Well…two days in a row of not getting up until after 6 and that is a little confusing since I normally toss and turn and wake up much earlier than that…but, I guess I’ll take it since I don’t feel too bad this morning…and I’m really not too sore, either, and I think that is from only going out for one ride yesterday…not sure if I’ll do two today or not but the weather looks like I’ll be able to if I want…it looks like I’ll end the month with around 640 miles in and that is enough…didn’t lose any weight with all of the extra work so I’m not sure what the purpose would be other than wearing my body out and I don’t want to do that…I am looking forward to the Deadwood movie that is on HBO tonight that is supposed to tie up all of the loose ends that came from the end of the third season but I’m not sure who the audience would be…after all, the show ended in 2006 and I wonder if anyone even remembers it…I did get some things done yesterday and I now have a clean bathroom for the next few days…I should get on the kitchen today but I might but not with the motivation level I have right now…I do have new coffee this morning and that might help but not yet….more later….

Well…running about on time for a Thursday after doing the grocery run and getting that done before the rain came in and I may be getting my day off the bike that I have been needing…at least I won’t be going out until this afternoon by the looks of the radar so that will make it a short day…after reaching my goal of 600 miles for the month yesterday, I am going to cut back the riding for a while just to let the constant pain in my legs go away and have them heal up some…slept okay last night but feel a little worn out today and part of it might be not eating enough…as you know, that is a recurring problem that I think I’ll have to deal with today…I did get out to have a couple with T yesterday and that was a lot of fun…always good to see her and have some laughs…I think I still have a small coolant leak in the car so that will have to be dealt with over the next week or so but I am not looking forward to that…just don’t want to work on cars anymore so I may have to spend my fed check to have it fixed…don’t drive a lot so it’s no big deal but just a pain….not much to do today…with the rain I have no excuse to not clean so I think I’ll do some of that today and get the bathroom done this morning….more later…

Well…running about on time this morning with not getting up until after 6 and don’t feel too bad right now…just a little slow and trying to wake up and I hope the coffee will help with that…I think this is going to be another morning of an early ride since I want to run the instant pot to cook some chicken that I have thawing…have some red potatoes and some corn that I am gong to throw in, too just to see how it comes out….will probably be over cooked but who knows? I did get three dozen eggs yesterday for 49 cents a dozen so Tom, you’re getting a dozen and a half eggs Monday….so don’t buy any…I’m getting close to my goal on the bike with only 17 miles left to do over the next three days so even if it rains a lot, which it is supposed to do, I’ll make the 600 miles easily….the pain from it is showing up in new places,  though, with it mostly in my shoulders and neck but I think part of that is sleeping on my left shoulder all night…..I think I’ll hope for a rain day to take a day off after I get to the goal….not much to do today…I do need to clean but I’m not going to get to it today…might be meeting up with T later today and I am looking forward to that…haven’t seen her in quite a while…more later…

Well….running a little early today with trying to get this done and get on the bike before 7:30…only have 42 miles left to do to get to 600 miles for the month and it appears I’ll be able to do it…slept okay last night but woke up with my head plugged up from allergies and that is already getting old…I think I may take a couple of days off the bike after I hit my goal just to let my legs heal up since they feel stiff and sore all the time…I am getting tired of the constant pain and without being able to take ibuprofen, I need to just live with it or deal with it another way…oh, well….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will need to do something today to clean this place up.l..cripes, I talk about that a lot and don’t do much about it…hmmm…I was a little disappointed that the storms fell apart last night and we just got a little rain…and the storms that were predicted for the whole week have been downgraded to just some showers so I guess I’ll have to wait for the show…but I guess that makes getting to 600 a little easier….more later….

Well…I’m kind of glad it’s a holiday today since that makes it a bit of a slow news day and I don’t have to listen to anything more coming from the shitshow of a WH we are saddled with…there is one in there about idiot boy’s trip to Japan but I don’t feel like writing about that right now…there’s only so much I can take so I need some mental health time. So, you know what that means…it’s a noodle day and I’ll just start and see where it goes…is it national bike day today, too? I counted over 150 bikes on the trail today on my two rides and that is pretty unusual…I normally see a few but not like today…they were everywhere and the riders were in all shapes and sizes…but damn, leave the spandex in the closet everybody…it doesn’t look good on anyone…haven’t started my car since pool Thursday and that is a long time…didn’t even go out for the paper Sunday but rode the bike over to get one…should probably start it one of these days…I am going to take it out in the next couple of days since Aldi’s has eggs for 49 cents a dozen and I need some of those…but that will probably wait til Wednesday since it is supposed to rain all day and I’ll need something to do if I can’t ride…I really hope I’m not doing permanent damage to my body by riding so much…I’m a little concerned by the fatigue I feel all the time but I think I can ease up at the end of the week if I meet my last goal of 600 miles in a month…that’s enough…I need to take it easy for a while and have some more water…

