Well…okay…you know I must be a little bored when I’m doing another one of these today…I did get to most of the things I wanted to do today…got the bathroom cleaned and did the kitchen floor and the living room floor so that was enough for the morning…just went out and kicked the leaves under my maple tree in the parkway so the high winds will blow most of them away today and I won’t have to rake them…still need to clean out the flowers beside the steps to the front porch and pull out the snapdragons that filled the empty spot next to the shrubs but that will happen later in the week when it gets warmer…it’s only 33 out there right now and I’ve even seen snow today and that is quite depressing…and I’ve started to cough again after doing okay last night…damn…still have to wipe down the linen closet doors to paint them tomorrow but that will be the last work I’ll do today…or maybe not if I get even more bored…

Well…damn, I almost missed the start of the F1 race with the time change…thought it was going to start at 8 but it is now at 7…not sure why I looked for it early…I think it was looking for the MotoGP race but I don’t think there is one of those today…I did sleep okay last night and the coughing is better today…fingers crossed…and I had dreams about some biting salamanders that were like baby alligators who were then killed by giant spiders….yep, it’s strange inside my head….got a ride in yesterday and it felt pretty good other than the high wind and that wind is going to keep me off the bike today…it’s supposed to blow 25 to 50 mph today and that is just too much for me…and it’s going to be cold, too, so I’ll just take the day off and finish the prep work for painting tomorrow and I need to clean the bathroom and the kitchen floor but that will have to happen before Man U plays at 11:30…don’t have to cook today with having lots of leftovers so it is going to be a pretty easy day…might even watch the Lions play but that depends on what soccer is on…but right now I need more coffee and to watch the race….more later…

Well…I’m getting tired of talking about my bad sleep so I’m not going mention it this morning…I will mention that I am frustrated with the cough being bad again with only spending an hour working downstairs yesterday…I am getting to the point that I am going to just tear out what is left of the downstairs project and fold it….there really isn’t any point of keeping it going and I am just damn tired of the coughing….got a few things done yesterday with finishing the prep work for the last painting project but I think I’ll wait til Monday to do that…just not feeling it right now and F1 qualifying is on in a bit and I do want to see that…and it is damn cold out side so the ride will have to wait until the aft but Michigan and Michigan State is on at noon so that will push me back til almost 3…I don’t think it will be warm enough before then anyway…didn’t get out yesterday with the cold and wind and I am finally okay with taking some days off since I will be able to do doubles next week with the last of the good weather coming and I may even be able to get out in shorts a couple of those days….not much to do today…just coffee, coffee, coffee and some sports until I get motivated to get my day started…and a half cup of coffee just doesn’t do it….more later…

Well…that was weird…slept okay last night and didn’t get up til 5:44…and had dreams of a thousand foot tall hollow tree that was in danger of blowing over in the wind along with the old Aquinas dream that I was missing classes and couldn’t figure out how to get to them…and I haven’t had that one in quite a while…weird….so, I don’t feel too bad this morning… a little worn out but that’s to be expected after only a few hours sleep for months…and doing only one ride a day now is leaving my legs without any pain or stiffness and that is welcome after hobbling around here all summer…I did get the gardens taken out yesterday and now I just need to chop up the plants and bag them so I can put them out to the trash next week…I think I’ll try to seed the one in the yard but I need to fill it in first but I don’t know if I have enough dirt behind the garage for that…it’s going to be in the 50’s all next week so I’ll have plenty of time to do that and do the final cleanup of the lawn before winter…I am going to get on the prep for the final painting today so I can paint over the weekend…or maybe next week…I am going to need something to do on election day since I won’t be doing any news until the 4th….way too nervous about the outcome….more later….

Well….damn, running late again today and it is because I’m trying something new with my sleep…instead of just getting up when I wake up at o’dark thirty, I’m trying to stay in bed and see if sleep will come back…and I need it to since the sleep deficit has gotten so bad that I’m exhausted all day…it worked today with waking up at 4:30 but I forced myself to stay in bed and didn’t get up til 6:30…some of that time was even sleeping so I got over the 5 hour mark last night…hope that helps today…..I did get a bunch of stuff done yesterday after the grocery run and it makes me feel good that I have grown a nice lawn here for when my son takes over…and I got to use my new waterproof slip ons and they are pretty darn comfortable and warm so worth the 15 bucks I spent…and I got a ride in, too, and that made me feel better some….and it looks like I’ll get out today but later in the morning…I do want to get the first garden cleared out this morning and get the glass put back in the storm door on the front of the house along with more prep work to get the final painting done…it looks like the weather is going to get better next week with highs in the 50’s and it would be cool if I could get out on the bike in shorts a few more times….but, I understand that it is coming on to November and that means cold is on the way…I am getting used to it already so maybe it won’t be so bad this year….more later…

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get up til 6:24 this morning but I didn’t do anything different so I’m not sure if that’s repeatable…I did put earplugs in for the first time in a while last night so I wonder if that’s it? Think I’ll try that again tonight just to see….still coughing this morning and I had really hoped that I was healing up since it had been better yesterday afternoon….just can’t wait til I can take a full breath and not feel like I’m suffocating…I think it didn’t help working on the linen closet doors downstairs yesterday and making lots of dust sanding them….I did have a mask on but that doesn’t seem to help much….didn’t get on the bike for a second day yesterday with all the rain and the temp not getting over 37 but I am getting out today but I’m not sure when that will be since it is only 33 out there right now and I do have to do the grocery run this morning….one good thing about not riding is that my legs don’t hurt at all today but being off for two days is going to set me back on fitness and I’ll have to take it a little easy…have thought about making it a two ride day but Man U plays this aft and the nascar race my finally be run at 3 so I think it won’t fit in my schedule…not much to do today…I need to get the filler sanded on the doors I worked on yesterday so I can paint them later in the week but that should only take a few minutes since I got the hardware off of them yesterday….then just the normal stuff….more later….

