Well…made it all the way to 5:23 this morning and that seems like a small win with how it has been going….but I am still pretty damn tired today and pretty sore, too, even with taking the day off the bike…had a flat when I got ready to ride yesterday and then my bike computer finally died after acting really weird over the past couple of weeks…I couldn’t get one locally since no one carries the inexpensive ones anymore so I had to order one from Amazon for 18 bucks but that won’t be here for a week or so so I guess I’ll just have to write down how many rides I do so I can keep an accurate record of the miles I do…it’s good that I ride the same route every day so that will be easy….normally, I take Thursdays off working on the house to get supplies I need but I did that earlier in the week so I am going to put the second coat on the bathroom today and maybe prep for painting the entry doors and frames since the side door frame has no paint on it at all and it will make all the difference to get that done…so, another busy day with a late lunch since I have to cook some thighs I have had in the fridge for a week…more later…

Well…as you know, I had to buy a new lawnmower for the house and decided to get a cheap little electric for only 88 bucks on Amazon since the yard is so small…so today, I put it in the car in the carton to take it over and had to put the top down to make it fit even with how small it is…it took about a minute to assemble it since the handle just snapped in as did the handle for the bag and those were the only two things I had to do to use it…I was really surprised how well it coped with grass that was about 5 inches tall and the bag worked good even though it was small and I had to empty it a lot…but, it’s also a mulcher so if I mow once a week, I won’t have to bag at all…I do need to get my extension cord handling skills back but it wasn’t too big of a pain so I can live with it…and just pushing a button to start it is pretty cool….and getting the lawn mowed allowed me to put up some barriers that I hope will keep the idiots next door from parking on my damn lawn…when I got over there yesterday there were two cars at least 3 feet on the parkway in front of the house and they have left tire tracks and killed a bunch of the lawn that I want to restore…need to get some dirt and grass seed to fill that damage and some next to the driveway entry that is about 8 inches deep…I was going to paint today but I needed to take advantage of no cars on the lawn, and you know how I am with a new toy…just had to try it…

Well…running about on time this morning and slept in all the way to 5:20 and that is better than 3:04 so I’ll take it…I can’t believe how worn out I was yesterday after I got back here from running errands and I forgot to put sunscreen on and got scorched…that may be part of it but painting the bathroom had a lot to do with it, too…need to put a second coat on today so I can put it back together next week…it had so much detail work that it took me almost 4 hours to paint the tiny thing…I do need to take the mower over today and put it together so I can mow the lawn tomorrow…I normally take Thursdays off but not this week…just need to get everything done so I can get the water on…I do need to cook today with no leftovers in the fridge and that will put he first meal back til almost 2 and that is really screwing up my schedule…down to one meal a day and that’s probably not a good idea with all of the work I’ve been doing lately…I may even have to take an ibuprofen before I head over today since I hurt everywhere…again….more later…

Well…that didn’t last long…only got two days of reasonable sleep and then back to getting up at 3:14 today and then just fitfull tossing and turning until 5:26…and I am feeling it now…another exhausted start to the day…needless to say, didn’t sleep well, either, but I did say I wasn’t going to bitch about that anymore….I did get the new electric lawnmower yesterday and it looks pretty cool…probably won’t get to using it today since I spent the day prepping the bathroom for paint and want to get that done today…I did get the bathroom fan running yesterday, too so that is one last thing that I was a little worried about….and I got the grate for it brought over here cleaned up and painted so I can install it once the paint on the bathroom dries…didn’t get anything done around here yesterday and even skipped the second bike ride with the rain coming in…and that helped my bike sores some but we’ll see about today….I am going to get out here in a little while but it is still dark until after 7 now so I have some time to have coffee and read the news….might even have to make more coffee since the leftovers were kind of short this morning….more later….

Well…something’s happening here…what it is ain’t exactly clear…that’s two days in a row of sleeping until after 6 and that is really weird given my history of not sleeping at all…but, I’ll take it even if I don’t have the energy I had yesterday morning…feel pretty worn out today but I think I’ll get back into the standard routine for my days…so that means getting on the bike here in a few minutes when it gets light…had a nice day yesterday and I did get out on the bike tewice with no damage that I can feel right now…not too sore but I am still fighting the bike sores that I have been for three weeks now and that is not normal…have to figure that out soon…and why my right thumb hurts like crazy for no reason….I do have my car loaded up with stuff from my storage shed to move over to the house today and I have to remember to do that every day I go over so I will have all of the little stuff moved before I make the big move in October…the new lawn mower is supposed to be here today and I hope it is when I get back here today…but, with the rain coming in, I won’t be able to use it until Wed at the earliest since it is an electric and I don’t want to die doing the lawn….not much to do today…I do have to continue the prep work on the bathroom so I can paint tomorrow….so that means that I won’t get anything done around here today….more later…

