Well…nothing earth shattering in this update…just sitting here waiting for the temp to come up and the rain shower to stop so I can get on the bike so I thought I’d come here as I have my last cup of coffee for the morning…it did rain last night but the water int he tops is no worse than after I drained some of it yesterday so it appears that the top repairs are almost successful so far…now, I just need to have it dry out so I can finish the repairs…I did go over to Meijers to get the turkey breast but they were out of them…grrr….but, one of the people who work in the meat department subbed another brand so I got a better one for the same price and that was cool…and I just checked and I can brine it in the instant pot pot and don’t have to drag out the huge roaster that I use for whole turkeys…and this one is over 7 pounds and still fits fine in the cooker so I can’t wait to cook it tomorrow…hope it thaws in the brine overnight….more later…

Well…up early again today with getting out of bed at 5:40…got a text from T around then but that is not what woke me up…was already doing my final flop of the day to try to sleep some more but knew it wasn’t going to happen so I just gave up and got up…slept okay last night even with flipping all night but I feel a little odd today…think it may be another instance of not eating enough yesterday and that normally happens when I have fish for a meal and overestimate the calorie content…I did find a leak in the top on the car yesterday and spent part of the day figuring out where it came from and trying to do some repairs…will have to wait for a few days for it to dry out to complete them but it is not supposed to rain so that should work out…although it is raining right now…I hope the start of the repairs will keep out any additional water….now that I think of it, I think the leak was there most of the summer but it just didn’t dawn on me…oh, well….I do have an errand to run this morning…Meijers has turkey breast on sale for 99 cents a pound and I need to get one small enough to cook in the instant pot…but that will still be about 6 pounds…need to brine it overnight and I hope that thaws it…and I need to get my Mega tickets for tonight since the jackpot is almost 600 million….not much to do today…I do need to dig out the cold weather clothes for the bike today since the high is only going to be 43…and it was cold and brutal on the bike yesterday…more later….

Well…as part of trying to get my cholesterol down some, I have cut red meat out of my diet…and that includes both beef and pork…that is, until today…I found a couple of pork chops in the freezer that needed to be used so I made one of them for lunch today…not sure if I feel guilty about it or not but I still have another one in the fridge that I’ll have to make tomorrow…one of the problems with not eating pork anymore is the fact that it is so cheap…they have pork loins on sale for 1.15 a pound tomorrow and I am getting tired of chicken…but, they also have turkey breast on sale for 99 cents a pound so I guess I can live with that….I mean, 6 pounds of turkey for 6 bucks? Can’t really pass that up…oh, and I did have red meat a couple of weeks ago…but, it was venison and it’s so lean that I’m not going to count it as red meat….I DO get to make the rules after all…

Well…up too damn early again today so that puts me out of synch with the normal Thursday schedule where I don’t come here until after I do the grocery run…but, not today…have an hour before I can head out so I thought I’d get this done first…back to the iffy sleep that I have had for years and that just shouldn’t be with doing 46 miles on the bike yesterday…oh, well…won’t bitch any more about that…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done other than cook some fish and look for houses with no luck…again….but, I will keep it up again today…and clean some…it looks like it’s going to be an iffy couple of days with the weather and I am not ready for that yet…so, I may have a few days off the bike and I could use one or two to repair the damage to my legs from yesterday…just have a dull ache that I may have to take something for but it’s less pain than I expected…not much to do today…I am going to clean after the bike ride but that is about it…the wind is already blowing over 20 so it may be a little brutal on the bike but at least it’s out of the West which will help on the first leg out…more later….

Well…have been working on a topic for this afternoon but nothing has seemed worth the effort…I think I’m experiencing news overload again and that is hampering my ability to make sense of anything today…so, I’ll put that on the back burner for now and go back to something that I do understand…with the weather being so nice today, and probably for the last time this year, I got out on the bike early…and with taking some ibuprofen before I left, I really had no pain through the first 20 miles and felt so good that I thought I’d turn around and run the route backwards to add another 20 to the total…and then I took a few side trips on trails that I normally don’t ride and that added up to a total of 46 miles for the day….by the end, my legs had started to hurt some and it took a lot of energy out of me so I am now just taking it easy to rest a little…and it just dawned on me that I can eat an extra 600 calories today with the added mileage…so, I think I’ll have an apple right now while I continue to think of a topic…and I might be back later for another one if I do…

