Well…damn, I feel like a slug today after bailing on the 2nd ride this morning…got the first one done in the cold at 53 with a north wind of 25mph…a struggle but I gutted through it…and I filled my coffee cup and got back on the bike and got out about half way and it started to rain and that was the last straw…I could take the cold and the wind but I just couldn’t get wet…I still did some but it wasn’t running off me like it has in the past…reminded me I used to be tougher when I was younger…I remember being out in November at 37 degrees and it started raining so hard that I could only see about 20 feet in front of me and, by the time I got home after about 4 miles, I had to pour the rain out of my shoes I was so wet…giving up won’t happen again…I’ll put my raingear on and go anyway just to prove to myself I can still take it…so it’s been an easy day today but I did run out to aldis to get the veggies I need for the pork shoulder I’m making this weekend…made chicken stir fry today that will last 5 days or so and I baked a couple of breasts so I can have a 2nd meal of sandwiches I can eat..now it’s time to read a bit…

Well…darn, for some reason I’m just worn out today and I have too much to do for that…haven’t had coffee yet so I hope it will help once I pour a couple of cups down…at least my right hip doesn’t hurt today and that is the normal pattern after I hurt it…we did get a nice little storm while I went to bed last night and if my lawn doesn’t recover after all the rain the past few days I think it will never recover…it’s better than the dried out husk it was but still not my quality of lawn…oh, well…need to make a run out to aldis this morning since I forgot everything I need to make the pork shoulder this weekend…potatoes, celery, and carrots and I wonder how the heck I didn’t remember and put them on the list…after all, I need the celery and carrots for the stir fry I’m making today…didn’t get much done yesterday but need to get off my butt and accomplish something today…cleaning the kitchen will wait until I cook the next day or so since it makes no sense to to clean and then just get it dirty again…I am going to hard boil some eggs so I have a 2nd meal available for the next couple of days and then the pork shoulder will do that job…it looks like we’ll never get beach weather this year with the next 10 days of highs in the low 70’s and we should be in the 80’s by now and that sucks…more later…

Well…the grocery run today started out pretty normal until I got to the e-way…stopped there at the light with no one in front of me and when I took off, it was an easy 1-2 and 2-3 shift but once in 3rd, I did a “Italian tuneup” of the car with running it up to 7,200 rpms when the rev limiter came in and said “stop idiot” and I actually laughed out loud…then I got to aldis and decided to buy a dozen eggs since they were only 1.44 and I have been enjoying egg salad sandwiches lately…when I opened the container to check for broken eggs, there was a brown egg in it and I laughed out loud…the guy stocking the shelves looked at me like I was crazy and I thought “yes I am”…then I went to Meijers for the rest of the groceries and to see if I could get a small pork shoulder for 1.79 a pound…and I found one that was only about 6 pounds and was boneless when every other one I’ve bought had a pound of bone in it…so that was only a little over 8 bucks instead of 17 like the rest of them…and then when I was checking out, “Peg” by Steely Dan came on the speakers and I laughed again…I had the top down on the car and it was so much fun since it has been working so well lately…so the morning was good with getting two rides in along with all of the cool stuff on the grocery run…nice to have fun…

Well…up a little earlier than I have been lately and I think it’s from going commando with no sleep aids at all…and that is the new goal…to try to figure out how to sleep with just me trying it…a new goal…yay! Yeah, that’s sarcasm…sure as hell don’t need any more goals at my age…had an okay day yesterday but really did need to take it easy after injuring my right hip working on the yard…but that happens every time I do that so no big deal…and it’s better today and should be healed by tomorrow…we had a nice little rain yesterday but I’m still waiting for a good storm to come through…and it’s supposed to rain about 11 so I’ll be able to get the 2nd ride in after the grocery run this morning…I do have groceries to get this morning and am still going to continue to take stuff out of the freezer..might even get a pork shoulder today with Meijers having it on sale for 1.79 a pound and that is cheaper than any other protein right now…but only if they have a small one…sure don’t need a 12 pounder for just me…I do need to get started on the windows this week and I think I’ll start with the kitchen since I look through those windows the most…more later…

Well…after getting my skin cancer removed a few months back, my dermatologist recommended that I use 100 sunscreen whenever I’m outdoors…so I have and there has been a weird effect from it…haven’t gotten any color at all from the sun except for the freckles I inherited from my mother…all over my arms and legs freckles have been popping out to the point that I have them in places I’ve never had them before…I mean my arms are coated with them and my legs are catching up to that…and I wonder if they were just hidden from my skin actually getting tanned that is not happening now? All I know is it’s weird sitting here with my mother’s skin on me…full of freckles and white…weird…

