Well…I was almost there…as the rain kept up spitting all morning, I had resigned myself that I was going to take the first day off the bike since April…so I set out to get some other stuff done and I did..cleaned the shower and gave myself a haircut but it had gotten til noon and I was still watching for the rain to stop to maybe get one ride in before the indy car race that was on at 3…so at 12:35 the rain stopped so I got on the bike full expecting to only do one ride…yeah, that didn’t work when I got the first ride done by 1:40 and I knew I could get a second ride in if I didn’t take a break between them…so like the idiot that I am, I blasted a second ride and got back here with 10 minutes to spare and I wonder how the heck I went from taking the day off the bike to doing 30 hard miles with no break in between? I really do need to have a rest day soon…maybe tomorrow since I need to take the belly pan off the car to make sure the coolant leak is coming out of the water pump and not something I can fix…..
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This is hard…
Well…damn, it is really hard to not get on the bike first thing in the morning…but it still spitting rain at almost 8 so that doesn’t give me enough time to get out before the F1 race….so it looks like I won’t get out until after the race at 11 and I wonder if I’ll do two rides today? Just noticed that my animal water dish is full to the top after the rain last night and that means it must have rained a couple of inches overnight and we sure needed that….pretty damn depressed today and all I want to do is lie back down on the couch, turn the light off, and melt into it….haven’t done that in a long time and maybe it’s needed? Not sure but I do know that I don’t want to do any more of this right now….more later….
July 24th
Well…finally, we got some rain out here with a nice storm coming through early in the evening and then another one overnight and it is still spitting a bit right now but I’m not sure if it’s enough to keep me off the bike this morning….I sure wish it was since I could use a day off to just veg and watch the F1 race at 9….I guess I have 45 minutes or so to decide to be able to get out by 7:30….slept okay last night but was up before 6 and I’m still under 6 hours for the night and that is not enough…I wonder when the lack of sleep is going to hit and force me to nap during the day? It’s been quite a while since I’ve slept all night and I feel worn out all the time….oh, well…I guess that’s another part of getting old….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to clean some today since I’ve been pretty lazy over the past couple of weeks and the bathroom is showing it….I do need to cook today and make a salad to use up the tomatoes and lettuce I got this week but right now even that little bit of work seems to be too much and all I want to do is stop thinking and take a nap…but, I won’t since I seem to be gaining weight again and I can’t figure that out but I know that taking the day off the bike won’t help…not much to do today….coffee…and more coffee is needed right now to even be able to get motivated even a little and get moving….ick…I hate getting old….more later…
Not much done today…
Well….yeah, I almost took the day off today but I did get two bike rides in and cooked a little but that was about it…and the damn rain is falling apart…again, even when the forecast says there was a 90% chance of storms tonight…but the one coming onto the lake have started running into the magic wall and falling apart…so I guess I’ve lost my lawn for the year…I just can’t spend a hundred bucks a month to keep it green….I will keep my garden and flowers alive but that will be it and that means I’ll have to reseed the lawn in the spring and that will cost close to 80 bucks for dirt and seed…or maybe a little bit more but that is still cheaper than a hundred bucks a month for the next 4 months…this will be the first lawn that I’ve lost in all the houses I’ve lived in and that sucks….oh, well….worse things have happened but it is going to make it hard for me to go to the beach when my yard looks like crap….so maybe I’ll start working on the house again and at least then I will only get the small guilts from abandoning the lawn…..crap…..
Surprising progress….
