Well…it’s getting close to the time I have to leave for my 2pm appointment at the Mazda dealer and it’s been a busy day up till now…got on the bike for the first ride before 7am and had both done before 9…then went out to pay the water bill and when I got back here decided to mow the lawn…the I used what weed killer I had left to start treating the yard but I think I may try weed and feed applied with the spreader to keep the weeds from coming back…getting tired of having to do the weed walk every couple of weeks and that’s not cheap…weed and feed isn’t either but at least it will last more than a week…have everything I need to spend a couple of hours in the waiting room…a book, mp3 player, and my laptop in case they have free wifi…and I think I’ll bring one of my Contigo cups with water since they don’t leak…a little enforced idleness is not a bad thing…it looks like I’ve the top up for the trip back here with 90% chance of rain forecast for 3-4 pm…the only thing I have this week is the yearly checkup and I just looked at metabolic panel results and everything is right in the green so I won’t get bitched at…nice to know that the work I do to maintain my health is working….okay need to get ready…

Well…up and out of bed at 5:23 this morning after a fitful night’s sleep…up at 2:09 to start it off and then up and down all night…but I feel okay today after the first night off of cocktails…think I’ll keep that up all week and maybe longer…just need to give my body the break it needs to heal some…I will be on the bike by 7am or so to get two rides in before 9 and then over to pay the water bill…I did take it easy yesterday and that will continue today with just the rides and then sitting in the Mazda dealer waiting room for a couple of hours as they try to fix the cd changer…have a book and music to keep me busy so it shouldn’t be too bad…need to dig through the freezer for meal planning later in the week…probably make some more potato salad and I’m going to feed the sourdough starter to make some  bread Wed and then I’m not sure what else…need to mow the lawn tomorrow after the two rides…I did find a beach lounger that I like for about 60 bucks so I may buy one…it supposed to be sturdy but a little heavy but I don’t need to carry it far since the beach is about half the width it was after they dredged two years ago…and it will fit in the 30 gallon bag I’ll use to keep the sand out of the car…more later…

Well…for the second day in a row, I just did two rides for 25 miles today to continue the healing process…have been hurting and feeling lousy for a couple off days now and I’m even going to take this week off cocktails to see if that will help move the process along…I do feel a lot better after just a couple of days so I hope that continues and I have my checkup wed morning so maybe my blood pressure will be down some by then…still have to do my online check in before then but I’ve got all day Tuesday for that and to pay my 5 buck copay…taking the car in tomorrow to have them look at the cd player tomorrow afternoon down to Holland but I’m not really thinking they can fix it…that would be nice but at least I’ll know what broke….okay, running late and need to do my teeth…

Well…damn, up at 5:05 this morning and I really didn’t want to be up that early but here I am…going to be on the bike by 7am and I am going to stay at two rides today to try to keep the healing going…I never thought I’d ever say this but I think I’ve gotten too thin…have been restricting calories for my entire life but I may have overshot the goal with how I look…almost gaunt and I’m not sure how healthy that is…I guess it’s better than being fat…didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be spent taking it easy again…taking the car in tomorrow to see if there is anything they can do to fix the cd player and then I have my checkup Wed morning…then nothing until my birthday when I have an appointment with my periodontist…it’s not easy getting old…I made enough chicken/rice yesterday that I won’t have to cook until later in the week and that’s not a bad problem to have…will have to look in the freezer to do some meal planning and look at the ads to see if there is anything on sale that I need…not much to do today…have 35 minutes before I need to get on the bike and it should be light by then…need more coffee…more later…

Well…yeah, I know…I very seldom post this late in the day but today was a strange one with feeling so lousy all day and barely getting through the two rides I did…I knew that I needed to do something to rest this damn old body with all of the pain I’ve been in the past few days but I’m not going to see if it worked or not until I take more than one easy day…have been trying to get my left bicep and thigh to stop hurting along with my hands going numb on the first ride when that normally doesn’t happen til the third ride…damn, I hate getting old…so I’ll take another two ride day tomorrow for body maintenance and try to let the healing start…it may even rain so I’ll have to fit the rides in around that…MotoGP and nascar tomorrow so I may not be bored…tv time…

