Well…..now I’m a little confused about the car…went out to work on it this morning; to replace the anti rattle spring and then work on the hand brake…I had it all worked out in my head to use the scientific method of controlling for variables to find out where the problem was…but after I put the spring back on and pulled the brake on to see where it was sticking, it wasn’t on either side…and now I’ve used it a few more times and it seems to be fixed….now, I’m not sure if it was the penetrating oil that I put on the linkages or that I greased the pins when I was putting the new pads on…both of those things are problem areas that I read about on Miata net but I guess it really doesn’t matter as long as it works….feels good to know that I can still fix the car when I need to….

Well….sore as heck from using a bunch of new muscles working on the car yesterday…my back is tight and painful so I guess there will be ibuprofen this morning…and I do need to work on it some more today to try to sort out why the parking brake is sticking…..didn’t do a whole lot else yesterday but I think I did enough with being busy into the afternoon…the brakes on the car are better with having useful pads on the back….they were down to the thickness of two sheets of paper….other than the car…not much to do today….I am going to clean some today but that is about it….more later….

Well….it has been a pretty busy morning with the normal stuff but then putting new brakes on the back of the car…I thought it was going to be a hard job but it was really quite easy once I got into it…just a new type of caliper that I had to understand…even though it was easy, I did do a lot of damage to my hands…stuck a screwdriver into my left hand getting the anti rattle springs off and then bled all over everything for the rest of the job…and I have a big scrape on my right wrist that I have no clue how I got….and I lost one of those tiny springs on the passengers side that I did find after I had everything put back together so that will be a job  for another day….the parking brake is still sticking a little so I may have to work on that another time…it does release if I yank on it a couple of times so I don’t think it’s any big deal….and greasing the slider pins may help that….at least it’s done…not sure if the brakes work any better but they should after I bed them in some…..the old ones were really, really thin….

Well…it was kind of a busy day yesterday…at least in the morning….I think I may have found the sticking in the parking brake in the car but we’ll see today….have been up since way too early today and I am still trying to figure out what the heck that is about…..My brother called me yesterday for the first time in a couple of years and that was kind of weird….no talk of substance but weird anyway…..I also had another flat on the rear tire on the bike…but it was flat before I went out so I didn’t have to walk back…and I replaced the handgrips, too since the old ones had holes worn in them and they looked ugly….not going to do too much today….have to wait for the rain to stop to get on the bike and I’m not too motivated anyway…more later….

Well..running a little early today with not sleeping too well last night…I’ve already been up an hour and a half but just now getting moving…hope it’s not that I’m getting older…I know I am but I don’t want that to be the reason….had an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…I did get a bike ride in but I’m not sure about that today…it’s cold out there and the wind is already almost 20 and I’m not sure I want another brutal ride…..not too sore today but my face got sandblasted on the bike yesterday and it hurts today…and I think I have a cold…my lungs have been iffy all morning and the coughing is back…okay…not going to bitch any more…need coffee and some news…more later….

Well…running a little late today but there is no reason for it….watching the MotoGP race and that is a good distraction to start the day…it’s the last day of the BPL season and Man U plays this morning some time so I’ll have to look that up…feel okay today but my system is in knots today since I had some peanuts over the past few days and that is never a good idea….not sure why I keep doing that when I know I’ll pay for it…my back hurts on both sides now and I’m not sure why that is…but the pain is not too bad so I guess I can live with it….have to decide if I want to get on the bike today or not…it’s raining right now and I’ll have to get out in the next half hour or so or wait until after Man U plays…I do need to clean today but I’m not sure if I will or not…just can’t get motivated….more later….

Well….still waiting for it to warm up enough to get out on the bike…and it’s the end of frickin May….that irritates the heck out of me…oh, I did win at pool yesterday….slept okay last night and I’m not too sore today so I think I’ll skip the ibuprofen and see how it feels…only got to put the top down on the way out with it raining after we were done….I do need to get under the car and lube the parking brake system since it froze up on me yesterday..l haven’t done that since I got the car and I probably should have…but, not today….not going to do much today except watch qualifying from Indy and clean…..more later….

Well…running late this morning and it is because I was watching “Wheeler Dealers”…they had a Miata that they were restoring and it kind of sucked me in….my back is better and I’m not sure why that is….haven’t been able to get it to crack so it should still hurt…weird…did get a nice bike ride in yesterday but the wind was brutal…and today is too darn cold to go out until later so I think I’ll just take it easy this morning and ease into the day…just got the first cup of coffee and I am sure I’ll need more than that….feeling a little slow this morning….I did start to clean a little yesterday but I don’t think I’ll do much today with pool this aft….more later….

Well….running a little late today and you know why…it’s grocery day and I tried to not spend much this week..and I think I was successful…slept okay last night but a damn spider woke me up at 2 am and I had a hard time getting back to sleep…but, I did get the top down over and back to the grocery store this morning so I guess that checks the crappy sleep….my back seems to be better this morning…that really started yesterday and it was okay on the bike even so I am happy with that…I can’t believe how dirty my car is even after the rains so I think I’ll have to wash it in the morning…can barely see out of the windows and I just hate that…. going to clean some today since I really don’t have a lot else to do….more later…..

Well….running a little early again today….haven’t been sleeping well…and have been up since 4:30…so, I guess I should have been here even earlier…..what the heck did I do for 3 hours? Had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done other than get resumes out and read the news….that may have been one of the reasons I was up so early…just way too much news….I did get a nice bike ride in and had little pain…but I did take something before I went out and that helped….think I’ll do that today, too….I’ll have to get out on the bike soon, though…the wind is supposed to get up to about 30 later and that is just too brutal to ride in…..I do need to clean today and that will be part of the day for me….the cobwebs are back and need to be gone…more later…..