Well..darn, that sucked…up all night and I think the total of sleep was about 4 hours and I crawled out of bed at 5:30 to get the day started…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get that down so I can get on the bike by 6:30 and get two rides in before my dentist appointment at 10…going to stop at Meijers and pick up some pork chops to grill for 1.49 a pound…it looks like it’s going to be warm enough by the time I get back here to head right out and do the first outdoor ride but the wind is going to be blowing 10-20 and out of the sw so I’ll be going straight into it on the way out and I’m already sore from prepping the garden the other day…it looks like we may get some frost the next couple of nights so I’ll wait to plant outdoors until next week…and I need to make a map of what is planted where since I’m going to plant broccoli seeds along with some leeks just to see if they will come up and augment the sprouts I have downstairs…didn’t get any cukes to survive last year so I’m going to brute force them with lots of seeds going in…oh, and I have a couple of packs of lettuce seeds that are going to go in…not much to do today…just need to get moving and get the rides in and then take if from there….more later…

Well…it was a pretty easy day today after the bike rides and weight work…didn’t do anything this afternoon but read and watch races and, now that I come to think of it, it’s probably as close I’m going to get to taking a day off…it never got over 46 out here and there was no way I’m dragging the winter bike clothes out to do an outdoor ride…I am pretty sore from chopping out the garden yesterday and spading it so I’ll put the heating pad on in a bit…have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning so no cocktails for tonight…and it looks like it will be warm enough to do two rides outdoors tomorrow and now I have to think if I want to try to do two rides indoors before I go to the dentist at 10….I think I over planted the beans downstairs since I have 19 plants up and will probably have 5 more coming up…can’t have enough fresh beans…I’ll still probably plant more beans and peas directly into the garden, too, along with some broccoli and extra cukes….and probably peppers, too…can’t have too many of those either….

Well…you know, there used to be a time when I would take Sundays off to let my body repair itself and to take some time for myself with no goals to meet…but I sit here with 26 minutes before I have to get on the bike by 7am so that just doesn’t work anymore…I hate this damn weather…it’s only getting up to 50 today and that will keep me off the outdoor bike today since I will not put the thermasuit on to go out….so it’s another day of only 16 miles and my goal of 7K is receding into the distance….I did  get the garden prepped yesterday and I may go out and plant some flowers along the back and side of the house today…but the coffee needs to work to have that happen…I do have grass seed that needs to be planted, too…since half of the yard is weeds that I hit with weed killer and is dying and needs to be raked out…but it’s still too damn cold to do that too…it’s only 37 degrees and I am so tired of the cold…I did make chicken Masala yesterday and I have some chicken thighs that need to be cooked along with another head of broccoli…and that reminded me that I have broccoli seeds that need to be planted when I get to the garden…fresh broccoli is pretty yummy and pairing it with beans is something to look forward to…not much to do today…just the bike rides and cooking that I need to get started with right now…or in 10 minutes…I’m so damn tired…more later…

Well…with the temp never getting over 41 today and the wind blowing hard, I had time to work on the garden since I wasn’t going to even try to ride outdoors…and it was funny when I was spading it, I found some carrots that had sprouted and started to grow from seeds that I planted last year but never sprouted…so that was weird…it looks like I’ll be able to start planting things out there in a couple of weeks but I’m not going to do that until I’m sure there won’t be any more frosts…last year I lost the entire first planting to frost but I really had to get it done early so I could take it out before the trip…I do have beans, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and sunflowers up right now and I sure hope the green and chili peppers come up along with the peas I’m trying for the first time this year…and I do need to plant the flowers I got this year…probably tomorrow…not going to add any manure this year since I think I put too much on it last year and that was the trouble I had getting everything to live…I guess we’ll see…

Well…running late this morning and feel pretty crappy so I’m not sure when I’ll get on the bike but I know I won’t be outdoors today…the wind is blowing hard and the high is only going to be 45 and I can’t take the cold anymore…slept okay but sure don’t feel like it right now…and the coffee hasn’t started to work at all yet and it needs to…it’s 37 degrees out there right now and it’s almost May and that sucks…but a warm up is coming that will get the temps back into the 60’s so I can ride outdoors again…got quite a bit done yesterday and I may try to get the garden turned over today along with planting some perennials at the back of the house and the annuals along the east side…the days are still running together and I don’t really know what day it is anymore…and it doesn’t bother me a bit….need to get on the bike soon but one day I’m going to take a day off and just rest…I am getting old, after all…going to make chicken Masala with some Jasmine rice today since I’ll have time with not riding outdoors…so I have to get off my ass and get the rides started…more later….

