Well…when I got up this morning, I found that my bathroom sink drain was completely blocked and drain cleaner wouldn’t touch it…so after the second ride, I went out to depot to pick up a small drain auger and found a nice one for 30 bucks…to get at the pipes I had to remove the trap under the bathroom sink and found that the clog was right there so I didn’t need the auger…15 minutes later I had it cleaned and put back together with the stopper adjusted right so it opens as it’s supposed to…have had problems with that drain since I bought this place but now I think it’s solved permanently and I saved the 30 bucks I spent on the auger so I can return it next week…I did get the last of the lawn food applied to take advantage of the rain that is supposed to come tomorrow morning…okay, need to do the weight work…Oh, when I was at my water stop on the last ride, an old gentleman sat down to ask where the “beach loop” was that he saw on the signs so I showed him since I ride it every day…he was looking for a place to do rehab walks for some knee problems he is having…we had a nice chat and it was cool to talk to anyone with my self imposed covid isolation going on…

Well…damn, I hurt everywhere this morning and I think this may be an ibuprofen morning…really don’t like to do that but I’ve been using too much voltaren to try to make it thought the rides…I did get three rides in yesterday and I’m gradually heading to the goal that I’ll hit in a week and a half or so if I keep up the 38 miles a day…didn’t get anything done yesterday but cooking but I need to feed the lawn to take advantage of the rain that is coming tomorrow and use up the leftover food…then I won’t feed it again until the fall food goes on in October…I really do need to clean the kitchen today, too, since the sinks are getting pretty bad and the prep table is too…and that will lead into the bathroom but with how humid it’s been they would never dry…but the weather is changing over the weekend down into the 70’s and that should help…I do need to order the parts to rebuild the bike and I have enough cash back on my capitol one card to cover it so all the parts will be free…and I’m going to order a new set of earbuds since the ones I’m using are getting pretty old…I should make a list of the things I need so I don’t miss anything…not much to do today…just need to get started on the bike as soon as it gets light in a half hour and then take it from there…more later…

Well…another night of not much sleep but I was able to stay in bed until almost 6…still pretty worn out and I’m wavering on riding indoors to start the day…if I do, I need to get going in 10 minutes or so and I just poured the first cup of coffee so the math doesn’t work out…I do need to do the grocery run today but just at Meijers and Aldis…no deals at DD today…I’m under 300 miles to get to my goal on the bike for the year so I guess a 25 mile day wouldn’t hurt too much…I’m not sure what the post goal riding is going to look like but I do know I need to cut calories if I cut back on riding…but how do I do that when I’m already under 1,500 calories for the day? One less ride would mean taking 600 calories out and I can’t live on 900 calories a day…oh, well…it only got down to 72 last night but the weather is going to change with highs down into the 70’s next week…and lows back in the 40 to near 50…I just want the humidity to drop…tired of being damp all the time…not much to do today…just the grocery runs and rides but I do need to cook today…have some chicken thighs marinating but I’m not sure if I’m going to grill or not…more later…

Well…after getting the work done yesterday, I had an afternoon off today so I decided to go out to the beach since it was so damn hot and humid…and I wanted to try out the repairs I made to my beach chair…and they worked but I think I’m going to re web it over the winter since the frame is so sturdy…not like the new ones that are flimsy and weak…will probably cost me 40 bucks to do it and a lot of drilling for the screws but it might be a fun project…and I’ll change it from the small jelly plastic to a more standard 3 inch webbing…I did get some color in my hands since I didn’t have any sunscreen on them along with my face to get rid of the raccoon eyes from my sunglasses…don’t think I’ll need aloe sine I was only out there for an hour and a half…the water appeared cold the first time I stepped into it but once I got in, it felt okay and I played in the water for a half hour…it might be my last time for the summer so that was a little bittersweet…but, we’ll see…

Well…I wouldn’t wish that night of sleep on anyone…tossed and turned from 11 til 2, got up for a bit to watch for the storms coming in, laid back down til 4, up again then out of bed for good 5:32…and I must have slept with pressure on my eye since I can barely see clearly this morning…I am so darn worn out today after that…so I started the coffee early and I’m pouring it down and hope it works soon…it never got under 75 again last night and it’s supposed to be almost 90 again today…the heat index got up to 105 yesterday and it will probably be higher than that today since it’s so humid right now with the rain…we did get some good rain overnight and it lasted a little more than an hour and I’ll take it…the lawn was crackling when I mowed it yesterday and even this rain isn’t going to do much for it…I’m thinking of only doing two rides today so I can go out to the beach for one last time this summer and try to get a swim in…the water has to have gained 30 degrees over the past week and I’m not sure if that’s possible…I did get the front porch clean3d up and fixed yesterday and need to start thinking about replacing it in the next couple of years and I may expand it to make it more like a deck…but that will cost 3-4 grand and I’m not sure I want to spend it…we’ll see…not much to do today…just two rides and the beach but I still have an hour before it gets light and I can get on the bike…more later…

