Well…after the repubs won their tiny majority in the US house, they all agree that they are going to try to cut the aid we are giving to Ukraine to help them survive the illegal Russian invasion…and my question is: “are the repubs working for Putin?” It sure looks that way and some of them are even going farther than that by spouting that they will pass a resolution withdrawing the US from NATO…again, just what Putin wants…so how the hell did the repubs turn into Putin stooges? They used to be the staunch anti Russia party through the cold war and now they take their orders from Russia…and I really don’t understand why…what the heck do they gain by surrendering to Putin? I wonder if it’s all the money that Russian sources have given the repubs? Or does Russia have something hanging over all of their heads? I do know that the repubs are the anti American party with all they’ve done to undermine voting rights and their hatred of the LGBTQ community dovetails with all of the autocratic countries that the idiot trump loved so much…so I wonder if it could that simple? Just driven by hate…what a bunch of assholes…geez…
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Two rides again today…
Well…man, it was windy out there this morning and it is just brutal when it blows out of the west at 20…so I did the first ride in full thermasuit but it warmed up enough to get my last ride for the year in shorts on the second one…I did give up at about half way when the gusts went over 25 and I could feel my back starting to hurt along with my legs so that was good decision and I just finished up my first heat session so we’ll see how it works with the back pain…okay, need to watch the Michigan game…more later…
November 26th
Well…trying something new this morning with heating my back before I get out on the bike this morning….it was not as bad yesterday but I still had a hitch in it when I got up this morning that hurt a bit….woke up around 5 this morning but was able to go back to sleep until after 6 so I can live with that….and I feel okay today if just a little worn out but that is pretty normal….had an okay day yesterday but again, didn’t get a lot done and if I just get the two bike rides in today I’ll be happy….still can’t get motivated to do much else right now and with Michigan playing at noon my schedule is pretty full until later in the day…have to check the weather to see if it is going to rain today but I think that’s for tomorrow….and that may give me a day off the bike so I can make soup…and it looks like this is the last of the warm weather for the year so I’ll be back on the indoor bike late next week…I did get over 5,600 miles yesterday so that makes it a good year even if I didn’t make the goal of 6K for the year…and I may just take the day off tomorrow to have a lazy one like I do when I’m riding indoors….not sure yet…not much to do today…just waiting for the sun to come up so I can get on the bike but I need more coffee first….I really do need to start getting rid of the cobwebs in the kitchen and clean the floor and I am going to try to do that…but I won’t feel guilty if I don’t….more later…
Not bad….
Well…that wasn’t too bad…the match ended up in a 0-0 draw when England was supposed to beat us 4-0…..so I’ll take it…and we are left with having to win against Iran on Tuesday afternoon and I am excited to see that one….and it was a good game with lots of chances on both sides….but I think we played better than them…at least we didn’t lose today and that is a massive plus with the third youngest team in the tournament….and now we have Michigan vs Ohio State tomorrow to worry about…it’s tough being a sports fan…
So far, so good…
Well…just a shorty on the ongoing US/England match….it’s 0-0 at the half but it has been a good match so far with us getting some good chances…I think even better than England and Pulisic rattling one off the crossbar so close to going in that I jumped off the couch…if they keep playing well and I do that again, I’ll probably hurt myself…wouldn’t that be funny….okay, second half coming up…back later with good or bad news….if we win today, all we have to do is tie Iran Tuesday….fingers crossed…
Okay, this sucks…
Well…I give up…have been looking for a topic since I got off the bike at 11 and there is just nothing that I want to talk about…so, I’ll talk about something else…it really does suck getting old…as I sit here, I’ve just moved the heating pad from my back to my right thigh and knee that I hurt on the bike this morning…but I got two good rides in so I guess that’s something…I am still wondering what happened to lower my outrage meter to the point that I’m not pissed enough about things to want to write about them…but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop looking for a topic as I sit here and watch the US play England that is starting in 17 minutes….don’t have a lot of hope for the US getting into the knockout round if they lose today but I’ll keep watching and rooting for our guys…after all, this could be my last World Cup…I am getting old after all….more later?
November 25th
Well…damn, didn’t get out of bed til after 7 this morning but I don’t feel like I slept at all…and that seems to be the pattern lately and I can live with it…what else can I do? Had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done and today looks to be about the same…need to get two rides in before the US/England match comes on at 1…I know we don’t have much of a chance with all of the England players coming out of the premier league and them winning their first match 6-2 and we only drew our first but we need to win it to get to the knockout stage….but I should talk about this in a separate one….still pretty sore from the ride yesterday and I have pain that has hung on since I got off the bike yesterday and that is not normal….I did figure out that if I put heat on my back after I get off the bike it won’t seize up completely but that’s a pain to do….I wonder if heat would help my thigh? Yep, my right thigh still hurts from yesterday…crap, I’m old….not much to do today…I’ve decided that I’m going to make turkey soup Sunday since I have everything I need for it in the fridge and I just found a new package of noodles in the food storage tote so I’m all set…and I haven’t used the instant pot for turkey soup yet so that will be new….damn, it’s getting light and I need to get going….more later….
Got two outdoor rides in…
Well…darn…got pretty loaded last night and felt like crap when I got on the bike for the first ride but I got through it and the second ride and that made me feel a lot better and I don’t feel too badly right now…and I saw a bald eagle perched in a tree alongside the lake and he was there until the out leg of the second ride…so he must have sat there for over two hours not moving at all….the new sand is disappearing from the beach and it must have shrunk by 50 feet or more…I’ll bet it will be back to normal width by the end of winter…and now it’s raining out here so I’m glad I punished myself and got both rides in by 11…more later…
November 24th
Well…it’s so damn depressing when you discover that riding the bike is what is causing the back pain that has been plaguing your life for more than a month….oh,well…so it looks like I’ll be using the heating pad after I get off the bike from now on…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done other than the rides and cooking my t-day meal a day early so I can take today off and watch soccer and football…but to do that I need to get on the bike here in a few minutes and I sure don’t feel like it….I wonder if I should have the heating pad on now before I get on the bike? That may be something to try at some point…the turkey I cooked yesterday came out okay but I am tired of turkey…but I am going to make soup since I have all the ingredients here and that will take up less space in the freezer than the carcasses do….and I think I’ll make it in the instant pot since it shortens up the work time and comes out good…at least it does with the ham soup I’ve made before….not much to do today….just can’t get going but I need to right now….the Lions play at 12:30 so that is the target time for being done with everything today and I’m not sure if I can get there or not…it’s 7:46 right now and I really could use a day off….more later….
Found a topic by accident…
Well…have been looking for political topics all this afternoon and nothing grabbed me so it looks like I won’t be doing one of those today…I think we’re in the post election lull when everyone is jockeying for position when the new congress start the first week of January….I really want everyone to pay attention to what the repubs are going to do…and that will be nothing but investigations of everyone including the dog catcher…and they are flashing that they are going to impeach Biden for something…not that he has done anything wrong but the only thing the repubs will use the government for is to try to damage Biden and help elect whoever their nominee is in 24…and we know that because it’s just what they did against Hillary…and Mc Carthy admitted it and didn’t care who knew…now I have a question: “hasn’t your life been better with Biden and his team running the show?” The list of things he has done for the people of the US is too long to list here but it’s easy to find so go take a look for it and then tell me that a repub would even try to do anything like it….and I really do like that with Biden in office, it is harder for me to find topics….and that really helps my blood pressure….hey, I guess I did find a topic…cool…