Well…damn, I feel like crap today and I’m having a hard time getting going…hmmm…that is getting to be my new normal and I’m not sure if I like that at all….I did sleep okay but it seems that it really doesn’t matter much anymore….I remember the days when I’d get up and feel like there were possibilities and not tasks to accomplish….have 14 minutes before I need to get on the bike…but I am going to rush another cup of coffee first…I struggled so much on the bike yesterday that I’m thinking of only doing two rides today for 25 miles to give myself a bit of a rest…I’ve noticed that I’m getting old and things that used to be easy aren’t anymore…going to make the chicken/tomato sauce dish today for lunch so I need to get the rides in before then but I’m not sure what the second meal is going to be…and I do need to have a second meal since I have been skipping it way too much lately…not much to do today…damn, the meal thing is going to give me fits since nothing is coming to mind…probably should look in the freezer to see what’s available….more later…

Well…I talked before about the house next door going up for sale after it being mostly empty for the 4 years I’ve lived here…it looks like it’s been sold and I met the young couple who bought it and had a nice little chat…I am so relieved that I’m not going to have another rental that I’d have to deal with like every other one up here…and they made the point that they are very quiet people after I bitched about all of the work I’ve done to make this place less noisy…so that’s cool…I did get three rides in today and went to the library for more books but I think I’m going to have to take an easy day soon since I started to really hurt on the first ride…both my left tricep and my left thigh just burned the whole way and that’s not normal…so maybe just two rides tomorrow…reading time…

Well…slept til almost 6 again today but I sure don’t feel like I slept at all…I wonder if I’m hitting my limit with my body? I mean I’ve been working my butt off around here along with riding 38 miles a day and that is a lot for an ancient person like me…and not eating enough…okay, going to stop whining now…going to run out to the library this morning to get a few more books since I’m running out and want to make sure I have reading material for the weekend…I have slowed way down from the one book a day that I was doing and I think that’s a good thing…I really do need to get other things done around here…but I will be on the bike here in 15 minutes or so to get the day started around 7am or so…there was just an ad on UK tv for short term loans that had an interest rate of 1,271 %…yow! who the hell can afford that? That means if you borrow 100 pounds, you will owe them 1,271 pounds after a year…who would take that deal? Weird…not much to do today…just the rides and the library run but I really don’t want to do anything…oh, goody…we have an air quality alert for smoke particulates…just what I need…more later…

Well…darn, it was another busy day today with getting two rides in outdoors, then doing some yard work…got the front steps coated with Thompson’s and then got after the bushes and filled a paper lawn bag with the cuttings…then I went back out for the third ride and hit 4,000 miles for the year on that ride…again, the earliest I’ve ever gotten to 4K…that’s 1,383 miles outdoors and 2,620 miles indoors so far…so it looks like it’s going to take another 6 weeks to tie them up…it looks like it is going to be warm enough to do all outdoor rides for the next 10 days or so and that will mean 38 mile days…so the mileage will come pretty fast…I do have to do some meal planning since the leftovers will be gone after tomorrow…probably making my one pot chicken dish with tomato sauce in the cast iron pot my daughter gave me…that’s the only one that is big enough…and that will make food for 4 days…okay, back to reading for a bit…

Well…man, worn out again today and I really would like to take a day off…but I won’t so the coffee needs to go down and I need to get moving by 7am so I can get two rides in this morning…then the front steps and yard work…need to do some meal planning since I’ll use up all the leftovers today…so I’ll do some looking in the freezer to see what I have…probably some chicken thighs in the cast iron sauce pan with potatoes, celery, onion, and pasta sauce….with rice added at the end…my brain is not working today and this one is harder to do than it looks…it looks like there is not much wind out there so I can get on the bike in a few minutes but I’m really tired of rushing to get things done all the time…I sure hope the smoke has abated after the effect on my lungs yesterday and I think I’ll put a mask in the bike bag just in case…9 minutes until I need to get on the bike so I need to get going on maintenance of this tired old body…not much to do today…just the rides and yard work and I hope to be done by 1pm or so…or maybe earlier than that…more later…