Well…one of these days I’m going to stop complaining about how busy I am all the time…it sure doesn’t feel like I’m retired other than I don’t go somewhere to work every day…started out by getting three rides in by 10:30, then mowing the lawn…then I discovered some loose stair treads on the front porch and drilled and screwed them back down…when I was doing that, I noticed that the algae was taking over the flat surfaces again and the door mat so I scrubbed the mat with a scrub brush and dish soap…then I got out the deck cleaner and washed the flat surfaces that were green and I’ll re treat them with Thompsons water seal tomorrow…then I put a load of laundry in, did three of these and now it’s 2:30pm and I am done for the day…now you see what the title said…busy again…oh, well…

Well…it never got under 75 overnight and it’s going to be a hot one today…between 85 and 90 and that will continue for one more day and then down into the 70’s for the rest of the summer…so I’ll need to get on the bike by 7:30 to have the rides in before 11 when the heat just pours in…left the house open all night and should have put the fan on in the bedroom like I will tonight…allergies suck today as they have for weeks now and I really need to some rain to wash the air out and that might happen tonight but I won’t count on it…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to clean a bit today if I have the energy for it…have been trying to eat more to support the riding and other work and I’m not sure if I was successful or not…I do know that every damn joint I have hurts this morning and I’ll have to treat it before I get on the bike…and that means I’ll need to get moving in a few minutes to prep my skin, do my teeth, and get the voltaren on my joints….I am so damn tired of the maintenance that this old body needs every day to just keep moving…but, I’ll do it…oh, well…more later…

Well…I don’t know what it is about 3:37 but I’ve woken up at that time for the past four days in a row and that is a little weird…and out of bed at about the same time, too…and I’m not sure I want that routine…I did sleep okay but I think I’m running out of steam and just want to sit here on the couch for a bit…the F1 race comes on at nine and that means I have a half hour to get on the bike to get a ride in before then…so I need to pour the coffee down and get moving…it’s going to be hot the next three days with temps in the mid 80’s but then down into the 70’s for 10 days and I think that’s the end of the hot weather for the year…so I won’t be out swimming again and that is a little sad…I am sore from running the string trimmer yesterday and that will probably continue to get worse for another day…there will be voltaren in my future…not much to do today…don’t have to cook since I still have leftovers but I should clean some…not too motivated right now even to get on the bike…but I will suck it up and get going in 22 minutes….more later…

Well…I really like my routine..getting the rides in, getting work done, and cooking, then sitting down at 7pm to catch some entertainment from shows I watch every week…or find some weird Korean or Japanese show on netflix…but since the last week of July, my routines have been interrupted by the Olympics, the convention, and nascar putting races on at night like last night and tonight…now, I like racing and the one from Daytona last night was a good one and I expect that tonight’s race from there will be fun…but it won’t allow me to see Svengoolie or a show or movie for some mindless entertainment…races are supposed to be during the day so I get to watch it and then go into my routine…I really would like my routine back before summer ends…only did two rides today with doing some yard work…ran the string trimmer around the entire yard today and I will be sore tomorrow…heck, I’m sore right now…not eating enough caught up with me this afternoon and I was dizzy as heck but how the heck do I eat more…my stomach doesn’t have that capacity anymore…oh, well…going to order the new parts for the black bike tomorrow but I think I’m going to use them on the grey bike since I’ve got 16,000 miles on the set that’s on it and they normally only last about 12K and I can’t get the hitch out of the idlers and it annoys the hell out of me…I’ll be riding along perfectly fine and smooth and then I’ll get clicking and vibration through the pedals…so I guess I’ll replace the entire drive line again including the shifter that I’ve already got downstairs along with the chain and front crankset and rear cassette…I’ll put a new shift cable on it, too since the one on it is a little frayed at the end and I have a dozen new ones downstairs…but now it’s time to read…

Well…darn, the premier league starting up has complicated my life today…Man U plays at 7:30 this morning and then F1 qualifying starts at 9 so I won’t be able to get out on the bike til 10 or so and that may make it a two ride day…slept okay last night and I am really confused on why I can sleep on my back again after 40 years of snoring waking me up if I tried it…it has to be losing weight but it can’t be that simple can it? Woke up at 5:37 again but was able to stay in bed til 6:23 and now I need to coffee to work but I’m just going to be sitting here for a couple of hours so I don’t really need it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to run the string trimmer so maybe two rides will be enough…it’s going to hurt like crazy as it always does and I wonder how long I’ll be able to keep it up? My neck and shoulders already hurt just sitting here so I think I slather some voltaren on before I get on the bike or work outside…don’t have to cook today since I have leftovers but I do need to plan something for tomorrow and I’m not sure what that will be….damn, this is hard just sitting here waiting for soccer to start…okay, more coffee and 10 minutes until the match…more later…