Well…made it all the way to the coffee maker starting this morning…okay, I was in bed until the coffee maker started but I had been up since about 5 or so and with not getting to sleep until after midnight, that is another short night of sleep that I am feeling right now….my foot seems to be a little better this morning and I am trying some vitamin c to see if that will help….it is supposed to have some effect along with lots of coffee so that I can do…it is less red and puffy so maybe I’m on the right track….didn’t get much done but some cleaning yesterday and I made some jalapeno pickles from the second cuke that I grew and picked yesterday and I can’t wait to see how they came out…they need to sit in the fridge for 24 hours while the vinegar does it’s work but I’ll be trying them with lunch today…the first batch I made a few days ago came out quite good but needed more flavor so I went with more garlic and one jalpeno to see if I could kick it up a bit….I did only do one ride yesterday with the rain and soreness but we’ll see about today….don’t want to have a setback on the progress I’ve made with my foot but I know putting it in my riding shoe is going to do that….and there is no way I can drink more water than I did yesterday….not much to do today…I should run some errands but I probably won’t…should wait until it rains and I can’t do anything else….more later…

Well…a few minutes ago, I decided to skip the second ride of the day and give myself some rest since I am feeling pretty worn out…and I think that makes me look like a genius now with the storms that have just popped up out of nowhere and that are going to hit here in a few minutes….in reality, I skipped to watch the Man U FA cup match at 1 against Chelsea….along with being worn out and my foot still sore from wedging it into my riding shoe this morning…okay, better end this one right now before the power goes out….need more water…well…I don’t really NEED more water but I do think it would be a good idea to keep drinking as much as I can until my foot is better….

Well…timed that one pretty well…..just walked in the door from a shortened ride and it has started to rain…and it looks like we are going to get some puny storms but I thought I needed to get this one done before the power goes out…slept pretty crappy again last night but I don’t feel too bad other than my toe hurts again…but the low being 80 was a bit much and I hope these storms coming through will cut the humidity some and cool it off…okay…yeah, that made me laugh too….they have predicted storms for almost a week now and we haven’t gotten anything so I’ll believe it when I see it…I do hear some thunder and can smell the rain so maybe they’ll be right this time….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but pick the biggest damn cuke I’ve ever seen…it must be 18 inches long but it looks like my cuke count will be two from 6 plants and that really sucks…at least I can make another batch of pickles…the first ones came out pretty good but I need to add a little more sugar and dill to the next batch…not much to to today…going to continue the cleaning I started yesterday and I have to get started on some stuff downstairs but I do need to rest my foot some so I am going to do that for the next hour while I wait for the F1 race to start…it the power stays on…more later….

Well…this is weird…woke up this morning and my foot doesn’t hurt at all…I wonder how the heck that works after hobbling around here all day yesterday? Who knows, but I’ll take it…I was so damn stiff and sore yesterday that I could barely move without huge effort….I’m still stiff and sore today but it has gone down by 50% so I’m not limping around here anymore….I did take an ibuprofen last night but one can’t take away all that pain…can it? I have been lucky so far this summer with my allergies but they have flared this morning and my head is plugged up completely so I may have to take something for it…almost did last night to get ahead of it but got distracted by something and forgot to….I am going to continue to take the electrolyte stuff my daughter sent me since I think it’s making a difference on the second rides of the day with my legs not going nearly as flat as normal but I do think I need to take a day off soon just for some repair of the legs…I did get to 3,000 miles yesterday so it does look like I am going to make it to 5K for the year pretty easily if I keep up the 36 miles a day pace…I do have to buy a new rear tire soon since the one on the bike has a big cut in it that goes all the way through to the tube protector but there is a tire shortage with all of the people taking up biking this summer so that may be a little hard to find…I do have one on the old bike that I can use in a pinch but I’d like to keep that one intact so I can start working on it soon…ha, I just realized I have a parts bike that I can cannibalize if I need to…I’ve had parts cars before but never a parts bike…not much to do today…going to play that this is a real weekend and act like it without much work….I am going to clean some and do laundry but that will be it…have to get some food out of the freezer to start emptying that with all the chicken I have in it that needs to be used….more later….

Well…this really really sucks…slept with my damn foot curled up under me for a couple of hours last night and now my toe hurts so badly the I can barely walk again….had to take an ibuprofen already just to tolerate it and since it happened early in the night, it kept me up all night trying to find a position that it didn’t scream in pain…as you can tell, I’m getting pretty damn tired of my foot hurting and having to baby it just to hobble around….I finally had enough of the traffic going down the street at 50 to 60 mph in a 25 mph zone so I called the police yesterday to get them looking at what can be done to slow people down to the speed limit…and I would expect that will mean writing some tickets to these cut through assholes that think it’s a big damn joke to go by me 18 inches away at 60+ when I’m on the bike….even the frickin buses that run down the street are going over 50 all day long…and 25 over the limit is going to be a 4 point ticket and at least a couple of hundred dollar fine but I don’t feel bad about that at all….that’s just no damn respect for the people who have to live here with these assholes blasting down the street all day…and we have one moron on a motorcycle that screams down the street at over a hundred every damn evening….yeah, can you tell I’m pretty crabby this morning? I think I just need a day off of everything…but, I am going to get to 3,000 miles today and I think that the second ride is going to be slower than normal just to conserve some energy…damn I’m tired….more later….

