Well…up at 5:37 this morning and that is way too early but I knew there was no point in trying to stay in bed…been up for over an hour and have just started my first cup of coffee and I really hope it works soon…it got cold again last night and I saw that the temp of Lake Michigan dropped by 30 degrees and is back down in the 40’s so I won’t be going out there to swim any time soon…maybe next week when the temp is supposed to be in the mid 80’s…didn’t get much done yesterday but the errands and bike rides and don’t have any plans for today other than making some more pasta salad and getting three rides in…going to get back to entertainment tonight after the week of the convention but I still don’t have a lot to watch…it’s a dry time for new shows so I guess I’ll go out to netflix to look for something….it looks like I won’t be able to get outdoors until around 8 as I sit here and let the temp come up so I don’t need a fleece…it’s going to warm up starting today and lows will be around 70 by Monday…this August sure has not been a normal one with all the cold weather but we are going to get over 85 by mid week next week and then will finish off the summer close to normal…more later…

Well…that didn’t work…got a new switch for the back landing light but it slipped my mind that it is part of an interconnected circuit that you can turn on from the top and bottom of the stairs so the switch I got won’t work…only paid 85 cents for it so I’ll keep it for a spare…the one that’s in there appears to be original to the house since it’s this huge ceramic thing that fills the box…so that would make it 84 years old…while I had it apart, I gave it a squirt of wd-40 and now it works like a champ again so it has dropped down on my list of things I have to repair…I did get the errands done this morning but that got me such a late start on the bike that I didn’t get the second ride done until 12:30…I have 3 new books to read and some more glue traps just in case I get mice in here again…and I got 4 more tins of tuna so I can make more pasta salad tomorrow…will probably make another huge batch of it since it did keep until I used it all…damn, forgot the weight work again…need to do that now…

Well…damn, woke up cold and worn out again today and I’m getting pretty tired of it…have some errands to run this morning after I get a ride in downstairs but I just poured the first cup of coffee so that is going to wait for a while…need to go to the library after the errand to get some more books but I’m running out of books from the authors I like so I have to find others to read…I should go through the books I bought at the library sale last year to see if there is something there that I can read…it’s still only 51 degrees out there and that’s cold for August…but it’s going to warm up over the next week so I’ll be back outdoors for every ride…but no rain in the forecast…it’s a little weird that we haven’t had any storms out here at all this summer…they’ve gone to the north and south of here other than the one that took down all of the trees…going to make another batch of pasta salad but I’m not sure what I’m going to cook to go with it…I did make burgers, chicken thighs and pork loin on the grill so I do have a couple of days to think about it…not much to do today…need to get on the bike in 5 minutes or so to get the day started and then out for errands…and that is going to take a lot of effort….more later…

Well…you know I’ve complained about the proliferation of tasks that you are responsible for when you live alone and today was filled with them…and when I’m on the bike for 3 1/2 hours, that takes a lot of time that I could be using to get more done…like right now, I have to write the check for the property taxes I’m going to pay tomorrow…and anytime I want food, I have to go out and get it like today…DD had black forest ham on sale for 1.99 a pound and I couldn’t pass that up so that means getting in the car and doing it myself…and anytime I want a meal, I have to make it…okay that’s not so different as it was before I was alone…okay, need to go get the laundry out of the dryer…see what I mean? Okay, I’ll stop whining now…I did get to 6,600 miles today and that means I only have 500 more miles to go to hit the goal…it looks my estimate of the third week of September is a good one…I do need to hit depot tomorrow to get a new light switch for the back landing light since the one in there is flashing the light and it takes a couple of tries to get it to stay lit…so I guess I’d better get going since I have to do the check and still need to do my weight work…geez…

Well…it’s only 50 degrees out here right now and that is just wrong for August in Michigan….and it’s going to be colder tonight in the upper 40’s…still thinking the heat is going to come on at some point…okay, it’s officially in the 40’s now…brrr….slept okay last night and didn’t get up til almost 7…need to get on the indoor bike here in a few minutes to get a ride in before I head over to DD to get some Black Forest ham for 1.99 a pound and then get on the outdoor bike…after today’s rides, I’ll only have 500 more miles to go to reach the goal for the year…pretty damn sore this morning and my neck is stiff so I’ll have to do something about that before I do anything…I am so damn tired of being sore all the time but I know it’s something I’ll have to live with the rest of the year if I’m going to get to my goal of riding every day…I do need to cook today and I think I’ll grill the chicken thighs I have thawed but I want to marinade them first…and make some potato salad…one of these days I’m going to take a day off…yeah, I know I’ve been saying that almost all year but the little tasks I have to do every day are just wearing me down and I need some rest…more later…

