Well…I am tired of writing about the dumpster fire that is the Donald so I think I’ll just kind of noodle for a while about some of things I have seen or read about in the past few days…one of the really cool things was an article about a huge cat that was on the news today…28 pounds and 42 inches long, just a huge Maine Coon cat and I have never seen anything like it….rode the bike through a flood today and the water was up to just below my knees on the downstroke…not sure if my shoes will dry before tomorrow…it is really hard to pedal through water that deep…but it rained over 2 inches here overnight so I guess I should have expected it…it was nice that it was warm enough to tolerate it but had to put everything in the washer when I got back here since I was covered in mud…the bike didn’t squeak with all of the water in the swingarm so that was a plus….and I made a small amount of cash today so that was cool….didn’t get to any other work, though, and I can’t understand why I am so darn tired today other than I didn’t sleep at all last night….okay I do have some tings to do so I better get to it….

Well…yesterday turned out to be a Monday and the quiet one I expected didn’t materialize…was in the car a large portion of the day but I made some cash so that was cool…didn’t get finished until after 3 and that started a little after 8…I did get the top repaired again but had to run the air as I was out and about waiting for the top repair to cure….I did find a cool little bottle on the trail two days ago that is perfect for the soap mixture that I need to keep the bike from squeaking….weird how that works out some times….I did have a dream that had the MX-6 in it last night and that one has been gone for over 4 years so that is a little strange…it is nice that the weather has changed a little and it is pretty cool right now…still waiting for a rain day to take off the bike since I have been on it every day for almost 4 months now….but, that won’t be today since I see blue skies coming….I do have a bunch of stuff to do around here today but that will have to wait until later…have some pork chops that need to be grilled today and then more Olympics….more later….

Well…just can’t get going this morning and I’m sure I know what it is….and you probably do, too, so I won’t go into that now….had a great bike ride yesterday for two in a row and I’m not sure what is going on with that…no fatigue in the legs or any pain so I’ll take it and hope for another one today….didn’t get anything done yesterday and today looks like the same but I really don’t have a lot to do so I guess it’s a wash….I do have to remember to take the beach chair out of the trunk of the car today since it rattles some and I don’t need that…I am hoping for a little rain later…not sure why other than I like the way it sounds and smells….and there is soccer on later…it is cool that the premier league is back on…and Man U won over the weekend…but, I’m not sure how they are going to be this year and I know I don’t need another year of disappointment and them finishing 5th….more later….

Well…woke up to a foggy morning and just wanted to get out on the bike and enjoy it…but, Man U is playing in a couple of minutes so that won’t happen….I did get out for a couple with G yesterday and it was not terrible so that was cool…but, it started the night way too early so I feel a little worn out today…tried to watch the Avengers movie last night but it was such a mess I couldn’t get through it….pretty bad movie….I did get through the whole ride yesterday with no squeaks int he bike and I can’t believe that soap works that well….okay…the match is starting so I need to go…more later….

Well…woke up this morning and really didn’t know what day it was…they do all run together now and I’m not sure I like that…I did win at pool yesterday so that was something and I got to run the air in the car for the entire trip home so that will keep the seals from leaking since I normally have the top down and it was almost a year since the last time I used it….I may have figured out how to keep the squeak at bay on the bike so I am going to keep my fingers crossed this morning that it works again….it is raining right now so maybe this is the maintenance day I have been looking for? Nope….it’s not raining that hard so I’ll go out after the second cup of coffee and just do an easy one today…need to get it done before Everton comes on…the BPL started back up today and I am excited about that…..Man U plays tomorrow morning so that will be a good something to wake up to….it is going to be a cooking day today with pork chops on the grill but the rest of it will be cleaning and vegging….more later….

Well…it looks like a really busy day today with a possible lunch with T, pool, and then meeting up afterwards to make some cash…and, I need to get the bike ride in before the rain starts again…..I did get a bunch of stuff done yesterday and that makes this place look better so that is cool….came back from the ride yesterday completely soaked and that looks like the same today…it is so humid this morning that I had to put the air on in the car…had to go back to Meijers to get the fresh mozz they were out of yesterday…going to make a tomato/mozz snack for later…I did find some assorted pork chops this morning for only 1.49 a pound so I’ll be having those over the weekend…was going to get some ground chuck but at 2.99 a pound it is a bit rich for my blood….and I really don’t need to eat red meat anymore…yeah, I know…pork is a red meat but it is leaner…and cheaper….more later….

Well….just did the grocery run and I really can’t figure out how I spent 45 bucks…didn’t get anything other then some chicken…oh, well…I did get the fixings to make some more homemade pickles and I really enjoy them….and they are cheap…I can make two jars for about a buck 50 and I like the crispness of them….they didn’t have the fresh mozz that I wanted to have with some tomatoes later but I may go out again tomorrow morning to see if they have more…that stuff is so good…melt in your mouth creamy….I did get some work done around here yesterday and I am going to try to do more today after the bike ride…going to stop and get tomatoes on the bike today so I don’t have to make another trip….I did get to 4 days of not talking to anyone until I ran into Brian yesterday…it is strange how much I’m alone and how much it doesn’t matter to me….I am getting a little tired of the Olympics…so much that I had to watch some normal shows last night and I think I’ll do the same tonight…I think they need to shorten them down to like a week max…they just go on too long…more later…

Well…I did get to the beach yesterday…but the water was not 74 degrees as was listed on the web….more like 60 degrees…colder than heck and I still have water in my ears…there were clouds of those darn biting flies and I felt like I was in the middle of Africa….the drive out and back was fun, though, so that was something….I was going to take the day off the bike but when I got back here the guilts took over and I got out about 2:30 or so…riding is not fun without the jolt from caffeine that I get in the morning and the overhead sun was just too much…and, they had two legs of my trail shut off to do some repairs and that was just annoying….so, today I am getting back to the routine of working out and getting the ride in early….don’t need to cook today since I have leftovers but I do need to dig in the freezer to prepare for meals later in the week…and make a run out to the market to get some tomatoes….more later….

Well…running early today since I needed to get this done before I head out to GH for my yearly beach morning and swim….yesterday was a total waste with the Olympics on but today, I think I’ll just ignore them and do the normal day after I get back here…not sure if I’ll get on the bike or not today…I could use a day off to heal the legs and with the disappointment from the past couple of days, I just don’t feel like doing much…..will fill you in on that one later once I understand what is going on….was good last night so the ride out today should be fun…it is a little cool, though, with it just breaking 60 so I think I may have to put the heat on a little with the top down….more later….

Well…out on the bike this morning, there was an odor along the whole trail that smelled like a dumpster fire…couldn’t figure out what it was until I remembered that Trump is going to give a speech on his “economic plan” in Detroit today….and that stinks even all the way to here…but, that’s not what this one is about…there were a couple of things that happened on the trail that I wanted to talk about yesterday but I forgot…so, I’ll do that today. Sitting at the park at my last water stop, I looked up as I usually do to find 11 black buzzards flying in a tight spiral that was a couple of hundred feet high…and the first thing I thought of was the “Shaknado” movies from syfy…and “Buzzardnado” popped into my head…so syfy, I have that name copyrighted….oh, one other thing…just getting to the trail today and there was a huge female red-tailed hawk just sitting on the top of the chain link fence that runs beside it…it was close enough to touch and didn’t move when I went by…pretty cool….