Well…I had some things to do yesterday and it was good to get out of here for a while…had a few with K to celebrate her certification and then I had a couple here but I have my newfound restraint to thank for feeling okay this morning. But, Thursdays are kind of boring without hockey….just can’t warm up to the World Series without the Tigers in it. It looks like I can get back on the bike today after two days of rain and I can’t wait….it feels like I’ve gained 10 pounds in the last two days and I do have 200 more miles to do to get to 2500….looks like I won’t get to 3000 this year but that’s okay….I could do 30 or so a day for the next month to do it but I’m not that motivated. I do have some things to do today…having lunch with T and I am excited about that….and the Wings play tonight so I’ll have to get the gear out….I will have a couple more later today….oh, and I’ll have the lyric after the bike ride…

Here’s the lyric” “Hold on to freedom…freedom’s the only thing you have…hold on to justice…justice is your biggest laugh…”

Well…it was a long day yesterday with pool with Tom and then out with G after that for a couple….I was good when I got home, though, so I feel okay this morning….I did win at pool for the third week in a championship game so the competition was good and had fun. I hope the rain quits today so I can get back on the bike…it is such a big part of my feeling good that even missing one day was not a good thing….and I still hurt so I guess it’s just the way I’m going to be..G did give me some great news…she is going back to finish her degree and I am so happy for her…I remember my college days fondly and the challenge of new learning always made me smile…not much to do today…it is Thursday so there will be a grocery run today…but that’s about it…I have been keeping up with the posts this month so I do have one thing to feel good about….more later….

here’s today’s lyric: “can’t imagine the moment…reaching out through the silence, all the things we both might say….to the heart that will not be denied…’til we’re both on the same damn side…all the barriers blown away…”

Well…this has been a disappointing week so far…I did have some resumes go out and I don’t know why I should be depressed that I haven’t gotten any responses…after all, there have been hundreds go out over the summer and now the fall with no luck…maybe it’s the inability to ride the bike today…the guilts have already set in and now I have to try to figure out how to take 800 calories out of what I eat today to make up for it….I’m sure there is a weather component to it, too, with the day being so dreary…but I think the root cause is the lack of possibilities that now exist….and the fact that I’m balanced so precariously on a razor’s edge of financial ruin that the next repair on the car or unexpected bill will nudge me over that edge. It is extremely stressful to live that way and I think that is one of the reasons for the discontent in the country right now…there are too many of us who have worked our whole lives chasing the American dream and now find that there is no place left for us….but, I’m going to keep on trying….what else can you do?

Well…a third night with no cocktails so I feel pretty good today…weird dreams again but they are not really clear right now..something to do with fish that I was trying to keep alive….I did get a lot of stuff done around here yesterday since I am still waiting for them to come and look at the furnace…I can’t remember this place looking so clean in a long time and I kind of like it….maybe I’ll have to try to keep it this way for a while…it looks like the string is going to be broken today….looking at the radar, it looks like we have an express train of rain coming in from the south all day and it has already started….I’ll look for a dry slot until the aft but 180 days in a row is not a bad record…..I wonder if taking the day off will help the soreness? Not much to do today…I’m supposed to hang out with G later but Tom wants to go today, too…so that is a dilemma….but a good one to have with being cooped up here since last Thursday…more later…

Well…an easy night last night with G out of town so a no cocktail night and I feel okay today…weird dreams that included Aquinas College, BMW loaners, tornadoes, and lots of dirty dishes….yep, it;’s getting strange inside the head again and I like it….the Aquinas part is a repeater where I haven’t finished all of my course work yet…I forgot what classes I had and the ones I remembered, I couldn’t find…the BMW loaner thing was connected to that part, too….a new detail, to be sure…not much to do today…have to clean some and get out on the bike but that’s about it….I could whine a little about not getting any resume responses but that’s just not me….I will come back later for at least one more….

Okay…already did the one more so look up this time….today was 180 on the bike and it was a dead mouse alert day…saw 15-20 of them in 20 feet on the trail…..don’t know if I’ll make it to 183 but I’m going to try….

