Well…damn, it never got under 76 last night and I’m already sweating through my clothes and we are heading for almost 90 again today…this damn heat is wearing me out and I really need it to cool off some…still pretty sore today and I’m going to test it here by 7am but I need coffee first…thinking about going out after the rides to get some bagels and cream cheese to try out the new toaster that came yesterday…and the new shaver is cheap feeling but works well…the trip to Ada and back was just so easy with the car fixed but damn, a hundred miles to shoot pool? That’s a bit much and got me to almost 1,000 miles since I got the car…it looks like it’s going to be an easy day today after I get the rides in…don’t have to cook with leftovers of chicken and breakfast food to eat today…and I may have bagels to add to that…okay, just had to put the fan on and it’s before 6:30am and that sucks…I do like the heat but  a few cool down days would be nice for a change…more later…

Well…I injured myself on the bike this morning…when I was passing another biker at full sprint this morning, he swerved right in front of me and I had a choice to make…either t-bone him at 20 mph or lay the bike down in the sand and rocks next to the trail…so I laid it down and injured my whole left side…the handlebar stabbed my left knee and left a nice round bruise and my elbow hit a rock and it bled all the way back here and it hurts like crazy so there will be a bruise there later today…and my upper ribcage and lower back are already painful so I took an ibuprofen to head that off…I just wish the idiots on the trail would pay attention…I’m tired of doing it for everyone…

Well…feel like crap this morning and I really don’t know why that would be…probably from not eating enough so I’ll have to eat something before I do the run out to Ada…up at 3:40 but stayed in bed til 5:35 and I don’t know how long I can do that…just getting old I guess….my allergies are bad this morning and they are just going to get worse this month…ick…it really sucks that I made bean coffee this morning and can’t taste it at all…life is pretty boring when you can’t taste anything…need to get on the bike by 7am so that give me about a half hour to get going and that seems like a daunting task right now…but I will suck it up and get moving since that’s what I do…I probably could have left this place open overnight with the low being around 70 and I’m already sweating through everything…just had an inkling of pain on the bike yesterday but my legs hurt already just sitting here so the rides will be painful today…not much to do today…just the library run after the rides and then out to Ada…but that seems a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…I really misjudged how much book I had left and just finished up the last of the 5 I got last week at about 2:30…I don’t even remember what I used to do before I got the reading bug but maybe I’ll clean a bit to fill the open time…so tomorrow I’ll have to hit the library before the run out to Ada and after I do the bike rides….was busy all morning with the rides, the grocery run, paying the water bill, and making a chicken casserole for lunch…no beach today since I really didn’t have time to get out there early before it got over 85 here and won’t be going out there until Friday if it doesn’t rain…only a 40% chance and it never rains here so I’ll plan on going out and try to get a swim in…but right now I am going to read some news and think about the blt for dinner…

Well…up at 5:38 this morning and I still think it’s a wonder that I can’t take a nap with less than 5 hours of sleep a night…oh, well…it’s going to be a busy one today with getting the rides in, paying the water bill, doing the grocery run, and cooking two meals…going to make some chicken thighs in pasta sauce with potatoes, carrots, celery, and rice and another batch of pasta salad but then I won’t have to cook anything til the weekend…still going to eat out of the freezer for the next week but I need to use the rest of the turkey bacon for a blt at some point…maybe for lunch? Didn’t get much done yesterday but I will make up for that today and tomorrow…not sure about the beach today since I want to finish up the 5th book for the week so I can go to the library tomorrow morning…there is going to come a point where I run out of books to read and that is going to suck…I think I have about a months worth of them left before I have to find new authors to read but that seems like a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…after driving out to the beach today, I really can’t believe how well the car drives after replacing the brake caliper…just easy and smooth and now I hope that’s the last thing I have to do to it this year…the water was still too cold to swim in it since my feet went numb after standing in it for 30 seconds and I really don’t have anything left to prove to anyone…still have an air quality alert on…again…and you can still see the smoke we have had out here for a week…and even smell it at times…I stopped at Meijers to put gas in the car after hitting the bank for some cash and quarters and it was shut down for a major gas spill that had just happened before I pulled in…I was surprised the gas didn’t go up in flames it smelled so much…so I’ll have to gas it up tomorrow on the grocery run…not sure if I’ll go to the beach tomorrow and I know I won’t Thursday with going out to shoot pool…have gone 8 rides without the big pain I’d been having and I’ll take that any day…so 4 days with no pain and I’m still not sure what the heck happened to make it go away…it’s still there in the background but I have to think about it to feel it…okay, time to read a bit more…

