Well…when I look back on the titles of these second personal posts of the day, I find that there are multiple uses of “a busy day” or “another busy day” and I don’t want to sound like a broken record so I’ll try harder…it WAS a busy day today with getting up at 5:23 and then getting two indoor rides in before 8am…the out to the grocery runs…oh, and I am shocked at the prices for veggie plants…the ones I used to get for 75 cents are now 5 bucks so of course I didn’t buy any even though I wanted to replace the green and Jalapeno peppers that didn’t come up this year…still can’t figure that out…right on the outdoor bike as soon as I got back and got two outdoor rides in before noon…then I dragged the big ladder out of the garage to clean out the gutter so it will drain…must have been 30 gallons of water that  went down after I cleared the clog…then I planted the tomatoes and cukes and put the rest of the cups outdoors so I could shut the light off downstairs…need to take it down and put it away and probably will later and then clean up the spilled dirt I have down there…

Well…up at three this morning and then out of bed at 5:23 and I need to get moving to get two indoor rides in before 8am and before I do the grocery runs so I can get out on the outdoor bike after I get back…want to have all the bike rides in before lunch so I can get the cukes and tomatoes planted today…still pretty sore from the 41 miles a day but I am going to try to keep it up as long as I can…I can see that I will have to have a half day soon for a repair day but I want to see where the wall is first…we have two days of no rain coming but then storms on Thurs night so I need to have the yard mowed before then…it’s going to be almost 80 Thurs then it goes back down in the 60’s for a week or so but I can live with that as long as there are no freezes…and there shouldn’t be since we are into May starting tomorrow…damn, need to get going to get this rush of a morning started…more later…

Well…they delivered my new bike bag this afternoon and I am pretty happy with it…it’s tall enough to take my quart sized sub zero stainless steel water bottle and still close the zipper…not like the last one where I had to keep that compartment open…and it has a phone sized zippered compartment on the front of the bag along with inside zippered and unzippered pouches….I washed the bike and put it on this afternoon and it looks nice to have a good looking bag on it instead of one with broken zippers on both parts of it…and this one has enough room in the main bag to put a pair of gloves and my eyeglass case along with the ziploc I put the phone in when it’s raining…and it came with a waterproof cover that you stretch over the entire bag…so far, I’m pretty happy with it…just hope the zippers are more durable than the last bag since they were made by the same company…okay, I shouldn’t bitch about that since I got 6 years out of it for the same price of 23 bucks I paid for the new one…I guess I’ll see…

Well…it looks like the rain that is coming in is going to dictate the day a bit today…supposed to last til noon and then I may be able to get out for the outdoor rides to make it 9 days in a row of 41 miles per day…slept pretty crappy last night but when I got back to sleep at 5:13, I was rewarded by having a dream and I can’t remember the last time I had one of those..and woke up somewhat refreshed from it…still need to get on the indoor bike here by 7 to get two rides in before 9 then I’m going to go over and pay the water bill and hit the library for a couple more books…only two this time since I don’t want to be stressed about getting them done in time…going to get the tomatoes planted tomorrow and I think I need to find a garden center to buy some green pepper and Jalapeno plants since not one of the seeds sprouted and they were new seeds this year…the bean plants look good and I am anticipating the broccoli will look good again this year…I do have 5 cuke plants up downstairs and they will be planted tomorrow, too and then I can shut the light off and pack it up…still really sore this morning and it will be a chore to  loosen up everything today…I am looking forward to get my new bike bag today…not much to do today…just going to wing it pretty much but I’m going to make potato soup later since I have 5 pounds of yellow potatoes staring me in the eye….more later…

Well..with the rain today, I never thought I’d be able to get two rides in outdoors but I got them done by 12:30 and that made 8 days straight of doing 41 miles per day…I am wondering where the wall is that I should be hitting any day…too damn old to be doing this and yet I felt good on the bike other than I hurt everywhere and my knees have joined in the fun…I bought a new handlebar bag for the bike and it is going to be here tomorrow along with the 10 shift cables and the 20 removable chain links so I can break the chain instead of taking the shifter apart when I change it….and the shifter will be here Friday so I’ll change it out as soon as I get it and be back to normal on the bike…and then start piling 50 miles a day on…still 800 miles away from halfway and should get there by the end of May and that will leave me 7 months for the second half…might get there…the beans I planted the other day are really taking off and I can notice them growing already along with the 5 pea plants…still no peppers up and that sucks…oh, well…

