Well…dodged a bullet with the new car this morning when I found that the rear brakes were adjusted perfectly so I didn’t have to do any work but jack it up and turn the back wheels…I did get the chance to see under the car and it has no rust anywhere and the rear suspension is nothing like that of the old car…the old one was simple double wishbone front and rear but the new one is what looks like a 4 link of some sort that I’m still trying to figure out…damn, just mowed the lawn and it triggered my allergies so bad I’ve been coughing and sneezing for a half hour now…I sure hope the meds come today…it has been pretty busy today with an indoor ride, an outdoor ride, then over to the library, back here to mow the lawn and now lunch and then out for one more ride and I should be done other than laundry by 1pm or so…okay, need to make lunch….more later…

Well…that really, really sucked…didn’t sleep at all last night…even went to be late but then was up at 3am and never really got back to sleep until I gave up at 5 and now I’m pouring coffee down trying to get my body started…need to work on the car today since I think the parking brake/rear calipers are adjusted too tight and are dragging so I need to pull the wheels and back the adjusters off a bit and then I can clean the wheels while I have them off…and that is going to push the trip to the library back to late morning and errands to this aft…and I may only do one ride today since my body just needs some rest but we’ll see how I feel after I get the work done…still damn cold here at 47 and we have not had a spring this year and that sucks…we’re almost to summer and still in the 40’s? Oh, well, not anything I can do about it…forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer for the Masala I want to make tomorrow so that may be put off til Sunday…have plenty of other food that I got from DD so no big deal…need to get on the bike by 6:30…or I really don’t need to but I’m getting bored already so I might just as well…my darn allergies are terrible this morning and I can’t wait for the meds to get here today….more later….

Well…another morning of waking up at 5 and I am trying to figure out the pattern of that and how it changes over time…at least it’s not 3:04 like it was for quite a while…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get that down so I can get on the bike downstairs soon to get the day started…going to try to get 33 miles in again today before I leave to make the run out to Ada so that will make for a busy morning…I was reminded by one of my Mastodon friends that I described a pretty good day yesterday and when I look back, it was…so many food bargains and the good health news along with carving out some time to read made for a day that most people would love…and I realize that it was luxurious and I am fortunate…it is still cold out here at 51 and that is just wrong for the end of May and it’s barely going to get over 60 but that is still warm enough to put the top down on the car if I dress for it…so no shorts today and probably a fleece…and I need to get 6 new discs in the changer in the car for new music for the ride…I was going to say not much to do today but that’s not true…going to be running until I get in the car at 12:15 and I need to remember to eat something before I leave….more later…

Well…it was an okay day today and I got some real deals at DD today…I mean a half pound of bacon for a buck? Or a 12 oz package of thin sliced mesquite smoked turkey for a buck? Or a 12 oz package of honey ham for a buck? They had their 10 for 10 bucks sale on and I spent 12 bucks on a huge bag of food…even got a package of mixed salami for a buck…pretty good deal…now I need to find room in the freezer for most of it…it didn’t rain while I was running errands this morning so I didn’t have to wash the car…I did get 33 miles in on the bike today but it was more of a struggle than I like…I’ll have to get on the bike early tomorrow to get the miles in before I head out to shoot pool at 1pm…and my friend K might just come for a bit and it would be good to see her since I haven’t seen her in almost two years…and then I can show her the new car, too….I did make the potato salad this aft and the eggs were okay…thought I overcooked the eggs but they were okay…and the red potatoes worked just fine…so again, I have too much food here but that’s okay…haven’t been eating enough and my clothes have started to hang on me…it’s finally raining here and we really need it but there’s nowhere near what they forecast…oh,well…back to reading…

Well…a little bit of good news this morning with the results of the PSA test showing that the cancer hasn’t come back and that is a relief…it’s always hanging over me that one of these times it’s going to show the that the little bit they had to leave behind was going to explode and kill me but not right now…didn’t look at the rest of the tests since it’s not really important to me and there is not anything I can do to change them…slept okay last night but was up at 5:30 again and that is way too damn early but there is nothing I can do about that either…I did get some work done yesterday and now I’m waiting for it to rain to wash the grass seed into the ground and sprout some of it…used 15 bucks of seed yesterday and that is not cheap…I did use the rest of the red potatoes for another batch of potato salad that I need to put together today but I may have overcooked the eggs since I forgot I had them boiling…oh, well…I do need to do the grocery run today but don’t have much on the list so it will be a quick one…if I drive in the rain today I’ll have to wash the car before the run out to Ada to shoot pool tomorrow and I am looking forward to that…need to drive the car more…will turn it over to 50K miles on the run tomorrow but who cares? Not much to do today…need to get on the bike for the indoor ride here in a minute and then get on the grocery run…will have to dance around the rain to get two rides in outdoors but I’m going to try…as always…more later..

