Well…darn, not up until a little after 5 and I’m already behind for the day at 5:44 an I’m still not sure how that happens…yeah, I know, it’s just that I still feel like I have a schedule at this ripe old age but who knows how to stop that? I sure don’t but I guess I’ll just have to live with it…slept okay for me last night and I’m hoping that the coffee works soon but I’m only on the first half cup so I’m behind on that, too..didn’t have enough leftover coffee in the carafe so I just made another pot so I’ll have enough to take on the bike for the 2nd ride…the AQI is back to concerning levels again today at about 100 but that is not high enough for me to wear a mask out there…and the goldenrod is blooming so I’m going to be miserable for the next month or so…we need some rain to wash the pollen out of the air and may get some tonight and tomorrow…ha,ha…yeah, you know how I feel about rain in the forecast…going to clean the kitchen today and maybe my bedroom to get rid of the cobwebs and vacuum the rug in there…the bedding is due to be done so that may be a project for today, too…I did service the bike yesterday to lube the chain, cables, and swingarm but I do need to clean everything to get the gunk out of the chain that builds up over time…haven’t washed it in a while but I’ll probably wait til after I get it dirty again in the rain….more later…

Well…got to the point today where I really needed to accomplish something or I’d rekindle my guilt that I’ve been suppressing lately…so I started out by servicing the bike after the two rides and running over to the city offices to pay my water bill…it cost me 10 bucks to water the lawn for 2 hours over 2 days and I really need it to rain so I don’t have to spend money on it…after I got the bike done and did a bit of reading, I got after cleaning the bathroom from top to bottom and even found some clr to remove the water residue build up that gets applied just by using the shower…lots of lime scale and other stuff that I finally got rid of…now the shower is shiny and smooth again…had that done by noon so after that I treated myself to some reading and finished off the latest “Reacher” book I got from the library…I do like the laptop fan/stand since even on the lowest setting…it moves plenty of air even with no rise of the keyboard…so a good purchase for 14 bucks…started to buy some clothes for Italy today with getting a pair of shorts for 17 bucks…hope they fit…okay back to Jeffrey Deaver…

Well…here’s the first post using the new stand and I think I’s going to be okay…it’s a little different to have the keyboard elevated but I think it will be easier on my hands…I did figure out the slow drain in the bathroom yesterday after I got tired of it filling the sink and taking forever to empty…and the clog was right at the top of the drain just under the stopper that I got cleared with a screwdriver…the clog still had drain cleaner in it and I burned my hand a little from it…at least the damn thing is clear…okay, who the hell listens to “christian” hip hop? That was what was coming from the park last night on the first night of the 4 days of christian music festival that I’m already tired of…oh, well…don’t have a lot to do today other than ride the bike and hit the city offices to pay the water bill…probably should clean some since the kitchen and bathroom need a once over and I think I’ll start with the bathroom when I get back from the rides…got some whipped Philly cream cheese for 99 cents at DD yesterday and I may try that out on the bagel this morning just to see if I like it or not…depends on if it’s thawed or not but I need to get moving to have enough time before I need to get on the bike….more later…

Well….this is pretty cool…just got the new laptop stand and it is pretty nice…have the fans running and it set on the lowest height and it’s just about perfect…this is what I was looking for to get the computer up off the couch and allow some air to get to the fan…just checked the temp after running it for 10 minutes or so and it is shut down cold…damn, could there be a product that doesn’t disappoint? This could be it…and I can barely hear the fans…so, I’ll be trying it out for a while but so far, so good…

Well…another day with not much work done and I’m okay with that…my not work days are usually busier than most and I did get some small things done…started out today with the 1st ride in the rain…had my rain gear on and it was soaked by the time I got back here…but the 2nd ride was dry but I really kind of hoped it wouldn’t be since we need the rain…oh, well…then I hauled butt out to do the grocery run that I really need to stop…I mean I don’t have anything else to do and yet I blast through it as fast as I can…and it’s not that I don’t like grocery shopping…it’s a chance to get out of here and see people and drive the car…that I hooned around a bit running it up to the 7K redline a couple of times…sounds pretty cool with a 4cylinder with dual exhausts…and I had 3 stores to go to today with DD having a 1.00 sale on…I mean I got Italian salami for a buck for 12 ozs and some cracker sized ham for the same price…stuff that is bad for me but I’m on statins now so maybe I’m immune to high cholesterol? Ha, ha…that’s not how it works, I know…just made another jar of pickles and I have the recipe for that down now…can replicate the taste every time and I may try to make some whole pickles once just to see if it works…and I ground beans for tomorrow’s coffee but now I’m done other than reading…so that’s what I’ll do…oh,I do have to write a check for the water bill I’m paying tomorrow…watering the lawn for two days cost me 10 bucks so you can see what it would be if I watered every day…

