Well…this really sucks….have had computer problems all morning with it taking almost two minutes to switch between sites and that is just damn annoying…but even more annoying is re-starting it and it taking almost 20 minutes to update so I could use it again…it seems to be better now but it still has lag to it and I’m not sure what that is about…I never save anything to the hard drive so it still has plenty of room for anything I may want to do…I wonder if it’s connected to emby being so unstable lately? I guess I should start getting ready to buy a new laptop…need to get all of my saved passwords out of this one before it dies on me…damn…don’t want to spend any money right now…

Well…running a little late this morning even with getting up at 5:11 and there is a good reason for it…when I have work staring me in the face, I just have to get started on it…so, I got the last window started and finished the sanding…getting ready to paint later this morning after it dries from wiping the dust down….will need to put two coats on so I may have to finish it up tomorrow since the paint doesn’t dry too well on the cold window frames….that will finish up the big painting jobs on the inside and that will give me a couple of weeks to clean everything and put my tools away before I get started on the exterior and the lawn….I may even just take some time off to get some rest and let my body heal before I start abusing it again outside….I do need to remove and paint the rest of the trim in the kitchen but I’ll probably wait until I can do that outdoors to keep the smell out there instead of in here…I do need to buy an airless sprayer to do the awnings and the siding on the dormer and the garage but I need to wait to spend any money until I get my new tires and air compressor…..damn..still a lot to do and I need to work on the car, too….need to change the oil, replace the valve cover gasket, and do a coolant flush…and that will take some time, too…just too much work to do…still…and I have the grocery run to do this morning if there are any groceries still on the shelves….I sure hope the panic buying hasn’t hit here yet since I have a pretty long list to get today…but that won’t happen til later…I need more coffee and to read the news first before I get started….oh, I’ve already started…cripes, I need some time off….more later…

Well…that was a little better but was still up three times overnight even with going to bed late and being good last night…but, I don’t feel too bad so I guess I’ll take it….and I was and am coughing again and it has to be allergies and that doesn’t make me happy at all…think I’ll take some of the cough stuff I got for the last time it was this bad…I’ll probably get some pretty dirty looks tomorrow when I do the grocery run with the panic about coronavirus and me coughing…that should be pretty funny if I don’t get shot…I wonder when they’ll start closing grocery stores and the rest of retail? Not going to worry about that with a full freezer downstairs that I know has more than two weeks worth of food in it…especially with how little I eat…I mean I turned one boneless chicken breast into 4 days worth of chicken burritos…and I just started to thaw a 4 1/2 pound corned beef brisket for St.Patrick’s day…that I’m going to make in the instant pot this weekend…okay, enough of that…I am going to get started on the last window today so that should be done in a few days…but I need to tarp off the kitchen to control the dust and paint chips along with treating the rust on the frame….but, it’s a small window so it shouldn’t be too hard…just looked at the weather and it’s going to be crappy and cold for the rest of March…would like to get started out on the yard but that looks like that will wait for a while…I’m even going to be back in full thermasuit for the ride this morning….I do need to get my veggies started inside so I’ll be ready for outdoor planting as soon as the frost is gone….I need more coffee…more later…

Well…the way today started out, I really didn’t have much hope of getting anything done…not sleeping will do that to you…but, I did get out on the bike as soon as it was light enough to see and got a nice ride in but the fact that I hadn’t put the tire liners in yet was nagging at me the entire 12 miles….so, when I got back here I took the bike apart and got to use my new tire tools to break down one side of the tires to make room to put the liners in…and I just love the new tools that are specifically made to remove tires from the rims without damaging them…and they clip onto the spokes to stay in place until the tire is off so you don’t need three hands to get the job done…I did discover that I need a new compressor since neither one of mine work very well anymore…but, I can’t spend any money until May now so that is going to have to wait…unless I decide to not buy any groceries for a week and buy the compressor instead…I can get a nice little pancake one from HF for 39 bucks that will deliver 100 psi and that would be enough since all I’ll use it for is to air up tires and to blow things off that I am working on…I did get laundry done today, too since I damn near killed my dryer with a load that was just way to big for it and needed to start doing smaller ones…what else? Nothing…just these and that and now it’s time to watch soccer….

Well…that was an ugly night with having the worst case of acid reflux I’ve had in a long time…woke me up at 2 and kept me up most of the rest of the night as I waited for the antacids to work…and it didn’t help that it was the first full night of the time change and that always screws me up for a few days…not sure why that would be but I know I’ll still be doing time corrections in my head for a few days…you’d think that getting 50 miles in on the bike the past two days that I would be worn out and sleep better but it really never works that way…oh, well….didn’t get anything done yesterday but it looks like I’ll have time to get a few things done this afternoon with the rain coming in later this morning…so that means I need to get on the bike around 9 after the showers that are on the way move through and before the rains starts again at 11 or so…there won’t be enough time to get a double in today so I guess I’ll get started on the last window in the kitchen…if I feel better…feel pretty crappy right now and my allergies are flaring like crazy so that is going to make for a day to be endured…and I really do hope that I can get a nap during soccer later but that hasn’t been working lately, either….more later…

Well…not sure if doing two hard runs both yesterday and today is a mistake or not but I am getting dang sore already and that will need some ibuprofen a little later…it was pretty cool to be able to get out for the second ride today in  just a t-shirt and shorts for the first time this year and that made the ride just so much more fun and I was able to work up a good sweat, too….did that whole second run today flat out as hard as I could go but I did notice that I am nowhere near summer fitness levels so there sill be some gains to be had..but the weather isn’t going to cooperate with temps heading back down into the 40’s for highs for the next couple of weeks and rain in the forecast almost every day until the end of March…and that sucks since I am trying to get to over 600 miles by the first of April but that will take doubles almost every day and that is just not going to happen…it was still fun to get out on the new bike and not have to think about the damn chain skipping…or any of the other things that is wrong with the old bike…not sure when I’m going to start working on that…have some work to do on the car first so we’ll see….

