Well…it looks like it’s going to be an enforced late start to my riding today with Man U playing at 7:30 and F1 qualifying on at 8am…so I can sit and sip my coffee this morning and take it easy for a bit…slept okay last night but I still need another night of sleeping to make up for the sleep deficit earlier in the week…had an okay day yesterday but 88 degrees in the middle of September? And today is supposed to be a record high temp according to the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen…so it looks like another 2 ride day today and I’m okay with that…I really do need to get some recovery time but I’ll probably be stupid and try to ride three times today…and that will put me into riding into the afternoon and push lunch back to whenever I can fit it in…don’t need to cook today with doing the chicken masala yesterday…will probably do a salad for the second meal today since I have a lot of tomatoes in the fridge that need to be used…not much to do today…just going to drink coffee and watch Man U play to start then out on the bike by 9:30 to get two rides in before noon…but if Man U sucks I could go out earlier…and Michigan plays at noon so I will only get two rides in today…and that’s okay…more later…

Well…finally, I’m feeling better after the reaction to the flu shot from Wed…no more pain in my hips or knees and part of that could be I only did two rides today and I think it’s the first time I’ve done that little on the bike in quite a while…I did get out to the beach for the second day in a row today and the water was even nicer than yesterday so I was in swimming for over a half hour…it’s still 88 degrees here at 6 pm but it’s comfortable in here with the fan on it’s lowest speed…I skipped lunch today with needing to cut 600 calories out of my diet and then made chicken masala for an early dinner…that came out yummy and there is enough for the next four days so I just need to figure out a second meal and that will probably be sandwiches or pasta since I have a new open jar of pasta sauce… and I can use a little variety and I have salads to make, too…and that may be the second meal for tomorrow…not sure how much longer my beach chair is going to last but I’m having a heck of a time trying to find webbing to replace the plastic jelly ribs that is on it…okay, need to read a bit…crap…forgot the weight work again…need to get on that….

Well…I am still darn sore today and I can’t remember the reaction to a flu shot lasting this long…and that is going to shut me down to only two rides today…I’ve been over 33 miles a day for months now and I need a break…yeah, a break for me is only doing 25 miles a day…pretty worn out today and just poured the first cup of coffee at almost 7:30 and that puts me behind for the day…behind for what, I’m not sure but I do want to go out to the beach again today and want to to do that before noon…and I need to make the chicken masala today…maybe I’ll do that this morning after the rides and have it for lunch…but that means I’ll have to get on the bike before 8 and it’s getting close…didn’t get anything done yesterday and it looks like cooking will be the only thing I get done today…oh, well…it will be nice to get another swim in today and I may even be out to the beach next week since it is staying in the 80’s all week…I need to try to just relax about things and not be so task oriented…the go, go, go is wearing me out…it looks like there is no wind out there so the rides should be good today…more later…

Well…damn, I haven’t had a reaction to the flu vaccine like this is years…yesterday afternoon I started to hurt in my hips like I had a groin pull and then it spread to my shoulders, knees and elbows…and I had a slight fever with no damn energy at all…and that still goes on right now…the pain is better and I was able to do the bike rides today but I am still so damn tired that it’s hard to just sit here…it doesn’t help that I took three days off cocktails and that ruined my sleep completely…probably slept 9 hours the past three days but that ends today with making some up and putting them in the freezer…I did got back to DD today to pick up more ham, cotto salami, hard salami, a pound of cheese ham, and a package of jalapeno cheddar hot dogs…and they are all Oscar Meyer stuff so it’s good quality…yeah, I know it’s all bad for me but damn, all that and a jar of Miracle whip for less than 12 bucks? This will keep me in easy food for the rest of the year and I have to have some of that here since I am getting bored with cooking every damn meal…so i can make a lot of sandwiches on whole wheat…okay, I want to read a bit…

Well…damn, this flu vaccination hit pretty hard and I’m sitting here in pain and feeling like I have a slight fever…has felt like I have a groin pull with how much pain my hips are in but it’s not the only place I hurt…my shoulders and knees hurt, too…and I had another really crappy night of sleep that ended at 5:34 today and I think I was up more than I slept…and it’s 51 degrees out there right now so the first ride will be indoors and I may only do two rides since I want to head for DD for more ham and then go to the beach after lunch since it’s getting to 87 degrees today…and that will be the last time for the year…another night of being good last night but I don’t feel good enough to keep it up..but who knows? Didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than the grocery run and vaccinations…need to start working on the yard to get it ready for winter but not in the heat of the next few days…still no rain at all in the forecast for the rest of the month and that will be a knockout blow to my lawn…oh, well…not much to do today….took some tylenol for the pain and hope it starts to work soon…more later…