Well…up early again today since I want to get the rides in before the grocery run…but that could be a problem since it’s raining right now but not hard so I may just put the rain gear on and go out anyway in the dark…it’s over 70 so I don’t mind riding in the rain…and I really don’t want to wait til after the run to get the rides in…I guess we’ll see…slept okay last night but it gets harder to wake up and get moving as I get older and I wonder if I should move the coffee timer up to 5am since I usually up by then anyway…or I could just wait til I get up to start it since it’s not something I’ll ever forget to do…had a lazy day yesterday and today will be the same other than cleaning…I really do wish we’d have a day where it rains all day so I could just clean and listen to the rain all day…and that would keep the idiots from burning their campfires…there was a house that someone had started to rehab down the hill on 7th but it appears that it was hopeless and they tore it down yesterday…now come and do the rental…please…it’s in worse shape than the one they tore down and it really should be next…not much to do today…need to make a bagel to get the day started and pour down another cup of coffee and get on the bike by 6am….more later…

Well…after getting the rides in this morning, I decided to head out to the beach since it was in the mid 70’s here with rising humidity…but it wasn’t like that out at the beach…out there it was in the mid 60’s with a cold wind blowing and when I took off my shirt and hat, it was just too damn cold since there was a high cloud layer that was blocking out a lot of the sun…so after about a half hour, I packed up and came back here to read and relax for the afternoon…and that was a good idea since I had time to finish up the book I had going…just finished that and needed to come here for this one and I still have the weight work to do that I’ll get on as soon as I’m done here…I did order the ventilated laptop stand that I think will do two things…it will raise the keyboard to take some of the strain off my wrists and give me the option of raising it since it has 5 different levels to do that…and the fans run off one of the USB ports on the laptop so it doesn’t need to be plugged in to the wall…when the computer got really hot the other day before I realized I had a problem, it started to freak out and blink off and on and I thought I had to buy a new one…and the stand has cool blue led lights in it, too with 4 speeds for the fans…pretty cool…for 14 bucks it looked like a good deal and it got great reviews so I’m looking forward to getting it tomorrow…I had hundreds or starlings using the water bucket in the yard yesterday so I cleaned it and refilled it this morning an not one bird today…weird…

Well…damn, I’m going to have to hustle to get moving this morning with not dragging my butt out of bed til 5:30 and that leaves me about 15 minutes to do this and drink coffee before I need to get on the bike…probably not before 6:30 but that will still have me done with the rides before 9am and that’s early enough…slept okay last night with a little help and I feel bad about that…really need to go commando about that stuff and just not sleep unless I can do it on my own…tonight…one of the traps I have when I make soup is overestimating the calorie content in it…I assume that it’s like a normal meal but a bowl doesn’t have more than 400 calories and paired up with a pork loin fillet and fries for dinner, that’s just not enough…and I’m skipping the bagel today since it’s already after 6 and I need to get moving…oh, well…I’ll be curious to see if my legs go flat on the 2nd ride from the restricted calories…not much to do today…might just clean or I may go out to the beach with the storms coming in tonight and making the water cold again…more later….

Well…finally…got some of the cleaning that needed to be done done today after the bike rides…started out with getting the laundry going and then tore into the couch and vacuumed it and rotated the cushions then cleaned the rest of the living room…right after that, I took the fridge apart and cleaned it since it really needed a scrub job that I had been putting off for too long…so now all I have to do is my room, the bathroom, and the kitchen but that will wait til tomorrow…or later in the week…still want to get out to the beach a couple of times before summer is over…didn’t have to cook much today with lots of soup left but I did bake a couple of chicken breasts to make sandwiches tomorrow…or wraps I think…made a new batch of pickles yesterday and need to make one more before the cuke spoils…I do need to look at getting more lids and rings since I have some that are rusted and tossed them…I did look at getting a laptop stand that has twin 4 inch fans in it that are run from a usb port and is adjustable so I can keep the thing from overheating…and it’s only 14 bucks so that’s pretty good…will probably order it tomorrow….okay, reading time…

Well…not going to talk about sleeping this morning since it was okay for me but I was still out of bed by 5am…a night with no sleep aids at all and that’s okay…feel good today…again, for me and I’ll get ready for the bike rides here in about a half hour…sunrise doesn’t come until after 6:30 now and it sucks that it will get later and later and push my schedule back…but that’s life….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will have to do laundry today and clean a bit and cook some chicken breasts for sandwiches so I will have a little to do today… and I’ll dig through the freezer to plan some meals for later in the week…thinking about buying a new pair of shoes for the Italy trip but I’ll have to do that soon to break them in before the trip…and I still need clothes so that is on the to do list, too and I need to get off my butt and order some stuff…the wind has been pretty calm lately with just about a 15mph one out of the east yesterday and I hope it is easy again today…makes the rides much more enjoyable when I don’t have to work so hard…so I need to get going and do the weight work before I head out…should eat a bagel but not sure if I’ll have time…yeah, I know, I don’t really have a schedule anymore but it sure feels like it….more later…