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On a lighter note…

Well…have had some things rattling around in my head that I wanted to get down before I forget them…might be a better idea to forget them but hey, after over 7,000 of these, I need topics from anywhere so here goes…I was watching “Jessica Jones” the other night and saw something that made me laugh a little bit…when she was getting ready for a stakeout, she filled a stainless steel water bottle with whiskey to take with her…and it was the exact same old school sub-zero one that I have to carry water on the bike…no fancy top or anything like that but one that you have to unscrew and remove to drink…see, I told you this really doesn’t mean anything…it kind of like seeing a Miata in a movie or tv show…only means something to me…oh, one other thing…that may qualify for trail weirdness…okay, I think I’ll wait on that one and actually do a trail weirdness one later today or tomorrow since I have a few things that I have been storing up…and that one will have turkeys!

July 1st

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get up until 6 or so and there were no dead crickets on the floor…have been trying to find out where the hell they have been coming from and I think I finally finally have poison in the right places to keep them out…slept okay last night and started to feel better later in the day yesterday after feeling like crap Saturday with no energy at all and I think that was from not eating enough to support 30 miles a day on the bike…and my guts felt like they were filled with acid…so I need to continue eating more but that screws up my schedule that usually includes two meals a day…I could use a toasted bagel with cream cheese with my coffee in the morning so maybe I’ll try that…I still have some smoked salmon in the freezer, too, so that would be good…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to clean my oven today and I want to wash and wax the car so that will fill up my morning after I work out and get on the bike…more later…

June 30th

Well…that was a little better with not waking up until almost 5:30 and slept okay….and I don’t feel too bad this morning after feeling like crap all day yesterday after I got the second ride in and I’m not sure why I felt that way…might be not eating enough or it could be that I’m not acclimated to the heat yet but damn, it was really bad…okay, still feel crappy this morning and I’m wondering if I should get out on the bike or take it easy…my guts have been screaming at me the past couple of days and I’m trying to figure out what the heck I ate that would cause that…yeah, it’s as bad as it sounds but I am going to get out on the bike after I do this and have a little coffee….with feeling so lousy yesterday, I didn’t get much done but a load of laundry and I think I’ll be taking it easy today after I get back and I’m not sure if I’ll only do one run or two….starting to feel like I did yesterday so I am going to watch a little Moto GP and take it easy….more later…

June 29th

Well…up a little early today but nowhere near as early as yesterday…5:30 is much better than 3:43 but I would still like to get a full night of sleep at some point…I think only going out once yesterday has helped with the pain since I’m not too sore today and I’ll be getting out soon to see how much energy my legs have after the rest…it is already almost 70 out there so the second ride is going to be hot today…not sure when I’m going to wedge the second one in with Moto GP, F1, and soccer on today…one good thing is I don’t have to cook today with running the instant pot yesterday but I do need to marinade some more chicken and make another batch of pickled red onions but that is pretty easy and won’t take much time…I am going to get to my kitchen counters today and maybe even clean the oven once I get started…and the microwave needs attention, too, so I have plenty to keep me busy….don’t want to be too ambitious, though….then I’ll be bored tomorrow…more later….

A surprise fun day….

Well…as you can see, haven’t done one on politics today so far and probably won’t…had a surprise fun day when Tom called to go out and shoot pool and, of course, I’m always in for that…I had just gotten the instant pot loaded to make some chicken leg quarters so I decided to just let it do it’s thing while I was gone…the first time I’ve ever let any cooking go on without me being here…but, it worked out perfectly and I had a nice, hot chicken lunch waiting for me when I got back here and that was cool…had lunch done and cleaned up from it by 1:30 and now I need to watch the US women’s team play in the World Cup here in a few minutes…and probably take a nap at some point since I’ve been up since 4 or so…I may get to a political one later but I doubt it….only got one ride in today and I’m trying to not let the guilts get to me….