Well…it’s been pretty busy today with moving the grocery run up til today and I have got to stop moving things around in my schedule or I’ll never know what day it is…I’ve bitched about that before when I retired and the weekends were not weekends anymore…oh, well…I did get three rides in today but the plan was for two since I didn’t get an indoor ride in before groceries…just couldn’t get moving this morning…just so damn sore and worn out and the pollen count is so high I’ve been miserable all day…my eyes do fill like they are filled with sand…I wonder if that is taking some of my energy, too? The lawn has greened up a bit with the rain last week but it is getting crunchy again and, with no rain in the forecast until September, it will go dead again…oh, well…okay, I need to do the weight work and figure out what needs to come out of the freezer for the rest of the week…

Well…I’m turning into a complete slug after only doing 25 miles yesterday. it looks like I’ll only do that again today…didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 this morning and just couldn’t drag myself downstairs to get a ride in before I do the grocery run…just started my first cup of coffee at 7 and that doesn’t leave enough time to do an hour on the indoor bike…oh, well…it’s only 51 out there and even though it didn’t get into the 40’s, it is still damn cold for August in Michigan…okay, it’s actually only 50 so I won’t be putting the top down on the car this morning and I may even have to wait to get on the bike outdoors it’s so cold…I really thought the heat was going to come on overnight…man, I don’t know what to do with myself just sitting here and waiting and not doing…maybe this will be the break I need to not be so compulsive about riding…yeah, no…I’ll just do three rides outdoors…down to about 600 miles to get to the goal and need to keep grinding it out…not much to do today…just the grocery run and rides since I got everything done on the yard yesterday…more later…

Well…I tried to take it a little easier today since i knew I needed to get the lawn mowed and the rest of the garden taken out so I only did 25 miles on the bike before I got started on the yard work…and I had to make time to see the postponed race in between before I went out and did the weed walk to finish up the day…had to take all of the food and equipment off the shelf on my prep table since it had sagged on one side and I had to raise it and clean it before I could put everything back…it really did need cleaning so that was cool…I did get some small carrots out of the garden and they taste good so I’ll have them for a snack with some ranch later…still need to eat more with only having two chicken legs and pasta salad for lunch and a ham sandwich that I’m going to have for dinner…with only doing 25 miles, it’s probably a good thing I’ve eaten light today…I do need to pay my property taxes later in the week and pick up more books to read and I think that will be Thurs…they are not due til September but I might just as well get them paid…okay, need to watch some soccer and read a bit….

Well…damn, I need to get moving  to get the three rides in before 11…the nascar race was rained out yesterday and was moved to today at 11am so that will give me something to do…slept okay last night and was only up once and then out of bed a little after 6…only have 45 minutes to drink coffee and get a jump start on this old body and it is really getting old that I am always rushed to do something…I do need to do the weed walk again today with the crab grass sprouting all over the lawn…not sure when I’m going to mow it but it will probably be a couple of days…and will only do two rides on that day…just don’t have the energy to do more than that…it’s going to be cold tonight so that is going to push the rides back til later in the day tomorrow…it will be nice to have an easy morning for a change…and I want to avoid having to wear a fleece on the bike…not much to do today…have leftovers for one meal but I need to figure out the second one…maybe some pasta? Who knows? More later….

Well…as always when I get ready to go out for the rides in the morning, I checked the radar and it was clear so I jumped on the bike around 7:30 and before I got a hundred yards, it started to rain and I don’t like to get wet that early so I put the bike back in the garage and did an indoor ride to wait it out…after I finished, I suited up since it wasn’t raining and by the time I got to the garage it was raining again…so I waited til 9 and went out anyway and didn’t really get wet..did two rides outside and the inside one for 33 miles and I’m okay with that…okay, maybe that wasn’t weird but this is…it’s supposed to get down into the upper 40’s for lows the next two nights and I can’t remember it ever being that cold in Michigan in August…this is supposed to be our hottest month with lows not getting below 70 or so…if my heat comes on in August, that will be weird, too..oh, they are putting up a new sculpture downtown called “The Portal”, a 40 feet tall ring that will have a winding trail spur off to it and be lighted at night…the first thing that came to mind when I rode down to see it this morning was “they found a stargate” since it looks like one…the sci fi nerds here will get it…