rode over to autozone to get a new piece and they sold me some cool fuel injection hose for only 2 bucks that should last as long as I own the car…so, I think I fixed the coolant leak and it was easy as could be…at least I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it’s fixed…we’ll see next week since I won’t drive my car again until Monday….

Well…I have a new game to play called guess what time it is that I am going to play when I wake up every morning…I will confess that with today’s performance, I’m not very good at it…guessed that it was 4:34 when it was only 4:04…and that means I’ve been up since 4:04 and that really sucks…I am just so worn out that I should take another day off today but I can’t…need to get electrical and paint prep work done today so I can paint the bathroom Monday…didn’t sleep for crap either, so there may be a nap this afternoon when soccer is on…couldn’t believe how much I hurt on the bike yesterday with my back and hands just screaming in pain throughout the entire second ride and I’m not sure why that would be…I mean my hands hurt and cramp up some on most days but yesterday they were so numb I couldn’t feel to shift the bike…I did get over 3200 miles yesterday and that leaves me with just over a thousand to do to break the record…I guess that’s something…I really should clean some around here today but will probably let that go until the weekend…will be worn out by the time I get back here today so I won’t be dong much….more later…

Well…another 4:54 morning today and you would think that there would be at least one morning when I would sleep until later than that…isn’t the lack of sleep supposed to build up until you have to sleep in? I think I do need to change the timer on the coffee maker so I’ll have it ready when I get up and I won’t have to wait for it to run…as I am right now…had a pretty good day yesterday and got the hand rail done at the house so that leaves me with the closet fixtures and the bathroom to finish and the necessary work will be done and I just have to wait for the windows to be installed and I can get the water turned on….still have lots of painting to be done but that is easy stuff that can be done any time…I am taking the day off from the house today since I have to get supplies to finish the bathroom and need to make two grocery runs since I am out of food and have been eating weird stuff out of the freezer…well…not really weird stuff but food that is not a first choice…and I have laundry to do and some general cleaning to do around here along with getting two rides in…it’s funny that I have enough to do with errands today that I have three lists on the pad instead of just the Meijers list…so, I guess I should get going….after a little more coffee that is…more later….

Well…hey, made it all the way to 5:14 this morning….at least that’s a half hour more than yesterday and I’ll take any little victory I can get…and I slept well enough to have really weird dreams that took me back to my college days and a final exam that the professor didn’t give us any study materials for except for some half blank pages…why that would come up now after being done with college for so many years is a little puzzling…I had an okay day yesterday and got my car insurance sorted out after the company didn’t send me any renewal paperwork…and it only went up about 50 bucks so that is cool…have that paid for another year so I don’t have to think about it until next August….I got the railing built at the house yesterday using some barnwood that was in the garage but I did get my first hammer injury when I whacked my left thumb and split it open like a tomato with blood everywhere…but I made a bandage out of paper towel and painter’s tape and was able to finish it up…looks kind of ugly this morning but doesn’t hurt much so I’ll be back there today to put up the handrail on the attic stairs…making some good progress and should have everything done by the end of next week…I hope…but I do need to wedge in my Lake Michigan swim next week so maybe it will take until after labor day…I am happy with the new battery and spark plugs that I put in the car…it starts really well and has not missed at all since I did it…I may have to put a new set of plug wires on it, too, since the ones on it have been on it since I bought the car almost 7 years ago and I’ve been holding them together with blue silicone…we’ll see…more later….

Well…another damn 4:44 morning and I am exhausted…again…I may have to make trying to sleep better a project and try a few new things to make it at least tolerable…I can’t go on with this little sleep and keep up all of the work I’ve had to do on the house…oh, well…I did get two rides in even after going over and painting yesterday and today looks like it will be the same…need to start building the handrail for the attic stairs today and I found almost everything I need in the garage so that is cool…it is a little strange that I went through the whole weekend with no pain or stiffness in my legs but it came back yesterday and continues this morning…at first I thought it may be doing two rides a day but I did that over the weekend, too so that can’t be it…maybe it’s just that I’m getting old and my body is confused….or maybe it’s telling me to stop…a thought popped into my head on the ride yesterday questioning why I’m riding so much and I narrowed it down to two possibilities…that I’m either trying to stay healthy or I’m trying to kill myself…and I’m not really sure which it is…who knows?  More later…