Well…up at 5:55 this morning and I guess I just have to accept that…and it’s 20 after 6 and I’m just getting started on the first cup of coffee…I am going to try to make this another easy day with just one indoor ride and then outdoors for two but I need to watch Man U t 9…and I’m not sure why I even want to do that…they are in 15th place and have sucked this whole season…oh, well…the owner of the new Miata sent me a photo of the car in his garage and I think he is regretting selling it a bit…but what a gorgeous car! Can’t wait til it’s sitting in my garage…when I woke up today I didn’t know what day it was…holy crap…Wrexam just got promoted to the championship…one league below the Premier League and that is just so cool…it’s damn cold here this morning at 35 degrees and I just covered the buckets to make sure the veggies aren’t killed but it’s going to warm up into the 60′s later…and into the 70′s tomorrow so I’ll be out in shorts and a t-shirt…not much to do today…just the rides and races…moto GP first and then nascar at Talladega and that should be fun….more later…

Well…my well developed sense of guilt has fired up today with taking a lazy day of only 2 indoor rides, reading a bunch, and only doing laundry…okay, no, I cleaned the couch and rotated the cushions along with the rest of the living room so I guess it wasn’t so lazy…I do have some of the veggies that have sprouted in the buckets with beans, peas, and two kinds of tomatoes so I put the buckets outdoors today and that’s where they will stay for at least 10 days…tonight it’s getting down into the upper 30′s but then in the 40′s and 50′s for a while…I am really curious to see if this method will work and I’m going to back that up with planting the open seeds in the old garden to see if last year was an anomaly…I guess we’ll see…going to try to do two outdoor rides tomorrow with the high in the 60′s…okay…need to prep for some tv watching tonight…

Well…damn, another morning of waking up at 5:12 but this one was better with being able to go back to sleep til 6:20…it’s cold here again with the heat coming on and the temp in the lower 40′s and I may just do two rides indoors since it’s not getting much into the 50′s today…and the MotoGP sprint race is on at 9 so it looks like one ride before and one ride after the race and then I’ll call it good…I do need to clean the couch and rotate the cushions along with vacuuming the rug today and there is plenty of time to get that done before the races start from Talladega…don’t have to cook with the soup leftovers and the pork tenderloins I got yesterday and I have two packs of chicken sausages I got from DD and it’s nice to get past having ham the past two weeks…and I have three kinds of potatoes I got for a buck for 5 pounds so I’ll have to get creative to use them before they spoil..red, yellow, and russets and I think I’ll look for recipes…maybe some scalloped potatoes? Not much to do today…just need another cup of coffee before I get on the bike and get started….more later…

Well…when I took the old Miata out today to some errands with the top down, it struck me that it could have been the last time I drive it that way…and there are lots of lasts coming…I wonder that the last song will be on the radio as I park it next to the garage? There will lots of good lasts, too…I mean the last time I have to put coolant in it would be one of those…or the last time I need to repair the top to stop it leaking…and it appears that I won’t have to spend another dime on it for brakes, exhausts or anything else…and one week from today at this time, I’ll be pulling up to my house in the new Miata and that will be so cool…I wonder how much faster it will be than the old one? Probably not a lot since it weighs 300 pounds more…and I can’t wait to try a shifter that has only 49,000 miles on it and to see how fast the engine turns at 80 in 6th gear…I hope it’s not the 4K the old one turns…okay want to read a bit…I did get out to DD today to get a pound of smoked turkey for 2 bucks and two packages of chicken sausages for 99 cents each…and got more of those 1 dollar bacon wrapped pork loin steaks from Meijers that are just the right size for a meal…

