Well….that didn’t work…up at 5:03 this morning and I just knew that I wasn’t going back to sleep so I just gave up…and that makes me a little early here today…didn’t go to bed until late, too so that makes the night about a 5 hour one that is just not enough…oh, well…I’ll live through it and might just take a nap later to make up for it…okay, that made me laugh…that’s not going to happen but it’s a good thought…I did get a bike ride in yesterday but it was only 45 when I went out and the wind was blowing 20 out of the East and that made for a brutal ride that I didn’t warm up from all afternoon…it looks like I won’t get out until late afternoon today since it is raining now and it is supposed to rain all day with almost an inch forecast….I am getting really tired of all the damn rain and it is late enough in the spring that I can’t dismiss it by saying “at least it’s not snow” anymore…just want a couple of days that I can put the top down on the car and enjoy some sun…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but some errands and today looks the same…I did get two dozen eggs yesterday at 79 cents each and I think I need to make some omelets since I do have all of the stuff to make them that I bought last week for pizza…and I do need to make another pizza before it all spoils…but not today…I need coffee, coffee, coffee and to read some news before I do anything else…more later…

Well…not sure how I want to start this one today…it’s the end of the month and another month that I made the goal of two a day but I have been doing that for years now so that’s not really any accomplishment…hmmm…I did sleep pretty crappy last night if that’s a way to start…but, I don’t feel too bad so I guess I can live with that…and taking the day off the bike really helped my legs and feet…not too sore today but I do have an overall stiffness that is probably that I’m just getting old and will have to live with that…I did work on the bike yesterday trying to get the oil and crud out of the shifter and sprockets and did get some of it out but without some high pressure water, there is just so much I can do…I did re lube the shifter and chain after I finished since I noticed that the chain is showing some wear and will probably have to be replaced soon….I am hoping to get out on the bike later today but may have lunch with T so that will make it quite late and maybe warm enough…I just hate the cold lately and I refuse to go back to long pants and gloves…it is almost May after all…I haven’t even gotten into shorts yet this year and it looks like that is going to wait a while yet…not much to do today…just going to ease into the day and have more coffee…I am going to buy some eggs for the first time this year since my daily deals store has extra large ones for 79 cents a dozen…I know I shouldn’t eat them since they will probably kill me but I do miss making omelets and having them sunny side up with toast….more later….

Well…I think I’m about on time today with getting up at about 5:45 and not even trying to go back to sleep…I mean, what’s the point? I even went to bed late last night and that may be why I’m feeling a little worn out today…well…not a little…a lot worn out and I’m not sure why today should be any different from any other day…at least my toe doesn’t hurt anymore so I guess that’s progress….it looks like I won’t be getting on the bike today with the rain starting in a few minutes and forecast to continue all day…and, it’s going to be cold, too and that’s a combo that I just don’t want to endure anymore…so, I think I’ll do a complete clean up on the bike since it was so greasy and dirty when I worked on it the other day…going to use some dish soap and let it soak for an hour or so to get the shifter and sprockets clean…didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday but I will clean some and cook this afternoon…have some chicken that needs to be used and have the rest of the fixings for another pizza that I’ll use tomorrow….won’t put garlic on the next one…used a small clove chopped for the last one and the garlic taste was just overwhelming…not right for a pizza…more later…

Well…I can walk this morning! My right big toe hurt so bad when I got up yesterday that I could barely walk and I know it was from how contorted I sleep at times…tried not to do that last night and the pain is almost gone this morning so that is cool…I still have the low level pain in my legs from all the riding last week but that’s manageable and is not going to keep me off the bike today…but, I am going to have to wait to go out since it is still in the low 30’s right now…even had to scrape the windshield on the car this morning since it had snow on it…ick…sure hope it’s the last time I have to do that…didn’t get much done yesterday but cook and today is a leftover day so no cooking…but that leaves me with way too much time on my hands so I guess I’ll clean some later after I have my coffee and read the news some…there is lots of sports on starting with soccer in a couple of minutes and then F1 and the napcar race this afternoon…oh, and Man U plays but I am not excited about that with how crappy they have been playing….more later…

Well…still just damn exhausted still today and I thought I’d figured that out…but then this afternoon came and it’s hard to get up off the couch again…I’m sure part of it is the double miles I did this week and I know that I didn’t eat enough to support it…but, I wonder why I still feel so full even with eating only two little boneless skinless chicken thighs and a half a roasted potato…I’m even uncomfortable and that is wrong somehow…oh, well…oh, taking the day off…I decided this morning I was going to take the day off of everything today…I’m way more beat up than I recognized when I got up and I’ve even had to take some ibuprofen to be able to tolerate it…and my brain is just not into thinking today and I don’t want to hear anything about politics so that means I don’t want to write about it, either…so, this is all you get today…I have done almost 10 extra ones for the month already so I don’t feel too bad giving up today…okay, I do but not bad enough to do anything about it….no more later…

