Well…running really, really late today and I can’t figure that out…I did wake up at 6 or so but went back to bed until 7:34 and just can’t get started….so I think the whole day is now going to be a bit late…and I don’t like that one bit…oh, well….I think I slept okay last night but don’t feel like it…so, so worn out that I may have to take a day off soon…or eat more…I think I have to re-think this whole being on “time” when I really don’t have to be anywhere…I mean does it matter if I get to the grocery store at 8:30 or if I get there at 9? And doing two rides a day? I know I need to burn those calories but I am getting bored with riding twice a day…I did get to 3800 miles yesterday and that is cool but I wonder if I’m getting depressed again….darn….I did get back into “Justified” a couple of days ago and it is nice to have 6 seasons of a show to watch when there is nothing interesting on tv…and I think I’ve waited long enough so I don’t remember any of the episodes…..I do have lots to do today and I’m not sure I want to do it…the grocery run first, then at least one bike ride, laundry, and then I need to seed some more bald spots in the lawn since it is going to rain tomorrow and Friday and the last spots I did sprouted pretty well…I think the cooler temps have helped that and I want to take advantage of that….so, I should get going right now…but, I really just want to sit here and do nothing…but I know I can’t do that….more later….

Well…got out early for the first ride today but coming back into a 15 mph wind was pretty darn brutal so I decided I’d only do one ride today so I could run an errand and then get the lawn mowed and the leaves picked up with the mower…I did get out to Lowe’s to get the device that keeps the big paper bags open with a back splash that is like a funnel and it works really well when dumping the grass catcher into it…pretty cool thing for 10 bucks and is going to make cleaning this place up this fall a lot easier since I am going to have many, many bags of leaves….the mower works well vacuuming the leaves up and that will be my preferred method of getting them up…really hate raking and it hurts my shoulder so I’m going to avoid that as much as possible….I also got the remaining flowers pulled out of the back of the house and cleaned up and now it’s almost 3 and I am done for the day..almost went out for a second ride but I know I have to be careful as I get older…10 years ago there would be no question about going out…I would have gone in a second but I really don’t recover as fast anymore so I have to be smart….but that is disappointing…not used to having to think about what I do for the day…oh, well….

Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed until 7:24…and I feel pretty crappy today for some reason…just worn out and it’s probably from not eating enough yesterday…only had a chicken sandwich with a third of a chicken breast and a burger with a 3 ounce patty for my meals yesterday and that’s probably not enough with doing two rides and some work around here….I’ll try to change that today but I’m not sure how….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the leaves have started to fall and I am going to have to start picking them up with the mower…going out this morning to get a little device that will hold my big lawn bags open and act like a funnel so I can dump the mower bag into it….will probably have 20 or 30 bags of leaves from my trees but they pick them up for free so that’s cool…and the bags only cost 50 cents each so I’ll have about 20 bucks into getting rid of the leaves this year…this is all going to be new to me since this is my first fall and winter here so I guess I’ll just have to figure it out as I go….my thumb appears to be healing up okay after damaging it last week but it still looks pretty bad and it’s going to have an ugly scar…but that’s normal for my hands…still have a scar from a saw on my right index finger that I got when I was about 8 years old…not much to do today…going to get on the bike soon for the first ride and try to get both in before noon and then run out to depot to get the funnel and some more bags….will need to mow the lawn tomorrow and start picking up the leaves…..more later….

Well…from what I read in the news, facebook has been down all day but I never noticed it…I guess I don’t use facebook too much…but there are people that are freaking out about the outage…not sure why that would be and getting off facebook will be good for a lot of people…I’ve never been one to use it much or think much about it…I don’t even follow the Miata clubs on there much anymore and that was my only reason for creating an account….I guess I like to live in the real world more than cyberworld….and it’s a cesspool of right wing nonsense and anti vaxxer lies that I really don’t need in my life….the idiot who owns it doesn’t need any more money…and he’s a right wing asshole, too….I do my best to not support them….

Well…didn’t get out of bed until almost 7:30 so I’m running late today…woke up an hour earlier but just couldn’t get out of bed…no motivation at all and that continues right now…I did get some good news when I checked my online banking and my house payment has been made so I don’t have to go out to the bank today…yay! So, I need to figure out what today is going to look like…do I do two rides or only one…and the Talladega race was postponed til 1 this aft so I have a napcar day that will include a nap after I get everything done…and it’s supposed to be raining but I haven’t looked outside yet to see if that is true so that may keep me off the bike until later….okay, just checked and it was raining but it looks like it has stopped and blue skies are coming so I’ll be on the bike by 9 or so…I noticed yesterday that the grass seed I planted by my new trash bin landing pad has sprouted like crazy and I wonder what is different there to the rest of the spots I seeded at the same time that didn’t sprout? Same amount of water and the same method of planting so I am a little confused but I’ll take that bare spot filling in….didn’t do much yesterday but the bike ride and today looks the same…I should start trimming some of the trees and bushes but I probably won’t…going to just ease into it and see how it goes….haven’t even read the news yet and it’s almost 8:30…darn, not sure how I’m going to catch up today…do I need to catch up? More later….