Well…it looks like Amazon is taking more and more items and putting them out of the reach of free shipping…and I know this since I tried to purchase items that used to be eligible from my buy again page and this time there is no free shipping choice to make…and I had enough items to get over the 35 dollar line that used to be 25 dollars…so now I have another free trial of prime for 30 days and I’ll cancel it before that…I did get a bottle of benadryl allergy meds pretty cheap…600 tablets for 10 bucks and that is a lot cheaper than the red dots I have been using and I bit the bullet and bought more of the generic flonase that I ran out of but really need with how bad the pollen is this year…I did get an indoor and two outdoor rides in along with going out to the north end to have blood drawn for the checkup on June 11th and got a very good phlebotomist who took her time and hit the vein the first time and I barely felt it…no bruising at all and that’s a first for me…then I got out and seeded some of the bare spots in the yard along with putting weed killer on the very front of the yard…so now I’m going to take a break for a bit and go out and see if the results are there for the blood work…

Well…that was a little better…still up at 5:14 though and didn’t really get back to sleep until I dragged myself out of bed around 6…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get on the bike by 7 or so…not really…7:30 would be okay since I only need to get in the car to run out to get blood drawn at 9 or so…and it looks like it will be warm enough to put the top down…and it will be the first time I’ve driven since last week’s grocery run and I really should get out more…after I get back I’ll get started on getting two rides in outdoors and then I do need to seed the bare spots on the lawn to take advantage of the rain coming in tomorrow…I may even be able to open the windows today since it’s supposed to be 77 for the high…I did make a good stir fry yesterday and used a Kung Pao sauce to add flavor that I can still barely taste…only had one meal yesterday and no high fat foods since I need to get my cholesterol down for the blood draw today…but this aft I’ll have a smoked brat but then counter that with the stir fry that is 90% veggies…need to get the grocery list done for the run tomorrow and may buy more chicken breasts since they are so versatile but I do have enough to make some Masala already so I probably should make that in a few days….more later…

Well…after getting three rides in for 33 miles today, I’m feeling pretty lazy today and didn’t even feel like making lunch…I should have gone out and seeded bare spots in the lawn but I guess that can wait til tomorrow…I did wash the bike after the third ride today and need to go out later and re-lube it and do the chain…and probably should check the air pressure, too, since I haven’t done that in a month or so and probably should check the air in the car tires…and that will be enough for today…talked to my brother today and he was surprised I haven’t been out to just drive the new car around and I guess I am, too…but I’m trying to not spend any money and get my cash supplies rebuilt after buying the car…it’s an excuse I know but inertia is hard to overcome at times…I did skip lunch today but will make chicken stir fry with rice later so that will make up for it…okay, need to get off my butt…

Well…it’s the end of May and the heat is still on and that makes it 9 days it’s been on…and it looks like that’s going to continue into June and I’ve never seen that before…the way it’s going, it’s never going to get warm enough to go to the beach this year and that sucks…really having a hard time getting going today and need to get on the bike by 7am but then the question comes..why? It’s going to be warm enough to get outdoors on the bike by 9am or so but it will still be in the 50’s so I’ll be in shorts but layered on top…need to go out to the lab and get blood drawn tomorrow morning for my June 11th checkup and I’m holding my breath again that the PSA test comes back negative and that will make almost two years of being cancer free…with losing my sense of taste, I looked at my tongue in the mirror yesterday and noticed it has a white coating on it and that is something the I’ll raise in the checkup in a couple of weeks…I wonder it it’s fungal infection? It would be nice to find something to give me my sense of taste back…life is so bland without taste…not much to do today…just the rides, cooking and then some yard work…want to get some grass seed in before it rains on Wed to try to start getting the bare spots filled in….more later…

Well…as you’ve probably seen, I don’t think I’ll be doing a political one today…the races are halfway over and I have one indoor and one outdoor ride in and I’m going back out for a second ride after Indy ends since it finally got warm enough to not freeze my butt off…it’s even over 60 now so I’ll be able to go out in a t-shirt and shorts…and then get back here for the Coke 600 at 6pm…I do have to come up with meals for tomorrow and I think I’m going to make a big batch of stir fry chicken and rice and then use the brats I got this week for the second meal…and that will be meals for 6 days so I won’t have to plan again for a while…probably Masala next weekend…okay…need to do the weight work and watch the race…