Well…that experiment sucked…didn’t sleep at all last night and feel like crap today after getting up at 4:30 so no more of that…I don’t understand why people would try this stuff when it makes you feel worse than normal? Oh, well…back to normal today and I’ll survive it…almost feel like I had cocktails last night and that is the opposite effect I was expecting…so, we know I didn’t sleep for crap and that will be the last time I bitch about that…today…do have a busy day today with hitting three stores for the grocery run and getting the weight work and indoor ride in before I head out…no outdoor ride again until Sunday with the temp never getting out of the 40’s and lows in the 30’s and that sucks for the end of April and into May…still no spring here and it looks like we won’t have one this year…oh, well…it’s raining here right now and another batch is coming through a little later and we can sure use that…I did get a bunch of cleaning done yesterday and need to do the bathroom and kitchen at some point…still eating leftovers of the pork shoulder I made last week and I am looking forward to that being over so I can cook some new stuff…not sure what that would be but having the same meal for a week is pretty frickin boring….more later…

Well…this is what happens when I have time on my hands…was thinking about doing a stir fry later in the week but then took out my ugly old wok that I got from my daughter used 20 years ago and it’s pretty disgusting…so I ordered a new aluminum non stick for 13 bucks that is just a little smaller than the old one…then I remembered Tom telling me about cheap spices on Amazon and ordered both bay leaves and garam masala…the bay leaves were 7 bucks for a huge two ounce container when the ones locally were 4 bucks for a half ounce…and the garam masala was even better…at Meijers it is 8 bucks for a 1.6 ounce jar and got a 14 ounce bag for the same price… a pretty good deal…and it will all be here tomorrow…and I won’t have to buy more of these for at least a year…good deal…

Well…I may have turned the corner on sleep last night with not getting out of bed til 5:26 this morning and hitting the sack at 10pm…not sure if I can get better than that but I’ll keep trying if just a little bit…got some stuff done yesterday and it appears that I will continue that today with the temp not getting above 50 so no outdoor ride…and that will give me time to get after the cobwebs in the basement and then spray the house with insect killer to keep them from coming in…not sure if I’ll paint the wheel today but I can wait til it warms up over the weekend…no need to rush it…want to clean the dining room and the bathroom and I’ll have time to do it along with getting some reading in…planning on hitting the library Friday after I finish the last two books…it rained hard enough to hear it through the earplugs overnight and we sure needed that after just some spiting showers yesterday…it’s going to be damn cold all week with the high of 51 and then dropping into the 40’s with lows in the 30’s for May? That just sucks but I’ll deal with it as always..not much to do today…have plans to make both potato and ham soup later in the week and need to keep eating out of the freezer to get it emptied in case something is on sale…I do have chicken to make stir fry but need the veggies and I’m going to look for a new wok since the coating is peeling on the old one…more later…

Well…had a lot of plans to get work done today and I did make some progress on that…got started on my bedroom and put away a bunch of clothes and will get on the dusting tomorrow…I did get the rest of the normal stuff done, too, for 21 miles on the bike today…but then washed the wheel I’m rebuilding and masked if off so I can paint it after it dries completely…and I greased the bearings since that wheel has been sitting for 12 years or so and it was really dry…so I’ll have to put it together after I paint it and let it dry a couple of days…I tried the new tube patches I bought a couple of months ago but just never got around to patching the 8 tubes I have in the bike room…I really like how well they seal and have put some air in the one I repaired this afternoon and will let it sit for a week or so to make sure it holds air…if it works, I won’t have to buy another tube for a year or so…even more since I only get a couple of flats a year with the tube protectors in…okay, want to read a bit before tv…

Well…that was a little better…not out of bed til 5:15 and I wonder when that became a win? I do feel okay this morning and need to get started soon…I did pour the first cup of coffee and it should be working soon so I can get on the weight work and get the indoor ride in…it should be warm enough to go out for a ride around 10 or so and that will set me up for getting some work done around here…I really do need to clean my bedroom today since the dust has gotten pretty thick in there and I need to put the clothes away that are sitting on my chair…and I really do need to clean the bathroom, too, and that needs to be done before Man U plays at 3…and I’d love to wedge some reading in but I’m not sure when that would be…it’s going to be cold the next few days with the highs barely getting to 50 and lows in the 30’s and I’m hoping there’s not another freeze…going to put the winter clothes away today just to get the dining room cleaned up and I hope I don’t have to dig them out again…I mean 50 degrees in May…still no spring here and that sucks…more later…

Well…I did finally get outdoors on the bike today but had to wait til after lunch until it was warm enough to go out in shorts…got a nice ride in and now it’s time for Talladega and more reading…the dredges are back off my beach today and it appears they are going to do the channel into Muskegon Lake again and make my beach a lot bigger…I did find the tube protectors for the bike that I was looking for and I didn’t really have to look farther than the unmounted tires sitting next to the skeleton of the black bike…and there is a good tube with sealer sitting there so I don’t have to use my last new tube…I really should get off my butt and repair the 8 tubes I have waiting for patches that I have…didn’t clean at all today and with the race starting, I won’t get to any today….oh, well…

Well…slept a little better last might and didn’t get out of bed til 5:30 or so but that is going to go backwards tonight and that sucks…didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be the same with it only 43 degrees out there and that means I won’t get on the outdoor bike until at least 11am…still wearing long pants on the bike and it’s almost May…and still riding the indoor bike and that is just wrong…we have had no spring here and I wonder if it will be one of those years where we go straight into summer? I know I’m damn tired of the cold…and now the heat just came on…cripes…have been feeling really worn out lately and I’m not sure why the heck that would be…have been eating more…three meals yesterday and yet I feel like crap this morning so maybe that’s not it…I do have to find where the tube protectors went from the black bike since I’ll need one for the replacement wheel so I’ll take that front tire apart today and see if there is one in it…not much to do today…I should clean but I think I’ll just read instead…but I need to get off my butt and get the weight work started…more later…

Well…I was a little curious if I had a tire and tube on hand in the cupboard downstairs and I do! So I can set that wheel up as soon as I clean it up…and I even have the Rust Oleum satin black paint to paint it with so all I have to do is get off my butt and get it done…sounds like a project for this week and I’ll probably put it on the bike when I get it done since the one on the bike is a little warped with the 2 broken spokes I’ve had to replace the past few weeks…so, yay! What a pleasant surprise…

Well…after having to spend 400 bucks on a new lawnmower the past couple of weeks, I’m going to put off buying a new bike til next year…and the reason for that has something to do with me discovering that I didn’t toss the wheels from my first mountain bike, a Motobecane, and I looked at them this morning and the rear wheel I need is perfectly straight and the ratchet works perfectly so that will give me one to use if the one I have on the bike fails…but it will have to be painted since it is a shiny aluminum with shiny spokes that won’t match the front wheel…and I’m going to buy a new tube and tire to fit that up since I’ll need it by the end of summer and it will be nice to have it ready to go…I do need to find an axle and grease the bearings since the wheel has almost 34K miles on it and has been sitting for 10 years…so that’s one less thing to worry about…

Well…that little house behind me just went up for sale the other day and I got a flyer in the mail today and I am shocked at what they are asking for it…I mean, a one bedroom on a slab with no basement, 900 square feet with no garage on a lot that is 1/3 the size of mine and they are asking 165K for it…so I guess that means my house is worth at least that…after all mine is 1,100 sf up with another 900 in the basement with a garage and a huge lot…if that’s true, I’ve made 75K on this place in 5 years and I can live with that…