Well…up at 5:34 this morning and I think all of the riding is taking it’s toll on me and I am sore and worn out today…and I need to get going in 12 minutes to get the rides in downstairs…have an errand to run after the indoor rides and I think it’s going to be too cold and windy to ride outdoors today and I don’t know it that’s a good or bad thing…haven’t done less than 30 miles a day for a month and this old body is paying for it…had to make a noise call on the new renters over on 7th street yesterday when they had 22 people partying in their front yard with 5 cars thumping away…and I’ll keep calling whenever I hear a peep out of them…damn, it’s like whack a mole out here lately…did get get some stuff done yesterday but I really need a day where I don’t…and that could be today or tomorrow with the high temps in the 40’s tomorrow and not much better today…my hands even hurt today and I’m not sure how I hurt my back but I did….not much to do today…just need to get going right now but F1 qualifying is on and I would like to see that…but I won’t…more later…

Well…I guess I’m going to complain about being busy again and I really was today…started out the day with getting on the bike around 7am for the first of two rides indoors and in between them, I dragged my outdoor bike downstairs to replace the shifter adjuster with a used one from an old shifter I had in the cabinet with the other bike parts…and then I replaced the shift cable, too, since the old one was a little frayed and that got me down to only one spare so I’ll need to order some with the rest of the parts to get the black bike up and running again..so that will be around a hundred bucks…think I’ll get on that this weekend…so after I finished up the second ride indoors, I took the bike back upstairs and set on getting the shifter adjusted to make sure it both upshifts and downshifts…that took an hour or so so then I got on the bike and took a ride outdoors so I could do the fine tuning…by the time I got back here, I had it real close to working and still have lots of adjustment available that I’ll work on as I get rides in…after all that, I had beans that had sprouted and needed to be planted along with peas, cukes, and chili peppers…with some plant up already, I had to dig out my fluorescent grow light and hang it up so the plant don’t fall over…I may have to light one of the leds later if they have to stay down there to avoid the frost…done for the day…one of these days, I’m really going to take it easy…maybe…

Well…damn, I’m worn out today…have been on the bike for at least 16 miles a day for 109 days in a row this year and it’s taking a toll on this old body…and not eating enough is not helping…did 43 miles yesterday on only a blt and a hard salami sandwich for a total of only about 900 calories for the day…I am going to cook some chicken thighs with broccoli and a baked potato for lunch today but I need to get two rides in downstairs before that…it’s going to be cold and rainy today so I probably won’t get outdoors on the bike…and highs are going to be in the 40’s tomorrow and I sure don’t want to put the thermasuit on again to ride…I should drag the bike downstairs and change out the rear shifter cable and the adjuster but if it’s the shifter that is bad, I’ll be off the bike for a week as I order another one…probably should get that done…and I think I will after the rides…not much to do today…just need an easy day after pushing myself for so long…but I need to get on the bike right now at 7am…and I sure don’t want to…more later…

Well..you know, I’m getting tired of the days getting away from me and not being able to do the things I want…like today when I was all ready to settle in for an afternoon of reading but then the damn rain stopped and I felt compelled to go out for a second ride to make the day a 43 miler…so I did…another day of 25 mph wind that I fought the entire rides and I am sore again today…and I’ve been having problems with the bike both in keeping the seat adjusted and making it comfortable for me…as I lose weight, the seat needs to be adjusted to compensate for less fat in my butt that has led to having to raise the seat and tilt it differently…tried that the other day and it just kept getting loose and that is so damn annoying when your trying to put the miles in…and the damn adjustment on the rear shifter is broken so I’ll have to throw away a shift cable to put a spare adjuster in and then get it adjusted right again and that can take hours…oh, well…it’s 7 pm and time to watch a little tv….

Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til 6:24 and I need to get on the bike in 22 minutes to keep to my schedule…not sure if I’m going to get outside on the bike today but I’m going to try…woke up to some small thunderstorms this morning and a bout of depression that I haven’t had this year yet…just so damn worn out today and I need the coffee to work soon…allergies are quite bad today and I’m going to have to take something for it soon…got a lot of stuff done yesterday and I may make a run out to DD for 4 1/2 pounds of thick cut bacon for 5 bucks but I’m not sure if I need that much bacon but I have room in the freezer and I have lettuce and tomatoes to make BLT’s…and there may be other deals to be had like the smoked turkey I got for 1.25 a pound last time…need to plant some more veggie seeds today to get the chili peppers, peas, broccoli, and cherry tomatoes started so they will be ready to go in the garden in a couple of weeks…it’s going to be an easier day today and I really do need one I’m so worn out…so I’m going to ease into it, have more coffee and get on the bike in 13 minutes…more later…