Well…it’s been a busy day until now and I am pretty worn out from it…I did get the grocery runs in and got my vaccinations and so far, no pain or problems from it…and I found out that I don’t need an RSV vaccination this year so in two weeks I’ll be scheduling the shingles and a tetanus shot since the last one was almost 15 years ago…and that will being me up to date with the recommended ones for my age…I did get a nice little surprise at DD when they had 1 pound packages of Oscar Meyer smoked ham on sale for a buck…when was the last time you saw name brand ham for a buck a  pound? That just about made my day along with getting the rides in and having the top down on the car even though it was a little cold…and I have two little round bandaids on my left shoulder…after not sleeping much last night, I should feel worse than I do…but I think no cocktails is offsetting it some…so I think I’ll do that for a few more days at least…who, knows?

Well…that sucked…didn’t sleep well at all last night and was up and down with finally giving up at 5:30 and getting up…but, I knew that was going to happen with being good last night…I realized that it was 51 years since I started my only good job at Steelcase…1973…yow that was a long time ago…it’s too cold to get a ride in outdoors before the grocery run so I’ll be downstairs in an hour or so and then do two rides outdoors when I get back here…I do need to hit DD this morning to pick up some boneless/skinless chicken breasts to use in some chicken masala this weekend for 2 bucks a pound…but you have to buy 4 pounds so that is enough for two batches…still have leftovers for today and tomorrow so I may have to make the masala Friday….and I do have the ingredients for salads so that will stretch into the weekend…still no rain here for weeks now and none in the forecast until the 21st and that is a low probability…oh, well…not much to do today…just the grocery run and vaccinations and I hope it warms up enough to put the top down on the car…more later…

Well…damn, I think I’m getting lazy with the second day in a row with not doing much but ride the bike and doing laundry…didn’t even have to cook with having leftovers…I did get some reading done and that felt good to be able to just take a couple of hours to just relax and do that…tomorrow will be a little busier with the rides, grocery run, and vaccinations…going to stop at DD on the way home to get some boneless/skinless chicken to make some more chicken masala sine I haven’t made it in quite a while and I like it…no cocktails tonight so I’ll feel good with all the stuff to do tomorrow…and I can use a break…so I need to go get my allergy meds and find something to watch tonight…

Well…as you’ve noticed, the site was down this morning…and I need to get a second ride in right now so I’ll be back in about an hour and a half…more later…Okay, I’m back a little later than I said but have the three rides in, laundry started, and lunch in the air fryer…and I’m finishing up the coffee as I do this…slept okay last night but probably won’t tonight with the start of being good for a while…still have a lot to do today with putting the grocery list together, doing the weight work, and the putting the list together of the bike parts I need to order soon…the trees have started to change color out here and I wonder if it has to do with the fact that we’ve had 10 minutes of rain here in the past month? Some of the trees are under a lot of stress and have started dropping their leaves already and I think that’s a bit early…going to try to get a ride in tomorrow morning before I do the grocery run and get vaccinated…and then I can make it a three outdoor ride day but I’m not sure why I’m still piling on the miles after reaching the goal for the year…habit, I guess…not much to do today…should clean the kitchen some or take the AC unit out and put it back downstairs so I can get some air flow through my bedroom…more later…

Well…it was an easy day with just the rides and some yard work done but I did remember to schedule my fall vaccines…getting both my flu and covid vaccines Wed morning after I get the grocery run done…then I’m going to wait a couple of weeks and schedule my rsv and shingles vaccines and then I’ll be done with them for the year..they had lots of spots open and I hope it stays that way for a couple of weeks..it was so windy when I went out that the waves were 6-8 feet tall and there was even a guy out there trying to surf them…and they were so loud that I could hear them even with music in my ears..so I took my earbuds out and just sat there listening to it roar for a while…then I did a weed walk and filled in the holes that the skunks dug in the grass with my last bag of topsoil…and even carved out a couple of hours to read…okay, just need to veg out for a while and stare at the tv…