Well…I am so tired of being exhausted all the time…ha, yeah, that made me laugh too…I did sleep okay last night and even went to bed early and not out of bed til a little after 6 today and I only have 29 minutes before I need to get on the bike to get three rides in before 10am or so…going to make another pizza today for lunch and with the potato soup I made yesterday, I won’t have to cook again until next week…and that will probably be another batch of Masala…didn’t get anything done yesterday but the errands and rides but today should be a little easier and should be done before 3pm…I would love to have a little time to just sit and read this afternoon but I can’t carve out enough time if I do the cleaning I need to and get three rides in…oh, well…still damn cold out here and it looks like it will stay that way until the 16th when it finally gets above freezing…but we are edging through the winter and for the next 10 days at least, there are no big snow storms coming…and I’ll take that…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 10 minutes and get the days started…more coffee first…more later…

Well…another day that almost got away from me and I have been running since I got up at 6 this morning…started out with doing two rides, then out for an errand and back here to make potato soup, then back down to do the third ride that I just finished…so now I just have the weight work that I’ll start after this…so now I don’t have to go anywhere until Monday for the follow up to my BP meds when I’ll see if they need to adjust it or not…haven’t had any side effects at all other than my right foot is not as swollen as it had been…I guess that’s not a side effect since these pills have a diuretic in them, too…I did find my pair of leather gloves and that made a big difference in the car this morning and I think I’ll treat the leather since it looks dry…okay, time for the weights…

Well…damn, I wish there was a jump starter for my body…woke up a little after 6 but it is 7 now and I’m barely functioning….I know normal people would go back to bed or lie down on the couch feeling like this but I’ll get on the bike in a few minutes and start torturing myself…I do need to cook today and I’ll be making potato soup later but I would really like to not cook for a change…or have someone else cook…but that’s just whining so I need to suck it up and get more coffee…I can shift into low and slow mode as I’ve done lots of times and try to enjoy just being alive and I think I will…that helps to get going just a bit…more coffee…I’m pretty darn tired of the cold weather out here with it not getting out of the 20’s for over two weeks but that’s pretty normal for January in Michigan and I’m just happy that the lake effect snow hasn’t set up and dumped feet of snow like it can…I was able to get out for the grocery run yesterday and that was not easy with the fact that they haven’t plowed the streets up here this year….I wonder where the heck my tax dollars go? Not much to do today…going to be grinding out the day starting here in 5 minutes or so and I can’t wait til 1pm or so when I’ll be done…but that’s 5 1/2 hours from now and I so damn tired of going all the time…more later…

Well…even though I really like just hanging out here in the winter, it was nice to get out and do the grocery run today and do something different…I had to hit the city offices first to pay the water bill and then Aldis and Meijers…didn’t buy and cauliflower today with the prices over 4 bucks a head and I was tiring of it anyway…so now I’ll go back to just carrots and celery for a while and I can live with that…I did get three rides in even with doing the run so that allowed to to have two meals today…just a bowl of Masala and two small pieces of pizza…I will have to cook tomorrow with only having one type of leftover so I’m going to make another batch of potato soup and then another pizza Wed to use up the mushrooms and green pepper before they spoil…and that will keep me going the rest of the week until I make a batch of ham soup next week…I did remember to buy the diced tomatoes I need for that soup but they didn’t have the chicken bullion crystals that I need for potato soup but I have enough for tomorrow’s batch…started up Harlan Coben novel today and I think I’ll go back to it right now…

Well…darn…another busy day ahead with getting on the bike here in a few minutes for the first ride and then running out to do the grocery run to avoid the snow Wed…and I really do need soup ingredients and no one has protein on sale so I’ll be dragging stuff out of the freezer…have a couple of pork chops and some chicken in there and I can make some pasta if I feel like it…slept okay last night and I think it was the third night without earplugs and my ears are thanking me since they don’t hurt today…but I’m still pretty worn out but that’s just from getting old so I’ll continue to get worse and that sucks…I really do need to clean today so I may just do two rides on the bike today…the bathroom needs work along with the kitchen and I do need to clear off the dining room table that I started the other day and need to change out the bedding but I’d like to have a day to take it easy…I say that all the time but never do it…it would be so luxurious to just wing it for a day…it has been quite cold here and it is going to stay in the 20’s for highs this week…but no snow storms so I can take it that…more later….