June 28th

Well…that really, really sucked…up at 3:43 and then couldn’t get back to sleep until 5:30 and then up at 6:15…ick…so I feel pretty crappy right now but I need to get out on the bike soon since there are storms coming in from the NW that appear will be here in about 2 hours but who knows? There was a huge storm coming in off the lake last night but it fell apart before it got from the lake to here…and that is the second time this week that has happened…I did get two rides in yesterday but almost lost the rear wheel when it came loose and jammed the chain but I got that fixed and I think it will be good today…I wish they would finish up the brush removal on the start of the trail since it is a pain to have to detour every day….not much to do today…I do need to clean some and maybe cook some chicken but that is about it…and watch the women’s WC when the US plays this afternoon…I need more coffee and to suck it up and get on the bike here in a few minutes….even going to skip the news for now…more later…

June 27th

Well…that was better…didn’t wake up until around 5 and then just stayed in bed until almost 6 so, with how things have been going, that’s a win….did the grocery run this morning and was back here by 7:11 and that is quite early for that…I did have the top down over and back to Meijers and that was nice…it’s already almost 70 out there and it is going to get to almost 90 today and stay in the 80′s for the next week or so but there are going to be storms almost every day so I wonder when I’ll get the car cleaned and waxed? Maybe tomorrow morning after I get the first ride in…it is getting a little dusty and the glass could be cleaner….I did get 45 miles in on the bike yesterday with no damage that I can feel other than I’m a little sore but I’m not doing that again today….just the normal 30 miles is more than enough with it getting hotter….I did get out to have a couple with K yesterday and that was fun getting out to actually talk to someone for the first time in more than a week…still need to think about how to get out and do some new stuff but I don’t feel any isolation so there really is no urgency….not much to do today…I do need to work on the kitchen some but we’ll see about that…need to work out first and have more coffee after I read the news….more later…

A good day…so far…

Well…just don’t feel like writing about politics today so I’m not going to…I know there are tons of things going on including the announcement that Mueller is going to testify to the House in open session on the 17th of July…and I’ll do one on that later…but right now, I just want to noodle around a bit and talk about some unimportant stuff…first, I got 45 miles in on the bike today and I am beat and my butt hurts…and the bike appears to be fixed from the bearing noise that I worked on yesterday…but the zipper is coming apart on my handlebar bag and that is a little annoying…am trying to glue it back together since the teeth are glued to the backing tape and not sewed on and I have never seen that before…I did get out to the dollar store this morning since I needed some sunscreen and they have tubes of it for a dollar…with the same ingredients that Coppertone has in it and that they charge 9 bucks for…it’s not a spray but that’s okay…and I got bunches of other cool stuff there, too…injector cleaner, dish scrubbers, measuring spoons, and drain cleaner…saved myself almost 10 bucks by getting that stuff there instead of Meijers…and I just love that dumpy little store….and the car is still not leaking after only putting two tablespoons of sealer in it…and that’s been a couple of weeks so that is cool…and that made it a good day…so far….

June 26th

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get up until around 6 this morning but feel a little crappy this morning and I know why….slept okay after the short night yesterday and I think I was making up for that….I did try to get two rides in yesterday but had a problem with the bike that I had to cut the second ride short to fix….had the same problem with the rear wheel that I had with the front a few weeks back and had to tear it apart to fix it…the same cracking noise that I think I fixed with greasing and adjusting the bearings but I won’t know that until I get out in a few minutes…it’s weird that I had to do this on this bike when I never had a problem with the last one…or any other bike for that matter….didn’t get anything done yesterday but a couple of errands and it was nice to get out in the car with the top down…and I got 10 more pounds of chicken for 29 cents a pound that I am not sure what the heck to do with…there is no room in my freezer so I may have to sacrifice my turkey carcass to fit it…I wonder if chicken leg quarters would make good soup? More later….

June 25th

Well…that really sucks…woke up at 4:11 this morning but no luck with getting back to sleep so I am worn out today…and I’m not sure if the coffee is going to do the trick…just damn exhausted and this is now starting to get really old…with all of that, it was an okay day yesterday and I did get two rides in between the rain showers and it looks like a sunny day today so two rides will be on the agenda to torture my legs some more…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to get some stains out of the carpet today along with some kitchen cleaning and I do need to cook some chicken that has been marinating for a couple of days so I can have some more tacos…and I have a couple of errands to run so I am going to start the car today for the first time since last Thursday…not sure why I am going to buy 10 more pounds of chicken but at 29 cents a pound, how can I pass that up? I wonder how low DD can go? Will they be paying me to take chicken next? That would be cool…more later…