Well…damn, what a pain in the butt but I do have one of the new blinds up in the living room…the cheap ass screws they included look like they’re made to only go into plaster or pine but my windows are trimmed with walnut and it was almost impossible to make them go in even with drilling the holes almost as big as the screws…I even had to go downstairs and get leftover screws from other work since the heads of the ones with the blinds just stripped out…but the blind works and looks good and the other two should be easier after figuring out this one…didn’t get any other work done but the bike rides and an errand…and my hands hurt so much from doing this one that I am going to have to treat them later…crap…

Well…damn, I’ve been feeling the depression coming for a couple of weeks now and it hit overnight….up at 4:34 this morning and haven’t slept for crap for the past week and it’s probably connected but I’m too tired to think about it right now…it didn’t rain like forecast yesterday so that means I’m going to lose the lawn for the second year in a row…I wonder if I should just plant dune grass on it and let it go? Today is going to be a struggle with needing to go out and get the new blinds, stop at aldis, and then hit DD but I’m not sure if I’m going to have the energy to cook anything today….I do need to tear the couch apart today and rotate the cushions but that seems to be a daunting task right now….watched the last “Discovery” last night and I’ve now endured the end of 6 Star Trek series starting with TOS when I was 15…damn, that’s a long time and I’m really old…I just hate it when a show I like ends…oh, well…need to get on the bike in an hour or so to get the day started but I may do that earlier since I’m already bored…I do need to put one set of blinds up today to replace the one that fell apart when I tried to clean it but that seems like way too much work with how I’m feeling…and it’s not going to rain until next Friday so I give up on the lawn for another year….more later…

Well…after wearing myself out all week, I really had to take it easier today…I still did 33 miles but not a lot of work other than putting the new tabs on the plate and putting the new beach parking sticker on the windshield so I guess I have to keep it until at least the end of the summer…I do have veggies coming with beans and peas already growing and the cuke plants are flowering and they never did that last year…and even the pepper plants are flowering and I have a tiny little Jalapeno growing already…not sure what’s going on with the sunflowers this year but I have 8 of them up when last year they only got about 4 inches before some animal cut them off…a couple of them are over two feet tall and growing and have started to make flowers…so tomorrow I’ll go out and they will be gone…the flowers I put in on the east side of the house are taking off and have started to flower and I can’t wait til they all do…I do have to figure out where the next beans and broccoli are going to go since I want to have some late in the summer and I have lots of seeds…my new blinds have come in at depot and I’ll pick them up tomorrow and I’ll hit aldis right next door to get some mushrooms for the pizza I want to make this weekend…and maybe run over to DD to get some spicy chicken patties for 5 pounds for 6 bucks so I’ll have something quick and easy when I don’t want to cook…time to get ready for the night…

Well…damn, I hurt frickin everywhere this morning and I have no clue why that would be…all I did was mow the lawn on top of the rides yesterday but that’s normal for me…hmmm…the allergies have been terrible the past few days and I need to take something for it here in a minute…it looks like rain is finally coming in soon so I’ll be down on the indoor bike in a half hour or so…up at 3 today but was able to get back to sleep til 5:34…left the house open overnight since it didn’t get below 70 all night and it is nice to have a slight, cool breeze blowing through here as I wait for the rain…didn’t get a lot done but mowing the lawn yesterday and I wonder how much I’ll get done today? I think I’ll grill some chicken legs today along with some sliced potatoes but I’m not sure if I want to do that much work…I do need to make some chicken masala again so I have some easy leftover food to eat…it seems like cooking is getting to be a chore like everything lately…it’s after 7 and I need to get on the bike soon but I sure need a day to just veg and take it easy…just want to sit on the porch couch and listen to the rain when it comes…not much to do today…if I can get through the bike ride indoors it will be an accomplishment…and I’ll keep my string of riding every day this year intact…have 165 days in a row of riding and I know my record is 186 days so that will fall by early July…and that is just for this year…I really started this string last October 19th so I’m already over the record…more later…

Well…another day of starting out at 7am and now I just finished up at 2pm and I am used up…got the first ride in downstairs to start my day…then out for groceries where I did pick up a new tire for the bike and that was an ouch at 25 bucks…then two rides outdoors and mowing the lawn since it may rain off and on for the next two days…I did see a mama turkey with 8 little ones crossing a busy street this morning and the little ones were so tiny I could hold two of them in the palm of my hand..was going to stop and get a photo but didn’t want to spook them and have them run out into traffic…still waiting to hear from depot that my blinds are in so I can get them up…should probably put the groceries away but I just want to sit a minute and read some news after I’m done here…bought some chicken legs at aldi’s for 99 cents a pound so the grill will be working overtime the rest of the week…okay, time for some news…

