Well…I guess that could be considered “sleeping in” for me…didn’t get up til 7:23 and slept through the night without getting up once and I don’t know how I feel about that…I should feel better but I guess having a couple of cocktails last night offset it…..still feel pretty slow this morning…I did have some dreams last night that had a falcon 9 landing in them and I’m not sure what that had to do for the story but I was really close when it happened so it was cool…and the rocket was damn big from up close…did a total veg yesterday and yes, I am feeling guilty about that…should have cleaned some but just didn’t feel that hot most of the day and I’m not sure what that was about other than not eating enough…feel that way again this morning…a little…so I am going to ease into it…forgot to hit the button on the coffee maker last night so the coffee was cold when I got up and even 45 secs in the microwave didn’t get it hot enough for me…ick….didn’t even ride the bike yesterday and I may have to take the day off today, too, with the wind blowing 20 or so right now and it being really cold…maybe later in the day…right now I just need coffee and to try to read the news a little….more later..

Well…sitting here in the cold gloomy dark of the living room this afternoon and I am feeling exhausted and crappy…now, I think I know why I feel exhausted…I mean half a chicken breast and two bowls of turkey soup just isn’t enough to support riding 20 miles yesterday…and I started out today with the same problem with only having a small piece of smoked sausage and a handful of chips for lunch…and I am planning a dinner of the other half of the chicken breast and a handful of baked fries so it looks like I’ll be down around 1200 calories again today…but, if I try to eat more, I feel like I’ve eaten a Buick and am so uncomfortable that it hurts to just sit here. Hmmmm…and the allergies don’t help at all with the damn headache that I’ve had for weeks and that takes a lot out of me…okay, that’s enough bitching…I guess I should do something about it, huh? I did take an aspirin about an hour ago that has helped some but I can’t take any allergy stuff right now since I’m only allowed one a day and I’ll need that later to be able to breathe as I try to sleep…I wonder if this is what it is like to grow old? If it is, it sucks…oh, well…..

Well…running a little late this morning and it’s just that I was a little distracted with the F1 race and MotoGP starting in a few minutes and reading all the news already…I did sleep better last night and didn’t get up til almost 6…when it got to 5:44 I gave up trying and just got up…and that’s okay since I slept with strange, strange dreams and that means I got into deep sleep that I haven’t been able to do for a few days…I am thinking about getting out for a ride since there is a dry slot that is coming over right now and the rain will be stopping for a couple of hours or so…and it is about 50 out there right now so I should take advantage of it even though I had planned for today to be an off day….still having the problems with thighs hurting like crazy at the end of the ride and that is new so I’m not sure why that would be…not going any harder than normal so I am a little confused….didn’t get anything done yesterday but really didn’t have to so I think I may be able to keep the guilts at bay today…don’t really have much to do today, either, but clean and I should do the kitchen so that will be the plan for the day…but it’s still early so I guess I can take it easy for a bit and watch the race first…more later….

Well….that was a little better…didn’t wake up til 5:34 and was able to get back to sleep for about an hour so I’ll take it after yesterday…and I don’t feel too bad right now…felt just exhausted yesterday afternoon and I still haven’t figured that out yet and I hope that doesn’t happen again today…I did get out for a 20 miler yesterday and had a weird thing happen when the fronts of my thighs hurt like crazy for the last 6 miles and that never happens….it was cold enough to go out in almost full thermasuit and was pretty damn cold when I got back here that lasted most of the afternoon….I think I still haven’t shifted to be used to the cold yet and I hope it happens soon…didn’t get out to shoot pool with some concerns about covid and that was the smart thing to do but it would be nice to have a few things get back to normal…I guess that won’t happen until there is a vaccine available….didn’t get much done yesterday but put the trash out and that got rid of all of the garden refuse so the cleanup on the yard is complete…I may rake some more of the leaves in the back yard after the rest of them are down but those will just be composted behind the garage….not much to do today…going to just wait out the weather and let it warm up before I even think about getting out and watch some football later….more later…

Well…that just sucked…up at 3:34 and then had the hardest time getting back to sleep…think it took til almost 5 but I guess I slept until almost 6:30 but that is just not enough…oh, well…slept on my right thumb that has arthritis in it and woke up with howling pain in it that did go away for the most part….it is going to hurt playing pool later…and that is cool…I am going out to play pool this morning and it will be the first time in months I’ve been out of here for something other than groceries or supplies to work on this house…and it looks like another lockdown is coming with the virus exploding here in Michigan and across the country…I guess that what we get when a lazy moron gets elected…okay, no politics here…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday and did almost 20 miles but I won’t get out today with it raining right now and I never go out after having a couple shooting pool so I’ll have to wait til tomorrow…I am really trying to not feel guilty about not getting out after getting to my goals and with the pain I’ve been in lately….my legs just need some rest…but that means I’m back to eating only one meal a day to compensate for less riding…not much to do today…pool at 10 and then I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and just take it easy…I can use a day off….more later…

