Well…okay, I think I’m broken….I really tried to do nothing today but I failed completely…and it should be easy when you can’t go anywhere or do anything…got out on the bike for the first time at about 7:30 and got a good ride in….went hard the whole way with no distress at all and it felt good…then when I got back here I had to make a run to Menards to get some more topsoil, potting soil, and grass seed so I could get at restoring the lawn…it’s a good 20 foot lawn but up close you can see all the bare spots….so after lunch and the second hard ride where I didn’t have any problems again and it was even 90 degrees when I went out, I got back here and then started on the front lawn…spreading two bags of topsoil and then seeding the soil…man, I was soaked after that but I still needed to work on the garden and plant 4 more of the celebration tomato plants that had grown up big enough for transplant…and then put cages on the ones that had gotten big enough…I still have a dozen tomato plants and 4 more green pepper plants to put out along with 9 more sunflowers that I am waiting to have sprout….so, as you can see…another damn busy day….oh, and I mowed the lawn while I was waiting for the chicken thighs to cook for lunch….cripes…

Well…running a little late today with not getting out of bed until after 6 and needing to get started on drinking water again today to help with getting the swelling down in my foot…must have had 3 gallons yesterday and will try to do the same today…you know, I used to be one of those people who lit off fireworks but not like the idiots around here who kept it up every damn night for the past 5 days and forced me to use earplugs again last night since I wanted to keep the windows open….grrrrr….I did wake up in an almost overall pain this morning but none of it is sharp, just a dull pain everywhere that I have already taken something for since I need to get a ride in and then head out to Menards to get some more soil and grass seed so I can seed before the rain that is coming Thursday. I did get some work done on the downstairs project yesterday and that may be part of why I hurt this morning…not sure what I’m going to do today after working on the lawn…I do have a few more tomato plants to get in today that will ensure I have tomatoes through the whole summer and I even put in some more sunflower seeds since some damn animal keeps killing mine….there was good news on the bike ride yesterday when the water has receded enough to be able to avoid riding on the road and I am going to explore a little today to see if I can get to the eagle’s nest and see if the baby eagle has fledged yet…but man, the trail that was flooded smells really bad and takes me back to early days living around the river in Ada…same smell and it brought back some good memories…more later…

Well…yep, I’m sore this morning and I’m not sure how the ride is going to go today…maybe I should take the day off? One of these days I’m going to and that will surprise the hell out of me…I did sleep okay last night but feel pretty crappy this morning and already out of energy so the ride is going to wait until I have lots of coffee…may have to take some ibuprofen too….didn’t get much done yesterday but ride and cook but I am going to clean some today…I was really hoping for thunderstorms to watch today but that forecast has changed and now it looks like I may have to wait until tomorrow for the excuse to only ride once….it looks like I may have tomatoes in July from a couple of plants in the garden since they have flowers on them…but I do have many more sprouted downstairs that I am going to plant in the next week or so along with some more green pepper plants if the seeds sprout….I am going to get out to get some more potting soil and grass seed tomorrow so I can get started on reseeding the back yard…the front is starting to grow in some and look okay but after killing the weeds in the back there isn’t much yard left….not much to do today…I am going to take a while to just ease into the day before I get on the bike and I am going to clean the floors today and maybe even start on cleaning the copper on the front of the house…but not now, more coffee….

Well….cripes, I finally figured out why I was having shortness of breath on the bike on the second ride today…and it’s nothing but what I’m doing to myself and have done before so I just need to let my lungs heal up over a week or so…and I was feeling pretty good about knowing what’s going on until damn, more damage that I did to myself again…I have been losing my sprouted sunflowers to some kind of animal and when I saw a squirrel rooting around near them, I put my old shoes on and took off after it…well…the damn glue that I used to hold them together let go and the front of the sole came loose and I tripped and went down hard on my right side….now, I’ve had broken ribs before and this is not nearly that painful so I guess I’m only bruised…but it still hurts like crazy and I know I’m going to be black and blue in the morning and it will probably hurt more…so this is a really good compliment for my right foot still having swelling and pain…cripes, I’m getting old…probably shouldn’t chase squirrels at my age, huh?

Well….you know, I really do need to take a day off sometime…have already gotten a bike ride in and have fixed the spring bracket on the garage door that had pulled loose….and watered the gardens…and, so far, so good…at least from the bike ride…no shortness of breath but my right knee is still hurting from wedging it against the ladder Friday…that DID hurt on the bike but I’m hoping the ibuprofen I took will help that before the second ride…and yeah, I am going to take a second ride as soon as I make lunch and that should be interesting…even went out with only one cup of coffee at 8 so I need to finish that up first…then I think I’ll take the afternoon off…ha,ha,ha…yeah, I laughed at that one, too….I need to do the floors around here and should try to clean up the copper on the front of the house….see…I just can’t do it…

Well…yeah, running late again today…it is Sunday after all and I’m always late on Sundays….slept okay last night but feel pretty crappy today with the pain from painting the front trim finally hitting my mid back and everywhere else…even my damn thumb hurts this morning and my foot is still puffy and I need to figure out how to get my back to crack to help that…I am little depressed that today is normally my big race day of the year with Monaco, Indy, and the coke 600 on and now there is only the coke 600 to watch later…it was a great excuse to do nothing for an entire day and now that’s gone…I had problems on the second ride on the bike yesterday where I couldn’t catch my breath coming back and, while that happens sometimes, not to that degree and I was really concerned…but I think part of it was the acid reflux I was having…water helped that but I still had concerns that I was going to be able to get back here…..we’ll see how it is here in a few minutes when I take the bike out this morning….cripes, it sucks getting old…not much to do today….not going to do any work other than on the garden and that will just be screwing around…well, I might try some cleaning on the copper on the front of the house but that will aggravate my foot so I’m not sure about that….and I’m not sure about two rides today but that will hinge on how the first one goes….more later….

