Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for a political one today and part of that is that there is not much going on that interests me, but the big thing is that I had a damn busy day today and I am just beat…after not sleeping well at all, I did get out for a ride early to be out in the fog, then over to the house for 4 hours of prepping and painting and I did get the part of the kitchen that was peeling done but I think I’ll do a second coat on it since the pink is bleeding through some…when I started the car up to go over there, even with having the battery shut off, it started really hard and I think either the switch is failing or the third battery is toast..if that is the case, I’m going to upgrade to the bigger civic battery that will fit and it is a normal battery, not a fiberglass one and I hope that will be better…don’t want to buy a new battery right now, though…and to top that off, when I got home, the car was missing like crazy and I really don’t know what that is about so I went out and got a set of NGK super v copper plugs to replace the Bosch platinums that all of the guys on the Miata sites say never to run…didn’t start the car after I put the new plugs in so we’ll see Sunday when I go out to get the paper…oh, and the flapper valve in my toilet melted away so I had to go over to Depot to get another one and install it so the thing would stop leaking…and no, I wasn’t going to wait for the guys to come and fix it and let the toilet leak until Monday and annoy the hell out of me..the new flapper was only a little over 3 bucks so it was no big deal…so, you can see that it has been a busy day and I am worn out..so, no more later…

Well…back to the same ole crap sleeping and was up and down all night…but, I don’t feel too bad right now so maybe I can live with it today…was just damn exhausted all day yesterday and probably shouldn’t have done two rides feeling like that…haven’t felt this sore in quite a while and I’m not exaggerating that I hurt everywhere…I’m not sure if it is all from working on the house since I felt that way sometimes before I started work…I did get some food yesterday and now have leftovers so I won’t have to cook today or tomorrow…no one had and deals this week so I had to buy chicken at 1.89 a pound and that hurt a little…I think I’ll make some fettucini this weekend since I have a bunch of parmesan that needs to be used…and that will help changes things up from all chicken all the time…didn’t get anything done around here yesterday but try to fix the rattle in the instrument hood in the car…all of the mounting tabs finally broke off so I had to use some 3m vsb tape to put it back on…it was just so damn annoying that I had to do something…now I have to get a new one but they are over a hundred bucks and I don’t want to spend the cash…might be a project for over the winter when the car is stored…I am going to get the half of the kitchen painted that was peeling today but I have to remember that I don’t need to do it all until I move…just enough to get the inspector off my ass and get the water on….more later….

Well…got all the way til 5:07 this morning and I am still wondering if the improvement in my sleep is due to not taking the red dots at night after I ran out of them…and it is raining out there right now so I may not have to get on the bike until later today and might just be able to ease into the day after the grocery run…had an okay day yesterday and got some more painting done but it is taking a toll on my shoulders so I may take today off as a rest day before painting the kitchen tomorrow…I do need to get more paint and run a couple more errands so that can be my excuse…I did get the new exhaust for the car so I need to check and see if I can get the same guy to bolt on the new one…but I think that will be next week…I do need to get lots of food today since I am down to my last two chicken breasts  and have run out of everything else…and I know I haven’t been eating enough and my schedule has been screwed up with not getting back here from the house until after 1 every day…so I need to have some leftovers that are easy to fix for lunch…more later…

Well…that was a little weird…didn’t get up until almost 6 today and I wonder if part of it is running out of antihistamine so I couldn’t take any last night…not any more plugged up this morning than normal so maybe I’ll continue without them for a while and see how that works…I even slept okay last night so I may be on to something…I did have a nice day with getting out to hang out with T for a while in the afternoon after getting a bunch done on painting and that made me pretty sore today but that is becoming the new normal that I can live with it if I can take one ibuprofen a day….I even had a good bike ride yesterday with my riding sores getting better but still not healed completely yet…I know it’s only been a week but I normally heal pretty fast and they should be gone by now…going to test out the healing here in a minute but I need more coffee…it was a little funny to come home from meeting T and fining my new exhaust at my door…and now I just need to find someone to install it…I think the guy that did the last one is not in business anymore but I am going to check it out to make sure…I still can’t believe that rock auto wanted to charge me almost 80 bucks just to deliver the exhaust when I got the whole thing delivered from auto geek for 77 bucks…including the cost of the part….and this one should last longer if I don’t drive the car in the salt anymore…more later….

