Well….that was an okay night with only getting up once at 3:34 and then making it til coffee o’clock…even had a few scattered dreams that I don’t remember…yeah, I get it…how do I know I dream if I don’t remember them? That’s a question that I think I’ll ponder a while…but not right now…I was going to take some time off yesterday with finishing the last big painting project but then noticed that I still have one more to do…the linen closet doors need to be removed, sanded, and painted but that will wait until next week…I did almost flood the basement doing laundry yesterday when I left some paper towels I used to clean some equipment in the sink where the washer dumps and it clogged the drain…and the wash water filled the sink and the over the sides…but luckily the overflow just went down the floor drain and I only had to mop a little to clean it up….won’t do that again….I did get to cleaning the bathroom, too and that was way overdue….just so much dust and pet hair…still…even after months of vacuuming the crap up…but it looks pretty good now and I am debating if it will be the kitchen or living room next…I did skip the bike ride yesterday with it being so windy…just not going out with 20 mph steady wind and gusts on top of that…it would be different if it was 80 degrees but not 38….I am going out today but will have to wait until after I make lunch…going to do my St. Patrick’s day corned beef and cabbage today in the instant pot and I have found a 5 star mustard sauce that I am making, too…okay, does this sound good? 2 eggs, mustard, brown sugar, vinegar, and more regular sugar along with margarine….and whisk over heat until smooth…I have all the ingredients by chance since Meijers had eggs on sale for 79 cents and I got a dozen…and with the brisket being a point cut and 4 pounds, it needs 90 minutes in the pot under pressure so I’ll need to start it by 10 if I am going to have it for lunch…but first, more coffee, some news, and some downstairs work…damn, this is going to be a boring morning without any soccer since everything is cancelled….more later….

Well…made it all the way to 6 after getting up at around 5 for the first time so I’ll call that a win…couldn’t figure out why I hurt so much last night and was hobbling around here and then it hit me…I did a fast double on the bike yesterday and I’m just not used to that much riding yet…I do remember that it was really a chore to get on the bike for the second ride and I almost turned around after the first mile….but then I just shifted down to lower speed mode until I hit that trails and that did the trick…once I got going it was okay…I did get the last window completed and put back together yesterday and it looks really good compared to what I started with…so, I think I’ve earned a day off working other than I need to clean my bathroom today…and I am going to try the new vinyl cleaner I got to replace the D-3 fluid for my discwasher as I clean…damn, the D-3 bottle only lasted 40 years…I wonder if I should complain?  I may even take the day off the bike today since the wind is going to be a steady 20+ and it is only going to be in the 30’s and that is not a combo that I enjoy too much…I did get the car and bike washed yesterday afternoon, too and that may just tip me over to vegging today…but all the sports I watch have been cancelled so I’ll have to find something else to do…I suppose I could start putting my tools and repair materials away downstairs since I won’t need most of them with the interior almost done….I could take the trim off the kitchen and get it ready to paint but I don’t want to paint indoors anymore…I guess that can wait…okay, I need more coffee and to let myself take the day off…and that appears harder than I thought it was going to be…more later…

Well…running late this morning and I just can’t get started for some reason….I think I slept okay and didn’t get up until after 6 but that’s not helping a whole lot…I think I’m going to take the day off today after getting the last window painted yesterday…but, even after two coats, I still have some rust bleeding through even with treating it with clear acrylic so I will have to put one more coat on the bottom of the frame….that one was a pain with having to stand in the kitchen sink and contort myself to get at the little cove with the light in it…had paint everywhere and I think I’m still going to have to get more of it out of my hair today…I did get a bike ride in yesterday and want to try to get two in today but it looks like there is rain coming in from the west…it is supposed to be 60 today and I really did want to get out in a t-shirt since it is going to get cold again starting tomorrow…and then cold for the rest of the month…ick…I do need to start cleaning today since the dust bunnies are turning into dust raptors again and my bathroom is edging up to being ugly….but, I want a day off…damn…at least I am going to be able to watch Man U play in an empty stadium this afternoon if the match is not cancelled…with everything that is going on, who knows what is going to happen?  More later…

