Well…I feel like the line from the Neil Young song “Coupe deVille”…”well I hit the wall, woke up this morning and I hit the wall”…have been abusing my body since the start of the year and I think I need to figure out how to give it a rest at some point…but today I have the indoor rides, then mowing the lawn and putting food down, then outdoors  for two rides, then putting the seeds and bean plants in the garden…and doing laundry and cooking two meals…so I will be busy until 5 again today starting at 7am in 17 minutes…I am so damn worn out…but I’ll drag myself downstairs and get going…might have to run an errand, too, but we’ll see about that…had a bad noise from the bike just when I got to the bottom of the hill and I wonder what it is…I may have to get some grease and do the wheel bearings since I’ve never done them on the grey bike and it has over 35,000 miles on it…so that’s another task to accomplish today…I don’t think I’ve ever been this busy and it’s a lot of work at my advanced age…have lots to do today…okay, that’s a take off on the “not much to do today” line that I used to use a lot but those days seem to be gone….more later…

Well…damn, I think I finally went over the line exerting myself this week…I hurt everywhere and I know it’s going into the wind every damn day…and what the heck is it with weather forecasters? Today, the weather channel said the wind was out of the south at less than 4mph…but when I got out on the bike, it was blowing out of the NE at least 15…again…so it was into the wind all the way out for the 4th time this week and my right thigh is burning and my knee still hurts, too…oh, well…I did get the annuals planted on  he east side of the house and put the three sunflowers that had sprouted out behind the house and I’m going to work on the garden…planting all the extra seeds and then the 20 bean plants that are ready…I may wait on the tomatoes until after the storms tomorrow night since they are small and fragile…I even made little signs to stick in the dirt so I know what is planted where…leeks and broccoli and lettuce…along with one for chili peppers that haven’t come up yet…might be my basement is too cold to get them started…who knows…tomorrow is going to be a full work day with mowing the lawn and putting food on it and the 4 bike rides and planting…so, I’ll be back tomorrow telling you I hurt again…oh, I spent more than 60 bucks on bike parts today since I think the shifter is worn out from the sand out here…and I bought myself a new handlebar bag that is supposed to be here Tuesday along with 10 more rear shift cables and some universal links for putting chains together…what a day

Well…it’s only 31 degrees out here and I am damn tired of the cold…the furnace ran all night last night and it’s almost May…have to go down to get on the bike in 25 minutes to get the indoor rides in this morning and then the wait starts for it to get warm enough to go outdoors but that won’t be until 2 or so…but that will make it another 41 mile day and I need to keep them up to make the goal this year…it looks like this is going to be the last freeze for the spring and I’m ready to get the garden planted along with the annual flowers for the side of the house…we have some rain coming starting Sat that is going to last for a few days so today and tomorrow should be planting of flowers and grass seed to start filling in the yard again…I do have some pork shoulder marinating in the fridge that I’m going to grill today and I may run out to Meijers to try to get some more cheap pork chops they didn’t have yesterday…going to make some stir fry pork later today and make some rice to put it over if I have time…it’s going to be nearly 70 tomorrow and then into the 70′s for Sat and Sun and into the mid to upper 60′s all week next week so maybe spring is actually here….more later…

Well…man, I feel like crap today and the days of 41 mile rides has a big part in that…kinda slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it right now…and I need to get on the bike in 18 minutes so I’ll be ready to do the grocery run after the first ride…it’s only 37 out there right now and there is a freeze warning for tonight but then the lows come up into the 40′s and 50′s so I can plant the garden next week…the peas sprouted yesterday and I have 5 of them up but still no peppers so I’ll plant 20 or 30 of them in the garden to brute force them and hope to get 5-6 of them to come up…I’ll do that with the broccoli, leeks, and carrots too, but this year I’ll label them so I know what is in the garden…I did get some grass seed put in yesterday and with the storms that are coming tonight, they should sprout okay…I am curious how the bluegrass seed will do…much more expensive than the fescue I have been using and I hope it works better since I have 1/3 of the lawn to reseed…not much to do today…just the rides and grocery run…have another rear brake making noise on the car so I’ll have to work on that at some point but I’ll wait til it gets warmer to do that….more later…

Well…I know I’ve said this before but riding the bike for 4+ hours a day is putting a cramp in getting other things done…didn’t even have time to read at all today…got 4 bike rides in and the two outdoors left me with a sore neck…again…from being out in 25 mph wind on the way out on both rides…so that forced me to be out doing yard work at 5 pm and that is way too late for me…but, with the rain coming in, I wanted to get some more grass seed in to start filling in the spots that were just weeds that I put weed killer on…will need some more topsoil for some of the patches and I may just rake in some seed on all those patches and then it will just sit there until it rains enough for a few days to make it sprout…I lost a good third of the yard to the drought last year and it will probably take the rest of the year to get it to fill in…going to need to treat all of my aches with biofreeze and voltaren tonight…along with an ibuprofen…the house a block to the north sold yesterday…it was listed at 225K so I wonder what it sold for? Could be good news for me…would never sell this place for under 180 grand now…