Well…cripes, I’m sore this morning and hobbling around here like I’m old or something…slept with my right foot folded under me and now my big toe on that foot  hurts and that makes walking a  little painful…and my legs are feeling the 150 miles I did on the bike this week…but, I did make my goal of 1,000 miles before May 1st so I guess that’s something….and I did get the back wheel almost straight after breaking a spoke and that surprised me…felt sure I’d have a wobble in it but it looks good so I am going to leave it alone…back to not sleeping again so there will be a nap sometime today since I am just exhausted sitting here doing this…part of that could be that could be all the riding this week, too, since I didn’t adjust my food intake to match up with the extra riding…I am going to cook today so maybe I can make up for it today…making some boneless/skinless chicken thighs for lunch but I’m not sure what I’ll have with them…maybe a salad since I have all the fixings for that in the fridge….not much to do today…I am going to skip the bike ride today since it is going to be cold and I need the rest…and, it’s going to snow later with maybe 3-4 inches overnight and that is depressing so my day will be cleaning but not now…going to ease into it with more coffee and some F1 practice before soccer starts….more later….

Well…after my third day of 30 mile rides this week, my legs are a little sore this morning and I think I’ll have to take something for them…and my back is a little tweaked from working on the bike so I think the painkillers will help that, too….just checked the back wheel that I was trying to true up with the new spoke installed and it is perfectly straight again and that is just so damn cool…I really thought I’d have to take it to have it straightened and spend 20 bucks so to get it done by myself makes me smile…didn’t sleep for crap last night and am feeling it this morning and a big part of that is my allergies…there is starting to be a pollen coating on the car in the mornings so it will probably get worse before it gets better…and I am not looking forward to that…will probably have to ignore my BP and take something for it….other than the three hours of working on the bike, I didn’t get much done yesterday but I will clean some today…I have been feeling more energy the past few days and the exhaustion has been receding so that is a good thing or I wouldn’t have been able to fix the bike or get the 30 mile rides in this week…more later…

Well….it has been a busy day today and I am now just getting to relax for the first time….I was out doing my second 15 miles of the day since the weather was so nice and I do need to get 40 more miles in before the 1st of May….but that was derailed a little when I broke a spoke on the back wheel of the bike after going over a curb to avoid some wet paint…that has never happened before on any bike that I have owned and it immediately led to the wheel warping that looked like the tire had failed…that was my first thought since the rear tire was almost worn out so I tore the thing apart and discovered the broken spoke…and, guess what? You can’t just buy a single spoke since there are different hubs that mean different lengths…so, I went over to the local bike shop and they have a machine that actually makes spokes to whatever length necessary, flattens out one end and then puts the adjustment threads on it….and he gave it to me half price at 3 bucks so that was cool….but to replace it, the entire rear wheel had to be taken apart and that is really a pain…and I am still working on getting the thing trued back up so it doesn’t wobble…that could take a while since I don’t have the specialized equipment to do it so it will take trial and error…it’s back together now and I am looking forward to the ride tomorrow to check out how the wheel and tire feel….too damn busy of a day…..

Well…running about on time for a Thursday and doing the grocery run…spent 70 bucks this morning and didn’t get anything but staples that I have been running out of for the past month…I did have a 4 buck coupon so I got 10 shavers for 99 cents so that was cool…and I got all the fixings to make a pizza for lunch and I am looking forward to that after the boring meals I have been making…I mean, how many times can you have tilapia and pasta before you go nuts?  Have been feeling okay the past couple of days and the exhaustion seems to be abating and that was either a bug or not eating enough…but, whatever it was, I’m glad it’s gone and I feel almost normal…or as normal as I ever feel…didn’t sleep much last night but that is normal, too, so I don’t need to talk about that…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday with the wind getting down to tolerable levels and today looks like another good one…may even be able to get out in a t-shirt around 10 if I want to wait that long…and I just might…not sure why I need to rush around here other than trying to keep a schedule and a little consistency in my life…the damn car has sprung another leak that I can’t find so it looks like I’ll have to take it somewhere to have it fixed…not a bad leak but just annoying…it probably leaked a quarter cup of fluid the past two days but those never fix themselves…not much to do today…I am going to clean some…maybe…but I’m not sure how much….starting to lose my motivation already so we’ll see…more later…

Well…I feel lousy this morning with the allergies flaring and my eyes feeling like they are filled with sand…and that made sleeping last night really iffy and filled with tossing and turning…so that is making me late this morning and I just can’t get moving…is this different than almost any other morning? Not really….just the details are different but I never feel that hot when I get up during allergy season which seems to be year round now….I think I’ll have to take something for it today even if the red dots will raise my BP…and I am tired of being in pain so I am going to seal my doom by taking some ibuprofen this morning deal with that…have cut back from daily doses before getting on the bike to only a couple of times a week so that should count for something…I’m really hoping that the wind stays down for the ride today since this 20 mph crap is getting old and I always feel it the next day with pain in my shoulders…yeah, that’s weird but that where it shows and having pain in both shoulders is just damn annoying…okay, as you can see, I’m in a little bit of a crabby mood this morning so I think I’ll stop now before you get bored with me bitching…more later…