Well…I wonder if this is what normal people feel like in the morning? got up for the first time around 3 or so but was able to go back to sleep off and on until almost 7 and I feel kind of supercharged this morning…have lots of energy even before getting much coffee down and it would be cool to make this  the new normal….even went out to get the paper as soon as I got up and didn’t need to work into moving at all and that was weird, too…don’t feel too sore today with only doing one ride yesterday but we’ll see when I get on the bike in a few minutes…well….not in a few minutes, going to watch the Moto GP race before I go out since I need to have my bagel and cream cheese and another cup of coffee…cripes if I continue to feel this good I may even clean around here today….I do need to hit HF for a new battery cut off switch since the one I have appears to be leaving the battery connected unless I turn the switch 4 or 5 turns and that’s not normal for how it’s worked for the past year since I installed it…and I can get another free flashlight and that will make 7 of them I have…I wonder what it would look like if I lit all of them at once? I think I’m just going to take my time getting out this morning and try to relax my self-imposed stress level and stop rushing around this morning….there really is no reason to have to keep to a schedule…at least today…more later…

Well…you know, I could write a little bit about Macron trying to engage trump at the G-7 summit but trump just stared into the distance and talked about the weather….but no, don’t feel like it…I did get out and have a couple this aft with K and that was fun…and I did go over to look at the cars but that was a little disappointing and redundant…so I wasn’t there long…but, I did decide to only ride once to give my legs a little rest and they are thanking me a lot right now…not hobbling around here as much as normal and that is a good thing…I had been thinking that it was permanent damage that I was going to have to live with it…I think I did get the leak fixed in the car since there were no spots under it after driving around all day and that is a relief…but, it’s still not running right and I may need to put a new set of wires on it since these are over 6 years old and I have been holding them together with blue silicone…and that is about twice the recommended life for the wires…okay, it’s cocktail time and I want to catch up on some tv shows on the server before the indy car race comes on later….

Well…it’s another 5:04 morning today and I may stop talking about it since it appears to be the new normal and who wants to read about normal? I really hate that it is starting to stay dark later and later in the morning and that it is only 52 out there which is borderline for getting on the bike right now…so I am going to go wash the car here in a few minutes instead and let the sun warm things up some before I go out…I was nice and parked my car across the lot so the guys replace wood on the building could get their trucks closer and then the sprinklers came on and left the car covered in huge ugly water spots and I can barely see through the windshield…so I’ve dug out the quarters and will be heading out after I have some coffee…but I have to detour since they have the street blocked off for the mud run sponsored by the church behind me and that is just damn annoying…oh, well….my thumb still hurts where I smacked it earlier and I keep whacking it on the bike and that is not fun…I’m glad I’m taking the weekend off to heal up some since I am really sore everywhere but I think I am going over to 28th street to look at the cars today…but I need to see Man U play at 10 first and have a bagel with my coffee before I get moving…more later…

Well…when I was pulling out to head over to the house today, I looked back at my parking spot and saw there was a small spot of coolant left from the car and the only thing I could think of was damn, not now…just don’t need some car problems right now…but after having the hood open the other day to put a new set of plugs in it, I noticed that the entire hose that runs from the radiator to the overflow tank was wet and couldn’t figure it out…so, tonight, it was bugging me so I went out and took the hose off and it had collapsed inside and was completely plugged off…it was funny that the thing felt like a wet noodle and I couldn’t blow any air through it…so, I hopped on the bike and rode over to autozone to get a new piece and they sold me some cool fuel injection hose for only 2 bucks that should last as long as I own the car…so, I think I fixed the coolant leak and it was easy as could be…at least I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it’s fixed…we’ll see next week since I won’t drive my car again until Monday….

Well…I have a new game to play called guess what time it is that I am going to play when I wake up every morning…I will confess that with today’s performance, I’m not very good at it…guessed that it was 4:34 when it was only 4:04…and that means I’ve been up since 4:04 and that really sucks…I am just so worn out that I should take another day off today but I can’t…need to get electrical and paint prep work done today so I can paint the bathroom Monday…didn’t sleep for crap either, so there may be a nap this afternoon when soccer is on…couldn’t believe how much I hurt on the bike yesterday with my back and hands just screaming in pain throughout the entire second ride and I’m not sure why that would be…I mean my hands hurt and cramp up some on most days but yesterday they were so numb I couldn’t feel to shift the bike…I did get over 3200 miles yesterday and that leaves me with just over a thousand to do to break the record…I guess that’s something…I really should clean some around here today but will probably let that go until the weekend…will be worn out by the time I get back here today so I won’t be dong much….more later…