Well….damn, I just didn’t realize that it was possible to be sore in every part of your body…but, that’s where I’m at today with a marathon painting session at the house yesterday…I did get most of the entry done yesterday and that is the most difficult part of the house so the rest of it will be relatively easy…slept okay last night but was still up at 5 today and I was really hoping for just one day of sleeping in…oh, well…I was smart and only did one ride yesterday and I don’t have any guilt about that and that is a surprise…normally I would be beating myself up about it but 4 hours on the house makes up for it…I can notice that the days are already getting shorter with having to wait longer to go out in the morning and that little fact is quite disappointing…I really haven’t had much of a summer but I won’t blame that on the house…just haven’t had anything grab me enough so I’d go out and do it…and, I have been trying to save some cash so I can buy a winter car before the salt is on the road…and my daughter wants to go to England, Ireland, and Scotland the year after next so I’ll need to save for that, too….so maybe I’m doing the right thing? Okay, need to have more coffee and get ready to get on the bike…more later…

Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back here for another one yesterday and I know I thought about it….I wonder why? I know I was damn exhausted all afternoon and that may be part of it…not sure what is going on but I know I’m getting pretty annoyed with it…I did sleep okay last night and didn’t get up until 5:45 this morning and I guess that’s the best I can expect…even had some dreams that I don’t remember and that rarely happens…my allergies are getting pretty bad and I am pretty plugged up today so I may have to take something for them before heading over to the house to paint…I may go over early since I have to stop at HF to get some paint brushes and sandpaper on the way…even dragged my big sander out of storage here to try to get some patching smoothed out…I didn’t get anything done around here yesterday with being so tired and I’m meeting up with T later so it looks like no work around here today either…the kitchen will just have to wait…more later…

Well…the rain has screwed up my schedule this morning so I’m here doing this while I wait to be able to get out on the bike…looks like about 9 that the rain should move out and I can get a ride in before Man U plays their first match at 11:30…I did sleep okay last night but I had some weird dreams about paint for some reason…okay, I know why, I’m going to paint tomorrow so maybe getting paint in my eye in my dream is a warning? Don’t feel too bad today and I think it’s from eating enough yesterday which I really tried to do…and, only riding once helped to heal my riding sores but I won’t know how they are until I get on the bike later…it is annoying that I’ve had them for 5 days now and no treatment has helped much…going to try to do two rides before 3 and make some chicken that I’ve had marinating overnight for lunch…for some reason, I’ve had a taste for peas lately so I’ll make some of those to go with it and probably some mashed potatoes, too….I did get some cleaning done yesterday…finally…and will work on the kitchen today…have been neglecting this place and need to do better since it makes me feel better when I have a clean place…oh, there was a cool rainbow in the sky this morning that made me smile a little…so, not a bad start to the day….more later…

Well…damn, I’m exhausted today and I can’t figure that out…and my saddle sores started to hurt again on the ride this morning…which has me in a really bad mood since that is keeping me from doing a second ride today…which may not be a bad thing when I think about it…I have been feeling old lately and I’m not sure what to do about it…or if there is anything that I can do about it…I did get some cleaning done, finally, and have a clean bathroom and vacuumed carpet but I am going to let the kitchen go until tomorrow…just don’t have the energy to do more right now and I’m trying to think if I have been eating enough…I had two chicken thighs, some mashed potatoes and corn for lunch yesterday, and then some whole wheat pasta and a small piece of garlic bread for dinner…that’s about 800 calories for lunch and then about 700 for dinner so that should be enough other than burning 1200 with two rides on the bike….hmmmm…and today I had a chicken breast, the rest of the mashed potatoes (about 3/4 of a potato), and some peas for about 600 calories so maybe I am under…but, I’m not losing any weight so I must be eating enough…who the hell knows? Just grumpy today and need to stop here…

Well…stayed in bed until almost 6 this morning…not sleeping but trying to but I gave up again and just got up…seem to have slept okay, though and don’t feel too bad…just a little tired and stuffed up from allergies…left the window open last night and it is a little cold in here right now and that just reminded me that I am going to have to dress for the cold when I start paying for heat at the house…don’t really own any of that type of clothes so I’ll have to buy some…I did get over to the house yesterday and did more paint prep work…it seems that the more prep I do, the more it needs but I think I’ll have the entry painted Monday…I did get the trim on the front door painted but that will be the last of the exterior for a while…I didn’t do two rides yesterday but I may today…I think I need to start hoarding my energy with getting older so I don’t do any permanent damage and soccer starting will help with that…have been riding so much just out of boredom that cutting back will be easier with something to watch…but, I still like riding so maybe that won’t work…I do have to clean today so that may be an excuse to only do one ride today, too…who knows…more later….

Well…I wonder when taking the day off got to mean still doing 30 miles on the bike? Hmmmm…don’t want to talk about sleep today since you know how that went…so, what the hell do I talk about? It was an okay day yesterday and I did get out to get the paint I need to start the interior work on the house today…I am curious how the filler I used for patch work is going to sand out and what kind of surface it will leave…I chose a white eggshell finish for the paint since I really like that and it is easy to paint over it when you want to change colors…okay, enough about that….still didn’t get any cleaning done around here so I guess it will be the project for the weekend…but, soccer is starting this afternoon and I find myself looking forward to the EPL season more than the Lions this year…after all, they lost their first preseason game last night 31-0 and looked really, really pathetic…Man U just has to be better than they were last year but with no addition of a striker and with Lukaku leaving the team, I’m not sure where the goals are going to come from…maybe I’ll do one on that this afternoon…hmmm…again…this is supposed to be about my life but I seem to be unable to think about that right now…is this my life? Thinking about unimportant stuff? seems to be…more later….