Well…slept a little better last night after having a couple of cocktails but I’m not sure I like the tradeoff…I guess we’ll see the next couple of days…I really don’t like waiting for it to get light to get on the bike since it makes me late for anything I want to do for the day…I did get a lot of work done yesterday and it’s nice to have a clean fridge finally…not sure what I’m going to eat today but I did remember to take a container of soup out of the freezer…and I have an open jar of pasta sauce that needs to be used so that will probably be it…and some bean burritos or salads…so I guess I do have some choices…I need to do the dining room floor today along with cleaning the living room but I need to get two rides in first…they predicted a 60% chance of rain today but it fell apart coming over the lake so we add another day of drought to the month or so of no rain here to go with the month before the 10 minutes of rain we had at the end of July…I wonder if the weather will ever go back to normal? Probably not…oh, well…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike here in 15 minutes or so and I’m only doing two rides today but I’m already gaining weight from cutting out the third ride…doing the math I’ll be gaining a pound every 5 days unless I cut out 600 calories a day and I’m not sure where that is going to come from…maybe down to one meal a day? Who knows? More later…

Well…I had plans for the day that would have made it move smoothly and get a bunch done but, of course, plans only work sometimes…when I went out for the first ride, the zipper on my bike bag fell apart and that’s to be expected for cheap rhinowalk bags…so I got on the the bike anyway and when I got up the hill and made the turn at the beach, the rear shift cable broke inside the shifter housing on the handlebar and that means the bike shifts all the way to 24th gear and stays there so I abused my legs all the way home…couldn’t make the last climb up to the house in that gear so I had to get off the bike and walk it up the hill…then I put a new shift cable in, luckily I ordered 10 of them when I bought the new shifter, and then eyeballed the adjustment and hit it almost right so I jumped back on the bike for the second ride and it worked well…after I got back here, I attacked the fridge and freezer and got those cleaned and had a half of a 30 gallon bag to toss in the trash…then I dug out some velcro and sewed some into the bag to be able close it and it worked out okay…they should have done velcro to start with…cheaper than even cheap zippers and it doesn’t wear out… still might put a couple more pieces in it but we’ll see…now it’s 3 pm and soccer is coming on before the ARCA and truck races from Bristol later….

Well…47 years ago today my daughter was born and I still remember that day like it was yesterday…slept really crappy again last night but I had a dream at some point so I must have gotten into REM…really sore this morning and I hurt just about everywhere but that will work out once I get moving…but that won’t be until the temp comes up from the 52 it is right now…so I won’t be on the bike until 8 or so…making for a two ride day…going to sit here for a bit and relax as I try to wake up and pour the coffee down…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and today is fridge day since I haven’t cleaned it in a while…need to organize the freezer to know what is in there and get some meal planning done…might take one of the last two containers of soup out to make room for more so I can use the ham bones up that I know are in there…today will be chicken legs with pasta salad and then a big salad for dinner to use up the lettuce and tomatoes I have in the crisper….will probably make bean burritos this weekend and I’ll make some more chicken masala at some point before the fresh ginger and Greek yogurt goes bad…not much to do today…it is a little nice to have some time to ease into the day instead of rushing to get moving and I’m going to savor it…the fall Bristol races are on for the next three nights so that will keep me entertained without using any of the shows on Plex…and after thee days of being good, I get to have cocktails tonight but I am going to keep moving toward only having them two days a week…it’s funny how I still feel hung over even without drinking….oh, well…more later…

Well…I just don’t frickin get it…I’ve been good with no cocktails for three days and yet today I feel so darn worn out and exhausted…probably from not eating enough again but yesterday I had 2 chicken legs and some pasta salad for lunch and a bowl of rice and chicken masala… and that’s over a thousand calories for the day and I only did 25 miles…I did do 33 miles today and did the grocery run with the same lunch but some spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner with about the same calorie count so I just can’t figure it out…I haven’t slept well the past two nights so that may have something to do with it…only about 5 hours a night but I’m used to that…oh, well…maybe the pasta will help…I did get the dining room table cleaned today so I’ll have room to put the food when I tear the fridge apart to clean it tomorrow…going to do the freezer, too, and dig through old stuff in there and dump it…should be able to get to that early since I really don’t have anything else to do other than do two rides on the bike and I should have that done by 10…no bargains for protein this week but I have lots of ham in the fridge along with some random chicken in there…and I do have the ingredients to make some bean burritos which would be good and some salads…so plenty to eat even without protein…okay, need to read some…

well…up and down all night last night and out of bed before 5:30 but I feel okay and I’ll take…I may have broken my compulsion to ride all the time with going down to only 25 miles a day…and I’m even just sitting here this morning at 5:50 instead of hurrying up and getting downstairs to ride before the grocery run…I may still do it but at least there is the possibility of not doing it and that is progress, I think…it’s only 52 out here right now and I hope it warms up a bit so I can put the top down on the car for the grocery runs…running out of those days and that sucks…oh, well…it felt good to get some things done yesterday and I hope to continue that today with cleaning the living room and putting the tools away downstairs that have been out for a month…and I need to get after ordering the new parts for the bike today, too…it will be third day of being good tonight and I’m slowly moving toward only having cocktails 2 nights a week and I should be there by the end of the month…just need to get my body back to feeling better but at my age, I wonder what that will be like? Can’t be worse….not much to do today…just going to try to have another normal day and enjoy myself a bit instead of going, going, going all the time…way too task oriented and organized and I’m going to try another way…more later…