Well…it might not seem like a lot but I went over 100 miles today in the first 5 days of the year…and I’ve extended my riding every day record, too…but other than the rides, I didn’t do anything else but read and listen to football…didn’t even have to cook with still having leftover pizza and Masala and won’t have to cook until Tuesday but I have to figure what that will be…probably some potato soup and maybe another batch of Masala since I need to make some room in the freezer…then I’ll probably make ham soup later in the week to start getting the ham bones out of the freezer…and that will make I room to freeze the ham soup…I may do the grocery run tomorrow just to get it out of the way and get the spices I need for the next batch of Masala…and I need carrots and celery for the soups…I did finish up the Robert Ludlum book today and it was pretty good…I’ll have to look through the books I bought to see if I have any more of his stuff…but, right now I’m going to read a bit for another hour…

Well…damn, I knew this was going to happen with not eating enough…feel like crap today with no energy at all and it is going to be a struggle to get on the bike today…but when I do, I’ll go over 100 miles and that is only in 5 days so if I keep it up that should mean 600 miles for the month but that is not a record…I don’t think I need to think about that right now…I did get a little bit of work done yesterday and I should do more today but it is going to be hard until the coffee starts to work…haven’t made good coffee in a few days and I really should today but I need time to savor it and I don’t see that happening…it only got up to 18 degrees here yesterday and that looks like the high for today, too…it’s not going to get out of the 20’s until mid month but that is Michigan in January…I’ll be happy if it just stops snowing for a couple of days so I can get out of the alley for the grocery run this week…need to start planning meals and I know I’ll be making another pizza to use up the ingredients I have left over from the last one…and I need to make ham soup to get the damn ham bones out of the freezer and free up some space…not much to do today…it’s almost 7:15 and I need to get moving or I’ll turn into a slug…but I really don’t want to…I’m just wearing out…more later…

Well…I’ve been saying for almost a week that I was going to get some work done around here and I finally did today…after the three rides, I went out and shoveled the snow…we got a little over 4 inches year overnight and probably another couple today…after that I cleaned the living room including tearing the couch apart, cleaning it, and then rotating the cushions…I did have to take some laundry soap and water to a part of the rug that was a little dirty and that came out pretty good after I vacuumed it…then I got the weight work in and had a piece of pizza for dinner…did get some time to read this afternoon, too…and I’m going back to that in a minute…I did have some sparrows on the feeder today and that was cool to see that they found it along with some nuthatches that I barely even see anymore…I think the damn big doves are scaring them off…filled the feeder at noon and now at a little after 5pm, it is almost empty again…oh, well…back to reading…

Well…damn, how the heck can I be running late and it’s only 6:45am? Need to get on the bike soon to be done before noon and it will be a 3 ride day…I hope…and today will be the third day of only one meal and that means tomorrow I’ll feel like crap with no energy if I keep that up…don’t have to cook today with making the pizza yesterday and having the leftover Masala if I decide to have two meals today…feel like crap already this morning even with going to bed early and not getting up til 6:23 and I can barely breathe with my allergies really flaring but I’ll take something for them here in a minute…it snowed quite a bit overnight so I’ll be out shoveling after the third ride…it’s only 18 degrees here right now and it will be another day of 20’s for highs and that will continue until the 11th but the huge snowstorm that is coming is going to the south of Michigan and will dump ice and snow across the country…it’s even a named storm and I think that’s a bit silly…didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday other than cooking but I do need to clean some today…crap, need to get on the bike here in 25 minutes and I’m not feeling it….oh, well…more later…