Well…damn, how the heck can I be running late at 6:15am? I need to get on the bike right now to get the rides in before 9 when the Moto GP sprint race comes on and I am getting tired of these artificial deadlines…slept okay last night and I could have stayed in bed for another hour…will only have time for one cup of coffee and I sure need more than that…huge rain just missed us to the west and that is the story of my life…my lawn is gone for the second year in a row and that sucks…haven’t had to mow it in a month but I will do it this week…mowing dirt…oh, well….at least I’m going to have some chicken tacos today with pickled red onions and I am looking forward to that…it didn’t get below 72 last night and it is really humid so I’ll be sweating after the rides…still haven’t sweated through my hat yet and that used to be the normal and I wonder what the heck changed in my body to do that? Not much to do today…need to clean some and try to get some rest…more later…

Well…you know I like having a schedule and a way to do things so I really don’t have to think about anything…but today rain came in and jumbled that all up…it is really hard to just sit here and wait when something unexpected happens…like the rain that came in this morning just as I was putting the sunscreen on for the bike rides so I had to sit here and wait til 9 when the library opened to get a few more books..it was only the second time I’ve driven my car with the top up and it’s pretty quiet…but the rain stopped just as I walked out of the library so I was able to get on the bike by 9:30 and finish the rides by around 11:30…while I was waiting for the library to open, I cut up the chicken and put it in a marinade for the tacos I’m making tomorrow and did my weight work so I guess sitting and waiting worked out okay…oh, and I hit 5,000 miles for the year on the bike today…2620 indoors and 2384 outdoors…catching up to the indoor numbers pretty quickly and should be there in a couple of weeks…it struck me that when I first got a bike computer, I was really proud to get to 500 miles by Labor day…and now 500 miles is a month’s riding…okay, have some reading to do and need to figure out what I’ll be watching on tv tonight…

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get out of bed til almost 6am but woke up at 4:30 or so and the coffee is not working yet since I just poured the first cup…it looks like rain is going to screw up my plans for the day and make me wait to get on the bike but I’ll take rain any time…need to cut up some chicken and put it in a marinade to make tacos tomorrow and I need to make more potato salad…one of the clerks at DD gave me the idea to add some celery to my recipe and I think I’ll try that with this batch…I think we talked potato salad for 5 minutes and that was fun…a nice woman that I look forward to seeing when I go there….damn, this waiting for rain is hard…reminds me of the Pink Floyd lyric from “Time”…”Staying home to watch for rain”…”but you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today”…none of that is true anymore for me and that sucks…oh, well…trying to figure out how to accomplish something as I wait for the rain or should I put the rain gear on and just get wet? I’ve never been good at waiting…and I need to go to the library to get a couple more books for the weekend..aargh…I hate waiting…more later…

Well…when I was getting ready to go to the beach this morning, the clutch pedal on the car started to squeak just like in the old car…even though the parts are completely different…so I slithered myself into the footwell so I could see all of the moving parts way up under the dash and then started hitting all of them with some wd and finally found where the squeak was and it’s now quiet again…and now I know why the clutch take up is so different…instead of going straight up to the master cylinder like the old car, this one goes up at a 45 degree angle and the linkage is about 2 feet long…really weird looking stuff…hmmm…I did get out to the beach today but Lake Michigan turned over last night and the water was about 15 degrees colder…not even to cold but straight to pain and I only got in to my ankles before I gave up and cut the stay short since I forgot to buy a red onion and I wanted to make pickled red onion to go with the chicken tacos I’m making this weekend…so I ran over to aldis and got a bag of them for 2 bucks and there is enough of them to make 3 jars so I’ll be having them with everything for a while…need to make the marinade for the chicken tomorrow so it can sit in it overnight…so, it’s been quite a busy day and now I want to read a bit before tv time…

