Well….after the debacle of the flat tire and the 4 mile walk home, I decided to abuse my body some more and go out and do another 15 miles this afternoon…that was a mistake…well…not really a mistake but I didn’t take into account that it is much hotter this time of the day and I went out as hard as I could…and that caused my body to go into limp home mode for the first time this summer…about 3 miles from home, I started to have a problem with my lungs and couldn’t get enough air so I had to stop at the top of the last climb to catch my breath and that never happens….so, I went just hard enough to get home and then into a cold shower to try to dump the heat that had built up…..still feel pretty lousy right now so I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and watch some races…..

Well…running really, really late today and it’s because I had my first flat on the new bike and had to walk it back 4 miles…and that was not fun with wet shoes and socks…have a huge blister on my left little toe that is going to hurt all week…but, I’m glad I had the chance to walk in these new shoes before I go to NYC so I won’t have to take them if they will blister my feet…I guess I’ll go with the new Sketchers instead…have been up since early with the storms waking me up at 5:30 but I think I slept okay before that….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done and today looks the same with the F1 race and then Man U and then two more races on this afternoon….I did change out the tube on the front of the bike and put the tire liner in to prevent any more flats…I found what looked like a piece of black glass stuck in the tread…I had been thinking about when the first flat was going to come…got to almost 2400 miles before that first one but now I have to think about the rear going flat…I may just put the liner in this week…more later….

Well…I have a tip for you…do not ever go out on the bike before you have coffee…did that this morning and the entire ride was torture…and I still feel lousy right now and that may mean I didn’t eat enough yesterday…yep, that’s it…slept okay last night but man, I do feel crappy so I may need to make some toast here in a minute…and I need to get this done before F1 qualifying starts in one minute…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I probably won’t get much done today with all of the sports on…soccer and racing is going to fill the day and I really should clean some and I might…but, I’m not going to think about that right now…I need the coffee to start to work right now and it isn’t…probably should just slam this first cup….more later….

Well…I was going to get out on the bike before the F1 practice but I just can’t get going so I’m having coffee and doing this instead….I will have to get moving tomorrow since I won’t miss qualifying but I’m not sure if I can even do that….slept okay last night but I’m not feeling that hot today… just have no energy right now and I hope the coffee will help…I think I’ll ease into it….I do have all day after all and nothing to do so I can do whatever I want….didn’t get anything done yesterday…no, that’s not right…I did clean the stove top but that wasn’t enough to keep the guilts away so I’ll have to do better today….not much to do today…I should go over to Target to get some more allergy medicine and I do need to stop and get my Mega tickets for tonight…but, I’ll do that on the bike today…should go to the bank and get some cash…and I might but right now there’s not enough energy to do anything…more later…

Well….running on time today but I am not really okay with it being 51 degrees outside in August…slept kind of okay last night but flipped and flopped a lot and it took an hour and a half to get to sleep so that made it about 5 hours last night but I don’t feel too bad so I guess I can live with that….after all, I can always take a nap later if I need it…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do have a couple of errands to run tsis morning since Meijer’s is so screwed up with the rebuild that they only had about half of the stuff I needed so there will be a trip over to Aldi’s to get the rest of what I need for the weekend…I am going to clean the kitchen today since I do feel a little guilty about not doing it this week…I did get a good bike ride in yesterday between the raindrops and I’ll do another one today as soon as it warms up to 57…not sure how long that is going to take but I do need more coffee and to read the news so that should work out….more later….

Well…running early today and maybe that is the new normal with not sleeping too much…or too well…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done…still not feeling 100% so I think I’ll continue to take it easy today and only clean a little…I do have a couple of errands to run this morning after the workout and bike ride…my allergies are going nuts right now so I need to get some more medicine for it…I am trying to eat a little more healthy getting ready for my check up next Tuesday and I’m taking the week off from cocktails, too, and that makes it a little boring at times…but necessary so I guess I can take it….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will clean the kitchen today and maybe vacuum some but not right now…I need more coffee and to read some news first…after all, it’s only 7 am and I really have no place to be….more later….

Well…as you know, I do this site mainly for myself to have a place where I can vent or just talk a little about things that mean something to me…and there are times when I am lucid and make some good, original points…not all the time but sometimes…and there are times when I am curious how much I really am doing this for myself and how many other people come here to read this stuff…so, being a little bored today, I went out to the stats section of my site to take a look…and I am a little humbled by how many people come here every day to take a look at what I have to say. Over this past month, there were almost 10,000 individual visits to this site…I know this is not a lot when compared to others but that is over 300 separate people a day that stop in to take a look….and there were over 141,000 page views in that same time so it appears that people are looking back into the almost 7,000 posts I have done here since I started this thing almost 10 years ago….and I really do appreciate that….being retired now through no choice of my own, this site gives me something to do on days when life seems interminable and boring….so, I’ll keep doing this as long as I can and I hope you find something that is thought provoking, or funny at times….or even silly…I’ll try to not be boring..but even that happens sometimes…

Well…running a little early today with waking up at 5:08…didn’t get up until 6 but that is still early…had an okay day yesterday and today is starting out okay with rain and some thunderstorms moving in soon so it looks like I won’t be getting on the bike until 10 or so…I did have a nice ride out and back to pool which we tied and found that I had won 12 bucks in the last Mega drawing so I rolled it into 6 picks for today…it would sure be nice to win something….woke up feeling a little better today after being half good with only one cocktail last night and that was the last one until after I get my checkup next Tuesday morning…I am kind of looking forward to that, really, I can use the weight loss and I’m sure my liver will like the rest…not much to do today….going to clean some as I wait for the rain to stop but not right now…going to ease into the day with some more coffee and reading the news then getting to work….more later…

Well…running late again today and I feel pretty crappy still…my lungs and head are filled with crap and I still don’t have a lot of energy…but, I don’t feel all too bad and will get out on the bike in a while…the storms missed here last night and that is getting to be a broken record….just got a little rain but that was about it ….there was almost 5 inches of rain to the north and it is still raining now but nothing here…didn’t get much done yesterday with feeling crappy and today will be the same with pool this aft…I may get my hair cut this morning if I feel like it but right now it looks like I’ll wait until tomorrow…have had pain in my hips and legs since yesterday but I’m not sure what that is about….all I know is that I had a hard time getting comfortable yesterday and my thighs are burning today so I think I’ll take something for it in a while….more later…

Well…running really late today since I wanted to get out and get the bike ride in before the F1 race and I did…it was so damn humid out there that it was like riding in liquid…but there was a lot of cool fog, too, and that is always neat to see…slept okay last night but got up late so I didn’t get to have coffee before the ride and that makes it much harder but I survived it…I usually burn off the caffeine on the ride so I’m not sure how that is going to work today…felt pretty crappy all day yesterday and I think it may be a bug….I have a little sore throat today and some coughing so I think it’s not just not eating enough…it could be allergies, too, since I did get some relief with taking some allergy medicine last night…all I know is I felt really lousy yesterday and I still feel it today so it is going to be an easy day…I do need to clean the bathroom today but I am going to wait a while before I start that….more later….