Well…it was an okay day yesterday and with it being a no cocktail night, I feel pretty good this morning…I wonder if I need to make every night a no cocktail night? That will be something to think about…didn’t sleep well…but, I will take that over feeling like crap all day…and, I am going to the youngest son’s house for the Wings game tonight so that is something to look forward to…even bought beer….and I did have a nice lunch with T that always raises my spirits…I did freeze my butt off on the bike yesterday but I am not ready to go full thermasuit yet…or even to wear gloves…I even put the top down on the car going out to lunch while I was still shivering….but I just had to…it LOOKED warm…not much to do today…the normal routine and then the Tigers play at 4…and I do have some errands to run so that will be something…more later…

Well…it was just another day yesterday with football and baseball in it…and a lot of boredom…but, I survived it to get to another Monday morning…didn’t get anything done so that adds to the malaise but I hope to do better today…not sure how….slept okay and the heat came on for another night and it looks like fall is here…not a thing I wanted to see….not much to do today…might have lunch with T but I’m not sure yet…and then the regular stuff….more later….

Well…was going to write this one yesterday but the malaise that has settled here prevented that…but, I hope today is different so here goes….it has been so funny on the trail with all of the wooly bear caterpillars that have been crossing it lately…I wonder where they are all going? Oh, that’s not it….the funny thing is that I have been trying to miss them as I ride since every one that is killed means one less butterfly next summer….so, it has been a slalom as I miss them…and, I feel good that I have not run over one of them this year…it does look a little weird with me moving all over the trail; dodging things that can’t be seen…the really funny thing is that I found myself doing the same thing in the car the other day….I’m not really sure how I can see a little caterpillar at 50 yards out but I was doing it on the way out to pool…yep, I’m weird…but you know that…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday…yeah, I say that a lot, what am I supposed to say? That the day sucked and I wanted to jump off a cliff? Nope…not that much drama…it was a good sports day but Michigan lost so that was not a good thing…but, the Wings won and they looked okay but not good…slept okay but I am still exhausted so there is something going on…might have to try staying up much later to see if that helps….didn’t really get anything accomplished yesterday except getting some stains out of the carpet and washing the towel I use under the bike to catch the crap that drips off it when it’s wet…and, it look like the lack of ambition is going to bleed over into today….but, there are no races or anything but football to watch today so maybe there will be a nap for the aft…who knows?

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was good….and the drive back here was nice…the car is just running so good and it makes me smile every time I get into it….I wonder when that will end? Slept okay, I think, but I am still tired so maybe it wasn’t so good…..I have been worn out all week and I am getting really, really tired of it…get that? Tired of it….bad humor at 9 in the morning….I am looking forward to today with all of the sports going on…Michigan, the Tigers and the Wings all play today along with a race tonight so at least I won’t be bored…at least I hope not…I am making another pork shoulder today and need to get it in the oven before I get out on the bike…and that is about all I have to do today other than cleaning a little…and, I mean a little…not more than a half hour today…then, total veg for the rest of the day…going to skip the Miata club today…there is a color tour drive but they planned it to go to the south where there won’t be any colors….would rather just hang here and do my own in a couple of weeks…more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done…finally got the bathroom cleaned and the car washed and waxed so it was not a total loss…the Tigers won and move on to the ALCS so that was cool but the Wings stunk up the place again…not sure what is going on with them….slept okay, I think, but since I didn’t chart it again, I’m not sure….it was a cocktail night so I feel a little slow today so I’m on the second cup of coffee trying to revive some before the bike ride…the heat came on for the first time last night and that is kind of depressing…don’t want the season to change yet….not much to do today…pool, since it’s Friday…but that is about it….going to take it easy this morning and just kind of ease into the day….more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I had a little fun going out to have a couple with G….but, I need to stop spending money so I can get through the rent in November…I did get some cleaning done yesterday for the first time in a while and I hope to keep that up today…slept okay but I did chart the the wake ups and it was surprising…up 22 times overnight and now I understand why I am so tired…there is never a time that I sleep more than an hour at a time and that is just not good..not sure what to do about it, though, so that will take some thought…and, my damn elbow is just screaming at me so that doesn’t help…not much to do today…I am going to continue cleaning and then get ready for the Tigers and the Wings tonight…broke down and am going to have cocktails tonight…so that means only tonight and Friday….I do feel better only doing two nights a week so I am going to keep that up…I am trying to decide whether to do the color tour with the Miata club Sat….starting from Hastings is not my idea of the ideal place so I may just do one of my own later in the week…more later…

Well…it was a strange day yesterday and it felt like someone had sucked all of the energy out of me….so, I tried to eat more and we’ll see if that translates into something today…slept okay but I think I’m going to try to record how many times I wake up at night…maybe a note pad and a pen…I need to know so I can actually do something about the lack of sleep…had some dreams, too that involved fishing and BMW’s crashed into ponds…yeah, I don’t understand it either….didn’t get much done yesterday..didn’t even cook so that will have to change today…the Tigers did win yesterday so that makes a game 5 Thursday along with the Wings….need new batteries for the remote….not much to do today…I do need to do the spider patrol in the bathroom and get rid of the piles of mail on the table…along with more and more resumes…soul crushing boredom….but it looks nice outside and the bike ride should raise my spirits some….more later…

Well…over the past week, there have been some milestones on the bike that I have hinted at but have just done the math and now I can really report them….first…this is the sixth year in a row I have gone at lest 2,000 miles on the bike…and with adding up the total mileage (yeah, I write that stuff down) I find that I have done over 17,000 miles on this bike, not the 16K that I thought I’d done…when I look at the globe and see where that would get me, I could have ridden to India heading west from here…and that makes it only 8K miles that I need to still do to have ridden the thing around the world…and that is kind of weird…but, cool when you think of it. The second thing is the praying mantises…I saw more than a dozen of them on the trail just sunning themselves…not sure but I think this is pretty late in the year for so many of those things to be around…but, it was neat to see….no more trail weirdness right now…

Well…it was a long day yesterday with the Tigers losing again and then going out to celebrate G’s birthday that lasted too long…it was a nice drive home with the top down and it being 48 degrees….slept okay and had weird dreams that were mostly centered around the Miata again….and hotels, and repairs in the parking lot…I did get out to ride the bike after the rain but I really don’t like going out after 3 though…way too much traffic and no one is paying attention….almost have the bike adjusted so it will shift again after the cable replacement but there still is a little way to go….not much to do today….I do have all of the normal things but after spending cash last night at the bar, today will be a spend no money day….more later…