Well..darn, this was to be expected…up at 4:14 which is really 5:14 and then out of bed at 5:54 which is actually 6:54….yeah, I’m doing the math on time with the change to normal time yesterday…but that won’t last much more than today…slept okay last night but I’m just worn out again today and my back and sides still hurt…damn, I’m getting old…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done but I am going out to run an errand this morning…need to get my powerball tickets and I’m going to buy a turkey if they have them at Meijers so I can cook it later in the week…starting my run up to t-day and all turkey all the time for the next few weeks….I do need to do the leaves again but my big tree hasn’t even started to drop them yet but that will probably happen later in the week when the weather is turning cold and we are going to get a hard freeze…I still have a couple of weeks that they will pick them up so no big hurry….and I have my fingers crossed that the wind will blow them away so I don’t have to pick them up….I was laughing last night when I got the final package from my daughter and it had a puffy jacket in it….she is trying her best to make me stylish and I kind of like it….and this jacket folds up into a small packet that will pack well for the UK trip…not much to do today…am I going to take the day off the bike? Nope…but I am going to delay it until I do the run to Meijers and I may even just do an indoor ride today if the wind is too strong….there is a total eclipse of the moon tonight that I think I’ll stay up for if I have the energy…and it is supposed to be red so that may be cool….more later….

Well…when I was riding home about a week ago, I noticed that part of a shingle had blown off my roof and that really sucks…the last time it happened, I at least had the shingles that I could have put back on but that still cost me 150 bucks…but this time, the part of the shingle is nowhere to be found…and the first thing that came to mind was that the roof would be leaking but I climbed up in the attack with a flashlight and, even with all the rain we had yesterday, it is still dry…and it looks like there is an underlayer under the part that’s missing so I am going to try to get through till spring and then probably buy a tall ladder and try to climb up there myself and replace it using my tall folding ladder as steps…but that means I’ll have to nail a two by four onto the roof to keep it from sliding off when I climb up there and then fill in the holes when I pry it back off…I’m sure it would cost a couple of hundred bucks to have someone else do it and I can buy a tall ladder for less than that…just hope it doesn’t leak over the winter…I don’ think this is a job to leave for the next owner…damn…

Well…damn, how the heck did this happen? How did I go from taking the day off the bike to getting two rides in outdoors? Okay, I’ve only done one so far but the plan is to go back out after Man U plays right now…it does amaze me how fast things changed with just seeing that the wind was blowing only 12 out of the south and I can handle that easily…well…not easily, but I survived the first one with no damage so I will be going out again in a couple of hours…and I think I’ll put one of the new fleeces on since I have so many of them now and might just as well use them…the people on the trail probably won’t recognize me since I always wear my black one and I’m going to go for some color next time….okay, going to watch the match…more later….

Well…survived the fall back last night but I’ll still probably be doing conversions of the time for the next few days as I always do…man, the wind was howling out here yesterday and it is still blowing out there right now so it’s another day of riding inside if I ride at all…I really could use a day off to heal up since I am still sore from going into the wind Friday….lots of branches down and there is a tree almost blocking the alley that I had to drive around to go out to get the paper this morning…and it’s at the back of a rental so I’m sure that no one will do anything about it until I do….I think I slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it right now…still pretty worn out and I think I’ll need to ease into it today…if I do ride, I need to get it done before 9 when Man U plays so that gives me an hour or so to decide….didn’t get much done yesterday but laundry and cooking but I have leftovers for today so I don’t even have to do that…I am getting tired of the normal stuff of chicken and brats and I’m looking forward to getting a turkey this week but I’m not sure I want to go through all the effort of doing the entire t-day menu of stuffing, green bean casserole, and potatoes and gravy….if I do that, I can toss the turkey carcass from last year that has been in the freezer for a year…so that will be a wash and I’ll have fresh turkey to make soup….I have to remember that turkey is not bad for you and low fat but I’ll have to eat nothing but turkey for a week…and I’m okay with that…not much to do today…can I take a day off? Still pretty darn sore and really can’t envision getting on the bike downstairs…maybe I will in a half hour but I need more coffee first and to try to read the news….I will be back for a political one later or maybe one on another topic…who knows? More later….