Well…damn, I’m tired…another night of coughing and waking up at 2:34 to take something for it….this needs to end sometime, doesn’t it? Oh, well…and it’s raining out there again so I’m not sure when I’m going to be able to get on the bike today…tried twice yesterday but both times I suited up it started to rain by the time I got out a quarter mile and, as I’ve said before, I can take it cold and I can take it raining but not cold and raining….so, it looks like an afternoon run today…and that fits in with having the nascar race rained out again yesterday and scheduled for 10 this morning…I did get some work done around here…finally, with getting the doors off the linen closet so I can paint the last part of the interior that isn’t painted….need to remove the hardware and prep them today and I have a door frame in the room I’m using that needs prep for paint, too, so I may not get to painting until the weekend…I did have to go out to HF to get some more painters tape and then to dunham’s to buy a pair of waterproof slip on shoes they had on sale for 15 bucks…my outdoor shoes had cracks in the sole so working outside in all of the wet had gotten uncomfortable….they fit pretty good once I remembered that with these cheap brands you need to buy a size larger than normal and they are pretty comfortable…going to try them out today when I mow the lawn this afternoon….at least they won’t fall off my feet as I walk…not much to do today…I do want to get on removing one of the gardens today and cleaning that up and I need to pull up the snapdragons I used to fill some empty spots both in front and by the garage door,too, but right now I need more coffee…just can’t get started but I’ve only had an eighth of a cup of coffee and that is not enough to even feel it….more later…

Well….that was a little bit better…was able to get back to sleep after waking up at 4:15 and didn’t get up til 6:30…and the coughing is not as bad this morning but it’s still here and still annoying…and tomorrow makes it 2 weeks and I am tired of it…other than that, I just feel worn out today and I think that is the effect of not sleeping more than 5 hours for months now…man, I hate bitching about this stuff so I think I’ll stop now…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday and I hope to get out for another one today but that will have to wait til this afternoon since it is cold and raining out there…I do need to start taking the gardens out today…or maybe not since I have a couple of weeks to do it and it shouldn’t take more than an hour for both of them…and I’m not putting the plants out in the trash for a couple of weeks…I do need to run an errand this morning to get some margarine since the stuff I have has turned rancid again and I need it for the mashed potatoes I made yesterday..this is the second container I’ve had go bad in the past month and I wonder how old the stuff is that I have been buying…I guess I’ll have to look at the sell by dates more closely…cripes I wonder if my taste buds are going weird on me again like they did a couple of years ago? Back then, my toothpaste tasted like ashes but I haven’t noticed that…yet…not much to do today….think I’m probably going to veg it out a while before I run the errand and the race from Texas was moved to this morning with the rain they had yesterday so that will give me something to do at 10 and through lunch…more later….

Well…I am getting damn tired of this crap…back up before 5 with coughing like crazy again and didn’t sleep much at all…so, there will be a nap later on…can’t go on with 4-5 hours of sleep a day…and I had to take something for the coughing this morning…it’s been two weeks since this started and I still hurt like crazy from coughing…this is just so damn tiring….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much with all of the sports that were on but I am going to get some cleaning done today in between the stuff that is on today…and I do have to cook again today and I am looking forward to having some chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy…I did put jeans on to go out for the paper today and it was kind of funny with how much weight I’ve lost riding so much this summer…they were falling off and I should have put a belt on….normally when I go into jeans, they are pretty tight but not this year…I should be sore after getting back on the bike yesterday but I’m not and that is a little strange….the only thing that hurts this morning are my abs from all of the coughing….okay, my thighs are a little sore but not much…I am going to try to get back on the bike this afternoon but it is supposed to rain some…nothing on the radar yet so maybe it will hold off a while…more later

Well…have been trying to find a topic in politics to write about today with no luck so I think I’ll talk about this….I got a bike ride in today for the first time in three days and it felt good to get out and get some fresh air…but it was only 42 degrees when I went at 11:30 and that is borderline for going out in just my riding gloves…but the sun was shining and it was clear when I left but that turned into a cloudy day and I was freezing by the time I got back here and haven’t been able to get warm since….I think I’ll have to start thinking about my winter hat and full gloves if I go out tomorrow….my lungs were okay for the entire ride but I’m back to coughing and wheezing again but I think I’m better than yesterday….we’ll see how the rest of the day goes…I did make chili this morning and it came out pretty good once I remembered that using my tomatoes meant that I would have to add more brown sugar than I normally do to tamp the bitterness down…and I put a little frank’s in, too, and that brought it to life…I even got the chicken in the brine but had to use my big roaster since the chicken was too big to fit in a gallon bag…it’s almost 7 pounds and that’s a pretty damn big chicken….so that will keep me fed for a week and at 79cents a pound, it’s a pretty good deal….maybe more later….