Well…damn, up at 4:31 again today and I am not going to let my frustrations boil over into obsessing about it all morning…I did sleep okay so I guess that’s something…going to be a busy morning today with the normal stuff but I am going to get a bike ride in outdoors before I do the grocery run but it will be in long pants since it’s only 51…and that means I need to get out by 6:30 or so but that’s the new normal so no big deal…need to hit 4 stores this morning with some great deals at DD and I need to hit menards to get some brush killer to kill off the damn trash bushes in the house that’s for sale so I don’t have to keep trimming them…and that’s 20 bucks for a small bottle but worth it if these damn things die and stop damaging my fence…started my day with the leftover Lavazza coffee and I do like what I can taste of it…but I don’t think I need to buy any more coffee right now…still have 2 1/2 bags of beans and the huge can that I just bought that will get me to the middle of summer…the can is a very coarse grind that I am going to put in my grinder to see if that changes anything…can you tell I’m bored? Have leftovers for today but then will need to figure out meals for the rest of the week…really bored with what I’ve been cooking so new recipes are going to be tried…more later…

Well…as I sat here late this morning running out of coffee, I couldn’t help my self and got out the Lavazza beans and made some pour over coffee with it…it’s pretty good and has more than just coffee flavor in it…I can’t taste much but I could tell it has a nuanced flavor with hints of citrus in it that I like a lot…and for 21 bucks for 35 ounces it’s not a bad deal…will I buy more of it? Not sure yet with all of the coffee I have here but it’s nice to know I have coffee for the next couple of months…I did get 26 miles in on the bike but didn’t get anything else done but make pasta salad that I had a big plate of with chicken for dinner…it looks like DD has some deals so I’m going to stop there tomorrow as part of the grocery run…I mean, 4 cheese self rising pizzas for 1.29 each…and I get three meals out of them so that’s about 43 cents a meal and that’s a bargain…and they have smoked ham and roasted chicken for a 1.29, too so I’ll stock up and fill the freezer again…just finished a book and that leaves me 3 more to do this week and I’ll need to hit the library before the weekend to get more before it’s closed for the holiday…okay, time to pick another book and get started…

Well…I wonder if I should just move the clocks to make it look like I’m getting up at a reasonable time instead of the 4:45 I climbed out of bed this morning? That would probably be easier than figuring out how to sleep longer…but I feel okay so maybe I don’t have to do anything…if the pain I’m feeling is just the start of what I’ll feel tomorrow with the 2 day rule, it’s going to be ugly tomorrow…but I’ll try to get ahead of it with some topicals before I get on the bike this morning…I should be able to get two rides in before 9 if I get out at sunup…it may even rain today…ha,ha…no, that’s not going to happen…I do need to cook today and I’m going to make the pasta salad I’ve been thinking about for weeks to go with the chicken I’m going to bake for lunch…still have pasta for dinner and I need to think if I need to buy more chicken tomorrow at 2.19 a pound…there is room in the freezer for it as I gradually draw down what’s in there…and the last pizza will be used thurs so I do have food to eat for the rest of the week…I really can’t taste the dark roast coffee I bought so I guess it will still work as a CDS…I did talk to my daughter yesterday and she seems excited by the Italy trip…she even talked about upgrading out seating on the flight over and back to 1st class for 4 grand but I told her I’m good just being on the plane…but she is changing our seats so we are in a two person row on the outside of the plane so we can see out the window and that’s pretty cool…not much to do today…just want to get the rides in and then have an easy day…I do need to do some cleaning but I’m not sure what that will be yet…more later…

Well…the rain really sucked as the storms missed to the south and all we got was a little shower…but why am I surprised? It never rains hard here…at least in the 5 years I’ve lived here it’s maybe happened 5 times and that’s why I have no lawn…oh, well…I am so beat right now and sore from the transition from indoor rides to hard outdoor rides…but I’m not sure that’s why I’m so worn out…geez…I sure hope it’s not from just getting old because there’s nothing I can do about that…like I said before, I feel like I’ve been on a three day bender and barely have the energy to just sit here…okay, I’ll stop complaining now..it’s pretty darn humid out here after the rain and the sky is clear so the sun is boiling the rain up into the sky and that’s okay after I bitched so much about the cold that is coming back Wed when it will be in the 50’s but just for one day so I think I an deal with that…okay, time to find something to watch tonight…

