Well…damn, didn’t sleep for crap last night and I feel like I should just go back to bed and spend the day there….but I need to get cleaning in a few minutes and get the first ride in downstairs and get outdoors as soon as possible…but that will wait til 8 or so after coffee…not sure when my son is coming but it will probably be early since I think they are taking Art to the vet in GH and then swinging by here…it’s warm enough to get a ride in outdoors as soon as it gets light so I need to get off my butt and get the living room cleaned as soon as I’m done with this…got 33 miles in yesterday and I am kind of looking forward to getting to the goal and taking it easy for at least one day before I get back to piling on the miles again…but I’m not sure what I’m going to do for the next goal…I know that I need to keep burning the calories or I’ll weigh 300 pounds…I am going to calculate how many calories I burned getting to 10K miles…it’s a lot at 600 cals per lap outdoors and 5 of those loses me a pound….or prevents me from gaining a pound…I guess that’s the problem I have…I really don’t want to keep piling on 33 miles a day but I can’t figure out how to cut enough calories to maintain my weight…oh, well…maybe I’ll just stop eating altogether….who knows? More later…

Well…for the third day in a row, my thighs felt flat today and now they hurt like crazy and I’m not sure why that would be…the wind hasn’t been too bad lately and I really thought I was past the leg pain after the first 500 miles this year…weird…I did get a lot of stuff done today that I had to get done with my son coming to visit tomorrow…got both the bathroom and dining room cleaned but I’m not doing the living room until tomorrow morning since it won’t take that long to clean the couch and vacuum the rug…oh, I did the weed walk on the lawn today and can’t figure out why the only thing growing is the damn little weeds that almost took out the whole lawn last spring…I just let them grow last fall and I just wasn’t going to do that again…have enough weed killer to treat it one more time and it should be enough with the cold weather that is coming in the next week or so…highs in the 20′s so there will be a lot of indoor rides…even doing just two indoor rides will get me to the goal since that will make for 112 miles a week and I only need about 500 miles…okay, haven’t had the chance to read at all today so I’m going to do that now…

Well…darn, running too darn early today with getting out of bed before 6…I would really like to sleep in just once and set my day up to have just a little bit of energy…maybe the coffee will help…have so darn much work to do on the house today to get ready for my son’s visit tomorrow….need to clean the bathroom and dining room today along with three rides and doing the weed walk since the damn weeds are taking over the yard…and I really do need to wash the car one last time so I can put the garden hoses away for the year with the cold weather that is coming in…I mean 31 for a high next week? I do need to climb in the crawl space and shut the water off, too…but don’t really feel like doing it today…man, I’m worn out…it looks like I’ll be able to get outdoors on the bike after one ride inside this morning but I need to get my butt moving right now….one of these days I’m going to take the day off and just revel in doing nothing…but not today….it’s 6:55 am and I’m already late for getting going…on to the bike…more later…

Well…not sure how it happened again today but I don’t have enough time to just take it easy again today…cripes, it’s almost 2pm and I’m still pouring coffee and haven’t had enough time to drink it…I did get  three rides in and ran errands to pick up another turkey and found some weed killer at depot but will have to wait to apply it til tomorrow…the miles are not coming off fast enough with still nearly 500 miles left to go and 5 weeks to do it…okay, I know the math works out to only a little over 100 miles a week and I do more than that normally so I’m not sure where the stress is coming from…oh, well…going to start edging back into the news again in a few days so you’ll be seeing some political stuff again soon….but right now, I need to get off my butt and get some things done…

Well…just realized that today is the day Kennedy was killed and I still remember exactly where I was when I heard the news…standing in the playground of Ada school…what a shock and it shattered my childhood bubble and introduced me to the real world…and that sucked….out of bed at 6:30 today and I really don’t want to get going…have a lot to do with errands after 9 or so and have to hit Meijers for another turkey, 99 cent potatoes, and cocktail materials so I don’t have to go out again until after t-day…then Aldis for a few things and depot for some weed killer so I can treat the damn little weeds that killed a lot of my lawn last spring…and I need to wash the car for the last time and put the hose away and then shut the outdoor water off and cap the faucet but that means crawling into the crawl space and I’m not sure how many years I can do that…I am old and not as flexible as I used to be….I did get some cleaning done yesterday and need to do more today to get this place acceptable for my son’s visit Sunday…will work on the dining room today and the bathroom tomorrow and then the living room at some point…might be able to get an outdoor ride in today and I need that…the miles are not coming fast enough to get to the goal so I need to suck it up and pour them on even if it’s wet,cold, and windy…more later…

