Well…with only doing one ride today, I feel like such a slug…not doing the work is disappointing but I wanted to go out to the beach for the third day in a row since there were waves out there today…and I didn’t get on the bike for the first ride until almost 10 with doing the grocery run to two stores, hitting the dollar store for some more cheap sunglasses, and stopping to put fuel in the car since it was down to a quarter tank and I never let it get that low…so doing a second ride in the heat or going to the beach…hmmm…wasn’t really a hard decision and I think I may make it four days in a row tomorrow…but I’ll be able to get on the bike by 8 and can get two rides in by 11 so  I’ll be able to get to the beach by noon or so….with getting some sun, the freckles on my shoulders are really getting visible and reminded me of my mother’s freckles that really did the same when she was in the sun….strange to think of that…hmmmm…

Well…pretty worn out again today but I haven’t had any coffee yet so that may go away in a few minutes…I hope…slept okay last night and still didn’t need to turn on the ac so it looks like I probably won’t run it again this year…not sure when I’ll take it out of the window to get more air flow but probably in the next week or so….my allergies have exploded the past week or so and I’m pretty miserable from it….must be the goldenrod and ragweed that lines the trails that have just bloomed…feel like I have a cold my head is so stuffed up….going to have to just power through it since the meds don’t really help much….or they may be working but I’m not going to stop taking them to see how bad it is without them….I think it rained overnight and that will help with the lawn and I may be able to not water it today….I know we could use a couple of days of steady rain out here but who knows if we’re going to get it…after the dry of the summer, I am hoping for a wet fall and looking forward to it cooling off some…it’s supposed to be almost 90 out here again today so it may be a beach day again…and that would be a record of three days in a row…I do have to do the grocery run today so that will put me on the bike late and might mean a one ride day today….but the guilts won’t allow me to do two one ride days in a row….so I will be out there twice today….more later…

Well…it has been another busy day but only did one bike ride since I wanted to go out to the beach for the second day in a row..and tomorrow might be three…the water has been almost warm and takes no time to get used to…and today there was a sand bar about 50 feet off the beach that you had to swim to but when you got there the water was only knee deep and it was a little cool to just wander around on it for a bit….oh, before that, I got the lawn mowed and I think the new rule is going to be only one ride on mowing days…don’t feel nearly as worn out today so maybe that’s a smart thing to do? After I got back here, I decided that with the rain forecast, I would put some more food on the lawn…and it did rain! Not much but probably twice as much water as I put on it with the sprinklers…and there may be more coming later tonight so it should green up nicely and fill in the spots that I seeded this week….it’s already looking so much better than when I moved in and I may have a good looking lawn by fall instead of next year…but, I do need to get more seed and soil for a big bare patch that hasn’t filled in too well and to do the back along the alley…I know now that you have to keep the patches constantly watered until the grass gets to be a couple of inches tall and I hope to get some help in that with rain this fall…and I want to get some garden blocks to make a pad for the garbage bin to sit on in back of the house since it kills all the grass I have planted there…so, not a bad day today…have way too many tomatoes that I just picked so tomorrow I’m going to get the blender out and puree some of them and then put them through my wire strainer to strain out the seeds and then freeze the puree….had a pretty good garden this year but next year it will be better….more planning and less brute force…and some herbs, too…

Well….running a little late today and I’m not sure why…I did stay in bed a little later than normal but was still up before 7…just can’t get started and I wonder if it’s from only having one meal yesterday?  Will have to try to fix that today….I did have a few dreams last night but don’t remember them at all…it’s just nice to have them for a change….I think I’m growing the beard back since I have weird lines that start at the edge of my mouth that it hid and make me look like I’m frowning all the time….and it’s a real pain to shave my upper lip without nicking it…oh, well….I do have to mow the lawn today with the front getting really long after only 5 days but it may rain later today…yeah, right…and the back is looking pretty uneven so that will be done after I get the first ride in…will have to remember to get more gas for the mower later in the week since I only have enough in the can to mow today…and I need gas in the car, too, so it looks like I’ll make a special trip sometime this week….started to pull plants out of the garden since the cuke plants were done and dying but I have the one along the back of the house that still has a few on it so I’ll let that one go for a while….I wonder what you call a large group of squirrels?A herd? I had about 20 of them running around my yard when I got back from picking up the paint yesterday and had all three colors of them mixed in…but most of them were black and that was kind of cool to see….not much to do today…just the rides and mowing but I do want to get the door frame prepped so I can paint but I may wait till it’s cooler next week….it’s supposed to be in the high 80’s again today and tomorrow so I need to make sure I get enough water…my toe has been edging up to hurting again and that is a sign that I’m not drinking enough….and I don’t need it to flare up…more later….

