Well…damn, I just noticed that I only did one of these yesterday and I wonder how the hell that happened…however it happened, I won’t do that again today…it was a really easy day yesterday but I did get three bike rides in and did some cleaning in the kitchen but I’m not sure what I’m going to do today…I really do need a day off at some point but it won’t be today…need to get on the bike by 7:30 but that gives me an hour to drink coffee and try to wake up some…we got almost 3 inches of rain here Thurs and Friday and we really needed it…the trail was flooded in places from it and I hope my lawn revives some but it’s not going to rain again for two weeks so I just give up on it…what a crappy year for my garden and lawn…I’ve never had my garden out in August before and I wonder if I should just not do one anymore…the past two years have been so frustrating and a lot of work and I’m not sure I want to work that hard anymore…we are going to have near record lows the next couple of nights getting down to around 50 and this August has been the strangest one I can remember…it’s supposed to be hot here in Michigan but I’ll need to put a fleece on to ride tomorrow morning…ick…not much to do today…I do need to grill some chicken and put the rest of it in the freezer…I think I may force myself to eat out of the freezer for the next couple of weeks so I can get the thing cleaned….not a project for today…more later…

Well…man, I’m feeling so worn out this morning that I just got to my first cup of coffee at 7am so it won’t start to work soon…darn…it was so nice to have rain finally yesterday and I think we had almost 10 hours when you add in what we had overnight…tried to stay up to see the storms but I ran out of steam and had to go to bed…slept okay and was only up once at around 3:30 and out of bed when I heard the coffee make start to work…it looks like I’ll be able to get three rides in outdoors today but I’ll need to get going in twenty minutes to get that done…one of these days I’m going to take it easy for a day…I thought that was yesterday but after it cleared up, I went out for an outdoor ride for 28 miles…going to grill some more chicken tomorrow but still have leftovers so I don’t have to cook today and I need to freeze a bunch of it, too…still need to figure out some variety in my meals soon…just bored with what I’ve been eating…not much to do today…just going to watch some races and soccer and will probably have some pasta salad for breakfast again…more later…

Well…finally…it rained out here overnight and ever since I’ve up and moving until just now at 10:30…we really needed a good soaking and I sure hope my lawn rebounds some…and we may get more rain later today…so that means the 16 miles I’ve already done downstairs could be it for the day and that will be like a day off for me…don’t even have to cook today with leftover soup and chicken…already had a bowl of pasta salad for breakfast…and yes that is weird but I needed something for fuel to get through the bike rides…Man U plays at 3 this afternoon so whatever I’m going to do needs to be done by then….more later….

Well…it looks like I need to make a decision on where and when to ride today with the rain that is going on right now…probably should do at least one ride indoors this morning to get started but I will do two outdoors…slept okay last night but was up and down a bit until I gave up a little before 6am…feel okay today and I hope the coffee gets me going soon…don’t have a lot to do today other than cleaning the kitchen sinks and floor…leftovers today so no cooking and that will be okay…made enough pasta salad for a week yesterday and I think I’ll have to have it for every meal to keep it from spoiling…and I have a lot of soup to use up, too…damn, I need to plan meals better…not too sore this morning but my neck is still giving me fits two months after I hurt it in the high winds…I sure wish it would heal…not much to do today…just the bike rides and whatever cleaning I want to do…should work on the dining room table since I’ve let it clutter up over the past month or so…I do need a light day after 38 miles a day for two weeks in a row now…I do have to remember that Man U starts their season this aft…more later…

Well…I usually like to take an easy day on Thursday but jit didn’t work out that way today…I hustled to get on the bike for three rides a little after 7am that I finished up before 10:30…then I got laundry started and washed the couch cover and some bed linens…then took the couch apart, cleaned it, and rotated the cushions and just now put it back together…but before that, I made some pasta/tuna salad that came out great and will be in the rotation for now on…really easy to make and made a lot of it with a 1 pound box of pasta…not sure if I’m going to grill the chicken today or just put it in the air fryer…probably that since I don’t feel like grilling…still have a load of laundry in the dryer and need to do the weight work before that is done…still isn’t raining and it looks like it isn’t going to…crap…oh, well…need to get the weights out and get moving…