Well…having a tough time getting started today and my allergies are already afternoon bad so that is not a good sign…I did sleep in all the way to 5:45 this morning but feel pretty worn out so I think I’ll have to ease into it for now…I think it’s going to be a struggle to ride doubles for the rest of the month with being so stiff every day…I wonder if I can do permanent damage by too much exercise? Wouldn’t that be ironic? Oh, well…had an okay day yesterday with all the races on but that means I didn’t get much done and will have to do better today….not sure why I have to do better but I do…going to try to get to the bathroom but that will be after a workout and a ride…we may finally get some storms late this afternoon so the second ride will have to be before that…it was nice yesterday that the temp got up over 70 for the afternoon ride and it looks the same for today….I think that’s the only thing that is keeping me going out for the two a days…okay, need more coffee and to read some news…more later…

Well…as I said this morning, I had some problems with the bike yesterday with a loud creaking/cracking sound coming out of the front wheel on the second ride yesterday…it was so bad that I could feel it in the handlebars so it needed attention…so when I got back here, I tore into it to see what was happening and couldn’t really find anything wrong with it but greased it and put it back together…which was a pain trying to get the bearings to stay in the inner races while I installed the outers and the axle…took 4 tries to get it right but I think I did since it was pretty much quiet on the run this morning…which I went out way too early for…on the bike before 6:30 but it was already over 60 and with very little wind so that was cool…and I hit a milestone of sorts…with the 3,486 miles on the new bike from last year, and getting to 1,514 miles this morning I got to 5,000 miles on the new bike in 13 months…not bad for an old guy…and I’ll have the last record of the highest monthly total to report later in the week…have already broken it but it remains to be seen by how much….that’s why I’m still doing doubles all this week and I have to get out again in between Indy and the Coke 600 at 6 tonight…

Well…running a little late today but I shouldn’t be…got up at 5:30 and got out on the bike by 6:30 to do the first ride of the day in time to see the F1 race at 9…and I finally got here and it’s only 8 so everything worked out as I planned…and that is a little sad that I have to plan anything with not really having anything to do other than watch races today…I did sleep okay last night but the bike ride was a chore without having coffee before going out…it does look like I got the noise in the front wheel fixed but I’ll talk about that later when I do one on what a pain in the butt working on the bearings is on this bike…I did get a few things done yesterday…got started on the kitchen counters but not until late in the day so I didn’t make much progress so I may have to work on it some today in between the races…it look like Indy is going to be challenged by rain so I may have plenty of time to do that after F1….don’t have to cook today with leftovers to be used so it looks pretty lazy starting now…need to have coffee and read the paper….more later…

Well…that wasn’t too bad….didn’t get up til 6 or so and slept okay but there is a huge need for coffee right now and it is a fresh coffee day so that is a good thing….but, the allergies are already pretty bad even with just getting up so I will be suffering all day today…and I’m on a schedule this morning with needing to get out on the bike by 7:30 to be back here by 9 for Monaco qualifying…it looks like they have changed the weather forecast so I may be able to ride twice today…it was supposed to storm all day and now it’s down to 50% and I am not sure how I feel about that…I do need the time on the bike to get to 600 miles but I was really looking forward to taking a day off and cleaning and maintaining the bike…I think I will clean it after the first ride this morning since it is filthy and the shifter is starting to hang up and that is annoying…so, it looks like not much is going to get done again today other than cooking…I did try some spaghetti sauce that Tom made and it is pretty damn good so that will be one meal and I have some chicken that needs to be cooked so it will be easy…I do need to get some other stuff thawing to run the instant pot Monday…more later…

Well…I finally turned a 4:22 morning into a 6:22 morning but I don’t know if that is going to make any difference since I still feel pretty crappy this morning…my allergies freaked right out last night and even a red dot and flonase didn’t work and I was sneezing and coughing all night…don’t look forward to this all summer…I did get out to have some fun yesterday with pool with Tom and it was nice to get the hell out of here for a change..and a top down run out and back left me with a little sunburn even with having 30 sunscreen on…it looks like I have the coolant leak figured out in the car since it was dry under it and that is a relief since I just don’t want to get under it until I have a garage to do it in…didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than a single bike ride and today looks the same with the rain coming in around noon so that will mean only one ride again today…that is putting a dent in my goal of getting to 600 miles for the month but I will get to 500 so that isn’t bad…I should get some cleaning in today since both the kitchen and bathroom need work and the living room can use a once over, too…but, I need coffee right now and to read the news some…more later…