Well…I sure needed that last night…slept okay with only getting up once and then staying in bed until 6:30…still feel pretty worn out but getting more than 4 hours of sleep has to help…the wind is howling out there at 20mph and gusting so I’m not sure about the outdoor rides right now…I do need to get on the indoor bike in a few minutes and I’m running out of tv shows to watch on freevee so I may have to find something else for the indoor rides…watching a show called “Homecoming” done by the same guy who did “Mr. Robot” with Julia Roberts in the lead and it has kept me interested but I’m on the last episode…oh, not really…there is a second season that I forgot about….the end of the first quarter of the year is coming up at the end of April and I needed to be 1/3rd of the way to the 7K goal and I’m ahead of that 2,333 mile requirement at 2,490 miles as of this morning…but, with how iffy November and December are, I need to get going and probably do some 24 mile rides indoors…using my “Abbey Road” coffee mug this morning…almost forgot I had it…not much to do today…just the rides and grilling some pork chops later…or maybe tomorrow…have leftovers to eat today and should use them up first…and I’m going to get more tomorrow to put some in the freezer…more later…

Well…damn, I’m exhausted and it’s clear to me why…didn’t sleep well last night…was struggling to get to sleep an stay asleep all night…finally gave up at around 5:30 and started reading the news to get on the bike for the first ride at 6:30 and then the second one at 7:45 to get the 16 miles I needed indoors…then out to the dentist at 10 where I got some good news that my gums look good and there wasn’t much tartar but she did smooth out the enamel on my teeth that I’ve never had done before and my teeth are very smooth…after that, a quick lunch and then out on the outdoor bike by noon for the first outdoor ride and then back out for the second ride a little after one…for a total of 41 miles on the bike today and after that I planted some perennials along the back of the house and gathered some trash to put out and put water out for the birds and squirrels…I wanted to read a bit but I’m just too worn out to keep my eyes focused…I did get some pork chops at Meijers that I’ll cook tomorrow and I got a free recycled shopping bag they were giving away for earth day which is today…

Well..darn, that sucked…up all night and I think the total of sleep was about 4 hours and I crawled out of bed at 5:30 to get the day started…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get that down so I can get on the bike by 6:30 and get two rides in before my dentist appointment at 10…going to stop at Meijers and pick up some pork chops to grill for 1.49 a pound…it looks like it’s going to be warm enough by the time I get back here to head right out and do the first outdoor ride but the wind is going to be blowing 10-20 and out of the sw so I’ll be going straight into it on the way out and I’m already sore from prepping the garden the other day…it looks like we may get some frost the next couple of nights so I’ll wait to plant outdoors until next week…and I need to make a map of what is planted where since I’m going to plant broccoli seeds along with some leeks just to see if they will come up and augment the sprouts I have downstairs…didn’t get any cukes to survive last year so I’m going to brute force them with lots of seeds going in…oh, and I have a couple of packs of lettuce seeds that are going to go in…not much to do today…just need to get moving and get the rides in and then take if from there….more later…

Well…it was a pretty easy day today after the bike rides and weight work…didn’t do anything this afternoon but read and watch races and, now that I come to think of it, it’s probably as close I’m going to get to taking a day off…it never got over 46 out here and there was no way I’m dragging the winter bike clothes out to do an outdoor ride…I am pretty sore from chopping out the garden yesterday and spading it so I’ll put the heating pad on in a bit…have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning so no cocktails for tonight…and it looks like it will be warm enough to do two rides outdoors tomorrow and now I have to think if I want to try to do two rides indoors before I go to the dentist at 10….I think I over planted the beans downstairs since I have 19 plants up and will probably have 5 more coming up…can’t have enough fresh beans…I’ll still probably plant more beans and peas directly into the garden, too, along with some broccoli and extra cukes….and probably peppers, too…can’t have too many of those either….

Well…you know, there used to be a time when I would take Sundays off to let my body repair itself and to take some time for myself with no goals to meet…but I sit here with 26 minutes before I have to get on the bike by 7am so that just doesn’t work anymore…I hate this damn weather…it’s only getting up to 50 today and that will keep me off the outdoor bike today since I will not put the thermasuit on to go out….so it’s another day of only 16 miles and my goal of 7K is receding into the distance….I did  get the garden prepped yesterday and I may go out and plant some flowers along the back and side of the house today…but the coffee needs to work to have that happen…I do have grass seed that needs to be planted, too…since half of the yard is weeds that I hit with weed killer and is dying and needs to be raked out…but it’s still too damn cold to do that too…it’s only 37 degrees and I am so tired of the cold…I did make chicken Masala yesterday and I have some chicken thighs that need to be cooked along with another head of broccoli…and that reminded me that I have broccoli seeds that need to be planted when I get to the garden…fresh broccoli is pretty yummy and pairing it with beans is something to look forward to…not much to do today…just the bike rides and cooking that I need to get started with right now…or in 10 minutes…I’m so damn tired…more later…