Well…running early again today and this getting up at 5:30 is getting really, really old….and I am feeling really old today with all of the low level soreness that I have had the past few days…going to take some ibuprofen before the bike today to try to get the kink out of my neck and get the soreness out of my legs…I did get a few things done yesterday and finally got the top on the car repaired just in time since it is going to rain all day today starting around noon or so and then the temp is going to crash into the 40’s for highs…looks like I’ll have to get my long riding pants out for this weekend and into next week…not looking forward to that….but, it is October so I guess I’ll get used to it…it looks like another day of leftovers today but I do have some fish and two pork chops that I found in the freezer marinating for later today or tomorrow…yeah, I know…pork chops are red meat and I shouldn’t be eating it but I am not going to throw food away…it may be a good day to clean some around here when it’s raining and it is bathroom time again so I’ll probably do that…oh, and I didn’t win the Mega last night but no one else did either…so it’s 548 million for Friday and there is still hope…more later…

Well…running about on time today but I just can’t get too motivated …feel a little slow today and that means I’ll ease into it until the coffee starts to work…it was a nice, warm day yesterday and I had the top down out and back to pool…and I won that…and today looks like another nice one with it already almost 70 at 7am…so I can get out on the bike as soon as it gets light…and after I work out…I did get some of the rust taken care of on the car yesterday and today I need to make a repair on the top to get ready for winter…didn’t get much else done yesterday but I will do some work today cleaning and prepping some food for later in the week…have some fish that needs to be put in some marinade and found two pork chops in the freezer that need to be used so that will be lunch Thursday….I do need to get some oven cleaner to do a clean up inside of the stove since I did the outside the other day….more later….

Well…up and moving early again today and I’m not sure why…I did wake up at 3:40 but was able to get back to sleep and have a couple of dreams that had foxes and crows in them and that was unusual…both for the subject and that I had them at all…had an okay day with getting out to hang with some friends for a while and even had the top down out to the park but not on the way back…a little too cold for that after standing out in 50 degree weather in shorts for a couple of hours…didn’t get anything else done yesterday…didn’t even come here for a 2nd one with working on the new media server with my son…it was hard work watching races and I am exhausted today….I did make a nice lunch with the instant pot yesterday and that will mean leftovers for the next few days so I won’t be cooking much…I do need to work on the surface rust on the car before pool today and do the normal stuff…it looks like I’ll be able to get on the bike as soon as it gets light this morning and there may even be fog to ride in…that would be cool…more later….

Well…running really early this morning with getting up early to watch the F1 race but the new streaming site my son set up is not working so that was a waste…back to sleeping crappy again and I am exhausted this morning so this may be a short one…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done but clean up a little but today I’m going to use the instant pot to make some chicken again and I want to make some more brown rice since the last batch came out pretty good….that will be for lunch and it only takes 15 minutes so I guess I won’t need to prep for quite a while yet…I did get a bike ride in yesterday but it was wet and the bike was a mess when I got back here…had to wash it to try to get the rear shifter working better with all of the grit that was in it…it looks like it is going to rain in  a little while so maybe today will be that day off of rest I’ve been needing….more later….

Well…running early this morning and was up way too damn early at 4:45 but just couldn’t sleep so it looks like I’m back to the old patterns and that sucks big time….at least my BP was down to 116/76 when I got up so I guess that’s something….I did get a bike ride in yesterday but it was wet, cold, and windy and it took me almost two hours to warm up after that one…and it looks like I’ll be waiting til this afternoon to get out today with it raining right now and storms all the way back through Illinois…didn’t get much done yesterday other than a little cleaning in the kitchen so I’ll have to do better today…but there is lots of sports on starting at noon with Michigan and Man U playing and then a race on later so I may be able to catch up with a nap later….don’t even have to cook again today with leftovers to be used and a few more bagels and salmon to have for breakfast…I did look up the calories in a bagel with cream cheese and salmon and yow! Almost 500 calories but I’m not going to cut anything else out…just a splurge for a few days and I am not going to feel guilty about it…more later…