Well…hmmm…it’s a lot harder to not ride than I thought it would be…have been staring at the radar all morning trying to see if there is going to be a break that I can fit in an hour…but, I need to take a day off today with how flat my legs were on the second ride yesterday…but, that’s not what this is about…over the years, you’ve heard me talk about various personal records that I have done on the bike and I only have one more to set or break…in 109 more miles this month, I will finally get to better than 500 miles in a single month…as you remember, I got to 1000 miles for the first time before May 1st this year and that crazy riding has continued for the first three weeks of the month…and that leaves me with 12 days to ride the 109 miles I need to get there….that is one of the reasons I am having such a hard time sitting here and healing today…I know it should be pretty easy to get there if I keep up doing doubles every day but it looks like rain every day this week so there will be some dodging of raindrops necessary…that will leave me with no other goals other than trying to get to 4,000 miles for the year but I’m not sure I can get there…we’ll see…

Well….damn near forgot to come here to do this one this morning…again…and I think part of it is the distraction of having a real newspaper to read on Sunday mornings…slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad today other than a little stiffness from riding too much over the past week…just did three days of 30 milers and 6 of the past 7 days of double rides so I am rooting for storms today so I can take a day off…I shouldn’t have to have an excuse to take care of my legs but you know how my guilt won’t allow me to do it…just looking at the radar to see if there is going to be a hole that I can get out in and I shouldn’t be…read an article the other day that explains the exhaustion I’ve been feeling and it all comes down to my body screaming at me that it needs some healing time…it even recommended taking 2-3 days off but that is never going to happen…I did fire up the instant pot yesterday to make some chicken leg quarters and they came out great so I don’t have to cook today or tomorrow and that will leave me kind of bored today so I guess I’ll have to clean some….but not yet…still on the first cup of coffee and need it to work more before I want to do anything…more later…

Well…damn it was a little cold when I got up again this morning since I forgot to put the heat on last night…and I slept in all the way to 6:03…yeah, that’s a little sarcasm…I do remember sleeping in back in the olden days when I would get up and it was 9 or 10 but I wonder if it was a real memory or not it has been so long? Oh, well….I did get two bike rides in yesterday but don’t think I’ll attempt the double today…although my legs feel okay today with very little pain so maybe…I think it will depend on the rain and when it comes and goes…I was a little surprised how hard it was raining when I got up but it looks like it will be moving out in a while so I can get out before 10…want to get that done early today since I am going to make some chicken in the instant pot for lunch that I got for 49 cents a pound this week…and now I have no room at all in the freezer so I won’t have to buy any protein next week…10 pounds is a lot of chicken…not much to do today…going to clean some and then just fool around most of the day…more later….

Well…okay…that was weird…slept all the way through the night last night from 11 to 6 this morning and I can’t remember the last time that happened…but, I feel pretty crappy this morning and I know why that is and it’s my fault…the coffee better start working soon or  my whole day is going to be be off kilter…I think it already is since I can’t think of anything to write…it is a fresh coffee day with my largest coffee cup fueling me and that still is not enough…okay, I’ll stop whining now….forgot to turn the heat back on last night and it was a little cold in here this morning but that may have been part of why I slept okay last night but, who knows? I did get the car cleaned yesterday and I got a 30 miler in on the bike so today will be a short one…trying out the new plan of alternating long and short days and it appears to be working since my legs feel okay today…and the second ride was good yesterday…didn’t feel like my legs were made of concrete…they do hurt some today but that is pretty normal…not much to do today…I do need to run the instant pot with some chicken leg quarters but I’m not motivated at all right now so maybe not…more later….

Well…that title may be a little misleading…I AM depressed about politics and how the repubs are killing this country, but I’m not depressed about anything else…I just don’t want to write about it today…well…maybe later but not right now…had a pretty pleasant surprise the other day when I stumbled on the Led Zeppelin concert film ‘The song Remains the Same” on AXS tv while I was just a little bored and running through the channels…damn good to see them from the same year that I saw them live in Chicago in January of 75…and it was pretty funny seeing Jimmy Page using a theremin on stage when I just saw Joe Bonamassa do the same thing in a concert from a couple of years ago….if he comes to the area, I will probably spend the cash to go see him since he plays the kind of rock, blues, funk that I like….what else? Oh, I did get the spring cleaning of the car done today just in time for it to start raining in a few minutes but I knew that was coming over the next few days and I don’t care…the inside of the glass will stay clean even if it rains and I like the way it looks with the water beading on the paint from waxing it and the glass from the Rain X I applied to it today…hmmm…that’s enough for now….I want to take it easy for a while since I’ve been on the go since 6:30 this morning….more later…