Well…as you know, I’ve spent 800 bucks out of pocket and almost 300 bucks from my insurance on my teeth so far and after all the heavy duty cleaning and using an antibiotic for a few weeks, I think they have made surprising progress in getting rid of the pain I had every day…and I can even eat cold foods without wincing from the sensitivity to it that I had on both sides….I do know I need to have the one loose tooth removed since there is no bone there anymore but I think I’m going to put off having the others with bone loss removed since they are not loose and I may be able to keep them for a few years if I can keep the infection at bay….so far, I’m pretty happy with the progress in stopping the damage and getting rid of the pretty intense pain I felt every day…so, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the improvement continues…I do know that it takes me about 15 minutes to do my teeth each time twice a day but I think it’s worth it so far…
July 23rd
Well…damn, up at 4:30 and the rain that was supposed to come went by to the south…again…and I have a decision to make on my lawn after getting a 90 dollar water bill yesterday…but it looks like I’m going to let it go dormant so I won’t have to mow it or spend any more money on it this summer…oh, well….seemed to sleep okay last night and feel okay this morning but I was really hoping the rain would give me a day off the bike that I need so badly….but, no luck so I’ll be getting out there in a half hour or so….I wonder if I should take an ibuprofen before I go to help with the pain in my right thigh? It just aches when I ride and this has been going on for a couple of weeks now and I don’t have any clue how I hurt it other than riding too much….hmmmm….I do have a weird sunflower growing that has multiple flowers on it and I’ve never had one of those before…can’t wait to see what it looks like when it blossoms….if I can keep the damn squirrels away from it….didn’t do anything yesterday other than go out to the beach where my day was ruined by a couple of women who just had to set up next to me and blast a damn boombox…I mean what kind of person has absolutely no respect for other people on the beach that want a nice quiet time? I am really starting to hate people….not much to do today…need to make some potato salad and a regular salad to use up some lettuce and tomatoes along with cooking some chicken but I don’t feel like doing anything right now…it’s already 7 and I don’t want to get on the bike….one of these days I’m going to just sit here for the first time all summer and let my body heal up some….maybe tomorrow? Who knows? More later…
Bannon guilty on both counts…
Well…finally, someone in the idiot trump’s inner circle is held accountable for something…a few minutes ago, Steve Bannon was found guilty of both counts of contempt of congress when he failed to show up for an interview or provide documents the January 6th needed for it’s investigation….and I really don’t understand why there was even a trial…he admitted doing both things but tried to use the trial as another megaphone for his sordid views and after the verdict came in he spouted some bullshit about trump and the constitution but that didn’t change the fact he’s guilty and faces a year in jail on each count…I hope he gets the max…he was one of the drivers of January 6th and needs to be held accountable…
They are not “heroes”…
Well…I think one of the most galling things that has hit me during the January 6th hearings is that the media and a lot of pundits are calling the people who have testified during the hearings “heroes” and they are nothing of the sort…not one of them came forward on their own to volunteer information that would have been useful if they would have let law enforcement know when they got it and all of them kept working for the idiot trump right up til January 6th…and one witness last night was still spouting trump propaganda that there were too many foreign policy successes to count and he looked like he truly believes that kissing Putin’s ass was successful for the US and threatening to withdraw from NATO (which Putin wanted) increased our stature in the world…delusional still…and let’s not paint Cheney or Kitzinger with the “hero” tag either…the only good thing either one of them did is the January 6th committee…up until that, they were on board with idiot boy and his tax cuts for the rich and regularly hated on the LGBTQ community so they are not “heroes” for just doing their damn jobs this one time….so, pundits, get your act together and remember the reality of the modern repub party…they are all ghouls who relish taking women’s rights away….and finding a new group to hate almost every damn day….geez…
July 22nd
Well..damn, I may have hit the limit of both my sun exposure and physical exertion on the bike…all of my skin is tight from the sun and my face almost hurts from it…but if I take the day off today, I won’t be able to get to the beach until Monday since I don’t go out there on the weekend…and my right thigh has hurt for a couple of weeks now and it has been joined by my back…don’t think I’ve had a day off since April and I am hobbling round here from it….it would be just so luxurious to take a day off and veg…I wonder if I’ve earned one? Who knows? I did sleep okay last night and I got all the way til 5 or so before waking up for the first time so that means 5 1/2 hours last night and I guess that’s all I can expect…..damn, I’m just worn out and feel old…..the damn grasshoppers have been eating the leaves on my sunflowers so I sprayed them with the bug spray I use to keep bugs out of the house and I wonder if that will work for them? Had to do something since I want to have at least one of them blossom and mature…have lost way too many of them this year…even had to throw a rock at a squirrel who was going after my tomatoes this morning….not much to do today….I am so worn out that I’m not sure when I’ll get on the bike….it’s already 7:30 and I just can’t get moving and should be out to the beach by now but I just can’t do it….crap, I guess this is hitting the wall….but I will get going here soon…I hope….more later….
Might have been wrong about the pond….
Well…I’m pretty sure I bitched a bit here about how they were putting the dredged sand on the beach and specifically about the pond that was left after they finished the north end…but, I may have been wrong about that…when I was at the beach today, the busiest part was that little pond where small children were playing and it was ringed by parents watching them…the pond is only about 18 inches deep and much warmer than the lake without any big waves that were knocking me down today…so I can see the attraction if it stays clear as it has for the couple of weeks it’s been there…not sure what will happen when a big storm hits but I like the character the beach has with a couple of hills and lower spots that leave a long, gently sloping beach….I did get out to play in the waves for a bit today and one of them dragged me along the sand on my chest…and face and that hurt a bit but no permanent damage…..