Well…it’s been quite a different day today and only doing two rides has had something to do with that…started out getting the two rides in but I went a little too hard with knowing I only had two to do…so, my thighs are sore right now but I can live with it…my neck is better and fingers crossed it is healing…then I went over to the library to get three new books, then back here for lunch…then I needed to get something done so I cleaned the whole kitchen and mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors while I was doing laundry…just put that away and now I’m waiting for Man U to play at 3…and I am going to really watch the match this time…or read and watch the match, not sure yet…I’m really working toward only having cocktails only two nights a week but won’t get there for a couple of weeks and that’s okay…will need to clean the living room tomorrow and maybe the dining room, too…we’ll see…time to take a break…

Well…another fitful night’s sleep after being good last night and that’s becoming a broken record for me…but, I feel okay and I haven’t even started the coffee yet…I’m hoping today will be a more normal day with emby working so I’ll have background noise all day…I am seriously thinking about going down to 25 miles a day on the bike and only doing two rides…have so much cleaning and maintenance to do around here and I have met the goal for the year and my body could use some rest and repair time…it’s only 53 out there right now so it looks like I’ll have to wait to get on the bike this morning unless I do an indoor ride and I’ll decide that here in a few minutes after I’m done here…I do want to go to the library for more books this morning but that doesn’t take much time…and I have some chicken legs that need to be cooked or frozen today and I’ll decide that in a few minutes, too…no beach today since I got a good burn yesterday and my skin won’t take the abuse…not much to do today…just going to take it a little easier and make sure I eat enough…yesterday I didn’t…more later…

Well…this was one of those days where I couldn’t get a flow going…to much unusual stuff happening…with the biggest thing was having to fix my tv shows in emby and sort them out of the 3,000 channels that are in the list and that took my almost 2 1/2 hours today…I did get two rides in today before I went out to the beach and I think it will be the last time since my chair just fell apart today…I guess I could take a couple of towels out and just sit on the sand and I just might…we’ll see…I still have the weight work to do now so this will be a short one…I did get the pasta salad made this afternoon and it is nice to have that in the fridge to go with the sandwiches…no cocktails this week until thurs and I think that will be the new norm from now on…will save some cash and calories…it looks like a three ride day tomorrow and I do need to hit the library to get more books…

Well…running late this morning after having emby reset and trying to re construct my channels…crap…I did sleep okay last night so I guess that’s something…woke up pretty sore today and I wonder if it’s from doing three rides yesterday? Not going to do that today but I will get 25 miles in and maybe even a run out to the beach…I will have to spend a couple of hours getting the channels back on emby later and I may do that instead of going to the beach…what a pain…I noticed that I had a light out in the overhead fixture in the kitchen yesterday and put another bulb in…now it’s so damn bright in there that I may have to take that bulb out again…I know I can’t take a day off the bike but I sure want to…it would be so nice to just sit here today and let the day unfold…that’s a luxury that I would love to enjoy at some point but my brain won’t let me…oh, well…I did get the bike cleaned yesterday so I’ll have to lube it up again or it will have annoying squeaks from the swing arm bushing…I really should order the parts to rebuild it soon…not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving…and right now…more later…

Well…slept okay last night with going to bed early and not climbing out of bed til almost 6:30 this morning…not too sore today and that is welcome after hurting everywhere for such a long time…the F1 race is starting right now and I’ll be able to get on the bike before 9 and I need to if I want to get three rides in before the Lions play at 1pm…didn’t eat enough yesterday with only having a bowl of chicken masala for lunch and a salad for dinner and that is less than a thousand calories but with only doing two rides, I had to do that…didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same with football and races on all day today and I’m going to try to not feel guilty about it…not going to work but I’ll try…the weather here has been hot and dry for weeks now and I may just go to the beach every day this week starting tomorrow…it’s not going to rain until October and that sucks a bit but I don’t have to mow the lawn so I guess that’s something…not much to do today…the little weather widget says “record highs” and it’s going to be near 90 today but this house stays pretty cool with it’s big windows….just need a little breeze…going to just wing it and get the rides in…do I dare to only do two rides for a third day in a row? Who knows? More later….