Well…damn, up at 5:14 this morning and out of bed by 6 so I wonder how I’m already running late? Need to get on the bike in 15 minutes but I haven’t even had the first cup of coffee…and I am sore from riding outdoors yesterday and I’ll be back to that today…my allergies could put me on the couch today if I let them…going to have to use some flonase before I get on the bike…had a good day yesterday but I’m sure I didn’t eat enough with only two bowls of soup and about 600 calories for the day….will have to try to do better today and I will with soup and then a blt later….would like to get out on the bike in shorts today but that means the outdoor ride will be in the afternoon since it’s only 32 out there right now…I really need to get on some lawn work and plant some seeds downstairs but that will mean no reading today and I can probably use the rest for my eyes…and I do need to do a weed walk out there since the whole yard has been over run by weeds…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike soon and then get off my butt and get some work done….more later…

Well…had a pretty good day today and got some things done…after the first two rides indoors, I jumped in the car to run over to Meijers and check on my prescription wearing my Manchester United hat…after I hit the pharmacy and they said it would take 30 minutes to fill the prescription so I did some shopping since I wanted one more bag of bird food…after I got that done, I went back to wait for it at the pharmacy and noticed they had signs up for the booster vaccine for anyone over 65 so I signed up with no reservation and 5 minutes later they called me and I got it…no reaction at all so far other than a little pain…while I was waiting after that, a young guy noticed my hat and we sat there and talked English Premiere League for 15 minutes…he is a Tottenham fan and was jealous I got to see a match at Old Trafford…then they called me to tell me they didn’t have enough pills to fill my prescription so I came away empty handed…again..but, they’ll have it done by Monday so I’ll pick it up then…was on the run from 7am til a little after noon with getting an outdoor ride in today…wind was nuts, again, coming back so I’ll be sore tomorrow…hoping to get 4 rides in tomorrow…2 inside and two outside for 41 miles…I did hit 2,000 miles for the year today and only missed the goal by 5 days…and that’s a success to me…

Well…man, only have 15 minutes before I need to get on the bike for the first ride and I just poured the first cup of coffee…slept okay last night but was up and down all night and I’m feeling it right now…I do have an errand to run after the indoor rides since I am still working on getting my damn prescription filled and I wonder why it’s such a problem…and I’m going to buy one more bag of bird food for this year…it looks like I’ll be able to get outdoors on the bike today but it will still be in the 40’s…I may be able to get out in half thermasuit tomorrow and try out my new riding gloves…I’ll have to check if I’ve hit 2K miles for the year…close to it but we’ll see…still working on leftovers so I won’t have to cook today but will finish up the ham soup today and will need to cook something tomorrow…will be doing some freezer diving today…still have some bacon wrapped pork loins in there but I did take the bacon out of the freezer for blts since I bought tomatoes earlier…I do need to plant my veggie seeds this weekend so I get a small head start on the garden but I won’t be planting outdoors until May….not going to repeat the debacle of last year…but need to prep the garden before that and get started on the lawn…not much to do today…this will be the last easy day for a while so I’m going to take advantage of it…more later…

Well…I was disappointed last week when I read that they were going to move the trail across the point in the condo project away from the water even though they promised not to…but today, I had a pleasant surprise when I read that the developer and the mayor put out a statement that made it clear that the trail is going to go right back where it was and they are going to add a second bypass trail that people can use if it’s too busy across the point…and they made it clear that the whole of the property other than the marina is going to be open to the public with places to fish and just sit when it’s done…not sure how people paying a million dollars for one of the condos are going to react to that…I just hope that we users of the trail respect that this is people’s homes and treat it better than they do up here…so I’ll be riding on the trail by the end of July if they stay on schedule…can’t wait to see it…I did get out today to Menards to get lawn food, weed killer, potting soil, and some seeds to plant to get my garden started inside…not going to rush it like last year…