Well…I’m not sure what it is about Sundays but I almost forgot to come here again this week…was getting ready to get on the bike and just realized that I needed to come here and do one of these…and the time change didn’t help, either…I’ll be feeling the effects of that for a couple of days and I’m not sure why that is…feel pretty crappy this morning and it’s entirely my fault but the coughing and stuffed up head isn’t…I sure hope it’s not allergies this soon in the year…yeah, I know, it is but I’m holding out the delusional hope that it will not get worse…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but put the new bike together and ride twice but I did get the dining room window finished…don’t think I’m going to do any work today other than get two bike rides in…I did get the tire liners and tools to install them late in the day but I’m not going to do that today…going to keep my fingers crossed that I don’t get a flat today doing two rides….that would be a pain to walk back 5 miles….not much to do today…going to get out on the bike here in a few minutes for the first one and then watch some soccer before the second one after Man U plays City at 12:30….going to make some chicken with asparagus and potatoes for lunch…it is pretty cool to have a large enough glass dish to cook them all in it….more later….

Well….I was really surprised today when the new bike came around 10 am when fedex usually delivers late in the day….but, I’ll take it since I put it together and was out on it for a shakedown run by 11:15…and that’s even with getting the computer mounted so not too much time at all…it did help that this one is the same model as the old one since it is the only one with full suspension in my price range, so I already knew everything about it…after starting out on the first ride all I could say is wow! All of the controls are feather light and I barely have to touch the shifter and it is in the next gear…it is so light that I didn’t even hurt my thumb doing two rides and getting almost 25 miles in…even the rear brake is so sensitive that I can lock the rear wheel up with just two fingers….it is just so cool to have a bike that works like it’s supposed to and I can go hard….I had forgotten how nice it is to just power up hills instead of having to shift down 4 gears to keep the chain from skipping…and it works my legs like crazy…so much so that I was already getting sore just sitting here having lunch between the rides…I AM going to need some ibuprofen later today to be able to move and to get ready for another double tomorrow…one crappy thing is that the tube protectors still haven’t shown up so I think I just wing it til Monday when it is supposed to rain and the take wheels off and install them then…oh, one last thing…I expected that the grey paint would just be regular gloss grey….but it is grey metallic and it looks pretty cool out in the sun…can’t wait for oit to get warmer and get some long rides in…

Well…up too damn early again this morning….and I knew that if I just rolled over and tried to sleep some more it wasn’t going to work so here we are…so that means that there may be some napcar in my future this afternoon…I did get some work done yesterday and I’m down to only one window left after painting the one in the dining room yesterday…but I have to put the second coat on it this morning…I did find some clear lacquer spray that I used on the rusted part of the frame to try to keep it from bleeding through the white paint…it is a little funny that the spray can of lacquer is over 20 years old and it still works great…I may have to use it on another window frame that is rusted and the rust is making ugly brown marks…and the window over the sink is probably the worst one that I’ll have to take a wire brush to…think I’ll put it in the drill and see if that makes it a little less work…I tried to strip it but that didn’t work on the 60 year old paint…the new bike is supposed to come today along with the tire tools and the tube protectors that I have to install before I can take it out…and that means I have to stay here all day since fedex won’t leave it without a signature…so no last ride on the old bike…I think I’ll go look at the tracking to see if there is a projected time for the delivery…not much to do today…just the painting and the bike stuff along with watching soccer all morning and I need some rest already…or more coffee…yep, I think that’s easier….more later…

Well…running late this morning and there is really no reason for it other than I just laid in bed for a while after I woke up…and I never do that….I wonder why this morning? Oh, well…feel okay this morning if a little slow and I guess I earned that with not being good for the first time this week….not sure if that is going to continue this weekend but we’ll see…didn’t get much done yesterday but the bike ride as I need to keep resting my hands to get them to heal and it appears to be working…much less pain and I can even do this without wincing…I did remember that I needed to repair the top on the car where more stitching gave way and got that done just before it got dark last night…used every clamp I got from HF to hold it while the glue set…and I needed to get that done before I take it out in the rain…I used the two big clamps and the 6 little ones I got for a buck and it is handy to have them around here….I may not get out on the bike today if the wind comes up like it’s supposed to…20-25 mph is way too much to ride into especially with a bike that I can’t put any pressure on the pedals…but, I haven’t checked if it is windy yet so I may be able to get out early if it’s warm enough….not much to do today…I am going to start working on the window in the dining room so I can paint it over the weekend and then maybe start on the final window over the kitchen sink but with getting the new bike tomorrow, that may distract me some and I may just want to ride….more later….