Well…I don’t know if there is anything worse than waking up at 5:16 and knowing there is no way that you’re going to get back to sleep…so here I am, having the first cup of coffee and I really need it to work right now…might even have to make some pour over later this morning…and I do need to make a grocery run this morning since I need to hit DD for some stuff…put the last big ham in the freezer yesterday so I’ll need to figure out meals for today…I do have potato soup but need to figure out the second meal for the next few days…just frickin exhausted and I need to drag myself down to get a ride in soon…for the first time this year, the heat didn’t come on overnight and I wonder if spring is finally getting here? Nope, back down into the 50′s this weekend and that is depressing…and my seeds are not coming up downstairs and that sucks…no garden again this year and I’ve never had such a problem getting stuff going…not much to do today…just the errands and then lots of riding but it’s only 51 so the first one will be indoors…man, I’m tired…more later…

Well…it was an easier day today and I really needed that…Ii did get three rides in and then made a batch of potato soup and froze one container just to see if it will freeze okay with milk and butter in it…I guess we’ll see…I did finish up the last book and put the top down for a run over to the library and I am amazed that I could park in the 1/2 hour space right in front of the steps…something about living in a small town…this is the last week of driving this Miata and the “lasts” are getting to me a bit…have had this thing for many years and I will be sad to see it go when I sell it…but the new one is such a better car that I probably won’t know how to act…now I just need it to last one more week without having the exhaust fail and I need to find the title for the old one….but not now…time to read a bit….

Well…not sure if there is anything worse than waking up at 3:53 and fearing that you can’t get back to sleep…but I was able to get another hour in so I guess I just have to live with that…need to get a ride in downstairs and then hope for two outside but that may wait til this aft when the temp comes up…it’s in the 40′s right now and I am so damn tired of the cold…I officially call this a no spring year since we are almost to May and it’s going to be in the low 50′s for the next week…and that sucks…not sure what I’m going to do for meals today but I did want to make potato soup with both russet and red potatoes along with some ham…have never done that before but I don’t see why that won’t be a good change to the recipe…maybe only do two rides today so I can take the hour I need to make the soup…haven’t taken any time just for me in a long time so maybe today should be the day? Not much to do today…I really do need to clean the couch and living room but with how I feel right now that seems like way too much work but I guess we’ll see…more later…

Well…I really don’t know how I can be retired and so busy all the time and today was just another one of a long line of them…started with the first ride at 7am and then out to do the grocery run, then back on the bike for two outdoor rides…oh, and after the groceries, I found time to feed the lawn for the first time this year…so yep, pretty busy and didn’t get done with everything until almost 2 so that made for a solid 7 hour day…tomorrow should be easier and I really need to finish the last book so I can get 4 new ones and keep the string going…my right knee has been giving me fits on the bike so I think I’ll put some voltaren on it tomorrow and see if that helps…I guess I’ll watch tv now…

Well…damn, I really don’t want to be up for good at 5:31am anymore…so darn tired and I just poured the first cup of coffee so I hope it works soon…rain is coming in and I want to get the food down on the lawn before that but I don’t think I have enough time before the grocery run…but I do have time to sit here until 7 or so before I need to get on the bike and have to pick up a prescription so I can’t get to Meijers until 9 or so and that leaves me a half hour or so and that is enough to get the food done…and that gets me done before noon if I only do two indoor rides today…it’s a little bittersweet that I only have  a week or so with the first Miata and it will get parked next to the garage until I can sell it…but the new one is such an adult car compared to the crude, fun of the A…it’s loud, rusty, leaking, and tiny but it’s been with me for 13 years and I still grin every time I get in it…and the fact that the new one is my last car is a kind of sobering thought…but I won’t miss looking for a new car…I really hate it and this process has been very stressful…I’m glad it’s over…more later…

Well…finally, the check for the car arrived and the owner is taking down the ad…the car is mine and it is such a relief…the owner said he’s had higher offers than mine that came in after mine but we had a deal and he is going to honor it…so that is cool…it’s been a busy one today with running all day…getting three rides in, making a run to Menards for lawn stuff, and getting the weed killer on it…it’s after 2:30 and I haven’t had the chance to read at all today and I still have the weight work to do…damn, I sure hope tomorrow is easier…better get going…