Well…up at 5:04 this morning and it was another one of those days when you just know you won’t get back to sleep no matter what you try….so, I just got up and got moving…slowly, but moving…and I think I slept okay but I hurt like crazy from working on the stump and getting all of the filling done so I can paint tomorrow…going to start on the interior of the house tomorrow and the new white is going to get rid of the dinginess that is making the place look old…it is old but I know I can make it look better with just a little work…but, not today…going to take the day off other than going out to get the paint and supplies needed to paint tomorrow…haven’t been feeling that hot the past couple of days and I guess when you get old, there needs to be rest periods built in…going to cut back to one ride a day, too since it feels like I’m doing permanent damage and the sores from riding need rest to heal…I am going to try to force myself to clean some today since the shower is looking pretty bad and my stove needs cleaning, too…so, too much work to do so I need to get on it….more later…sure not bored anymore…

Well…this has been a day already and I am glad that I am home and on the couch right now…after having a nice bike ride where my saddle sores are a little better, I suited up to go over to work on the house and some moron from the road commission scheduled road repair on 131 to be done during the day, shutting down one lane northbound and backing traffic up all the way to M-6 and it looks like that will be going on all week so I may not be going over there unless I take the long way around…M-6 to 196…so, I think I’ll take tomorrow off…I did finally get the last big stump out of the back yard after working on it for an hour and that wrenched my shoulder to the point where I may have to take something for it…and, on the way over to the house, the tail pipe on my car rusted out and fell off, making it a bit louder but livable until I get a new one that I just ordered…got a cat back from a company called parts geek for only 77 bucks including shipping…I was going to order it from Rock auto who I bought the last one from but they wanted 70 bucks just for shipping…and that last one only lasted 3 years and this new one probably will be about the same but for 77 bucks, that’s about right…more later…

Well…running a little late today and I’m not feeling too hot right now…just damn worn out from everything but I need to suck it up and get moving in a few minutes…but, I’m not doing two rides today since I need to maintain some energy for working on the house and I’m not young anymore…I did sleep okay last night and didn’t get up until after 5 so I guess that’s progress…but I don’t think that makes up for sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past couple of weeks…one good thing is that I’m not too sore today but I am having problems with saddle sores from riding too much and they hurt like crazy when I get on the bike…I may have to take a couple of days off to help them heal…have had this happen before but not for a couple of years and it is really annoying when you can’t get comfortable on the bike…didn’t get anything done around here yesterday but I do need to clean the bathroom at some point and vacuum, and clean out the cobwebs so I may have to take a day or two to do that….but not right now…need to get ready to get on the bike and just can’t get motivated right now…more later…

Well…up for the final time at 4:54 this morning and it was one of those mornings where I just knew there was no point in even trying to go back to sleep so here I am….I did sleep okay, though, so I guess that’s something…and I guess getting up early is okay today since I have to be over at the house by 8:30 for the window guy to get that process started…it does look like I’ll have the house done by the end of August so that gives me a pretty big cushion of two months to get my stuff moved…I did hurt myself yesterday hauling some bundles of shingles to the back yard of the house and that means I’m taking the day off today to plan what more I need to buy to fix all the stuff that still needs to be done…just detail stuff that won’t take a lot of money or time….I hear the coffee is done so I am going to go get a cup….okay, I’m back…didn’t get the chance to cook yesterday but I need to today since I’ve had some chicken marinating for a couple of days and I don’t want it to spoil…and I do need to stop at DD on the way home to get some more boursin cheese spread at 2/1.00…how can I pass that up when it is 4.99 each at Meijers and I just love it…still have two in the freezer but I think I’ll take one of those out today…and they have parmesan meatballs on sale for 1.99 for 2 pounds and, even though I have been avoiding red meat, I may get some just to have in the freezer with being so busy lately and needing to get enough calories to support all the activity…I do need to get out on the bike just as it gets light today so I can be back here by 8 or so and get cleaned up…so, I’ll end here to read the news and have more coffee…more later….

Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for a another one yesterday and I’m not really sure why…I had the time and there are plenty of topics but I just couldn’t get motivated or get my thoughts straight enough to do it…that’s been happening a lot lately and I think it’s from the stress of trying to get the house finished and all the BS that comes with that…oh, and the not sleeping too, and the not eating…you get the picture…and then I try to kill myself with doing 30 miles a day on the bike on top of that….something has to give and I think that will be the two rides a day…after all, 15 miles should be enough to keep me fit and, as K said, I’m not 30 anymore and need to heed that….I didn’t get anything done around here yesterday either and that has to change….I did get to some of the cobwebs that were annoying the hell out of me but I have a lot more to do…and I still need to start getting rid of stuff so I don’t have to move it in a couple of months…I could use a day off of thinking about all of this stuff but I guess that won’t come until after it’s all done…more later….