Well…cripes, my allergies are just terrible this morning after not taking anything for them last night and I am miserable…but I think I’ll tough it out today and wait until later to take anything for it…I think I’m going to take the day off from painting today since climbing up and down the ladder yesterday really flared my gout in the right foot and it was really swollen and hurting last night…it’s better this morning but I do need to take care of it by keeping it elevated and drinking way too much water today…I am going to get out on the bike today but only for one ride…it looks like the 5K goal for the year is gone since I can’t do the 30 miles a day that I need to do to get there….oh, well…and the trail is so flooded that I can’t get 15 in anyway….and that is going to get worse with the rain that is forecast for the next few days….and it’s going to be in the upper 80’s Monday and Tuesday and I am looking forward to that…I really like the hot weather….and I’ll be sitting on the front porch watching the storms when they come in….not much to do today…going to listen to Joe Walsh on the radio today when he does a radio show for a public radio station in California at 6 tonight…well…on the internet since I don’t think the radio will carry all the way from Cali….should be a hoot…but I’m not going to do much more…need a day off to rest the foot and take care of myself….just wearing out and I don’t like it….more later…

Well…running late this morning and today I have an excuse…my internet was down until just now and I haven’t even read the news yet…slept okay last night but feel pretty crappy this morning with it being a cocktail night last night and not having my coffee…or enough coffee…so this one is going to be a little disjointed….and my foot hurts after the abuse of climbing on the ladder yesterday…I do need to get the prescription for the gout refilled since my foot is all red and looks just like it did the last time….damn….drank so damn much water yesterday I was floating but I guess I’ll have to keep that up today…and I need to get at the rest of the trim on the front of the house today but I’m not going to paint today….just need to get the wire bush out and get it ready….don’t think I have enough paint to do the rest of it so I’ll have to get out for another gallon Tuesday…I can’t believe it’s already Memorial day and I don’t have my one race day of the year…normally, there is F1, Indy, and then the 600 to watch this Sunday and it gave me an excuse to just veg the entire day…but this year there is only the 600 Sunday night and I guess that will have to do…not much to do today…need to get out on the bike in a few minutes but I need coffee first….not sure if I’m going to do two rides today but I should…we’ll see…more later….

Well…I’m not sure how this day got away from me but it did…I did think about doing a political one but just couldn’t do it….I needed to take a day off from trump and his cronies or my brain will turn to mush just like theirs and I am not going  let that happen to me…so, let’s talk about the day instead…you remember from this morning I said I had found a new trail to ride after the flooding started on the normal trail…well…that worked for two days and then, when I got to the entry to the tail this morning, the whole trail was flooded and that meant I had to take the road up to the high parts of the trail and cut across the fields to get back to it…so I got started and got all the way to the other side of the park but then one of the ring roads was flooded and it was the damnest thing that I saw…there were fish swimming across the trail and into the woods against the flow of water that sounded like a waterfall and was 300 yards long….saw some big damn carp that must have been 20 pounds and even saw a couple of steelhead heading upstream….pretty cool even with having to find dry trail to ride…but, that wasn’t the only thing that happened…I had planned to only take one ride today to try to not hurt so much and have more energy…and to help the re-occurrence of the gout…so instead I got after the trim on the driveway side of the front of the house and got that painted today along with the gutter that is hung on that side that is aluminum and not the copper of the rest of them…but standing on the ladder for two hours really made the swelling in my foot explode and I am going to have to keep it raised all night to try to help it….so I do have an excuse for not doing a political one today but I’ll get back to it tomorrow…you can count on that…but, right now…..I am going to have a cocktail or 3 tonight and get caught up on the shows I’ve ignored all week….

Well…damn, it’s a bitch living in a body that’s wearing out….the damn gout came back yesterday and I know I did it to myself with all of the double rides and work on the house…just like the last time…so now I know I need to drink gallons of water over the next few days and cut back on the bike rides…I was going to try a new schedule anyway with having three days of doubles and then a day of only one ride to see if I can make the pain go away and stop hobbling around here….the trail was flooded yesterday in two places but I discovered a new trail that got me to the 15 miles I needed and I am going to use that one for the next week or so until the water goes down…need to try to figure out how to add that one in to the normal rides…it is cool that I can change it up a little now and still get my miles in….I wonder if I can take a day off in the near future and just heal up? The thought came to me on the bike yesterday that maybe I’m doing more damage to myself than I’m helping with all of the rides as I age but I just can’t be one of those people who sits and does nothing….I think I need to do some research on that and maybe start to tailor my nutrition to what I want to do….there has got to be a way to keep going….not much to do today….I am going to do at least one ride today and I want to start to paint the trim on the front of the house that I scraped the paint off yesterday but with my foot hurting, climbing the ladder is a bit much…and there is a race on at noon that I may just watch instead…and I do need to cook some chicken today since all of the leftovers are gone…at least I get to have cocktails tonight….more later…