Well…I think it may be hard to get back in the habit of doing this every day after having the past three weeks off…but, I’ll try…it was basically a wasted day yesterday since I haven’t been feeling that hot but I do need to get something done today…didn’t sleep all that well last night and have been up since 5 or so and that makes it about 5 hours of sleep and I think that is starting to catch up to me too…..I do have to go out and buy some chain today to chain the grill and tank to the patio support so it won’t get stolen and I do need to clean it to get ready for cooking…that will probably be it for the day….I will try to get the papers out and vacuum but I’m not promising anything…more later…

Well…have been thinking about a political one for today but wanted to get some car stuff out first since there have been a few things that have happened to the car since March 12th…I did hit a curb with the right front in the snow a couple of weeks ago and may have bent the front some…it seems to pull to the right but the thing is so sensitive to uneven roads that I may not have…I did just check the pressure in that tire and it was only 25 lbs while the other front had 30 so that may have something to do with it…and, I don’t really remember how it drove before I hit it so it may be all in my head….the steering wheel is still straight so maybe I’m just going crazy…the rest of the car has been perfect all winter and has used no oil in the last 4,000 miles and that is just too cool for a car with 155 K on it….and, all of the coolant leaks have been found and fixed so it is just a normal car now…I am getting addicted to Miata.net but need to stop reading all of the posts about the parts failures or I’ll never take the thing anywhere again…

Well…did the math and it’s been almost three weeks since I’ve been here…and not being able to do this has been harder than I thought it would be..I did do a little writing over at Kos but I feel more comfortable here doing the kind of free form stuff that I like to do…I did sleep okay last night but it was a cocktail night so I really can’t tell anything by it….one thing that I find funny is that I seem to have lost my ability to type quickly….and I was talking to Tom the other day about not writing anymore but to do a podcast but this just seems to be natural for me…didn’t ride the bike yesterday or today with the wind blowing so hard…oh, I do need to share that I had to replace all of the rear drive parts on the bike…shifter, sprockets, and chain since they had over 12,000 miles on them and the new chain wouldn’t mesh…have it working better than ever now and I guess the 60 bucks was worth it….okay…need to do some other stuff so I’ll end here…oh, not much to do today…I have been letting this place go to hell so I do need to clean up and get rid of the papers again…but, it is still so cold out I think I’ll wait for tomorrow….

Well…as you have probably noticed…this site has been down for a couple of weeks with a massive server crash and waiting to get the backup copy so it could be rebuilt…so, I will say thanks to my son J for all his hard work getting me back up and running…and now I have a couple of weeks to get caught up on…it was really kind of strange not being able to do this every day and it did leave a hole in my day that made me feel uneasy…like I was supposed to be somewhere and couldn’t remember where it was…but, now I’m back and ready to get on with it again. It was an okay day yesterday with Michigan crushing their opponent in the tournament and making it to the final four….and their was a free preview of HBO on the dish so it was an all day marathon of “Game of Thrones” in between so that was cool. When I left to get the papers this morning I found a 20 lb propane tank on my doorstep that Brian brought me..I had it filled and tried the salvage grille that he found me and it works so there will be cleanup today and I will be grilling tomorrow…yay…okay…I do need to eat lunch and get the bike ride in but I will be back for many, many more of these today since I have my head filled with things to comment on and need to get it out before it starts to hurt…more later…

Well…running a little late today but thought I’d get this one done while I wait for the car to melt…kind of a surprise having to do that with it being over 50 yesterday….it was an okay day but the overdoing it from Sunday made it harder than I like it to be and I do not like feeling like crap all day…but, I was good last night and I feel much better today so that is a good start…sleeping was a a challenge again last night and I think I got about 4 hours but that is almost the new normal and I guess I’ll just have to live with it….I still think I may have a bug…or probably it just year round allergies…that would be a pain if that is the case but maybe I’ll try some OTC stuff to see if it helps….not much to do today…looks like pool will be today but that is about it….more later….

Well…it was a really long day yesterday with going out for sunday funday with K and staying out way too long, and then having a cocktail night to finish it up…so, I feel like crap today and I am having a hard time getting going…I know part of it is the time change since it is really only 8 right now instead of 9 but that is no excuse…okay, it is an excuse and I am going to use it…I don’t remember missing yesterday’s post but it looks like I did..or, it could be that the site just lost it again…I may be able to get back on the bike today but, to do that, I need to get my butt in gear and get the workout in and get moving….more later…

Well…with the trouble that T is going through…just want to share this lyric from Phil Collins..”the roof is leaking and the wind is howling…the kids are crying since the sheets are so cold…woke this morning and my hands were frozen…tried to fix the fire but the damn things’s too old…but me, I’m getting stronger by the minute…” I want this for her right now…….

Well…sitting here watching “Leaving Las Vegas”, one of my favorite movies…and remembered I hadn’t come back here for the second one today…it has been a hard, depressing day today with the troubles that T has been having that I can’t get out of my head…and that has caused me to lose interest in politics…and everything else, really…so, I think this one is cheating to keep the numbers up…there are a few topics that need to be addressed, like the Menendez non-scandal…and the idiot O’Keefe paying out 100K to someone…and there was one other one that I just can’t remember right now….and now, I’m just waiting for it to get to cocktail time….so, on that note, I am going to go back to the couch and watch more of the movie…

Well…running late again today but, this time, I have a reason for it…made up a brine for a pork loin I’m cooking today and when I put it in the fridge, the damn bag came open spilling the brine all over the inside of my fridge…including the thyme leaves that I had in it…those tiny little things are just a huge pain to clean up and it took me almost 20 minutes to make it presentable…so now I’m back to soccer and coffee and this…slept okay last night but must have been spinning all night…found one pillow across the room and the top sheet was wadded up into a little ball at the foot of the bed….but, there were no dreams and I can’t figure that one out…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much but read…not a bad day…and I did get 6 resumes out…still no response but at least there was something…not much to do today…going to just watch soccer, races, and the Wings so at least I will have something to do…along with cleaning, that is…more later…

Well…running late on a Friday and the only reason for it is that I just don’t care…okay, that’s not entirely true but life has become this overwhelming burden that I deal with by shifting down into a lower gear and into survival mode…that said, I did sleep okay last night but I know it was the cocktails and not any peace that I have found…okay…need to elevate the mood here and stop the whining…it looks like it is going to be a nice day today with sunshine and temps in the 40’s…so that is something to enjoy…and the car is working okay so that’s a plus…yesterday was just more of the same but I am still healthy and can think a little…not much to do today…I am going to have more coffee and watch Graham Norton…but, from there, I have no plans and think I will just let the day flow as it will…more later…