Well…that was another night of okay sleep but I wonder when I’m going to start feeling better from it…still feel so damn worn out even without riding yesterday that I’m beginning to think I may be getting old…that can’t be it…had some strange dreams again and that is one bright spot of sleeping a little better and this one had all people I didn’t know and lots of pizza in it…and I was going on a group ride that I never do…strange….I wonder if I should order pizza? I did get some cleaning done yesterday and should do the kitchen today and I just might since it is only 29 outside and that is means I’ll have to wait to get on the bike until this afternoon….just don’t want to do full thermasuit just yet but I guess I’m going to have to sometime…after all, I did put jeans on the last time it was cold and I usually wait to do that until t-day….I think it was a good thing to take a day off riding…my right knee was starting to get sore and I am having pain in my foot that isn’t the gout coming back so maybe I need to take it a little easier…not much to do today…just cleaning and looking for houses…I did see a nice one in Hastings for only 118K that doesn’t even need any work and I may just take a run down there and take a look at it…I am a little limited of how far out I can go since I do need cable internet…I should have something picked out by the end of the month…I hope…more later

Well….I talked about a little disappointment I had yesterday when I was going out for the top down park run yesterday when the stereo in the car wouldn’t play my mp3 player through it…I tried a bunch of other cables and none of them worked so I assumed the unit was at fault…but, I wanted to make sure so I hit the dollar store this morning to get another one on the way back from aldi’s…just tried it and it works again…so I guess all the cables I have are shot….that is pretty cool and is one less thing I have to think about….a bit of good news…

Well…that was weird…slept through the night for the second day in a row and I can’t remember when that happened the last time….and I’m barely coughing now so maybe I’m feeling better…still feel a little slow and low energy right now but that is probably from not eating enough…or from too much riding so I think I’ll take the day off with getting to my last goal for the year yesterday…I do still have that damn headache I’ve had off and on for a month but I know it’s from allergies and I hope I can get some more meds this morning when I do the grocery run….it is a little strange that we had a storm last night and the power didn’t go out….was sitting here waiting for it and dreading the fact that it was going to get cold and I would need the heat to work…it is only 39 out there right now and that is a huge change from 64 yesterday…I’m going to have to get used to the cold all over again I guess….didn’t get much done yesterday but I got most everything done the day before so I didn’t have much to do…I do have to clean today but I really want to just take a day off after I do the grocery run…and I just might….it would be nice to just veg for a while and let my body heal up some….more later….

Well…I did finally get the park drive in today and it was nice to just do nothing for a change…but I found out my stereo in the car is dying and won’t play my mp3 player through it anymore…need to get another cable from the dollar store tomorrow to see it that’s what it is…I did also stop at the bar where Tom and I shoot pool and they are open so we may be able to shoot pool Friday…that would be cool…I  put 50 miles on the car and I’m sure it is going to thank me for it…it can’t be good for it to drive 4 miles and then have it set again for another week…more later…I’ll get to a political one in a few minutes if I can find a topic..

Well…I think I may be getting over the coughing I’ve had for the past month…didn’t cough much yesterday and I slept okay last night with none that I can remember…I am coughing a little right now but I just got up and I can’t remember not coughing a little in the mornings…I wonder if it was all the outdoor time yesterday? It looks like another day of getting out as soon as it gets light with the temp at 64 right now so I can get both rides in before noon…I’m still thinking about taking a ride with the top down today just to celebrate the end of top down weather…I know I put the top down even when it’s cold but today will be the last day in shorts and short sleeves….man, I was sore last night after all of the work yesterday but it seems to be better today…I did take something for it and I’m sure that helped and I’ll probably need something later after doing two rides today…I’m going to get to the last milestone this morning with only 8 miles to go to get to 5,416 miles that will give me 10,000 miles with this year and last year combined…have never done that before…I’ll have to look at my records to see where I am in total since I started to keep track…I think I’m inching up on 75,000 miles and that would be something….not much to do today….I think I’ll probably take the day off and just enjoy the last day of nice weather…did all of the work I needed to do yesterday and I need a rest day…damn, I’m getting old….more later….