Well…as you can see, I only did one of these yesterday and I’m not sure why…the day was pretty jumbled with the high wind that I thought was going to keep me off the bike but after I finished up a book, I looked out and the wind looked like it had lessened so I jumped on the outdoor bike and got two rides in for 41 miles for the day and that made it an entire week of 41 mile days…that is not going to happen today with rain that is stretched back all the way into Iowa but it could be that the rain won’t make it to the ground just like yesterday…up way too damn early today with waking up at 5:34 and knowing that was it and I wasn’t going to get back to sleep…have 35 minutes before I need to get on the indoor bike and I really do wonder how long I can keep this up at my age…I mean how many almost 71 year olds ride 41 miles a day? Both knees hurt like crazy after the rides and that’s new…but I’m pretty sure going into the wind yesterday did it…not much to do today…just going to start it with two indoor rides and then figure out what else I need to do…going to grill some pork chops for lunch but I’m not sure what to make with it…roast or baked potato? Who knows? More later…

Well…damn, up so early this morning that I’m waiting for the coffee to brew and doing this without coffee is just not right…slept okay last night…okay for me that is and that is not that good…it’s 6:13 and I am dreading getting on the bike this morning but I do need to get my 41 miles in today to make a full week of 4 rides a day…okay, the coffee has stopped so I need to get some…okay, the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen just changed to “record highs” and I don’t know hat that means…I do know it’s already 60 out there and there is a high wind warning on so the outdoor rides are going to hurt again today…there is a small blob of rain that is getting here in a few minutes and it looks like it rained overnight but I’ll still need to water the garden and the grass seed today…it does look like rain overnight and through tomorrow so the lawn should green up after I fed it yesterday….don’t have a lot to do today…at least it won’t be as busy as yesterday was…but I forgot to do my weight work and that bugs me a bit since I can see the changes that have come from it…my arms are toned and not flappy like they were…not much to do today…have 35 minutes before I need to get on the bike but I may make it earlier so I can get the outdoor rides in before the wind comes up and Man U plays at 10….I really could use a day off…maybe tomorrow…yeah, that made me laugh, too…more later…

Well…it’s been a busy day and I put in a full 8 hours of working and on the bike today…and I was outdoors so much today that I got sunburned even with sunscreen on..started out the day with getting on the indoor bike around 7am and then right back down for the second one that I finished up by 9:30…then straight out to mow the lawn and put food down on it…and then I planted veggie seeds and bean plants in the garden before lunch…this year, I remembered to put markers in the garden that tells me what is where after the debacle of making a map last year and not being able to figure out where things were…much more organized…then out for the outdoor rides for the 6th 41 mile day in a row…saw my first gravel freighter pulled into Verplanks today and that was pretty cool…wind was still blowing hard today but I think I’m getting used to it…but it still made me sore across my middle back…finished the second outdoor ride a little before 3 so I’m done for the day right now…a full 8 hours of effort but there will be less to do tomorrow…just the rides…

Well…I feel like the line from the Neil Young song “Coupe deVille”…”well I hit the wall, woke up this morning and I hit the wall”…have been abusing my body since the start of the year and I think I need to figure out how to give it a rest at some point…but today I have the indoor rides, then mowing the lawn and putting food down, then outdoors  for two rides, then putting the seeds and bean plants in the garden…and doing laundry and cooking two meals…so I will be busy until 5 again today starting at 7am in 17 minutes…I am so damn worn out…but I’ll drag myself downstairs and get going…might have to run an errand, too, but we’ll see about that…had a bad noise from the bike just when I got to the bottom of the hill and I wonder what it is…I may have to get some grease and do the wheel bearings since I’ve never done them on the grey bike and it has over 35,000 miles on it…so that’s another task to accomplish today…I don’t think I’ve ever been this busy and it’s a lot of work at my advanced age…have lots to do today…okay, that’s a take off on the “not much to do today” line that I used to use a lot but those days seem to be gone….more later…

Well…damn, I think I finally went over the line exerting myself this week…I hurt everywhere and I know it’s going into the wind every damn day…and what the heck is it with weather forecasters? Today, the weather channel said the wind was out of the south at less than 4mph…but when I got out on the bike, it was blowing out of the NE at least 15…again…so it was into the wind all the way out for the 4th time this week and my right thigh is burning and my knee still hurts, too…oh, well…I did get the annuals planted on  he east side of the house and put the three sunflowers that had sprouted out behind the house and I’m going to work on the garden…planting all the extra seeds and then the 20 bean plants that are ready…I may wait on the tomatoes until after the storms tomorrow night since they are small and fragile…I even made little signs to stick in the dirt so I know what is planted where…leeks and broccoli and lettuce…along with one for chili peppers that haven’t come up yet…might be my basement is too cold to get them started…who knows…tomorrow is going to be a full work day with mowing the lawn and putting food on it and the 4 bike rides and planting…so, I’ll be back tomorrow telling you I hurt again…oh, I spent more than 60 bucks on bike parts today since I think the shifter is worn out from the sand out here…and I bought myself a new handlebar bag that is supposed to be here Tuesday along with 10 more rear shift cables and some universal links for putting chains together…what a day