Well…darn, up at 4:16 this morning, stayed up reading til 5, then climbed back in bed and slept for an hour or so and now I’m getting going at 6:27 and need to since I have a full day today…getting close to 1,000 miles on the bike and want to get that done by the end of the month…so that means at least two rides indoors this morning and maybe even a third today if it doesn’t get warm enough to get outside….and I need to make a big ham today that will feed me for the next week and want to get that in the oven by 10 or so…and the means getting on the bike for the first ride by 7:30 or so to get two rides in by then…I did get my flight to Maryland and back booked yesterday and it only cost 300 bucks round trip…so everything for the UK trip is in place and now I just need to get to Mid September without dying first…and I’ll find out if I am tomorrow with the biopsy happening in the afternoon….looking through the instructions for it yesterday, they recommend that I don’t ride the bike for a week after it and that just isn’t going to happen….will probably take a day off Saturday and maybe Sunday depending on the pain….not much to do today…I need to plant the seeds out of the paper towel that have sprouted…have some beans and cukes and hope the last tomato seeds get going or I’ll have to get more next week….more later….

Well…even though I’m not sleeping well, I had a bunch of energy today and got a bunch of stuff done…got a 9 pound spiral sliced ham at Meijers this morning that I’m going to make tomorrow along with a bunch of veggie and flower seeds at Menards…got some arugula, whatever that is, along with some squash, radishes and lots of other things I’ve never grown before…even some yellow wax beans that I am going to try to start…and lots more flower seeds so this place is going to have lots of color this summer….got the back stairs cleaned and all the cobwebs are gone…and I put all the tools away that had found residence on the stairs and even got the webs vacuumed from underneath the tool cabinets that I had missed before….had a couple of beans come up downstairs and I think the ones in the paper towel are sprouting, too…can’t have too many beans…could have 15 plants this year and I’m happy they freeze well…it may be warm enough to ride outside tomorrow so it could be another 31 mile day…looking at the instructions for the biopsy on Friday, they recommend to not ride for a week but we’ll see how that goes…okay, want to plant the new beans….

Well…another one of those up 5 times nights last night but getting back to sleep after each one was easier than Monday night so that’s progress…but woke up for the last time at 5 and then out of bed at 5:23…but that’s okay since I want to get the first ride in before I do the grocery run today…it looks like I won’t get to 31 miles today since it’s going to be raining/snowing off and on all day with a high of 39 and that’s too cold for me…have been feeling cold for days now and part of that is only eating one meal a day and I am getting used to that….yesterday was about 600 calories and today looks to be the same…and the second no cocktail night in a row has me feeling pretty good even with the fitful sleep….going to hit three stores this morning…Menards for more flower/veggie seeds, then Aldis and Meijers…nothing that I need at DD so I can skip that today…getting another big ham that will keep me going for a week or so and I can make a lot of meals off it…I know ham is not good for me but I like it and it’s only 99 cents a pound….haven’t checked the seeds I have in paper towel up here but I’m going to do that here in a bit and then get one the bike….getting close to the first thousand miles on the bike this year and should hit that this weekend…almost made it before April 1st and that would have been something…not much to do today….just the grocery runs and the rides but I really should clean the back stairs…and I might….more later….

Well…on my outdoor ride today, I was getting to the end of the detour when I saw two young male turkeys trying to get through an iron fence that surrounds a marina out here and when they saw me coming, they took off running down the trail in front of me for about 50 yards and now I know that turkeys can run at least 13mph…another 31 mile day today and I’m sitting here with the heating pad on my back again…but it seems to be working so I’ll keep it on til it shuts off on it’s own….still doing the one meal thing for at least the rest of the week along with no cocktails and I feel pretty good this afternoon even with the crappy sleep I had last night…so I should put a soccer match on and lie down on the couch for a nap…not sure if I will or not but it does look attractive right now…I have the laundry in the dryer and that is everything I wanted to get done today…it’s almost 3 and I’m done for the day…

Well…that was a crappy night of sleep…but I feel okay so no damage done…first night of no cocktails always goes that way…climbed out of bed at 4:37 after tossing and turning all night, then went back to bed at 5am and just got up at 7:03…probably about 4 hours of sleep all night if you add it up or maybe a little less than that…had an okay day yesterday and got some stuff done and I’m going to try to do another 31 mile day on the bike and get some more yard work done…and maybe clean a bit…I do have to do laundry today and figure out what to have for lunch…going to get another big ham tomorrow since Meijers has them on sale for 99cents a pound and you can’t beat that…and I need to hit Menards since they have flower and veggie seeds on sale for 11 cents a pack again….not having a much luck getting the beans and tomatoes to come up so I put some in wet paper towel in plastic bags to see if I can get more to sprout and set them in front of the heating vent here in the living room….it may be too cold to get them going downstairs….not much to do today…just need to have another cup of coffee and then get on the bike by 8 so I can set up for three rides today….more later…

