Well…When I got out on the bike around 8 this morning, a couple of guys were already sitting on the wall in the vacant lot across the street and the only thought that hit me was that it was just another group starting that I was going to have to deal with…so an hour later when I got back here I’d had enough so I stopped to confront them and that turned into a screaming argument that lasted a few minutes but then a cool thing happened, after I explained why I was so pissed off, they agreed with me and said they hated the youngsters who have no respect for the rest of the people who live here…after that, we traded names and talked for a while and I apologized for going off on them but they understood why I did it after I explained…and now I have two new acquaintances named Ed and Terry who are really from this neighborhood and seem like pretty nice guys and I hope to see them again at some point…life is pretty strange…oh, and this is the 101’st post this month…not a record but close and I still have two more days to write…

Well…damn, it’s only 49 degrees here…at the end of May and I’ll say it again…that is just wrong and it’s never been this cold this late in the 5 years I’ve lived here…the heat should be coming on soon and that means I won’t be getting on the bike until after I go to the library at 9am…and that’s okay…I need to be more flexible when the weather throws me a curve ball…didn’t get out of bed til 5:39 today and there is nothing better than waking up and looking out my bedroom window to see light instead of stars…it happens so rarely but this one day gives me hope that I can do it on a regular basis and feel good after it…as I do this morning…I did get my appointment to have my driver’s license renewed next Tuesday and I really hope that I can pass the eye test and get my life back to normal and not worry about it anymore…my right lower back is still shouting at me with pain again today and I have no clue how I hurt it but it used to feel like this all the time so I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much…going to try to stretch it out after I have coffee and I am shaking my head that just washing and treating the front steps is enough work and bending to hurt it…oh, well…it won’t keep me off the bike so I guess it’s not too bad…not much to do today…I do need to clean the front door mat since it has green crap on it and I may put a second coat of Thompson’s on the flat surfaces since I have enough left over…but we’ll see…more later…oh, and I’m going to get to 100 of these for the month and that’s pretty cool…to me…more later…

Well…got a text from Capital One this morning asking if I made a charge to some random company and if I added it to an Amazon account…both answers were no so they cancelled my card and I have a new one on the way…and we went back through my statement and found a charge in Tokyo and but nothing else in my statement…so somehow there was a data breach somewhere…I appreciate that most card companies do this kind of thing but I’m loyal since they were the only company that would give me an unsecured card when I was building my credit so I could buy my house…luckily, nothing is attached to this card so I really have noting to do other than activate the new one when I get it…okay, normal stuff…got the rides in this morning early and then got right to treating the front porch and it only took about an hour and a half…I did schedule my driver’s license renewal for next Tuesday and I really hope I can pass the vision test…it will suck if I can’t but my eyes have been good lately…fingers crossed…

Well…I am so damn tired today and that is something I don’t want to get used to…I’m sure part of it not sleeping well…with tossing and turning all night and dragging my butt out of bed at 4:54…I’m just shaking my head at how sore I am today after just spraying the front steps with cleaner and then rinsing if off…no scrubbing at all and yet my lower back is so sore I can barely move this morning…as everything else is and that just sucks…and I need to spend a couple more hours on the steps today applying the thompson’s which will aggravate the pain in my forearms…man, I’m just a wreck…oh, well…that comes with getting old…still need to get my butt moving to get out on the bike when it gets light and that gives me 45 minutes to drink coffee and get the weight work done…it’s in the 50’s right now but close enough to 60 so I can go out in a light fleece and should have the 2nd ride done by 9am or so and I can go straight into treating the front stairs…should be done with everything by 11am or so and I’ll take the rest of the day off after that….more later…

Well…it was a better today but it really had to be…but I’ve been up since 4:44 and that sucks…that got me started early enough to get the weight work in and a ride done before the grocery run where I only spent 22 bucks…but I spent almost 50 at menards getting the deck wash and thompson’s since I couldn’t find anything better to waterproof the front steps…I tried a new deck wash made by Pittsburg paints and I really like it…just sprayed it on with an old hose sprayer I didn’t use anymore and let it set for an hour or so and washed it off…it removed almost all of the green algae and cleaned the wood really well…getting rid of all of the black mold that was on it and leaving me with a good surface to waterproof…and the jug it came in is 2 1/2 gallons for 16 bucks and I think I probably have enough to do the steps two more times…the active ingredient is pretty much bleach but it has lots of soap in it too and I love the idea that I didn’t have to scrub at all…much better on my hands and back…and my e-mail seems to be working with getting a lot of the spam I used to get along with actual e-mails for me…pretty cool…just finished a book and now I need to start another one to finish it before Friday…