Well…it’s a new record! Up at 2:34 for the first time today but I will say that I did go back to sleep until almost 5:30 so I guess that’s almost normal….but my allergies are really bad this morning and I feel pretty crappy which will probably continue all day with the pollen counts at their highest of the year…I just noticed that I’m walking around pretty well this morning with very little stiffness so it looks like the crash damage is repaired already and that is quite welcome…I normally hobble around here for an hour or so when I get up but not today…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to go over to the house to see if I can get rid of the pile of stuff in the back yard while the dumpster is there for the roofers but not until after the F1 race and the bike ride this morning…I keep saying that I need to clean around here and I do but, as I get closer to moving, cleaning seems to be less important and I just can’t get motivated to do it…that will be the job for the day…more later…

Well…have a half hour until I can have a cocktail and start a movie so I thought I’d come here and do one of these so I don’t get too far behind for the month…and I haven’t done a trail on in a while so I thought that would be the topic for today…the crash yesterday did do a little damage that I am feeling today with my back still stiff and painful and everything on my left side a little bruised…but I did 30 miles today so it can’t be that bad…it looks like there is a third set of bunny litters for this year since I am seeing tons of tiny bunnies over the past few days but it seems a little late for that…I don’t remember ever seeing new litters this late in the year…or that many bunnies in total in any year…haven’t seen many snakes this year, though, and that is a little unusual…could be that it has been so hot that they don’t need to come out on the pavement to get warm enough…I have been seeing second and third hatches of ducks, too, and I wonder if that is connected to the weather, too…hmmmm….there are nuts this year after no walnuts or hickory nuts at all last year and I really missed getting free nuts last year….it did hit me today that I am winding down my trips on the trails out here and only have a couple of months left of riding before I move….after all of the miles I’ve ridden, I’m going to miss it some….just did some quick math and I’ve ridden over 40K miles since I started out here…I wonder where I’ll be riding on the west side? It looks like some exploring will be in order…there should be some trail maps on the internet so I can map out a new route…might be fun….

Well…okay, I feel like crap this morning and I think it’s allergies since my head is plugged up and I have no energy…getting up at 5:30 doesn’t help, either but there really is nothing I can do about that…I am a little sore today too with being run into on the bike yesterday and hitting the pavement…some woman just rode her bike out of a blind side trail and hit me and I landed on my left shoulder this time and bruised my knee that hurt through the second ride…no damage to the bike so I guess I’ll live through it…no scrapes from this one so that’s something…didn’t get anything done after that since I was pretty sore but I don’t hurt much this morning…my back was really hurting all day so to get up to almost no pain is a good thing…I was going to clean yesterday but didn’t get to it…I do need to do some work around here today but my motivation level is so low that I’m not sure what I’ll get to…more later….

Well….don’t feel quite as sore this morning and I think it may be the two ibuprofens yesterday along with only doing one ride…my right thigh was screaming in pain yesterday, too, and that is gone this morning…or almost gone along with my right elbow and shoulder…so, after hobbling around here all day yesterday, this is a welcome change…but, it was another night of being up at 3:54 so that tempers my happiness with the decreased pain….I didn’t get anything done yesterday but cook but need to clean up the kitchen today and will get at that at some point…and the cobweb gremlins are hard at work again so that will have to be dealt with along with doing the floors so I’ll have something to do between rides…yeah, I’m going to be dumb again today and do two rides since I have the bike working so much better with the new shift cable and a week’s worth of adjustments that it is fun to ride again…they are still working on the roof of the house so working over there will be on hold until Monday and I’m okay about that…was doing too much and even K thought I looked tired when I saw her Wed so some time off should help with that….I do need to dig into the freezer today to plan food for the weekend but how hard could that be when all I have is chicken? More later….

Well…I think I’ve finally reached the breaking point with my body and need to take today off…I am just so stiff and tired that the last thing I want to do is go over and work at the house since it will aggravate the pain in my elbow and shoulders…so, I’m just going to take it easy today and may even skip the bike ride, too…but, that may be too much to ask of my guilt…at least I think I’ll wait for a while to go out and have the rest of the leftover coffee…I do have to remember that I’m not 30 anymore and have to stop trying to work like I am…have been taking too much ibuprofen to just cope with the pain and I hope that two a day won’t kill my kidneys….didn’t get anything done yesterday but work at the house but I do have to clean around here today and cook since I have no leftovers in the fridge…maybe I’ll make some pasta later…I did buy bad food yesterday since DD had brats on sale for 99 cent for 4 of them and I need some easy food with all of the running I’ve been doing lately…more later…