Well…it appears I’m in that backward progression in wake up times again…had a few days of waking up at 5:14 and today it changed to 4:14…in a few days it will be 3:14 and so on…slept okay but feel pretty worn out…as always…and I wonder if it’s from only having two bowls of soup to eat yesterday…crap, only have 8 minutes before i need to get on the bike downstairs and I really could use some time off…but I feel like I’ve gained a zillion pounds lately and I can’t wait til I can start piling on the miles outdoors…but rain is coming in today that will last most of the day…and the weird part is it’s coming in from the north since we’re on the back side of the cold front that came through yesterday…and that means there could be snow mixed in…and it appears it will be wet out there until around 5 this afternoon…but I should be able to get outside tomorrow in the afternoon and every day til Tuesday…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike right now and start thinking about getting on the yard this weekend since they are picking up yard waste starting this week…need to rake and get food on it since it is greening up pretty fast….more later…

Well…after being busy for almost a  week, I finally had an easy day today…just did the two bikes rides and weight work and then read quite a bit this afternoon…did get a call from  my doctor to set up a follow up appointment on May 3rd for updates on the surgery and I need to have another PSA test done before that but that is already scheduled so I’m ready for that…didn’t get outside on the bike today with the rain happening all day and now wind is being added for tomorrow…along with snow…we even had a 20 minute snowstorm out here today that left 2 inches that melted in about a half hour…weird, weird weather…but it starts getting better Friday and continues to Tuesday with even some 60’s in there…it’s about time…

Well…not sure how I slept last night…might have been okay but I woke up at a little after 5 again but I don’t remember if I woke up earlier than that…but how I feel says I did…feel like I’m in low gear but I know I need to get moving soon…only 32 minutes until I need to get on the bike but the two rides are all I need to do today…not looking forward to going downstairs in the cold today….and I won’t be outside since it is still cold and raining but the wind has died down after howling most of the night…I think I do need to eat more today after having a chicken tender sandwich and a bowl of soup yesterday but without an outdoor ride, it may have been just about right…and today will be just two bowls of soup….will be done with what I need to do before 10 and I am looking forward to that….to having a day that is not filled with tasks as they have been for what seems like weeks now…right now I need more coffee and to ease into the day…18 minutes until I need to get on the bike and I really don’t want to…but, I will…more later…

Well…I really don’t know how it keeps happening, but today was another day on the run that lasted til a little after 3 this afternoon…started with a ride at 7am that lasted an hour…then out for the grocery runs to get the carrots I needed for the ham soup…then back on the bike, then got the laundry started and got the ham bones in the instant pot for an hour that really takes almost two with it having to come up to pressure and then release it…then I cut the veggies for the soup and put those under pressure for 10 minutes…then I finished the soup and it came out really good as it always does using the recipe I’ve developed over the years….man, it’s pouring out here and the high winds are slamming it into the side of the house…maybe tomorrow will be easier? I sure won’t have to cook with two kinds of soup in the fridge that will keep me fed the rest of the week…and I’ve cleared some of the clutter out of the freezer so it was a good day…now I need to do the weight work…

Well…damn, I wonder how I went from sleeping through the night last week to not sleeping at all last night? Up too many times to count and feel so darn worn out that it’s going to be almost too much effort to do the grocery run this morning…but I want to make ham soup today and don’t have any carrots to put in it…need to get the first ride in before that and I’m hoping to get an outdoor ride in to keep up the 30 miles a day I need to make the goal…but the little weather widget just said “high winds today” so it may be a chore to go outside today…got a lot done yesterday and I’m easing up to taking a day off at some point soon just to get some rest…my allergies are really bad this morning with my nose running and head plugged up…when it warms up, I need to hit Menards for some deck wash to scrub the front steps and get the algae off of them…did that the first summer I was here but it grew back and now looks an ugly green…but that will wait until I get the hoses out and can spray it after I scrub…not much to do today…well, that’s not true…going to be running again today and won’t be done til late afternoon but that will set me up to have an easy day tomorrow….more later…

Well…man, it was a busy day today and it all got started with the first bike ride at 7am…then out to run some errands into town to pay my water bill and then over to the library for 3 more books…over to Meijers to drop off a prescription, and then a quick run over to DD to get some more turkey and I think I hit the best deal I’ve gotten there…I mean 1.25 a pound for thin sliced smoked turkey breast? That is a freezer filler and I need to find room in there for it…oh, and 1.99 for a pound and a half of bacon? Then back on the bike for the second indoor ride, lunch, and then on the outdoor bike for another 15 miles…got back from that about 1:30 and then just fooled around and started to read the new books that I am going to go back to right now…