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A little home weirdness…

Well…was going to put this one in this mornings first one but forgot to so it gets it’s own….had a little home weirdness happen yesterday and I can’t figure out why…around 3:30 yesterday afternoon, all of my remotes for the video equipment stopped working all at once…three separate ones for three pieces of equipment…Roku, tv, and dish box all stopped working for about 5 minutes but then started working again like there was never anything wrong…at first, I thought it might be an EMP but that couldn’t be it since they use infrared light to control…all I know is they are working fine today and I am still mystified….

December 12th

Well…it was an okay  day yesterday and I got a lot done so that was cool…slept crappy and woke up with a headache that won’t go away and my tooth hurts so I am a little crabby this morning…it is nice that there is still no snow so I have to keep looking at the good side of things….and, my car is fixed with little cost so that’s one less worry….I did get a nice bike ride in and it is getting to be less and less of a pain as I get used to it again…and I am going to get out in a few minutes to get today’s in…but, I may wait for the temp too come up a little since I don’t really have anything to do other than the ride today…and pool of course…not much to to today….as I said, pool, but that is about it….it has been a busy couple of days around here and it will be nice to just luxuriate in coffee and the news this morning…more later…

December 11th

Well…it was a busy day yesterday and I got everything done I wanted to but the bike ride…but, I substituted fixing the car for that…and it was too cold to go out most of the day anyway…slept crappy and had dreams of the CIA that were pretty weird….now, I’m just sitting here waiting for the car to melt so I thought I’d get this done early today….I did screw up my back leaning in over the car and it is stiff and painful today but nothing I can’t deal with….it was nice to catch the coolant leak in the car before it got worse and replacing the top hose is probably one of the easiest jobs on the car….not much to do today…well….not really, I have the grocery run to do then lost of stuff around here and then the normal workout and bike ride so it may be a little busy…more later….

A little bit of luck…

Well…just had to pass on this bit of good luck that I had today…going out to get the papers today, I noticed what looked like coolant under my car but didn’t think anything about it since my car never leaks and I didn’t smell any coolant….but, being the worrywort that I am, I decided to open the hood and take a look just to make sure…and, sure enough, there was coolant under the hood and when I squeezed the top radiator hose, my thumb went right through it even though it looked new. So, 10 bucks later, it’s fixed and ready to go again but the thing that really made this lucky is that just yesterday, I made an 80+ mph run out to the north end and back and it didn’t fail on the road…and if you know Miatas, you know they will not tolerate being overheated…just once and you basically have to throw the engine away….so, I’m really smiling from that bit of luck…it’s about time I have some….

December 10th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was cool…ran round a lot, too, so I didn’t get much done around here….I do have much more to do today so it will keep the boredom at bay for a while at least..slept crappy, again, but I feel okay for some reason…probably from being good for the past few days that I am going to keep up for two more….hard to keep from being bored at night but I’m getting better at it….and tonight will be easy with a Wings game….not much to do today…I do have lots of stuff to do around here along with the workout and the bike ride and there is soccer on this aft so at least I will have something to do…oh, and I will come back for the movie one but I had to do the torture one yesterday…a subject that I will come back to again today, too…more later…

December 9th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and the bike ride is getting better every day…starting to get the legs and lungs back to where it’s only a little torture…back to sleeping crappy again but have about 4 days of okay sleep was a plus….and I didn’t get much done yesterday, either, but, that will change today since I do have some stuff today that will take me out for lunch and then for errands….I think the bug is mostly gone after only a few days so maybe it was food poisoning that made me feel crappy from Friday until Monday….who knows?  I do have to do some maint on the bike before I go out this morning since it is squeaking and groaning again and I can hear it even through the earbuds….at least I know how to fix it quickly….not much to do today…need to get the workout in and then on the bike before lunch then I’ll be in and out all aft….more later…I do have one on the movies that I’m going to to later in the day….

December 8th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much accomplished…still fighting the bug a little so I didn’t really feel like doing much…I did get out on the bike and it was a good ride even in the wind but I still have a few more days to go to get my legs and lungs back to where they need to be….but, it looks like the weather is going to cooperate this week so maybe by the end of the week it will be normal again….slept okay, too, but no dreams to speak of again so that is the one downside….not much to do today…going to get things done around here and run some errands along with the bike ride and a workout…it will be nice to get my eating back to normal after overeating Sat and try to lose the few pounds I gained not riding…more later…

December 7th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but a little bit of work…slept okay last night and feel just a little slow this morning from the wine at G’s party last night…had a lot of fun at the party but came home early since I am still fighting this little bug I have….left at exactly the right time and the drive home was fun…I just love the new headlights on the car…it’s the first time that I can say I have enough light to see at night from any car I’ve had…and today I am going to do as little as possible to continue to recover from the bug and the too much fun last night….I do have avocados to make some guacamole so that will be the only thing I do…well…that’s not true…I am going to try to get out on the bike after the temp comes up but that won’t be for a while since it is 22 right now…more later…

A little trail weirdness…

Well…haven’t done one of these in quite a while and it is mostly because or two things…first, haven’t been out on the trail a lot lately with it being so cold and icy…and there just hasn’t been anything weird until now….a couple of days ago, as I was riding by the retention ponds near M-6, some movement in the pond caught my eye….there was a duck being chased by a muskrat…that was so unusual that I just went out on the net to see what muskrats eat and ducks are not on the menu….maybe this muskrat is a mutant?  Still pretty weird….then today, there were about 50 dead mice on the trail in the 13 miles I did today…the same thing happened at the start of last winter so it must be a normal thing but it is still strange to see…oh, this isn’t weird but the bike felt much better today and I stayed warm throughout the ride….I think it was from going harder than I did the other day at the same temp when I froze both my hands and feet….

December 6th

Well…it was a long, but okay day yesterday and I won at pool with one of the most ridiculous shots I have seen in a while, so that was cool…feel a little worn out today but the stomach is better so that is a good thing…not sure if it was the food I ate yesterday or what but I’ll take the feeling better for a good thing…had a nice lunch with T, too, and it was good to see her….didn’t get anything else done or eat enough yesterday, so I’ll have to fix that today…it looks like it’s warm enough to get out on the bike right away and it may be a good ride with almost no wind…the weather is so much better than last year at this time when it was 2 degrees and snowing….not much to do today…have G’s big dinner tonight but I am going to keep it a short one since I’m not feeling too social right now…need to make my bean dip later and I was going to make guacamole but I think I’m just going to do that for me….more later….