Well…it’s been a busy day today with getting on the bike at 6:20 am and getting two rides in before 9am and then got right to the yard work I had to do…trimmed the shrub that is next to the back door and the mulberry tree that has so many berries on it that the branches were too low for me to mow under them…then trimmed all the other trees and bushes, ran the string trimmer, mowed the lawn, did the weed walk, and then treated the ant nests that were taking over the yard…and that took me til after 12 and I thought that was enough for the day…so I made another egg salad sandwich for lunch and I figured out why the one I made yesterday just didn’t taste right…I used mayo instead of whip and as soon as I tasted today’s sandwich it had the taste it was supposed to have so no more mayo for those…for a while, whip had a strange taste to me but I guess it’s better now…just started the latest “Reacher” novel and I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon just reading with the world cup on in the background…have a chicken breast to bake with a potato and corn for dinner but I will need to figure out tomorrow’s meals soon…man, I’m going to be sore tomorrow..took an ibuprofen before I got started today and that helped with my back but everything else hurts so I’m going to take it easy for a while…

Well…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6am this morning and I wonder if I should just declare victory and stop thinking about it? That would be the easy thing to do and just as effective as worrying about it anymore…I did sleep okay, for me, so again, probably just should move on…have a huge busy day today with the rides and then working on the yard the rest of the morning…need to trim the shrub near the back door, do the string trimming, mow the lawn, and then hit it with weed killer with a weed walk…and that is going to exhaust me by noon so the afternoon will be recovery time with ibuprofen to ease the pain that is going to come…hell, I already hurt everywhere so I probably should take something for it right now…it’s cold out there at only 55 degrees but I am going out in shorts…and need to get off my butt and get out in 13 minutes to get the rides in before 9am…not sure if an egg sandwich and an omelet was enough to eat yesterday to support the amount of work I have to do today but I guess I’ll find out soon enough…more later…

Well…not sure how it happened, but the day got away from me almost as soon as I got up today with the rain forcing me to wait til almost 11 before I could get on the bike…and that made it after 1 before I got the 2nd ride in…so all I did was sit here and watch the F1 race this morning and do the weight work and that is a lot harder for me than it looks…after I got back from the rides, I decided to do the bedding which this time included bleaching to get the oil from my skin out of it that just laundry soap wouldn’t remove…after that I decided to do my pillows, too since they had gotten pretty stained from me sweating on them…so I bleached them, too and now I just put the pillows back in the dryer since they are still damp after the first pass through and that won’t be comfortable to sleep on..I did use the bleach dispenser on the washer that appears to work pretty good so that is cool…and I made another batch of pickled red onions since I had used up the first batch and I made egg salad and an omelet to eat today and I think that will be the meals for tomorrow, too…it’s now 6:30 and I need to take a short break before I do anything else…

Well…damn, slept on my right eye last night and now it’s blurry and that sucks…and we’re supposed to get t-storms in a few minutes so I won’t be getting out on the bike til almost 10 this morning and I really don’t know how to just sit here and wait it out…but I guess I’ll have to…at least the F1 race is on at 8am so that will give me something to do…just poured the 1st cup of coffee and I really hope it works really, really soon…might even have to grind some beans for some pour over if the 7 leftover cups in the coffee maker is not enough…slept pretty crappy last night but that’s normal and I wish it weren’t…not as worn out as a few days ago but I can feel this is not going to be what I need to feel okay…just getting old, I guess…and I don’t like it much…the 24 hours of LeMans still has 4 hours to go and that is nice background noise to start the day…haven’t really watched much of it…I’d like it if they would show some of the GT cars instead of just the prototypes…made some hard boiled eggs yesterday and I hope the old ones I used are still good..will have to check that before I make egg salad for lunch…not much to do today…just going to wing it and dance around the rain this morning and hope I can get the rides done before noon…need to get on the weights…more later…

Well…it was a pretty easy day after getting the rides in this morning…didn’t even have to cook with using up the rest of the leftovers…and tomorrow is going to be egg day with making egg salad for sandwiches and then an omelet to use up the onions and green pepper…and I took out a chicken breast to bake that for a meal with a baked potato and some corn…and I’m going to continue to use the breaded chicken patties that I need to get out of the freezer so I may eat those until they’re gone later in the week…and that will open up room for other stuff if there is anything ever on sale again…I do need to make some more pickled onions and pickles tomorrow so I’ll have stuff for sandwiches…I even have 4 burgers left in the freezer from quite a while back that are still good so this week is all going to be freezer food…I did another day of eating more today as I did yesterday but I still ran out of steam around 2 again and have been struggling with being tired since…oh, well…now I want to read more and I think I will../.