Well…up at 4:34 and then out of bed at 6:05 and I need to get moving at first light to get two rides in before the rain that should be here by 11…this time it really looks like it’s going to rain but I’ll believe it when I see it…allergies are terrible this morning and it’s going to be a lousy day with my head plugged up…sore everywhere after swimming and using new muscles yesterday… and it looks like I’ll have to treat the pain for the rides today…I may even try an ibuprofen to see if I can avoid the pain in the left side of my neck…didn’t get much done yesterday other than the rides but I do need to do laundry and clean the couch today along with vacuuming…I do have chicken legs and thighs that need to be grilled so I’ll do that when it’s raining this aft but I’m not sure what to have with the chicken…have a few small tomatoes and some baked beans that I could have…I wonder if I should make a pasta salad? Haven’t made one in quite a while and that sounds good…not much to do today…just need to get coffee down and get the rides in…will probably have to do two loads of laundry with having a set of sheets to be done along with some towels and the couch cover…more later…

Well…yeah, I know I’m late for my political one for the day but I went to the beach to get a swim in and I did get burned with being out there the normal amount of time and the only sunscreen was what I put on for the rides that started at 9:30…oh, well…it’s not too bad so I can live with it…there was no way I was going to go the rest of the summer without swimming…and it’s 84 out here and it’s going to rain tomorrow through Sat so it had to be today…I did get 3-2lb packages of ham at DD today for 2.49 each so that should be enough for a while…2 will go in the freezer and I think I’ll make a hot ham and Swiss for dinner and finish off the potato salad…..okay…I need to go read some news to get a topic idea…more later…

Well…man, I’m worn out this morning with getting up at 5:30 and not sleeping well at all…need to get on the indoor bike here in 15 minutes to get the first ride in before I do the grocery run…thinking about mowing the lawn today but that won’t be til the afternoon…damn, my brain is not working today…it looks like we’re getting some rain tomorrow and Friday but I’m not holding my breath for it…it’s going to be in the 80’s today but then falling into the 70’s for a week or so…not really August weather in Michigan…I remember it being hot when I was younger…it’s only 57 right now but I am going to put the top down on the car for the grocery run…trying to choke the coffee down to get my brain jumpstarted before I get on the bike but it’s more work than it looks…I do have lots of work to do around here today with laundry and cleaning the couch and then we’ll see about doing more…okay, I need to get going…more later….

Well…after a terrible first ride, I got the other two in and then didn’t do much the rest of the day but make some soup…and I kind of needed that…have just been feeling really worn out and that didn’t go away until about 8 miles into the first ride…it may have been the toast and peanut butter I had before I went out that did it so I really do need to eat more…but I didn’t today with just a dog and potato salad for lunch and the a bowl of soup for dinner…I don’t know what damage always living on the knife edge of under eating does but I do know it doesn’t feel right…oh, well…I do need to do the grocery run tomorrow and I’ll probably mow the lawn since it’s supposed to rain for three days in a row starting Thurs and it will be too long if I wait until Sun…I am going to stop at DD tomorrow since they have brown sugar ham on sale for 1.25 a pound and I have room in the freezer…may get three packages for 6 pounds and that will last me quite a while…and aldis has chicken legs for 89 cents a pound so I may get some of those, too…okay, want to go back to reading….

Well…isn’t August in Michigan supposed to be hot and sticky with windows open? I guess not with it 59 degrees out here right now and only one more day of 80’s then down in the 70’s for the rest of the month…August is supposed to be hottest month but I’ve had this place closed up for a couple of days now…strange…going to get on the bike as soon as it gets light here and I should make some toast to eat before I go…was dizzy on the bike yesterday and I know it’s from not eating enough but I can’t taste anything so it’s hard to eat…maybe some pasta today? Don’t have a lot to do today but I should clean some and get the recipes out to see what I can make from the canned goods I have here…the little weather widget says “very humid” and that is normal for August in Michigan but not 58 degrees…I’ll stop talking about the weather now….okay…I need to get going…more later…