Well…trying to fight off the guilts still and that may end up with going out for another ride…but, I am still frickin exhausted from all of the work yesterday and not getting any sleep last night…and I haven’t been able to take a nap yet today so I thought I’d come here and do one of these while I think…there has been a little weirdness on the trail this week that I have kept forgetting to talk about so I think I’ll do that now…a couple of days back, while I was heading up my long uphill sprint, I looked up and there was a deer just sauntering across the trail seemingly not bothered by my passing and that distracted me for a bit so I didn’t notice a skunk crossing the trail just in front of me..and that was a little unusual since I see lots of wildlife but never any skunks on the trails…luckily, he was pretty focused on getting hidden in the brush so no problem…just a little way up the trail the weirdness really started when a turkey started running up the trail right in front of me instead of heading into the woods off the trail…I was sprinting over 16 MPH and he was pacing about 10 yards in front of me for almost 30 yards, then took off with leaves being scattered from the vortices from it’s wings…but, he only went up the trail another 20 yards or so and landed to start running again…after I caught up with him, he finally gave up, took off, and flew into the woods…I was laughing the whole time at the absurdity of it…and it still makes me smile…

Well…feel pretty beat up this morning after working on the house all day trying to get the weeds and grass taken care of…used a bunch of new muscles that hurt like crazy today and my allergies are terrible with being exposed to everything I’m allergic to all day…and getting up at 4:30 didn’t help so I think I’ll lay low most of the day after the bike ride…and I’ll drag myself out here in a few minutes to get that done….with being gone all day, I’m sure I was under on calories yesterday so I’ll have to make up for that today…not sure how but I’ll have to try or feel like crap later….I know I have no energy right now so I’m hoping the coffee will work soon…I’m glad I got the grocery run done yesterday so I can kind of ease into it today…not going over to do any work today but will go tomorrow so I think I’ll be back to one bike ride a day from now on…getting too old to load my body with two rides and lots of physical labor…and the no sleep is confusing since I was just exhausted last night and should have slept soundly…oh, well…more later….

Well….5:17 just doesn’t work for me…feel pretty worn out and the coffee isn’t working yet so I guess I’ll have to just wait it out to get moving…slept okay last night but with the developments of last night, I tossed and turned quite a bit so I may have to take a nap later…if I can…I am going to to the grocery run today since I ran out of a bunch of stuff yesterday and I don’t want to be out in the store on the 4th…but, it’s too early for that right now so I need to just stall for a while…I got soaked on the bike on the morning ride yesterday and everything was still wet for the afternoon ride…had to wring out my riding gloves they were so wet and putting my feet in cold, wet shoes was no fun…but, it looks like no rain for today and I’ll only get one ride in today with having to head over to the west side…I did get out for some errands yesterday morning and got some weird seasoned ground meat that has sirloin, brisket, and other good cuts in it for 1.49 a pound so I am going to fall off the red meat wagon later today to see if it is any good…if it is, I’ll probably head out to get a couple more packages Friday….more later…

Well….this was a strange night with storms finally getting here instead of falling apart on the way…but, that’s not the news…just got a call from my oldest son with some news or some information that I didn’t have before…he informed me when he called that his mom has transferred the title to his grandparents house to him…actually it happened quite a few years ago and he was renting it out until about 6 months ago but now it has been empty for a while and there are complaints that it is not being taken care of…so, he offered it to me for free for the next 18 months if I take care of it for him and get it ready for when he and his fiance move back here to GR…so, I need to go over there tomorrow to assess the situation and see if I can get in the garage to get to the mower and at least get the lawn mowed…then I’ll have to have the electricity turned back on and see if it is livable…but, I may be out of here in a month or so…will have to buy my way out of the lease but it will be worth it to buy another year to find a house of my own…it will be weird living in the city but I guess I can get used to riding my bike in the street…and having a garage for the Miata….

