Well…okay, this is weird…that was the 4th or 5th day in a row that I slept okay and I think it may be the allergy medicine that I have been taking just to survive…so, tonight, it looks like experiment time to see if that is it…won’t take anything today or tonight…well…maybe some ibuprofen if I do a double today…had a good day yesterday with getting out to shoot pool and a nice top down drive out and back…oh, and I won so that was cool…and I ran the table for one of the games and that never, ever happens….have to look under the car this morning to see if it leaked any after the drive yesterday…not going to worry about it, though, since I don’t drive much but I think I’ll start saving some cash to plan on a new water pump or whatever the leak is…didn’t get anything done yesterday but will try to do something today….not sure what that will be right now but something…only did a single on the bike yesterday but may go out for two today if I feel like it but I have to cook today since I am almost out of leftovers so that will take some time….more chicken…yummy?  More later…

Well…I remembered to come here! Yep, pretty low bar to have a successful start to the morning but what else is there for me? Damn, it’s cold out there this morning with 40 showing up in frickin June…and I had to put the heat on last night but I didn’t run it at 75 like I normally do…just wanted it to not be freezing in here when I got up…slept okay last night and don’t feel to bad this morning but I think I am going to have to make breakfast since I have eggs to use and I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday with getting back out for a second ride…that one was torture when my legs went flat about a mile out and then I had to struggle the rest of the way…but, I survived it and don’t hurt too much today so I guess there is no permanent damage…didn’t get much else done yesterday and probably won’t today, either, but I don’t have a lot to do so that’s okay…might be having pool later today so I need to look for quarters in the drawer…should have enough so I don’t have to go to the bank…I have to start using sunscreen on the bike since my tan is looking really weird again…using my riding gloves has left my hands white but my forearms and legs are getting tanned…might have to drag the tanning chair out again and lie out in the sun….more later…

Well…it finally happened…I completely forgot to come here to do this….not sure why that happened but I did want to get out on the bike early and I was transfixed by the Moto GP race that was on so I’ll blame it on that…can’t remember ever being this late…I did sleep okay last night and don’t feel too bad right now after the ride and a shower so I may go out for a second ride after I make lunch in a few minutes…my back has been hurting since last week and I just can’t get it to crack so I guess I’ll have to work on that later…makes it a little uncomfortable on the bike when the pain shoots down my left leg but I can live with it…didn’t get anything done yesterday but a little cleaning and today will probably be the same with there being two races on this afternoon and I think I’ll take a nap…looks like the heat will be back on tonight with the low getting down to 41…in frickin June…I wonder when we are going to get some 80 degree temps? Oh, well….

Well…another month starts and I’m not sure what I think about that…slept okay last night but the storms that rolled through around 3 woke me up even with ear plugs in…and I stayed awake for a while to see if there were going to be more but no such luck…maybe this afternoon…feel pretty sore almost everywhere today and the tendon pain has settled in my forearms and that is pretty weird for this late in the year…and I can understand the pain in my crash shoulder but having similar pain in my left leaves me scratching my head….oh, well….I did get a double in on the bike yesterday but I’m not sure if I’ll do that today…I think I may just do one early this morning and then clean instead to let everything heal up some…and I do need to cook today since I used up all the leftovers yesterday…might make some stir fry chicken or the last of the red meat that I dug out of the freezer yesterday…haven’t had any pork chops in a long time so that may be nice for a  change…more later…

Well…with getting to 600 miles in one month earlier this week, I had a few days left to try to get to 650 but I missed it by 6 miles today…I could probably have kept going to get there but I am just worn out and don’t want to do any damage…or any more damage, that is…my legs hurt just sitting here and resting my arms on them to type this even hurts…I did see one cool thing in the woods on the second ride that I have never seen before…as soon as I got into the woods, I noticed hundreds of little green caterpillars falling from the trees in what looked like slow motion rain…suspended by their webs as they fell…they were everywhere and I had over 50 of them on my t-shirt when I stopped to brush them off and still had a few when I got back here…just one of the strangest things I have ever seen…now, I’ve seen one or two of them at a time but never the hundreds as today…pretty cool to see something new even at my advanced age….