Well…how the hell can I wake up and have my hands be numb? And my thumbs hurt? This getting old is just bullshit and I’m tired of it…at least the US won it’s first match in the world cup 4-1 and looked pretty good doing it but tests are coming…crap just got a high wind warning for 11am today so I need to get off my butt and get the rides in before 6:30 am…at least get them started before then so I need to drink coffee fast to get going in 18 minutes…there is rain coming in for this afternoon and it looks like it could be sooner than that so I need to get off my butt…it is going to be a good race day today with F1 qualifying on at 9:25 and the LeMans starting at 10…and there is a channel that is going to run all 24 hours of it so that will be good background noise for the day…going to have to cook tomorrow but I have no clue what that is going to be…have lots of chicken in the freezer so I’ll need to take some out later this morning so it will thaw by tomorrow…I can do omelets to use up the eggs and green pepper and even hard boil some eggs for egg salad so I guess that’s good enough…more later…

Well…you know I’ve talking about the prices for everything going to soar in the next month and that has already started with the price of coffee…the Hills Bros whole beans I bought last week for 11 bucks for 2 lbs are now 27 dollars and it has nowhere to go but up from there…so, it looks like I’ll be back to the cheapest ground coffee I can find locally since the ground I bought on amazon went from 11 bucks for 35 ozs to 21 dollars for the same…and everything is going up with them…thanks maga assholes…

Well…it’s been a better day today and I’m pretty sure it’s from eating more yesterday and I’m trying to do that again today…it is so nice to have the bike zeroed in and working almost like new and getting the miles in…I don’t want to jinx it but the assholes in the rental have been absent for more than a week after I called on them last Thursday but I think it may be the new neighbors weighing in on them, too…but whatever it is, this is how this neighborhood should be all the time without me having to call all the time…I did get out to the library today for more books but finding a road open to it was a pain with the event going on all weekend downtown…had to walk a block and a half carrying my bag of books but it was nice and sunny and I don’t mind walking at all…and then I went to Meijers just to drive my car with the top down since it is really getting to be fun…I did get my new driver’s license today and since I’m over 70, I have to go in to renew it every 4 years…and I think that’s age discrimination when there are so many younger bad drivers that don’t have to…and I haven’t even been pulled over since 1980…that should count for something…oh, well…not going to bitch too much…I have other things to bitch about…okay, world cup time…

Well…that was a little better…was up and down all night but didn’t get up til 5:30am and that has been a goal for a while so I’ll take it…feel a little better this morning after eating a lot yesterday so that may be why I’ve been so worn out lately…at least I hope so since that’s a thing I can fix…need to go out and hit the library this morning but I’m going to go lighter on the books since the World Cup started yesterday and I would really like to watch some of the matches and not just use them as background noise…and the US plays tonight at 9 so I’ll at least get to watch the 1st half before I collapse from boredom…I had to fix one of the 85 year old light switches in the stairwell down to the basement yesterday…it had started to arc with wear on the contacts so I had to take a screwdriver and bend them so they’d make better contact and it’s working great now…still think these old ceramic switches are a work of art and don’t want to replace them if I can keep them working…it rained again last night and it was a nice little thunderstorm that lasted a couple of hours…nothing big but some cool lightning and thunder and it may even rain again this weekend…still not fixing my lawn but better than drought….not much to do today…need to get on the bike by 7am and that gives me and hour to have coffee, do the weight work, and toast a bagel so no rush today…more later…

Well…another day of being frickin exhausted and from what? All I did was my normal stuff today and I know that 26 miles is a long way for an old guy, that’s not what’s doing it…I really think the lack of sleep is catching up with me after another night of up and down for abut 3 hours of actual sleep…and I’ve been eating a lot today just to see if that has something to do with it, too….have just felt off for a few days now and everything is just so damn much effort that even just sitting here doing this takes everything I have in me…maybe I just need a day off? After all, I’ve been on the bike for 966 days straight and will make it to 1,000 before that streak ends when I go to Italy in September…okay, going to stop whining now…other than the exhaustion, it’s been a nice day with great weather for the rides and there was a new cruise ship docked down the hill to look at…and the bike is working great although I did break a left pedal this morning but I had new set on the bike shelf downstairs and it only took a couple of minutes to replace it…and I even remembered that left side pedals have left handed threads so I didn’t tighten it instead of loosening it…okay, have a half book to finish today so I can go to the library tomorrow and get more…