Well…as you know, I am trying a news blackout until after the election so getting topics in politics is getting to be pretty hard…so, I’m not sure if I’ll get to one today…damn, this feels just like when Putin installed trump and I knew this country was going to be almost fatally damaged…and we’ll see if it is fatal by Wed of next week…but that’s not what I wanted to talk about…have been busy again today and I started if off by riding the indoor bike since I hurt myself again going into the wind yesterday and my back and sides are pretty sore…after that I got the laundry done and put away and made some chicken with mashed potatoes and corn and made some gravy to go with it but doesn’t have enough flavor for me…will probably add some garlic and onion powder when I have some of it tomorrow…I did start taking a supplement of calcium and vitamin D since I only have my face uncovered on the bike and I’m not getting enough sunlight to make my own D…and I got it buy one get one free the other day at Meijers so I thought I’d give it a try…I’m not sure if I’ll be able to tell if it’s doing anything…the data is all over the map but in general, supplements do appear to help with broken bones as you age so I’ll give it a try….I am going to buy a turkey this week since it is cheap at 55 cents a pound and I like turkey…but that means I’ll have to buy another one if I want to have one for t-day…I really do need to get the freezer cleaned out but I put 4 thighs in it today and that just about fills it again…I wonder if there is going to be any spiral sliced ham on sale this holiday season? I usually do ham for christmas but won’t if the prices are up around 2 bucks a pound instead of the 99 cents I’m used to….not sure what I’m going to do the rest of the day since I’m basically done with what I wanted to do other than the kitchen…but right now all I want to do is watch a little football…and yeah, I may read some news if I can stand it….

Well…a few minutes ago I had entertained the thought that I may be able to get outside on the bike today with it over 60 and no wind to speak of…but just a few minutes ago, the wind has started to howl out there…just sitting here in the quiet and all of a sudden it got really loud outside and I went out to take a look from the porch…the wind must be blowing almost 30 right now and I can see it gusting to 50 today….so, I have a decision to make…do I go downstairs and ride or do I take a day off to heal some? And do I have toast and peanut butter before I do that or do I not need the calories? Way too many decisions to make before 8am….yeah, you know me…I’ll go down to ride in a minute and then get at the laundry…and I want mashed potatoes to go with the chicken I’m going to make for lunch…do I use some chicken broth to make gravy? That would be good and I have two containers of it in the cupboard that I don’t know what else I’ll use it for….okay, I need to get moving…well… don’t need to get moving but I really should….I may take tomorrow off….ha, ha…yeah, I find that funny, too….

Well…that was a 4:51 and 6:07 night last night and I feel just damn worn out today…as I have the past few days and that immediately starts me counting the calories I had the day before to see if I was stupid or not….yeah, I know I’m just about always stupid about that but it’s working with getting my weight down under 180 for the first time in a long time….I did get two rides in yesterday but going into the wind hurt my back again and I’m already in pain this morning….I wonder if I should take a day off the bikes today? I really have earned one with going over 5300 miles yesterday and it’s raining out there right now with even higher wind than yesterday….I could do the indoor bike today and probably will but I don’t want to…the waves are supposed to be 15 to 20 feet this afternoon so I may just hop in the car and go out to the beach to see them…we have storm warnings and gale warnings on right now and that means gusts of up to 50-60 mph today and I hope that wind blows the leaves out of my yard…but my big tree hasn’t even started to drop it’s leaves yet so it may be a couple of weeks until I can get them cleaned up….not much to do today…I did get the bathroom cleaned yesterday and I am going to do the kitchen today but I don’t feel like doing anything right now…I think I’m going to buy a turkey this week since Meijers has them on sale for 55 cents a pound and that is some cheap protein….might even go out to get one Monday so I can cook it later in the week…have been disappointed with them lately and there is no room in the freezer for it so I need to continue to empty it before I need to freeze the carcass….and I have one in the freezer from last year that I think I’ll toss and just use the new ones for soup….more later….