Well…when I got up this morning, I was expecting to feel pretty depressed with how I felt then…so I was expecting a lay low day but didn’t…got 31 miles in on the bike, had lunch, and then went out to spade the garden and mix in the 100 pounds of composted manure I got last week…then I picked up all of the branches that fell in the high winds we had out here…and then came in and had to put heat on my back since it’s not used to doing any heavy work…it’s been a long time since I had to work that hard but it felt good and the heat took care of the back pain…I’m hoping that it lasts overnight…taking the week off cocktails to just give my liver a rest…and I’m getting used to only one meal a day so I’m going to continue that this week, too…feels good to continue to lose weight….going to try something new with some seeds for the garden today and start them in wet paper towel and then plant them…not getting many to start just planting them in the soil….think I’ll do that right now…

Well…running late this morning with problems with the site…up at 5:03 today but stayed in bed til 7:03 slipping in and out of sleep…had an okay day yesterday with getting the outdoor ride in and I’ve already gotten an indoor ride in and need to think about making this a 31 mile day…only had one meal yesterday with only doing one ride and I’m not sure what the second one would be today…maybe some pasta? Taking the week off cocktails to get my blood pressure down a bit and I’m looking forward to it….should lose some weight and I know I’ll have more energy….it’s a sunny day out here and looks like it’s going to stay that way so I will get out on the bike this afternoon….the wind is iffy at 12-15 but I can use the extra miles…I may do a second indoor ride just from boredom since it is just after 9:30 and I can get back on the bike by 10…not having a lot of luck with the tomatoes or beans so I need to buy more this week so I can get them going…the garden is going to be a mess this year and I really don’t care much about it for some reason….probably just a touch of depression…not much to do today….just making lunch and more rides after I get done with this….more later…

Well…yeah, I know…the plan today was to take the day off the bike today as I normally do on Sunday but when I put some bread out for the squirrels, the sun was shining and very little wind so I decided to suit up and get on the bike for an outdoor ride…it was a nice one and saw the first geese on Muskegon Lake and I scared up a flock of about 200 ducks when I rode the lakeshore trail that is right on the water….they have opened the road that runs next to the beach already but it is still covered in sand and I know they are going to bury cars in the sand alongside it since you can’t tell where the pavement is…and it’s bordered by deep sand that is going to suck a bunch of cars in like I saw a few times last year…not sure if the ride was that smart to do since my right leg started to howl about 5 miles in but it didn’t get worse so I guess it’s okay….should probably heat it some tonight….might even be able to get outside again tomorrow…but the damn temp doesn’t get in to 50’s until the second week of April….crap…

Well…it you have clear skies tonight, go out an take a look up and you may see some northern lights…it seems that they have been seen as far south as northern Ohio overnight last night…it’s always cloudy here and there is rain forecast overnight so I probably won’t get the chance to see any if they are still there tonight…there was a big CME that the forecasters missed a couple of days ago and I have been seeing lots of photos of it on Mastodon over the past day or so and it is really cool to see it in person…so go out and look up…

Well…damn, I’m tired today…up at 5:30 but laid there in bed til 6:15 and forgot to set the coffee maker up last night and I really don’t feel like having to do anything right now…skipped going out for the paper today since I really can’t justify 5 bucks just to get the ads…will have to set up some bookmarks so I can get them all online in the future….only had one meal yesterday and I’m feeling it today even though I made popcorn last night…not a lot of nutrition in popcorn even with butter…bought a pound of butter this week and didn’t remember that I had a pound in the fridge already so I froze one of them and will probably freeze the second one since two pounds will last me two years and I’m not sure if I’ll outlive the butter….going to take the day off the bike today and just take it easy today and I think I need it after doing a couple of 31 mile days last week…getting towards the first thousand miles on the bikes but there is no way I’m getting anywhere near last year’s record…I’ll be happy to get to 4K miles this year and will make the big push for 7K next year….not much to do today…might clean some but I might not…right now I just need more coffee and to read a bit….more later…