Well…that was a little better…slept through til 5:31 and I don’t think I’ll ever do better than that again…and that sucks…at least I’ll get back to my routine today with getting a ride in and then doing the grocery run…may even hit the beach again but I do need to pay the water bill on the 2nd ride…so I need to write the check after I get this done…and get on the bike in 30 minutes to get the day started…I really do need to clean today and it may be the fridge that has needed a cleaning for a month…need to get some meal planning done, too…and I want to make some chicken soft tacos this weekend and maybe some more potato salad so I’ll be getting a tray of chicken at aldis…and I need to use up what is in the fridge…still have corn on the cob and eggs in there and I may be getting turkey bacon at DD at 2 bucks a pound…turkey bacon? Have never had any good turkey bacon but at that price, I can take a chance…and DD has braunschwieger at 99 cents a chub so I’ll be buying some for my yearly really bad food meals…not much to do today…it will be nice to get back to my routine for the next few days until they tell me I’m dying…oh, well…I’ve lived 16 years longer than my father did so I guess that’s something…more later…

Well…what a day…it started way too early having to be in GH by 6:45…but the ultrasound was easy and I had a very nice tech…one concerning thing was they did every damn organ in my body except my left kidney…gall bladder, liver, spleen, pancreas, and right kidney and I wonder what the heck they are looking for and I wonder why they haven’t told me….I guess I’ll find out in 5-7 days when the results are in…so here I sit, waiting out another set of tests that could seal my doom or at least make my life worse than it is…I’m just tired of dealing with health problems…it is so damn wearing…after that I got the rides in and even went to the beach for a bit but I still had 100 sunscreen on from riding so I didn’t get any extra color…but I did get a swim in and the water was still warm enough to be in for as long as I wanted…okay, tv time…and I’m late for that today…

Well…it’s 4:50 am and I’ve been up since 4:30 and I guess I need to get started getting ready for the ultrasound that I have to be in GH for at 6:45…slept really crappy and the no food or drink thing is getting old…as are all of the damn doctor appointments and tests…after this one, no more…I’ve had enough…it stayed almost 70 overnight and it will be warm enough to put the top down on the car for the GH run and I’ll have the headlights on in the car for the first time….and I may have to wait til tomorrow to do the grocery run since I don’t think the ultrasound is going to take more than a half hour and Aldi won’t be open until 8:30 so the timing doesn’t work…so maybe I’ll just get back here, eat something, and then get the rides in…and then get back to my normal life what there is of it…I am going to heat up some coffee and put it in the contego cup along with a hydro flask of ice water for the trip back…this is going to be a long day…it is so humid I’m sweating just sitting here…ick…more later…

Well…I was a little stressed out about finding the medical facility where they are going to do the ultrasound tomorrow way too early…but I chose 7am since the next available appointment was three weeks out and I sure don’t want to wait that long…and I’m glad I did the run since it took me an extra 20 minutes to find it that I won’t have tomorrow morning…have to stop eating and drinking in the next couple of hours and, of course, no cocktails tonight but I will have my contego cup filled with hot coffee for the ride home along with one of my hydro flasks filled with water and ice…it did rain a bit today but the next is not coming until Sat but it will be warm enough to put the top down for the run to GH at 67 for a low…and I’ll have to put the lights on for the first time in the car and that will be cool…okay, time for the weight work…

Well…up early again today and I’m really getting tired of it…I mean 3:41? But I didn’t get out of bed to 5:38 so I guess that’s a little better…it got down into the 50’s last night and it’s still only 58 out here right now so I’ll have a light fleece on when I head out on the bike before 7am….tomorrow is going to suck with having to be on the road to GH at 6am and trying to find a new place I’ve never been before…loads of stress from that…but I will get to see the lights on in the car for the first time so that will be cool…today is going to be an easy one with just the rides to do…no beach time or anything else but I am going to clean the bathroom and get started on the kitchen…I am so damn tired of the medical crap going on and I wonder what the ultrasound is going to reveal? Just more crap to do and more treatment and more doctor appointments….damn, I hate getting old….need to get moving soon but I am going to have more coffee first…more later…

Well…you know, I was thinking today that I am always busy and I wonder if everyone is like that…I mean two rides, a run to the library and an errand, mowed the front part of the lawn, and then made the chicken stir fry for lunch…didn’t really get done with everything until 1:30 and that was steady moving from 7am…don’t think I’ll be as busy tomorrow but I do have to do the grocery run since I have a 7am doctor appointment down in GH Wed morning…or I may just not do a grocery run this week since there is nothing I really need and I have plenty in the freezer to go with the 4 days of stir fry I have in the fridge..even have 2 full gallons of milk so I can make that last til next week…okay, time to read…