Well…yep, today did turn out to be the first day this year of doing three indoor rides and I’m a little sore from it…I really do think the indoor rides are harder…at least it feels that way right now but I’ve still got over 500 miles to do and have to keep trudging forward…when I got to the last 1.7 miles of the third ride, the sun came out and I thought about going outside for one but it was still only 39 here and I’m not ready for that yet…and the wind was blowing 20-25 and gusting and I really didn’t want to hurt myself again…after I got the rides in, I got started cleaning by cleaning the back stairs, attacking some of the cobwebs downstairs, cleaning the washer and dryer, and then organizing downstairs some…and now it’s 3:30 and I still have the weight work to do…busy day and I need to take a break…haven’t even read any yet today…

Well…man, I was tired with all the medical stress going on and didn’t get out of bed til almost 7:30 today…and I still feel pretty worn out so getting on the indoor bike is going to be a chore…and today could be the first three indoor ride one that I’ve done with the huge blob of rain coming in that could last until late this aft…and we have a gale warning on with winds of 20-25 and gusts to 40…so it looks like a good day to just stay inside and keep warm…but I do need to get used to the cold again…as I do every year…had to do a reset yesterday when I found out that I’m healthy and not dying so now what do I do? Not that I’m complaining…being my age and finding that out is such a load off that I’m not really sure how to take it…I guess I can just get on with my life or what is left of it…yeah, that sounds depressing but it’s not…just reality…cripes, I’m old after all…don’t have a lot to do today but drag my butt downstairs and get the first ride going and then the second and then the third…going to keep me busy til noon or so and then I’ll have the day off to clean…no rest today…more later…

Well…when I was out doing the grocery run this morning, I got a call from my doctor’s office while I was looking for the french cut beans I need to make another entire turkey dinner next week…they were just relaying what I already knew from mychart, that my PSA is still undetectable and that is 16 months after the surgery and that gives me hope that I can use the “C” word in about 6 more months…and that is cured…I am so happy that my surgeon pushed to get me in before it spread and I would probably be dead by now…so that’s really cool….I am still so surprised that my blood work results were so good…especially my cholesterol since that has been slowly rising over the years…and I’m happy the new doctor showed me stretches for my neck since he could feel that I pulled the muscle that connects the back of the skull down to my scapula…they work pretty well and I have to remember to do them before I go out…I spent some money on something stupid at Menards today when I picked up a bargain basement go pro camera for 11 bucks that comes with a waterproof case and all kinds of mounting hardware so I could mount it on anything I want like my bike…still drinking coffee at 3 pm and I need to stop…and read a bit….

Well…darn, didn’t get out of bed til 6:21 this morning and that puts me late for the entire day…need to get on the bike in 17 minutes to stay on schedule for the day…need to do the grocery run today and need to leave here by 8:15 and that seems to be a daunting task right now…one good thing is that I can have coffee today and I am pouring that down right now…after I feel better I’ll be smiling about the good health news from yesterday…but I was not good last night and I’m moving pretty slow this morning…I deserve a day off but can’t take one until the end of the year and that is a bit wearing…it’s going to rain today so I’m not sure when I’ll get outside for the rides…it’s only going to be in the 40′s today so I’ll be in full thermasuit when I go…but it’s November so it’s supposed to be cold and I can live with that…my son, his wife, and their dog is coming over Sunday and are bringing me a loaf of sourdough bread that he makes and I am looking forward to that…but that means I’ll have to clean this place up before that and I don’t mind that…living alone I let this place get kind of messy and I need to reclaim my discipline to be better than that….more later…

Well…just got the results from today’s PSA test…still undetectable so another bit of good news to add on to the rest of it…so there is really a good reason for having a couple of cocktails tonight…I did get out on the bike in shorts for two outdoor rides and that was fun but the wind was blowing like crazy and it took a lot of work going out…coming back was fun and now the shorts get washed and put away until next year…but I still have hope we may get one more day this year…we’ll see…oh, and the new doctor gave me some stretching exercises for my neck that seem to work quite well…lots less pain and better movement…so a good day that I thought wasn’t going to be one…but that’s just me…after having cancer, I sometimes can be pessimistic about my health as I age…