Well…man, I feel worn out this morning and getting out of bed at 4:44 didn’t help…and the 2 day rule is still working so I hurt like crazy everywhere and will take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike early…need to get a ride in before the grocery run and at least it’s warm enough to go out in shorts…and put the top down on the car for the run…need to get the stuff to take care of the front porch and get it waterproofed and I may even work on that today since there is no rain in the forecast until next Tuesday so that will give me time to spend a few hours to clean it and let it dry before I treat it…got the lawn mowed yesterday and noticed that the brush killer has started to work on the trash bushes in my fence and I hope it kills them all…the damn things have been wrecking my fence since I bought this place and it’s time to get rid of them…at least it will be warm enough to wash the porch and not freeze my butt off and that has been a long time coming…I mean it’s almost June and we are still in the 50’s right now…need to get the weight work in and eat something before I get on the bike in 50 minutes…more later…

Well…it’s been one of those days today where everything that could go wrong did…stupid yahoo tried to extort me into paying them 100 bucks a year to “upgrade” to yahoo mail plus by making my e-mail fail this morning…and they have stopped giving tech support to people unless they give them the hundred bucks…not going to do that and I think I may have figured out a work around…we’ll see…I did get out on the bike in shorts and a t-shirt today but the rides were fueled by only one cup of coffee and that is not anywhere near enough…so I was still drinking coffee at 2pm to use up the old stuff so I can make new tomorrow…not as sore as I expected on the bike today but I think the 2 day rule will come into effect tomorrow and I’ll be feeling it…I did get the lawn mowed in between the rides but that took everything out of me and the 2nd ride was a lot of work…but, I survived it again today and even had the chance to read a bit…still haven’t dealt with the noise ordinance out here but there is only so much I want to deal with in one day…maybe tomorrow…need to get the deck wash at menards tomorrow along with some thompson’s since I couldn’t find a more affordable sealant…oh, well…

Well…what a shitty morning…have been trying to fix my e-mail all morning and yahoo is no damn help…all of my e-mails are going to the trash folder and they haven’t done a damn thing…crap…so I’ve wasted hours trying to fix it and it’s put me in a damn crappy mood…and I’m late for getting on the bike and that doesn’t help…the city has changed the noise ordinance here to allow people to do whatever they want until 11 pm so I’ll be putting my house up for sale soon…but first I’m going to go to the city council meeting and ream them a new asshole for doing this to this city…do they think that noise is no longer an issue? I’ll be burning up the e-mail today blasting every one of these morons for doing this…why the hell can’t I just live life without all this damn work? I need to stop here and just stew a bit…more later…

Well…when I got up this morning I thought I’d have a short wait to get the temps high enough to get out on the bike and it was…55 by 8:10 and I was even able to go out in shorts…with the wind tolerable and the temp coming up to almost “springlike” temps, I decided to test my fitness level and do 3 rides for 39 miles this morning…so, I survived it and just feel a little stiff from it…energy held out and I still felt good at the end of the 3rd ride so that means I can train up and get ready for doing the “ride my age” day in June…now, it may hit me badly tomorrow or Wed but I guess I’ll just have to wait it out and see…a little stiff and sore right now but I’m only going to read this aft so it will give my body a chance to recover…I hope…reading time…

Well…that was better…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6am this morning and that makes it a huge success in my book…and I slept okay and feel okay right now and that’s without any coffee…but I just poured a cup and I’m going to chug that one to get me started…it looks like I have an easy morning ahead of me since it’s only 50 out there and I am going to wait for the temp to come up before I get on the bike and that won’t happen til 9am so I have some time to ease into the day…and it is foggy out there so I have to put the rain gear on when I go…still have three books to read so it looks like I won’t be hitting the library til Friday for more books…the highs are going to be in the 70’s this week so maybe spring is here? Ha, ha…no, the lows are still going to be in the 40’s some days and that is not spring to me..don’t have to cook today with all of the leftover chicken and potatoes I made the other day but I will need to do some meal planning later in the week…have lots of chicken in the freezer so I think I’ll start by thawing some today…not sure what I’m going to make with it but I may just bake it for sandwiches…thought about some chicken fettucinni alfredo and I may do that in a couple of days…we did get rain yesterday and I hope it salvages my lawn but with no rain in the forecast all week, I don’t have much hope….more later…