Well…I wonder if 3:34 is a new record for getting up for me? Okay, I didn’t really get up then but I was awake then and barely got back to sleep before I got out of bed at 6 or so…pretty damn tired right now and I think part of that is going 8 days of 30 miles per on the bike…there has to be some fallout from that since I’m not young anymore but I’m not too sore so maybe another one today…it’s going to depend on the temp and when it comes up enough to get out with the frost happening out there right now… and yesterday was pretty brutal with the wind blowing almost 20 all day…had a weird leak of coolant in the car yesterday where the top of the overflow tank was covered with coolant and there is no way that should be…checked the hose that goes to it and everything else but couldn’t find any reason it would be there…will have to wait until I run it and get it hot to check to see what that is about….at least it going to something simple to fix when I find it…didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I do want to do the bathroom today and maybe a little kitchen cleaning, too, but I’m not sure about that…more later….

Well…just got back from my 8th day of 30 mile rides on the bike and I really can’t figure out why I’m doing it…you know I have the most well developed sense of guilt of anyone I know…guilt about what I eat, guilt about spending money, guilt about almost everything and it appears that my guilt has caused a paradigm shift in my thinking about riding the bike. It started out just doing one double just to see if I could do it and to see how much damage it would do…then, the second day, I felt okay and the weather was nice so I thought why not? Let’s do another one…and that led to day three, four, five, six seven and eight…the first 7 was to get to a goal but I met that yesterday…and today I went out early for the first time and froze my fingers and toes in the cold and brutal wind…so, I was going to skip this afternoon…after all, I had ridden a lot more than normal all week….but, I just couldn’t do it…no matter how inviting the couch was, or how fatigued my legs are, it now appears that one ride a day is no longer enough for my guilt and it is going to torture me by forcing 30 miles a day from now on…not sure I like that….

Well…not sure how I can be running late this morning but I am…got up around 5:30 and just can’t get started…I am kind of liking taking an ibuprofen in the evening since it feels like it is still working now and my legs don’t hurt hardly at all…and after the week I had on the bike, they should hurt like crazy right now….slept okay last night but feel a little off today and the day has started with coughing and sneezing and my head is pretty plugged up but I don’t want to take anything for it since I need to have that available at night to be able to sleep…I just wish there was something I could take that didn’t screw up my BP…looks like I’ll just have to be miserable all summer and that is not something I look forward to…and the weather is making me miserable, too…I mean having to wear gloves on the bike on May 10th? I did get the bike cleaned since it was just filthy from riding in the wet the past couple of days and the shifter had started to hang up during the 6-7 shift…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but make potato salad that I have been craving all week but today will be different…not going to do a double on the bike today since it is so damn cold out there and I won’t get out until after noon and I don’t like going late in the day…more later…

Well….on a day when I thought I was going to be able to take off with the t-storms that were forecast, the rain moved out early so I got to get out and torture myself some more…and with that, I set two more new records on the bike….7 days in a row of 30+ mile rides and the most total miles in a week ever with 214.7 miles replacing the 205 miles of the old record that I set a couple of years ago. Until this year, I had never done more than 7 30 milers in a year let alone a week…and the last mileage record was an anomaly since it included my 105 mile one day record and I never got close to that again…until now. I am a little proud to still have the will and capability to keep doing this stuff at my advanced age and that has gotten me started on what I’m going to do for this year’s birthday feat of strength…and it popped into my head that maybe double my age in miles?  That would probably be the last one of those that I do since I really don’t have anything to prove anymore…so why do I keep trying to prove it? Oh, well…all I know is that I frickin hurt everywhere right now and I’m going to need to take something for it or I won’t be able to move later…and no, it’s not a good pain…it’s just pain and that is a pain….

Well…running a little late with having to make two stops this morning for groceries…and that is a pain in the butt…slept okay last night but got up feeling really slow this morning and that may be the antihistamines I had to take to get rid of the headache that was killing me last night….and I topped that off with an ibuprofen for the neck pain that was keeping me from moving it…but, that helped the pain in my legs so I guess that was okay…that’s what I get from doing 6 30 mile days in a row but it looks like a day off today with rain predicted for the entire day…I will keep my eyes on the radar though to see if there is a break that I can go out in if even for just 15 miles…didn’t get much done yesterday but I’ll have to do better today since I have no excuses to use to justify being lazy…the kitchen counters can use some work and I should do the bathroom so maybe that will be on the agenda for the day…don’t have to cook anything…oh, yep I do…going to make potato salad since I have a lot of eggs to use and I haven’t made it yet this year…but that will be it….will be eating out of the freezer again for this week and I still need to make alfredo sometime this weekend so I’ll get away from chicken, chicken, chicken that is boring the hell out of me….more later….