Well…it finally looks like rain here after weeks of drought and it’s not too soon to keep my yard alive…but there is no way we are going to get the 5 inches to quench our deficit and that sucks…I did get the lawn mowed in between outdoor rides this morning so I guess that’s something…the rides were fun with the bike working like new but damn, it was windy and coming around the condo building and heading south stopped me in my tracks…almost…was down to 3rd gear on the back sprockets when I normally go through there in 7th but I made it with some work and I am stiff and sore from it..I did get to 2,000 miles for the year this morning and that’s cool but it’s almost 1,000 miles under where I was at this time last year so it looks like I won’t be getting to 8K miles this year…and I blame the damn cold weather that kept me inside almost to May this year…so I’m trying to make up for it by doing 26 miles a day and have a full week in of that but I’ll have to do that every day to get even close…didn’t get anything else done today and I am going to read this afternoon before I have to figure out what’s for dinner…I do have chicken in the freezer and aldis has it on sale for 2.19 a pound and I may buy another tray and then figure out how to cook it…don’t want masala so maybe just bake some to make sandwiches? Don’t need to figure that out right now…back to reading a I wait for the storms…yeah, right…that’s a laugh…

Well…this is weird…it’s over 70 here right now at 5:40 am and maybe spring is here? But it’s only going to be 59 for a high Wed with a low of 41 Tues night so nature is still screwing with us…trying the new dark roast coffee and I really can’t taste it so I guess it will be a good CDS anyway…it was cheap at 11 bucks for 35 ozs so I can live with it…I am going to get out on the bike as soon as it’s light so that give me about 45 minutes to get the weight work done and figure out if I’m going to mow today…it’s been 2 weeks since I did it last and I think it may need it since we’re supposed to get rain this aft and off and on for a few days…it still looks like it’s dying but it has spots that are still growing so I guess I can even it out…the wind is blowing over 15 right now so the rides are going to be a little work but I should have 26 miles in by 9 or or so and that would get me done for the day by around 10 if I get off my butt and get moving…I do have to figure out meals for the rest of the week but I do have the last frozen pizza to use with the mushrooms and green pepper in the fridge so that will probably be tomorrow…not much else to do today but aren’t the rides and mowing enough? More later…

Well…just got the coffee and earplugs I ordered yesterday and the can of dark roast Chock full o’nuts is huge…so I opened it to set up tomorrow’s coffee just to see what it’s like and if I like it, I’ll probably order another can to put in storage for later…not going to open the Lavazza beans since I still have a bag and a half of the 8 O’clock beans that I’ve had for a while…and I won’t buy that again since it went from 13 bucks for 38 ounces to 38 bucks for 40 ozs…the Chock is all Arabica beans which is supposed to be pretty good as is the Lavazza so I have a lot of stuff to try over the next few weeks…and the ear plugs are supposed to lower the noise by 37db which will be cool…and for 7 bucks for 60 pair that is a pretty good deal..okay, sitting here in the living room and I can smell the new ground coffee…yay!

Well…I worked on the new/old wheel this morning and got it on the bike after changing out the cassette, putting the tube protector in, and putting a new tire on and I can’t believe how well it works…dead straight and the ratchet works like new…it’s step up from the wheels that came on the gray bike…a Weinmann and they make good wheels…glad I saved them from my first mountain bike, a Motobecane 400DS and was able to use them after having them laying around for more than 10 years…I greased the bearings with some moly wheel bearing grease that I don’t use anymore since the wheel bearings on the Miata are all sealed and it is so smooth and quiet that it made me grin…now if it just lasts until winter and then I’ll buy a new bike…yay!

Well…crap…the ratchet on the used wheel from the black bike failed at the bottom of the hill on the way back this morning so I’m down to my last wheel and I sure hope this one works…just painted it and now I need to let the paint dry before I mount the tire and transfer the cassette and axle…I do need to tape off the ends of the spokes on the inside of the wheel to make sure I don’t get a flat…I think I’ll head out to the last bike shop here in Muskegon just to see if I can order a wheel that will work but that is going to be a ridiculous amount of money and I wonder if I’d be better off getting a new bike and the parts to convert the gearing to road bike that will cost me another 70 bucks on top of the 450 for a new bike…oh, well…at least I was able to take the brake pads from the black bike and replace the worn out ones with them…there wasn’t much pad material left on them…I did try to work on the wheel but it’s not dry yet so that will wait a while…

Well…damn, I’m running late today with not getting out of bed til almost 6 and needing to get out on the bike by 6:30 to get the first ride in before Man U plays at 7:30…so no time to do the weight work…again…but I’ll do that during the match…not sure when I’ll get the 2nd ride in with Indy qualifying rescheduled to 9:30 this morning and running all day…I hurt so much after the 26 miles in yesterday that I had to take an ibuprofen and I hope that works on my hands and elbows since that is where the worst pain is…I did make extra coffee this morning since I’m going to want more than the three mugs that I could have without it…as I said in the last post yesterday, I did lay in a bunch of coffee before the price explodes worse than it has…and I really did want to try the Lavazza beans that I’ve heard a lot about…and I paid a premium over what I used to pay for the 5 o’clock but now it’s almost 50% more than it was…so I’ll have coffee for the whole summer or close to it…not sure what else I’ll get done today but I have no plans to clean other than the kitchen floor and I may not get to that…going to be able to see the pink sunrise this morning and it looks pretty cool from here…I did have to make a call on the rental sine they were out there blasting their music all damn day and I’m not going to take it this year…more later…