Well…running late this morning with trying and trying to get some sleep all night and finally giving up at 6:30 or so…it was nice to hear the rain all night but that was the problem…I was awake to hear the rain all night….needless to say, I’m pretty worn out today and just can’t get moving yet…just started with coffee so maybe that will help in a while…I am going to try to just take it easy today and get to the rides when I get to them instead of getting antsy since I’m always out for the first ride by now….I am going to continue using the electrolyte powders that my daughter sent me before I go out since they may be helping some…at least my legs didn’t go flat at all yesterday and they should have if they followed the normal pattern…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but work on the downstairs project but that took a couple of hours and hurt my hands even more…it’s a little weird that the part of me that hurts on the bike the most is my hands and I have to keep flexing them through the entire ride to keep them from going numb so I can’t shift….maybe an ibuprofen before I go out today? Not much to do today….I need to clean and cook  and I should mow the lawn but that can wait until the grass sucks up some of the rain and grows some…I am a little surprised that the power didn’t go out with the rain last night since it doesn’t take much to have that happen but the coffee maker started on time so it must have been on all night….more later….

Well…yeah, it’s my birthday and for the first time in 50 years I can’t go out for drinks with friends…and it’s all the idiot trump’s fault…he took a whole damn year away from me, one that was supposed to have the enjoyment of city living in it…going to Blues on the Mall and other concerts and hitting a few bars to hang out with friends…and riding my bike into town to just take in the energy that was there until trump screwed us all…and no tequila shots with K at the Mex place or sitting with T at the Chance and laughing our butts off…what the hell kind of a birthday is it when you can’t do any birthday stuff on that one day that is yours alone? Okay, so it isn’t mine alone…my oldest brother and I share a birthday 13 years apart…and I talked to him today for a couple of hours and it has been years since I heard from him so that was a cool thing…and he wants to sell me an 800 dollar bike for 50 bucks that he can’t ride any more with his knee problems so I’m going to buy it just to have a spare and a different one to ride sometimes…so that will be 4 bikes that I own and I wonder if it’s turning into a collection? Still haven’t heard from K or C today and I really expected it…or two of my sons but that is pretty normal so no big deal….cripes, I just realized how small my circle has become…I did buy myself a small steak to have for dinner today just for a little treat and I bought some better whiskey for manhattans for tonight…going all the way with BV instead of McMasters but for one day, I think I really can splurge a little….I sure hope the storms that are coming wait until after the races from Bristol tonight since even a light rain seems to put the power out around here and I just don’t need another outage on my damn birthday…after the restrictions are lifted, can I have a do over for my birthday? I think that should be a thing…

Well…damn…another night of no sleep but it is a little funny to me that I woke up at 3:40 again…yeah, I’m weird but you have to admit that 3:40 is just a funny time to be waking up every day…I couldn’t believe how much I hurt yesterday with brand new pain in my hands that was stabbing and came out of nowhere…I guess one thing I that came out of the garage debacle was that I don’t like the color that I picked out…way too yellow so I need to try to get the cream color that I want before I go any farther…but that isn’t going to happen this week…have a bunch of other stuff to get done with the downstairs project that I have been neglecting but can’t wait any longer….and I need to do the grocery run this morning after I get the first ride in….and I have a cuke that is ready to be picked that I am going to make pickles with so most of the day is going to be just fooling around with stuff…need to mow the lawn too but that could wait a day…you know, one of the things that sucks about this damn pandemic is that I don’t get to go out and have drinks with friends for my birthday…have done that for almost 50 years and just because of the asshole trump and his monumental incompetence I’m stuck here by myself and I need to get out and laugh some….and that is just depressing….more later…..

Well…I’m pretty depressed this morning that the paint sprayer didn’t work to do the garage and I have all that painting to do by hand now….and I hurt like crazy everywhere so that is not going to happen today…and with the rain coming tomorrow, I shouldn’t paint anyway…don’t even feel like getting on the bike this morning but I know I will…maybe I’ll just clean some today since this place needs it and I have been ignoring that lately…after the debacle yesterday, I didn’t get much done other than riding…my gardens are turning into a bust this year and I am thinking about just uprooting everything and giving up…have 2 cukes on 6 plants and they die as soon as they bloom and I wonder if they are not getting pollinated…and the beans are done fruiting with only two meals out of the 6 plants I have in…and it looks like I’m going to get about a dozen tomatoes off a dozen plants so that is depressing too….even my sunflowers are dying and that just adds to my depression….and I need to find a house soon and that appears like it’s not going to happen so I’ll be back in an apartment somewhere before the end of the year…and that is weighing on me every damn day and doesn’t let me enjoy anything…do you think I’m depressed? Yep….but I’ll get through it…maybe I’ll go out and buy a new bath towel today since the one I’m using is 15 years old and falling apart….some act of normalcy would be welcome at this point….more later…

Well…as you know, I had been prepping the garage for painting today with the new sprayer I bought for the job…all I have to say is that it sucked to say the least…couldn’t get it stable and adjusted correctly at all…when I did, it would work for a minute and then puke an un-atomized stream of paint that would then turn into a run that looked like hell…so, after about half of one side of the garage I said enough and quit…I even took my hose and washed the paint off it looked so crappy….so I wasted a half gallon of paint for nothing and I still have to get out the brushes and roller and spend a few days painting it by hand…but it will surely look better than it did…crap…