Well…it’s raining! Yeah…not something I would usually be so excited about but it hasn’t rained out here in weeks and weeks and I’m not going to spend another 50 bucks to water the lawn…and there has even been a little thunder thrown in and that was a pretty cool…it’s been going on for almost an hour now and the radar looks like it may keep up for a while yet…but the forecast of storms this afternoon? Doesn’t look like there is anything coming from the south or west after this rain goes through…so, I will be on the bike for one ride just after lunch it appears…hope this keeps up….been so dry out here like nothing I’ve ever seen….

Well…running about on time for a Sunday and I really don’t have to rush since there is rain coming…ha, ha, ha…it was supposed to rain all day yesterday and we never got a drop so I’ll believe it when I see it….so, I’ll be able to get out on the bike as soon as it gets light….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning even with having a couple of cocktails last night…still didn’t eat enough but I think I was close so I hope I don’t run out of energy later today….PNC bank failed to autopay my mortgage on the 1st so I’ll need to go over to the local branch tomorrow morning and get that sorted out…I’ve got til the 16th to get this fixed so no big deal or I can just write them a check….but, it’s still a pain…didn’t get much done yesterday with all the sports that was on but I did get two rides in so I guess that’s something…I was really hoping for a day off today but no luck…I’ll get at least one ride in after the shower comes through…it is really foggy out here right now and I had the top down on the car it is so warm and, with it being October, that was pretty cool….not sure what I have planned for today…there is soccer on at 9 and 11:30 and then a race in the afternoon so I think I’ll just kind of go with the flow for the day and I am going to try to not get antsy about getting on the bike but I’m sure that won’t work…so, we’ll see how things go….more later…

Well…got all the way til 7 this morning before I got out of bed so that was cool….and I am now waiting for the Man U match to start so I need to get this done pretty quickly…had a nice visit from my son, his wife and their dog yesterday…Art is still a puppy but he is a rottweiler that weighs 91 pounds already…pretty goofy dog and fun to play with….it is nice to have a clean house after doing that yesterday for the visit….feel okay this morning and I am just easing into it…should have made coffee last night since there is only one more cup in the pot so I’ll have to get the french press out here in a minute to make more….won’t get out on the bike until this match is over or until Man U starts to stink the place up and I am going to try to get two rides in today but there is tons of sports on today and I could use some time off to just veg…and it may rain some today but I’m not holding my breath for that….I’ll have to look for the high school football field to the southeast of me since I could hear the band playing quite clearly last night so it has to be close…might be fun to go see a game this fall….and the hockey season starts soon and I can walk down to the arena for that….will have to do some research on the players and teams so I can understand the rivalries….not much to do today…just going to wing it with no plans other than to watch this match and then watch races this aft…there are MotoGP qualifying, trucks, and xfinity races on today along with college football so I won’t get too bored…more later….

Well…another 6:13 morning but I don’t feel too bad today…and I even had some dreams last night that were pretty weird about work and getting promoted…yeah, I wonder why I’d have a work dream since I’ve been retired for a while now…just glad I finally had dreams again….my tinnitus is really bad this morning and I’m not sure why…the ears are really whistling and that is pretty damn annoying…but, there is not much I can do about it but just ignore it…didn’t get much done yesterday but the lawn and some cleaning and only one bike ride so I’ll need to get two in today and then do the rest of my cleaning before my son gets here in the late aft….but that should only take an hour or so and I can do that after I get the rides in and have lunch….don’t have a lot of energy right now but I haven’t had much coffee either so I hope it will get better soon….it looks like we may get some rain Sunday…nope, just looked at the weather and it is supposed to rain the next three days and if that happens, it will be the first time in the 8 months I’ve lived out here that it has rained three days in a row….my lawn sure can use it since I’ve decided I’m not going to pour 50 bucks a months into watering it….not much to do today…just the rides and cleaning and I’m going to start planning the interior work that I’ll get started on once it gets cooler…I think I’ll do the living room first then move on to the spare bedroom…the kitchen and bathroom are going to be last and I hope I can get them done before winter is over….more later….

Well…I almost got on the bike right now for the second ride of the day but it’s 5:45 and I don’t feel like it so I won’t…trying to be smart about the amount of work I put in every day and after riding once, mowing the lawn, doing the weed walk, and trimming some trees, I think that is enough for one day….but I did clean this place up some this aft so I’ll have less to do tomorrow….just mowing the lawn made my thumb start to bleed again so I really had to take it easy so I didn’t have to bandage it again…my energy level stayed good today and I made sure I ate enough this afternoon but I might not have…only had a piece of lasagna and some garlic bread and then nachos with refried beans for dinner but that was only 8 chips so I’m not sure if that is enough….I did have to work on the bike seat this afternoon, too, since it has been coming loose and going out of adjustment no matter how hard I tighten it….so, I put some loctite on the bolt and re-assembled it and that was a pain trying to hold the two sections of the clamp, the nut, and the seat together while I started the bolt…but, I finally got it and hope I have the seat adjusted right…it has to be higher at the front and I’m not sure if I did that right….we’ll see tomorrow when I get out on it for the first ride…okay, the day is over and I’m going to relax for a while…..and get back at it first thing in the morning…