Well…it got up to 45 degrees again today so I went out and did an hour riding around my little city…it is a great way to see all of the new restaurants…we even have a brand new upscale Mexican place that I may even have to try it out…my hands are hurting pretty badly with all the shifting and using the brakes and that won’t go away until I start getting on the trail around the 3rd week of April…it looks like we have a couple more days of 40’s here and I’m glad the big storm is staying way to the north on the UP where it is dumping close to 3 feet of snow…we’re just going to get rain here tomorrow and that should get rid of some of the snow pack…at least I hope it does…back to reading…

Well…up a little after 5 again today and I am really tired of it…I remember times when getting up this early never happened and I could sleep in til 10am and I am quickly coming to the idea that I need to take something for at least one night of sleep…it’s almost 6 and I need to get going so I can be done with the indoor ride by 8 or so…going to get an outdoor ride in today but then the temps drop again into the 30’s but we are getting towards March and I sure hope some warmer temps…need to figure out some meals after the pizza leftovers are gone tomorrow but nothing grabs me…maybe some pasta? Have a whole loaf of garlic bread that’s been on the freezer for quite a while and two jars of sauce so that may be the easy thing…not much to do today…need to clean the bathroom at some point but I’m not sure if it will be today…more later…

Well…heard a hell of a noise a little while ago and went out to investigate…a 300 pound block of ice took down a 12 foot section of my gutter along with the drip flashing…so, I straightened out the flashing as best I could and nailed that back up and it will have to do until spring when I’ll get new pieces to put back up…not sure if I’ll replace the gutter…too small of a job to get anyone to come out and replace it…oh, well…

Well…I guess it doesn’t matter when I get out of bed since I always feel like I’ve never slept at all…that said, I was out of bed a little before 6 today but woke up around 4am and just laid there trying to get back to sleep…it’s already over 30 out there so I will be doing the 2nd ride outdoors today and I’m looking forward to that…my skin has started to peel from the chemical I’ve been putting on it and I only have 5 more days until I can start to heal the ugly red blotches with cortisone…it looks like I’ll have leftover cream to use if I have any more keratosis that shows up as I get exposed to the sun…put spray on sunscreen when I rode outdoors the other day and that hurt like I put acid on my face so I’ll have to look for some lotion sunscreen when I go out today…didn’t get anything done yesterday and probably won’t again since I am so late getting going today…more later…

Well…up a little after 5 again today and I really do need to figure out why I can’t sleep anymore…I did eat more yesterday but I can’t feel the effects of that yet and I wonder if I will at all…I was going to take an easy day yesterday with one ride indoors but I did take advantage of the nice weather to get a 10 mile ride in outdoors and I am going to try to do that again today…but the forecast says it’s only getting to 40 today so I guess we’ll see…I do need to clean the bathroom today but that is going to wait til later…the lesions on my face hurt like crazy when I put sunscreen on to go out or the outdoor ride so I won’t be able to use the 100 spray on until they heal up some…only 6 more days and I can start using the cortisone cream to get some relief…my skin looks really bad and red and I hope all of the lesions will be gone after I’m done…not much to do today…just need to pour coffee down and get it to work right now…damn it’s almost 6 and Ineed to get going…more later…

Well…I was reading a little news and noticed the temp outdoors was 48 degrees and you know that means I’m going to try to get an outdoor ride in…so I suited up, aired up the tires and went out…went down the hill to the park to see how much ice is on Muskegon Lake and the whole thing is frozen over and thick enough that there were ice fishers and people riding quads on the ice…but the end of the trail where I start out is still under 2 feet of snow and it looks like it will be mid to late April before I get out on them…but, if it’s this warm tomorrow, I’ll be back out there to get another 10 miles in…streets are okay but still have lots of ice on them…going to be sore tomorrow…

Well…damn, I’m just exhausted this morning and I think the lack of sleep has caught up to me…have been up before 5am for ages now and that makes for about 5 hours of sleep a night and that’s not enough…and I’ve had 5 days in a row of only one meal a day and that needs to change today…so I’ve already had a bagel and will have a burrito for lunch and then a chicken wrap again for dinner… and that will still be around 1K calories for the day…and I have so little energy that I only did one ride this morning and I’ll take it easy the rest of the day…got good news yesterday when my brother called to tell me that he has hired a couple of guys to exchange the appliances in the SIL’s house so I don’t have to do it and that is a relief…just can’t move fridges anymore…body just won’t take it…I do have the laundry started and that will be the work for the day…more later…

Well…damn, out of bed before 5 again and I may have finally reached my breaking point with not sleeping…but I wonder what the effect will be…I know I’m feeling so damn worn out that even doing this seems like too much work…only had two small meals yesterday with a bean burrito and a chicken wrap and I’m sure that is under 800 calories for the day…I did get a little bit of work done yesterday and I’m going to try to keep that up today…but I do need to figure out meals…have one more burrito to make but the 2nd meal is going to be a challenge…maybe a pizza? Have 4 of those in the freezer and need to use some of them…it did get over freezing yesterday and it’s supposed to be nearly 40 today and it looks like an 8th day of no snow and I’ll take that all day long…need to get going right now and get the weight work started but I need more coffee first…more later…

Well…it’s not snowing here for the 7th day in a row and that hasn’t happened since October of last year…and it may not snow again until Next Wed…yay! Had everything done today by 10:30am and even washed all of the throw rugs I use in front of the kitchen sink and the washer/dryer…even vacuumed the floor downstairs where I tore boxes down to go out to the trash…it is up over freezing right now so we may lose a little snow and we need to…still have 2 feet of it on the yard along with the huge piles of snow that will probably be there until April or later….still need to work on what I want to see in Italy so I think I’ll start with Rome right now…

Well…boy, sleeping this morning was a little different…up at 4:14 but was able to get back to kinda sleep until almost 6am and that make me later for getting my day started..6:20 and I just took my first sip of coffee so I am so damn late that I don’t think I’ll catch up…will need to get the weight work done by 7am and get on the bike…luckily, I don’t have to go anywhere today and I’ll be using up leftovers so I don’t have to cook…have been doing the one meal thing for a while now and I need to keep it up to lose the 10 pounds I need to…it looks like the 7th day of no snow but we’re not warm enough to melt it much…only 17 degrees right now but it is supposed to get above freezing for the next few days and still no snow in the forecast so I’ll take it…not sure why it should be but I am sore all over today and it may but how I slept last night…have been using voltarin on my left elbow and right thumb and I may have to do that again this morning before I get on the bike…more later…