Well…two days in a row of not getting up until after 6 and that is a little confusing since I normally toss and turn and wake up much earlier than that…but, I guess I’ll take it since I don’t feel too bad this morning…and I’m really not too sore, either, and I think that is from only going out for one ride yesterday…not sure if I’ll do two today or not but the weather looks like I’ll be able to if I want…it looks like I’ll end the month with around 640 miles in and that is enough…didn’t lose any weight with all of the extra work so I’m not sure what the purpose would be other than wearing my body out and I don’t want to do that…I am looking forward to the Deadwood movie that is on HBO tonight that is supposed to tie up all of the loose ends that came from the end of the third season but I’m not sure who the audience would be…after all, the show ended in 2006 and I wonder if anyone even remembers it…I did get some things done yesterday and I now have a clean bathroom for the next few days…I should get on the kitchen today but I might but not with the motivation level I have right now…I do have new coffee this morning and that might help but not yet….more later….

Well…running about on time for a Thursday after doing the grocery run and getting that done before the rain came in and I may be getting my day off the bike that I have been needing…at least I won’t be going out until this afternoon by the looks of the radar so that will make it a short day…after reaching my goal of 600 miles for the month yesterday, I am going to cut back the riding for a while just to let the constant pain in my legs go away and have them heal up some…slept okay last night but feel a little worn out today and part of it might be not eating enough…as you know, that is a recurring problem that I think I’ll have to deal with today…I did get out to have a couple with T yesterday and that was a lot of fun…always good to see her and have some laughs…I think I still have a small coolant leak in the car so that will have to be dealt with over the next week or so but I am not looking forward to that…just don’t want to work on cars anymore so I may have to spend my fed check to have it fixed…don’t drive a lot so it’s no big deal but just a pain….not much to do today…with the rain I have no excuse to not clean so I think I’ll do some of that today and get the bathroom done this morning….more later…

Well…running about on time this morning with not getting up until after 6 and don’t feel too bad right now…just a little slow and trying to wake up and I hope the coffee will help with that…I think this is going to be another morning of an early ride since I want to run the instant pot to cook some chicken that I have thawing…have some red potatoes and some corn that I am gong to throw in, too just to see how it comes out….will probably be over cooked but who knows? I did get three dozen eggs yesterday for 49 cents a dozen so Tom, you’re getting a dozen and a half eggs Monday….so don’t buy any…I’m getting close to my goal on the bike with only 17 miles left to do over the next three days so even if it rains a lot, which it is supposed to do, I’ll make the 600 miles easily….the pain from it is showing up in new places,  though, with it mostly in my shoulders and neck but I think part of that is sleeping on my left shoulder all night…..I think I’ll hope for a rain day to take a day off after I get to the goal….not much to do today…I do need to clean but I’m not going to get to it today…might be meeting up with T later today and I am looking forward to that…haven’t seen her in quite a while…more later…

Well….running a little early today with trying to get this done and get on the bike before 7:30…only have 42 miles left to do to get to 600 miles for the month and it appears I’ll be able to do it…slept okay last night but woke up with my head plugged up from allergies and that is already getting old…I think I may take a couple of days off the bike after I hit my goal just to let my legs heal up since they feel stiff and sore all the time…I am getting tired of the constant pain and without being able to take ibuprofen, I need to just live with it or deal with it another way…oh, well….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will need to do something today to clean this place up.l..cripes, I talk about that a lot and don’t do much about it…hmmm…I was a little disappointed that the storms fell apart last night and we just got a little rain…and the storms that were predicted for the whole week have been downgraded to just some showers so I guess I’ll have to wait for the show…but I guess that makes getting to 600 a little easier….more later….

Well…I’m kind of glad it’s a holiday today since that makes it a bit of a slow news day and I don’t have to listen to anything more coming from the shitshow of a WH we are saddled with…there is one in there about idiot boy’s trip to Japan but I don’t feel like writing about that right now…there’s only so much I can take so I need some mental health time. So, you know what that means…it’s a noodle day and I’ll just start and see where it goes…is it national bike day today, too? I counted over 150 bikes on the trail today on my two rides and that is pretty unusual…I normally see a few but not like today…they were everywhere and the riders were in all shapes and sizes…but damn, leave the spandex in the closet everybody…it doesn’t look good on anyone…haven’t started my car since pool Thursday and that is a long time…didn’t even go out for the paper Sunday but rode the bike over to get one…should probably start it one of these days…I am going to take it out in the next couple of days since Aldi’s has eggs for 49 cents a dozen and I need some of those…but that will probably wait til Wednesday since it is supposed to rain all day and I’ll need something to do if I can’t ride…I really hope I’m not doing permanent damage to my body by riding so much…I’m a little concerned by the fatigue I feel all the time but I think I can ease up at the end of the week if I meet my last goal of 600 miles in a month…that’s enough…I need to take it easy for a while and have some more water…