Well…my coffee is not hot enough…aargh…back the microwave…okay…that’s better…but it doesn’t fix that it was another 5:34 morning today….but, I feel okay so maybe that’s enough…I think I slept okay last night…for me..so let’s not talk about that anymore…I did take an ibuprofen last night and probably took three years off my life but I hurt frickin everywhere after doing 5 days straight of 30 mile rides…and I have a brand new pain…yay? On the ride yesterday, I got a shooting pain under my right kneecap that I’ve never had before that is really annoying and it continued after I got off the bike…doesn’t hurt this morning but I think my legs are saying they need to have me back off a bit…so today will just be 15 miles and then it looks like a rainout tomorrow so I’ll take the day off…it may be cool to have thunderstorms all day if the forecast is correct…I did see a really cool soccer match between Liverpool and Barcelona yesterday in the semi finals of the Champions league…they play two games and use the aggregate score to see who goes to the finals…Liverpool was down 3-0 from the first game and came back to win this one 4-0 which sent them through to the final…pretty cool and there is another one on this aft with Spurs and Ajax…so guess what I’ll be doing this afternoon? Yep…not cleaning again but I do have to cook today…going to fire up the instant pot and do a pork loin that has been int the freezer a while…so, red meat and ibuprofen…crap, I’ll probably die tomorrow…more later…

Well…just can’t get motivated this morning and that makes me late to get this done….my allergies were killing me last night and I had to take two different kinds of meds for it…it seems that everyone was mowing their lawns on my bike route yesterday and it blocked my head up like concrete…still have a low grade headache right now but I can’t take anything for it after last night so I guess I’ll just have to live with it…slept okay last night and feel okay this morning with very little pain but I took something for that last night,too…have been avoiding taking ibuprofen lately since it is supposed to kill you but I did some research and the warnings start to kick in if you take more than 2400 mg a day…but, I never take more than one 200 mg a day so I think I’ll risk it for the pain and inflammation relief…even after 4 30 mile days in a row, the one ibuprofen I took last night got rid of almost all of the pain….didn’t get anything done yesterday but I will clean some today…and will probably only do 15 miles today since it is cold and rainy out there and I just don’t want to get wet when it’s only 46 degrees out there….where the hell is our spring? Just looked and there is no 70 degree weather for the rest of the month…and that sucks…more later….

Well…I was pleasantly surprised today when I opened my mailbox and found my passport had arrived! It’s the first one I’ve had in my lifetime and the possibilities it opens up are pretty darn cool…whether or not I’ll use it much is not really the point…it was something I’ve wanted for a few years now and if not now, when? It even has a good picture of me in it and, from what I understand, that’s pretty unusual. Now maybe I can take advantage of the 49 dollars to Europe fares that I have been seeing on the internet…probably won’t but it is cool that it is now a possibility….oh, and it only took three weeks to get it…pretty cool…

Well…that was an interesting night…started to sneeze and cough like crazy when I went to bed last night and that kept me up until after midnight and you would think that I would be able to make up for it by sleeping in a little…but no, back up at 5:45 today and I am exhausted…again…but part of that may be doing my second 30 miler in a row…had to take something for the pain last night since my neck and shoulders hurt as much as my legs…I’m now starting to re-think doing 30′s every day…maybe every other day would be a better plan? Still coughing a lot this morning and that is just damn annoying….didn’t get a lot done but the bike ride yesterday and today looks the same with the napcar race being rained out and rescheduled for noon today so I need to get out and get the first ride in this morning before the rain comes so I can nap during it…still no cooking today or tomorrow for that matter since I’m still using up the leftovers from the cooking binge last week…still have a tray of thighs that I got Thursday that will need to be frozen today so that means I won’t have to buy any protein this week…unless daily deals has something cheap…I should clean some today but, how I feel right now, that is not going to happen…more later….

Well…it’s another Sunday morning at 7 am and the coffee is starting to work but this still may be a short one…didn’t get up until almost 6 and that was welcome and a long night for me…cripes, I’m sore today from doing 30 miles yesterday and I am thinking about doing it again today if I can get out early enough but Man U is going to dictate that…and the temp…they play at 9 and I think I’ll watch the first half and see how they play…they have been really bad lately and it may be a good thing that the season is ending in the next couple of weeks…had some problems with the bike yesterday and the damn rear shifter is driving me nuts…but I was just thinking if that is the only thing I have to bitch about, things are okay and I’ll figure it out at some point…I do have to get under the car this week and lube up the parking brakes since they are hanging up and not releasing but that is no big deal…just need to do it but can’t get motivated right now…don’t have to cook today with trying to use up all the leftovers and I can’t figure out how I ended up with so many…still have stir fry chicken and a homemade pizza to use up and that will last me the next three days so I may have to freeze the chicken thighs that I bought Thursday…okay, need more coffee and to watch the MotoGP race that is coming on in a minute so I’ll end here….more later…