Well…up and running at 5:37 this morning and I feel bad that sleeping at all was aided by a benadryl last night…but it’s either that or getting up at 4am again and my body just can’t take that right now…after all the yard work yesterday, I’m pretty sore everywhere just like normal and my right hip is howling that I hope will go away after I get it warmed up on the bike…need to get out before 7am with the little rain that is coming in but the thunderstorms they are forecasting just aren’t going to happen with how the radar looks…might be out in some wind this morning since they have a beach hazard statement on and that usually means wind and waves at the beach…I do feel okay this morning and have a little energy so I’m going to toast a bagel to keep the fuel levels up for the rides…going to be eating out of the freezer again today but will be getting more chicken at aldis tomorrow since it makes easy meals…maybe masala later in the week…or another stir fry…not much to do today…after the outdoor work, I need to get started on cleaning the windows for the summer and I may start on the kitchen today…who knows? More later…

Well…it’s been a busy day today with getting on the bike at 6:20 am and getting two rides in before 9am and then got right to the yard work I had to do…trimmed the shrub that is next to the back door and the mulberry tree that has so many berries on it that the branches were too low for me to mow under them…then trimmed all the other trees and bushes, ran the string trimmer, mowed the lawn, did the weed walk, and then treated the ant nests that were taking over the yard…and that took me til after 12 and I thought that was enough for the day…so I made another egg salad sandwich for lunch and I figured out why the one I made yesterday just didn’t taste right…I used mayo instead of whip and as soon as I tasted today’s sandwich it had the taste it was supposed to have so no more mayo for those…for a while, whip had a strange taste to me but I guess it’s better now…just started the latest “Reacher” novel and I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon just reading with the world cup on in the background…have a chicken breast to bake with a potato and corn for dinner but I will need to figure out tomorrow’s meals soon…man, I’m going to be sore tomorrow..took an ibuprofen before I got started today and that helped with my back but everything else hurts so I’m going to take it easy for a while…

Well…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6am this morning and I wonder if I should just declare victory and stop thinking about it? That would be the easy thing to do and just as effective as worrying about it anymore…I did sleep okay, for me, so again, probably just should move on…have a huge busy day today with the rides and then working on the yard the rest of the morning…need to trim the shrub near the back door, do the string trimming, mow the lawn, and then hit it with weed killer with a weed walk…and that is going to exhaust me by noon so the afternoon will be recovery time with ibuprofen to ease the pain that is going to come…hell, I already hurt everywhere so I probably should take something for it right now…it’s cold out there at only 55 degrees but I am going out in shorts…and need to get off my butt and get out in 13 minutes to get the rides in before 9am…not sure if an egg sandwich and an omelet was enough to eat yesterday to support the amount of work I have to do today but I guess I’ll find out soon enough…more later…

Well…not sure how it happened, but the day got away from me almost as soon as I got up today with the rain forcing me to wait til almost 11 before I could get on the bike…and that made it after 1 before I got the 2nd ride in…so all I did was sit here and watch the F1 race this morning and do the weight work and that is a lot harder for me than it looks…after I got back from the rides, I decided to do the bedding which this time included bleaching to get the oil from my skin out of it that just laundry soap wouldn’t remove…after that I decided to do my pillows, too since they had gotten pretty stained from me sweating on them…so I bleached them, too and now I just put the pillows back in the dryer since they are still damp after the first pass through and that won’t be comfortable to sleep on..I did use the bleach dispenser on the washer that appears to work pretty good so that is cool…and I made another batch of pickled red onions since I had used up the first batch and I made egg salad and an omelet to eat today and I think that will be the meals for tomorrow, too…it’s now 6:30 and I need to take a short break before I do anything else…

Well…damn, slept on my right eye last night and now it’s blurry and that sucks…and we’re supposed to get t-storms in a few minutes so I won’t be getting out on the bike til almost 10 this morning and I really don’t know how to just sit here and wait it out…but I guess I’ll have to…at least the F1 race is on at 8am so that will give me something to do…just poured the 1st cup of coffee and I really hope it works really, really soon…might even have to grind some beans for some pour over if the 7 leftover cups in the coffee maker is not enough…slept pretty crappy last night but that’s normal and I wish it weren’t…not as worn out as a few days ago but I can feel this is not going to be what I need to feel okay…just getting old, I guess…and I don’t like it much…the 24 hours of LeMans still has 4 hours to go and that is nice background noise to start the day…haven’t really watched much of it…I’d like it if they would show some of the GT cars instead of just the prototypes…made some hard boiled eggs yesterday and I hope the old ones I used are still good..will have to check that before I make egg salad for lunch…not much to do today…just going to wing it and dance around the rain this morning and hope I can get the rides done before noon…need to get on the weights…more later…