Well…running really early this morning with getting to this at 5:44 but I have a reason for it…have a busy morning set up with the grocery run…then I have to wash and wax the car and do the first total cleaning of the interior and the glass…then I need to get a bike ride in before it rains…it’s supposed to be a two ride day today and it might be since I just checked the weather and the rain is holding off until around 4 this afternoon and it is going to be 75 today…don’t want to waste a day like that…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done since I felt like crap most of the day…just no energy again and that is getting annoying…I know I’m doing it to myself by not eating enough but I think there may be something else going on…not sure what that would be but I am going to try to eat more today and see if that helps…I did get out and get some cheap chicken at DD..couldn’t pass that up at 49 cents a pound but now I have 10 pounds of leg quarters in the fridge that I have to partially thaw so I can break it up and freeze some…don’t think I’ll get to anything else today but there is going to be lots of rain the next few days so I’ll have plenty of time to clean….more later….

Well…feel like crap this morning and I think it’s an extension of how I felt yesterday all day…after I got back here after the second ride, I felt so worn out and lousy I thought I may have a bug of some sort…still coughing this morning and have no energy so it’s going to be a low key morning as I ease into it…I seem to have slept okay last night and nothing hurts too much so the ibuprofen I took last night seems to have worked but I am still a little concerned about taking one every day….I think I am going to have to alternate 30 mile days with 15′s on the bike…just too damn old to do 30′s every day and I don’t want to make riding a chore so I won’t do it…I do have some errands to run this morning so that means I won’t get on the bike until later today…I want to have a top down run to get some cheap chicken at 49 cents a pound and the car could use some running…haven’t used it at all this week and that is not good…and I do want to check on the fix for the coolant leak….not much to do today…the way I feel right now, I don’t think I’ll be doing much for a while…need lots of coffee to jump start my day….more later…

Well…it’s another 5:04 morning…sung to the tune of “Tequila Sunrise” by the Eagles…even though that was early, I still slept okay but my shoulder is aching today and I must have done something to it overnight…darn….I did have a dream with golf in it for some reason and I had broken my driver somehow…that whole thing was weird since I haven’t had the clubs out for over two years now…I think I may have to go out to the driving range next week just to see how the shoulder would hold up to it…the pain in my shoulder may have something to do with going back to 30 miles yesterday after “only” doing 15 miles Sunday…and it looks like the weather will be nice enough to do the second ride this afternoon with no fleece and that will be nice…it looks like a warm up is coming and the first wisps of spring will be here by the end of the week with temps approaching 80…I think I’ll finally be able to get the spring cleaning done on the car…the glass is just filthy and it needs to be vacuumed and there is winter’s worth of dust on the plastic that has to be removed…and that will make me happy after fixing the coolant leak yesterday…not much to do today….I do need to cook and clean the bathroom along with dishes and laundry so I will have something to do today…more later…

Well…as you know, I have been having a problem with coolant leaks on the car for the past couple of weeks with the top of the overflow tank being soaked in coolant and leaving small puddles under the car…so, this morning, I decided to check it out to see where the leak was coming from so I didn’t have to think about it anymore…so, after I fired the car up and let it run for a few minutes, I could see that the coolant was coming out around where the overflow tube is attached to the fitting that is on the cap….so, I thought it was broken since it is 25 years old plastic but when I took it apart to check it, I found that the tube that goes down into the tank was completely plugged so the pressure that made was pushing the coolant out around where the tube connects to the cap…so, after cleaning that out and putting it back together, I let the car run for a few minutes and no leak so that’s a relief and makes my day…it looks like I’m due for another coolant system flush….

Well…feel quite out of sorts this morning and I’m not sure why that would be…slept okay last night and I really don’t hurt too much so that is a welcome development…part of that is not doing 30 miles yesterday and taking it easy on the short ride that I did…okay, and the ibuprofen I took last night but I needed that for the pain in my neck that would have kept me up all night…need to make sure that I don’t let that be a habit so I think I’ll skip it this evening no matter how much pain I’m in…and I think I’ll have to do the same thing with the red dots that I take for my allergies since I’ve had them for 3 days now and I do have to think about my BP…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I do need to cook today since I used up all of the leftovers I had in the fridge…have been thinking about making some Alfredo for a couple of weeks now and today may be the day…but, I have some thighs thawing that need to be used, too, so I’ll have to think about that….more later…