Here’s today’s lyric: “Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground…Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down…”

Well…not a very good day yesterday…one of the drivers in the Indycar series was killed in the race that I was watching from Las Vegas and it took me back to 1966…I’ll talk about that in one later today…needless to say, that cast a pall over the rest of the day…not much to do today…feeling a little low from yesterday’s events so I am going to end early here and come back later for more….

Okay…got the bike ride in and it was brutal out there again today…I did get number 179 in the books but it looks like I won’t get to 183 if it rains like forecast for Wed…..I just noticed that this is number 1200 in the series…that’s a lot when you think about it…

Here’s today’s lyric: “the maids are in the hallway banging on the door, asking what that funny smell was…wake you up to tell you it’s okay to sleep some more…by the way, is there any you can sell us?…”

Well….not so good of a day for us here in Michigan yesterday…the Tigers got beaten to a pulp and U of M lost to State…so I guess some people here will be happy…at least the Wings won in OT so that was a plus…it seems like I’m always running late on Sunday and I never know the reason for it…waiting for the rain to stop so I can get out on the bike and make it 178 days…the wind is calm today so it may even be pleasant to go out….not much to do today….not even going to cook today, just use up the leftovers from a couple of days ago, but I do need to watch the Lions to see if they are a good team or not….that should be fun and then there is the F-1 race later…I’ll try to come back later for another one and a song lyric…it will probably be a Pink Floyd since that’s what I listen to on Sundays…more later…

Well…I wonder why it is that even great days can be a letdown…I’m sure it has to do with the anticipation of greatness and when Michigan stunk up the joint at noon the air just came out of it…and I’m bored right now so that is why I’m back here for a little while. I don’t know if I can recapture the excitement for the Tigers game and that is a disappointment. This dish has been giving me fits all day with at lest 4 resets and if it does it again tonight I think I’ll take a hammer to it…oh, don’t have a hammer so I guess I’ll have to improvise…the pizza came out great so that was a plus and helped a little…but the leftover chicken for dinner was just so boring, too…hmmm…I notice a theme here….I hope the wind calms down by tomorrow…don’t know if I can take being out with it blowing 30 again…I was going to do a political one today but the outrage meter is on empty and I really don’t want to fake it….so I guess I’ll go and get the fixins ready a cocktail or two…I did have to put the heat on today and now my furnace has this weird hiccup when it shuts down like it wants to start again; firing up the blower for two seconds and then shutting off….at least I don’t have to pay to have it fixed….just hope it doesn’t kill me in the middle of the night….or do I?

Well….another night, more tv, and if that sounds boring, it is…I’m running late today since I was up at 5 or so and then did get back to sleep….it is going to be a sports day today….Man U is on right now and then I have to go out to get the papers at the half to have my coffee and wait for the wind to die down so I can get the bike ride in before the Michigan and State game. Then tonight, there are the Tigers, the Wings, and a race on so I think I’ll have a good excuse to do almost nothing…I am going to make a homemade pizza for the game this aft and I am looking forward to that…I will try to come back later for another one…and the song lyric..

Okay…I’m back after one of the most brutal rides that I can remember…had to pedal hard to even go downhill into the wind and I’m sure I’m going to pay for that tomorrow…paying for it right now since the legs are already hurting and that never happens…oh, well…I’m glad I got it done before the game and that makes it 177…only 6 more to go….

Here’s the lyric” “well if you can, try to teach them things that they don’t know….give ’em a helping hand, make them see the things there that don’t show…”

Well…up early this morning…just couldn’t get back to sleep so I thought I’d just get up and get the day going…well, not going but idling…no dreams to speak of so that was a little of a disappointment..I did have a nice day with finally getting to see T for a while and having a couple…and the Tigers won along with the Wings so how could it get better? Not much to do today…really, not much to do today…I can’t think of anything other than riding the bike if it stops raining…more later…

Okay…back for a minute before I get out on the bike…it has stopped raining so it looks like day 176 will happen….7 more to go…I’ll have the song lyric after I ride….so come on back…should also have a political one since Manny Lopez is still an idiot…

Here’s the lyric: “I felt the coldness of my winter…I never thought you would ever go…I cursed the gloom that set upon us…but I know I love you so…”