Well…running really, really late today and I’m not sure how the morning got away from me…I did have to do the grocery run and put gas in the car but how I got to 9:30, I’m not sure…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few errands run so that was something…but no cleaning that I needed to do and I’m not sure I’ll get to it today…I do have to take G to the airport this aft so that will crimp the day somewhat…have to remember to take a bungee cord to hold the trunk down since I don’t think I’ve seen a suitcase small enough to fit without it….I have the tendon pain in my left elbow now and I am getting tired of the crap moving around like that…just wanted to get through a summer without any but I guess when you start getting old you have to just deal with it….not much to do today…I got a pork shoulder this morning and I’m not sure if I want to cook it today or Sat…but there is not much else to do other than stuff around here…more later…

Well….it was an okay day yesterday but it was hard to get motivated to do much…I did get out to have a couple with G and that was only okay…slept okay last night but no dreams again and I may just stop reporting on that….the lack of motivation has carried through to today and I am trying to figure out a justification for not working out or riding the bike today…but, guilt is stronger than that right now so I guess I’ll get going in a minute….I do need more coffee to get going, though….the pain that was in my right tricep has moved to the left one and that is just so irritating….not sure why I’m so sore right now but part of it is that it was pretty cool on the bike yesterday and I never got warmed up enough to make the pain go away…not much to do today….just the normal stuff and coming back here for a couple more of these….more later…oh….only 650 more miles to 25K….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…was just in shock about Wall street’s meltdown and couldn’t think about anything else…but, I slept okay last night and that was strange…even with being good last night and the problem is that there is no pattern that I can replicate to ensure that sleep happens…the pain is better today but my left shoulder is still hurting and I wonder if it the moving tendonitis that I have had the past few years…I do have to buy some bananas in the grocery run this week since I have been getting cramping in my calves again on the bike….and it even hurts when I’m not on the bike so potassium is necessary…not much to do today….I will be back here in a minute for another sad one and that will set the tone for the rest of the day….more later….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got the bike ride in before the rain so that was something…almost took the day off from riding but needed to avoid the guilt so I went….slept okay last night but no dreams again so I have given up on them…not sure if I miss it or not…have to think about that one…didn’t get anything else done yesterday but didn’t really need to so I avoided the guilt there…I do need to vacuum and do a little more cleaning today and it is going to be cool so that will help…have been having a hard time getting motivated but I hope to change that today…still sore in my neck and I think it’s from riding…just stiff, really, not sore and it is starting to get annoying…not much to do today…should clean the glass in the car since I did a pretty crappy job last time and there are streaks that I can see in the morning…more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get out to look at the cars on 28th street so that was fun…slept okay but I am feeling a little run down today with the allergies getting worse…sitting here watching the F1 race from Spa and I am a little disappointed since this is my favorite track and it’s not much of a race…oh, well…didn’t get much done yesterday and today looks like the same since I don’t really have any motivation to do anything today….not really sore today so that will be good on the bike…I was going to use the rain as an excuse to not ride today but it looks like it will hold off until the afternoon so I will go to avoid the guilt….not much to do today…going to just kind of veg it today and take it easy….more later….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…sitting here watching Man U play and they are disappointing me again…they are not behind but there is no flow in the match..but, they have looked like that since the season started so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised…slept okay but had to get up early to get out to get the papers since the match started at 7:45…..and I am still not really moving too well….it was a nice ride out and back to pool and I finally got the rattle in the car fixed and I really didn’t know how much it bothered me until it was gone….the coffee is not working too well this morning but I guess I should go get more to help that…not much to do today….going to get the bike ride in after the match and have to go to the stand and get some tomatoes to have the blt’s that T suggested yesterday….and I do need to clean but I probably won’t…more later….

Well…just a little short one on an observation I made today on the bike..the grasshoppers are missing…normally this time of year there are clouds of them on the trail that popcorn into the air when I ride through…but today, I counted 5 of them in the entire 15 miles….and there are normally thousands of them by now…not sure what is going on but it is just weird….oh, one other weird thing…had a bee land on my handlebar bag and just stayed there for over 5 miles…not sure what the heck that was about either…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got wet on the bike again…but, this one was not as pleasant as the other day since it was a lot colder…and I am waiting for the temp to come up to go out today…the first time since May that I have had to do that..it is only 55 degrees outside and that is just a bit too chilly to go out in a t-shirt…slept okay last night for the first time in a couple of weeks but, with it being a cocktail night last night, I do feel a little slow this morning…hoping the coffee will do it’s job soon….and I am going to have a bagel with cream cheese in a minute since they were on sale this week….it will be interesting to see if having food in the morning will affect the bike ride….not much to do today…pool, of course, but that is abut it for the day…more later..

Oh…I forgot to say happy birthday to Robert Plant who turned 67 yesterday….

Well…it’s a gloomy morning and it looks like it is going to be that way most of the day….it may be the perfect day to take off the bike and let the legs heal some but we’ll see…if there is a break in the clouds I may try to make a run for it and at least get a short one in…slept crappy again last night but I have hope I can get back to the reasonable sleep I had a week or so back….don’t feel that bad today, though, so I’m not sure what is going on….I am running a little late today with the grocery run being done and not having a whole lot of energy to do it at my normal speed…then, I sit here and think “why” not sure why I have to do it fast when I have the whole morning to get it done…but, I do have to keep to the list to keep the spending down…and today was not bad at 38 bucks….and, I’m not too sore today so that is a good thing…not sure if I should take an ibuprofen this morning with the rain and getting on he bike being iffy…think I’ll hold off for now….not much to do today…and it’s true this time…I should clean but won’t…I did get some stuff done yesterday and I do need to build on that…more later…

Well…there hasn’t been a lot happen today in politics so I think I’ll do one on some strange things that have been happening on the trail over the past week…going down the trail, I noticed a pile of hickory nut shucks that were put there by some kind of animal I suppose…probably squirrels…and the funnier thing is that on 5 of the past 7 days that I rode through that area, either the bike or me was hit by a nut that was dropped from above…now, I’m not sure if they are trying to hit me or if I just startle them when I come through but whatever it is, they have pretty good aim to hit me 70% of the time…one other thing, today when I was going up the hill to the last water stop, I ran across a huge painted turtle on the trial just ambling across it…it had really cool patterns on it’s shell and I think it’s probably only the second one I have seen in the 25K miles I have put in riding out there….pretty neat thing to see….