Well…not getting up until 6 seems like such a luxury these days so I’ll take every one I can get…and I even slept okay last night without putting the air on so that’s a bonus…but, I need to get going to get on the bike soon before the storms come in…okay, that’s a laugh…every time I say there is a storm coming it falls apart before it gets here but I hope that’s not the case today…I’m thinking about falling off the no red meat wagon today with DD having burger on sale for 1.49 a pound…I’ve only had two burgers since last September so I think I’m going to splurge and get some today…I hope I can get a small enough package so I don’t have to put anything in the freezer since there is very little room in there…have to start thinking about using some of the chicken in there, too, and get some meals planned…I do need to make some Alfredo or other pasta just to change it up…I did get a lot done yesterday morning with finally getting my oven cleaned and washing and waxing the car along with doing some rust repair but I’m not sure what I’ll do today yet…just need to get some coffee down so I can get on the bike in the next 15 mins…more later…

Well…have had some things rattling around in my head that I wanted to get down before I forget them…might be a better idea to forget them but hey, after over 7,000 of these, I need topics from anywhere so here goes…I was watching “Jessica Jones” the other night and saw something that made me laugh a little bit…when she was getting ready for a stakeout, she filled a stainless steel water bottle with whiskey to take with her…and it was the exact same old school sub-zero one that I have to carry water on the bike…no fancy top or anything like that but one that you have to unscrew and remove to drink…see, I told you this really doesn’t mean anything…it kind of like seeing a Miata in a movie or tv show…only means something to me…oh, one other thing…that may qualify for trail weirdness…okay, I think I’ll wait on that one and actually do a trail weirdness one later today or tomorrow since I have a few things that I have been storing up…and that one will have turkeys!

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get up until 6 or so and there were no dead crickets on the floor…have been trying to find out where the hell they have been coming from and I think I finally finally have poison in the right places to keep them out…slept okay last night and started to feel better later in the day yesterday after feeling like crap Saturday with no energy at all and I think that was from not eating enough to support 30 miles a day on the bike…and my guts felt like they were filled with acid…so I need to continue eating more but that screws up my schedule that usually includes two meals a day…I could use a toasted bagel with cream cheese with my coffee in the morning so maybe I’ll try that…I still have some smoked salmon in the freezer, too, so that would be good…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to clean my oven today and I want to wash and wax the car so that will fill up my morning after I work out and get on the bike…more later…

Well…that was a little better with not waking up until almost 5:30 and slept okay….and I don’t feel too bad this morning after feeling like crap all day yesterday after I got the second ride in and I’m not sure why I felt that way…might be not eating enough or it could be that I’m not acclimated to the heat yet but damn, it was really bad…okay, still feel crappy this morning and I’m wondering if I should get out on the bike or take it easy…my guts have been screaming at me the past couple of days and I’m trying to figure out what the heck I ate that would cause that…yeah, it’s as bad as it sounds but I am going to get out on the bike after I do this and have a little coffee….with feeling so lousy yesterday, I didn’t get much done but a load of laundry and I think I’ll be taking it easy today after I get back and I’m not sure if I’ll only do one run or two….starting to feel like I did yesterday so I am going to watch a little Moto GP and take it easy….more later…

Well…up a little early today but nowhere near as early as yesterday…5:30 is much better than 3:43 but I would still like to get a full night of sleep at some point…I think only going out once yesterday has helped with the pain since I’m not too sore today and I’ll be getting out soon to see how much energy my legs have after the rest…it is already almost 70 out there so the second ride is going to be hot today…not sure when I’m going to wedge the second one in with Moto GP, F1, and soccer on today…one good thing is I don’t have to cook today with running the instant pot yesterday but I do need to marinade some more chicken and make another batch of pickled red onions but that is pretty easy and won’t take much time…I am going to get to my kitchen counters today and maybe even clean the oven once I get started…and the microwave needs attention, too, so I have plenty to keep me busy….don’t want to be too ambitious, though….then I’ll be bored tomorrow…more later….

Well…as you can see, haven’t done one on politics today so far and probably won’t…had a surprise fun day when Tom called to go out and shoot pool and, of course, I’m always in for that…I had just gotten the instant pot loaded to make some chicken leg quarters so I decided to just let it do it’s thing while I was gone…the first time I’ve ever let any cooking go on without me being here…but, it worked out perfectly and I had a nice, hot chicken lunch waiting for me when I got back here and that was cool…had lunch done and cleaned up from it by 1:30 and now I need to watch the US women’s team play in the World Cup here in a few minutes…and probably take a nap at some point since I’ve been up since 4 or so…I may get to a political one later but I doubt it….only got one ride in today and I’m trying to not let the guilts get to me….