Well…have to get on the indoor bike in 15 minutes and I’ve only had a couple of sips of coffee and that is not enough to jump start this old body…slept okay last night but feel pretty worn out even though I ate two meals yesterday…I really think that is too many calories…I mean a burger and a chicken burrito in the same day? I did get the shower cleaned and need to finish the bathroom today but that will be after the 33 miles on the bike….it’s going to warm up over the next few days to almost 90 for highs and I’m ready for that…it was 41 degrees yesterday morning and that is just wrong for the middle of June…it may rain today and the radar shows that there is a little shower coming in and maybe some storms later today and into tomorrow…need to mow the lawn today after I get one outdoor ride in but I may do it after the grocery run…it seems that every day is a busy one lately and I’m so tired of running and running… and I have about 5 minutes before I need to get on the indoor bike…the new blinds are supposed to be in today at depot but I haven’t heard from them yet…I sure want to get them up  and get rid of the walmart crap I’ve lived with since I bought this place….more later…

Well…damn, it’s 43 degrees out here and I know it’s never been that cold in the middle of June since I’ve lived out here….so I’ll be waiting to get on the outdoor bike til around 9am…I am sore everywhere from cleaning the windows yesterday but it is nice to have that done and I like the way it looks from the outside of the house…no other house in the neighborhood has windows this clean… and I’m going to get them dirty again when I start on cleaning the siding so I’ll have to do the outside of them again…oh, well..we are going to get a huge weather change out here starting Wed when the high temps will start to rise to almost 90 and then stay in the 80’s for a couple of weeks…cripes, I’m going to spend a few hundred bucks the next week or so with the new blinds, new front brakes for the car, and rebuilding the driveline on the black bike that is going to be over a hundred dollars…okay, the weather widget on the bottom of the screen says it’s 41 degrees and that is damn cold for the middle of June and will probably push the outdoor rides back til 10am…not much to do today…going to make it an easier day and not work for 11 hours like I did yesterday…but I do need to get on the indoor bike here in 25 minutes to start the day…and I sure don’t want to…more later….

Well…this has to break soon or I’m going to break…started off this morning at 7am on the indoor bike and since it was too darn cold, I started cleaning the windows and got the 3 kitchen ones done before the temp came up enough to get on the outdoor bike for two rides, then had lunch and got right back to cleaning the other 9 windows and the mini blinds and just finished up a little after 6pm so and 11 hour day today and I am beat…and one of the cheap assed walmart blinds in the living room broke so I decided to order three grey ones that I was going to buy anyway and they are not cheap…29 bucks each since my living room windows are so big…so I just burned 90 bucks at depot and they will be in Wed for me to pick up…and then I’ll install all three even before I work on repairing the window frames so I don’t have to look at these crooked ass blinds anymore…haven’t even had time to breathe today and I still have work to do before I can relax…damn…

Well…damn, just sitting here exhausted and wondering why I can’t luxuriate in taking a day off anymore….was up and down all night last night starting at 1am but that is still not going to allow me to take a nap to make up for it…it’s only 50 degrees out here right now so that will mean an indoor ride in 28 minutes while I wait for the temp to come up…it’s going to be hot later in the week with highs getting to near 90 and that will bring the assholes out and I’ll be making noise calls all week…I just can’t figure out the thought process of these morons…I mean someone in their 60’s thumping that bullshit? Oh, well…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get enough done…need to do the kitchen windows today and get the dirt out of them…and that will mean taking the blinds down and washing them, too…and I do need to start on washing the siding, too…damn, just too much to do…but, to do that, I need to get going right now…and finish the coffee…the first cup anyway….more later…

Well…darn, have had another busy one today and I’m just now done and it’s pushing two pm…started out the day with being ready to get on the bike by 7:15 but when I got out there the rear tire was flat so I must have pinched it with the tire tools when I changed the tire yesterday…so I did my best imitation of a nascar pit crew and put a new tube in it…only took about 5 minutes and then I got out and did three rides for another 38 miles…when I got back here I got cleaned up and put the chicken on the grill and, while that was cooking, I took care of the garden, cut some lettuce for the burger I had for lunch and for the chicken sandwich I’m planning on for later, and trimmed the small shrub that is next to the back door…shrank it back to how it started in the spring and have to keep at it so it doesn’t get too unruly…and now I’m finally done for the day other than the weight work and I am going to watch the F1 race in the rain in Canada and then the indycar and nascar race later…I need some time off but I may start on the bathroom in between…and I need to start on the windows…just have too much to do…I will have beans at about the end of next week and can’t wait…will have meals of just beans…I hope…