Well…it’s been another busy day but I finally got some stuff done….did the first ride early, then went out and got the paint I need for the door frames and it was only 20 bucks so that gallon should last me the rest of the time I’m here since I have very little that needs to painted….got back here and got the rest of the grass seed in…then out on the bike for number two…shaved my beard off just to see what I look like without it…and then out to the beach for a swim…had a beer in my Contego sippy cup and must have shaken it a bit much since it blew the top off and sprayed beer all over me and shot the thing six feet away…so that meant that I had to spray off my beach chair and clean everything when I got back here and do laundry to clean my towel so I thought I’d do bedding, too….so, I skipped lunch so I could get out to the beach sooner and I put that hour to good use….need to get the washing into the dryer so I’ll end here…taking the rest of the day off…

Well…that was a little weird…around 5 am my bedroom was flooded with moonlight and I thought I had left the lights on….weird but pretty cool…slept okay last night and feel just a little slow today and I hope the coffee will work soon since I need to get on the bike in about an hour to get the first ride in…might only do one today since my legs feel like they could use a little rest…and there is rain on the way….yeah, right….and more forecast for tomorrow and wed but I’ll believe it when I see it…think I’ll run out and get the paint for the door frames this morning and maybe I’ll skip the second ride to prep the garage door frame….might have to mow the front of the yard but the rest of it will be fine until later in the week….and I need to figure out how to fix the gate in front, too but I have until winter to do that…but, I need to get off my butt and get moving on some projects soon….and, I also need to get out to the beach a few more times before labor day, too, but I am going to try to not stress myself out about any of it…it has been pretty quiet up here for the past week and I am a little relieved about that…I wonder if it will ever be normal to not have to call in noise complaints? Hope so….not much to do today…just going to sit here for a while and have more coffee and read the news for a bit….need to figure out what to make for food today and I do need to process some tomatoes into sauce to freeze to use up the tomatoes….I’m getting tomatoed out….more later…

Well….running about on time this morning with getting up at 6, running out for the paper, and now doing this since I have to get out on the bike by 7:30 to make it back here for the Man U match at 9….and I had the headlights on in the car for the first time since about April…it is still so humid out here that I am sweating at 7 am just sitting here….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done but ride the bike and cook…and today looks the same with lots of soccer, racing and the Michigan team plays in the LL world series and I would like to see that…and that may mean only one ride today and I’m okay with that…my legs went flat during the second ride but it was still a good one….my water bill went up by 30 bucks a month with trying to get keep my lawn alive but I can live with that to have a nice looking lawn…and it has to start to rain at some point…we are now down by almost a foot of rain this year out here and I hope that doesn’t carry over through the winter…although the prospect of shoveling all that snow does not make me smile….still haven’t been able to find a used snowblower but I need to keep looking….I am thinking about going out to the beach every day this week to wind down the summer but I do need to paint the exterior door frames before it gets cold out here….not much to do today…just what I described earlier and I should do some cleaning…my bathroom needs work and the floors need to be cleaned with all of the sand that gets tracked in….more later….

Well…running quite late this morning with waking up at 6 but then just staying in bed for another hour just for the hell of it….feel okay today if a little worn out from allergies and was pretty stuffed up all night last night…I did get out to Hackley park for the first party in the park last night and that was a little strange….had a couple of beers and watched a mediocre band and saw my brother and sister in law who were selling beer as volunteers…there is another one tonight but I don’t think I’ll go….not as much fun alone as it would be with someone….I did get the lawn mowed and watered again yesterday and it is starting to look pretty good but I still have bare spots that need to be filled in and I may have enough seed and dirt to do them….the seed I use is only 8 bucks for 5 pounds so I guess I can buy more…..it should look pretty good by fall if it will ever rain out here….I did give some of the overflow of tomatoes to my brother yesterday and to the guy rehabbing the house across the street…but I still have tons of them that I need to get the blender out to freeze some of them to use over the winter….not much to do today…it’s going to be another hot one out here today so I need to get the rides in before it gets too terrible…only did one ride with mowing the lawn and I only had one meal yesterday so I’ll have to be careful and eat two today…..more later….

Well…I wonder what would happen if I didn’t get out on the bike today? My toe hurts along with my legs and I got scorched at the beach yesterday with doing the same amount of time as always and I can’t figure that out….I mean 6 Steely Dan songs lying on my front and back has been my way of measuring time for years but it didn’t work yesterday and I had to put aloe on my face last night to soothe it….weird….I did finally get my stovetop cleaned yesterday but that is about the only thing I did other than water the lawn and I’m still worn out today….I do need to get at the garden and pick tomatoes and I may get the blender out to make some tomato puree to freeze for use over the winter…the food mill I bought is going back next week since the acid in the tomatoes is leaching some black crap off the axle and dropping it into the puree so it’s unusable….and it didn’t work too well anyway….I’m thinking of going to the “party in the park” this evening but I’m concerned about being in crowds with the delta crap going around and I don’t want to wear a mask outside…so, maybe I’ll skip it….not much to do today…going to get out for only one ride today here in a few…and I am going to work on the garage door frame but it is going to be hot out here and I may just let it go until next week….it’s supposed to  be almost 90 out here and that is a bit much to work outside….more later…

Well…it’s been another busy day and another day where I didn’t get anything done…just not enough time…got on the bike by 8 and back on it by 10…then back here and made lunch then out to the beach for a swim and some sun…then back here to take care of the yard and unsuccessfully look for a topic for the day…I think I’m going to have to change out what I’m doing since I haven’t been able to relax at all…even at the beach in the water, no relaxation…I think I’ve forgotten how to do it and just can’t let go and just enjoy what I’m doing anymore….I’m sure it’s guilt from not working around here but damn, when do I get to just live? Oh, well….maybe if I just work all day for a week or so and get the rest of the outside work done then maybe I can enjoy myself a while…yeah, no…then I’ll just worry about the inside work and getting the winter wheels done and all of the rest of the stuff I need to do…and the garage door opener…and finding a snowblower….you get the idea…it is never going to be done….I’m going to have to accept that I’ll never be finished….and that is going to be hard…darn…