Well…feel like crap this morning and I know it’s from not eating enough…only had breakfast for lunch with two sausage patties, two eggs, and two slices of toast and then just a pork chop for dinner and that is well under1,000 calories for the day…oh, well…will have some toast and peanut butter before I get on the bike to try to compensate for that…I do have to make a run out to the bank today to get some cash that I’ll need for pool day Thursday…and I may hit the beach again to see if the water is warm enough to swim…didn’t get anything done yesterday and I really don’t have anything to do today that is necessary so it may be another lazy day and I don’t mind that at all…I do need to get on the bike by 7am and time is quickly running out to make that goal…it’s nice that I finally have my week planned out…and yeah, I’m still planning even though I’m retired since knowing what I need to do is comforting…and I need to be organized…so, I’m going to pour another cup of coffee and make some toast and get going….more later…

Well…damn, up at 4:30 and out of bed by 5:30 and I need more sleep but don’t know what to do about it…it’s only 59 out there right now and sunrise has moved back enough that I won’t be able to get on the bike until 7 or so…I do want to go out to the beach today to check to see what the water is like and if I can get a swim in…down to the last pork chop so that will be lunch and then I think I’ll make breakfast for dinner with eggs, toast, and sausage and then maybe take some chicken out of the freezer for tomorrow…didn’t get anything done yesterday other than reading and really don’t have anything to do today other than laundry but I think that can wait a couple of days…I do have to pay the water bill but that’s not due for a week so I can do that later in the week..still have an air quality alert on today from the wildfires in Canada but I don’t think it will be as bad as yesterday…at least I hope it isn’t since I was coughing on the bike…going to be a hot few days with temps up around 90 and no rain at all in the forecast…oh, well…August in Michigan is supposed to be hot…more later…

Well…yeah, I know…I didn’t do a political one today…just couldn’t find a topic that grabbed me…so I’ll do this instead…were you up early enough to see the red sun caused by the wildfires in Canada this morning? It was just surreal since the sun’s rays coming through the trees was actually pink this morning and I can’t remember that ever happening…if it wasn’t for the smoke making me cough on the bike, it would have been pretty cool…and my lungs felt pretty irritated by the end of the 2nd ride so I’ll put a mask in my bike bag if it is like this tomorrow…other than the rides it was another easy day today…and I now have 4 rides in pain free and I can’t figure that out at all…I wonder if it was the ibuprofen I took last week? Think I ate enough today with a huge pork chop for lunch and a couple of bean tacos for dinner…almost skipped dinner but thought better of it…okay, a little more reading…

Well…damn, it’s almost 7am and I’m barely moving so that means I won’t get two rides in before the F1 race comes on at 9 and that screws up my whole day…oh, well…didn’t sleep well at all and that is going to hurt later but I still won’t be able to take a nap and that sucks…didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same but I am going to try to at least clean a bit…and I do need to cook to use up the pork chops before they spoil…still going to eat out of the freezer for the next couple of weeks so I have room to put more stuff in…I do need to plan the pool run out to Ada so I can let K know and she can come to meet up since I haven’t seen her in almost two years and that is too long…I just feel old this morning and I probably should since I am but damn, it’s all downhill from here and I really do wonder at times how long I have…probably no more than ten years and I do need to get my affairs in order to make it easier on my daughter….okay, need to get off my butt and get going…more later…