Well…this really sucks….have had computer problems all morning with it taking almost two minutes to switch between sites and that is just damn annoying…but even more annoying is re-starting it and it taking almost 20 minutes to update so I could use it again…it seems to be better now but it still has lag to it and I’m not sure what that is about…I never save anything to the hard drive so it still has plenty of room for anything I may want to do…I wonder if it’s connected to emby being so unstable lately? I guess I should start getting ready to buy a new laptop…need to get all of my saved passwords out of this one before it dies on me…damn…don’t want to spend any money right now…

Well…running a little late this morning even with getting up at 5:11 and there is a good reason for it…when I have work staring me in the face, I just have to get started on it…so, I got the last window started and finished the sanding…getting ready to paint later this morning after it dries from wiping the dust down….will need to put two coats on so I may have to finish it up tomorrow since the paint doesn’t dry too well on the cold window frames….that will finish up the big painting jobs on the inside and that will give me a couple of weeks to clean everything and put my tools away before I get started on the exterior and the lawn….I may even just take some time off to get some rest and let my body heal before I start abusing it again outside….I do need to remove and paint the rest of the trim in the kitchen but I’ll probably wait until I can do that outdoors to keep the smell out there instead of in here…I do need to buy an airless sprayer to do the awnings and the siding on the dormer and the garage but I need to wait to spend any money until I get my new tires and air compressor…..damn..still a lot to do and I need to work on the car, too….need to change the oil, replace the valve cover gasket, and do a coolant flush…and that will take some time, too…just too much work to do…still…and I have the grocery run to do this morning if there are any groceries still on the shelves….I sure hope the panic buying hasn’t hit here yet since I have a pretty long list to get today…but that won’t happen til later…I need more coffee and to read the news first before I get started….oh, I’ve already started…cripes, I need some time off….more later…

Well…that was a little better but was still up three times overnight even with going to bed late and being good last night…but, I don’t feel too bad so I guess I’ll take it….and I was and am coughing again and it has to be allergies and that doesn’t make me happy at all…think I’ll take some of the cough stuff I got for the last time it was this bad…I’ll probably get some pretty dirty looks tomorrow when I do the grocery run with the panic about coronavirus and me coughing…that should be pretty funny if I don’t get shot…I wonder when they’ll start closing grocery stores and the rest of retail? Not going to worry about that with a full freezer downstairs that I know has more than two weeks worth of food in it…especially with how little I eat…I mean I turned one boneless chicken breast into 4 days worth of chicken burritos…and I just started to thaw a 4 1/2 pound corned beef brisket for St.Patrick’s day…that I’m going to make in the instant pot this weekend…okay, enough of that…I am going to get started on the last window today so that should be done in a few days…but I need to tarp off the kitchen to control the dust and paint chips along with treating the rust on the frame….but, it’s a small window so it shouldn’t be too hard…just looked at the weather and it’s going to be crappy and cold for the rest of March…would like to get started out on the yard but that looks like that will wait for a while…I’m even going to be back in full thermasuit for the ride this morning….I do need to get my veggies started inside so I’ll be ready for outdoor planting as soon as the frost is gone….I need more coffee…more later…

Well…the way today started out, I really didn’t have much hope of getting anything done…not sleeping will do that to you…but, I did get out on the bike as soon as it was light enough to see and got a nice ride in but the fact that I hadn’t put the tire liners in yet was nagging at me the entire 12 miles….so, when I got back here I took the bike apart and got to use my new tire tools to break down one side of the tires to make room to put the liners in…and I just love the new tools that are specifically made to remove tires from the rims without damaging them…and they clip onto the spokes to stay in place until the tire is off so you don’t need three hands to get the job done…I did discover that I need a new compressor since neither one of mine work very well anymore…but, I can’t spend any money until May now so that is going to have to wait…unless I decide to not buy any groceries for a week and buy the compressor instead…I can get a nice little pancake one from HF for 39 bucks that will deliver 100 psi and that would be enough since all I’ll use it for is to air up tires and to blow things off that I am working on…I did get laundry done today, too since I damn near killed my dryer with a load that was just way to big for it and needed to start doing smaller ones…what else? Nothing…just these and that and now it’s time to watch soccer….

Well…that was an ugly night with having the worst case of acid reflux I’ve had in a long time…woke me up at 2 and kept me up most of the rest of the night as I waited for the antacids to work…and it didn’t help that it was the first full night of the time change and that always screws me up for a few days…not sure why that would be but I know I’ll still be doing time corrections in my head for a few days…you’d think that getting 50 miles in on the bike the past two days that I would be worn out and sleep better but it really never works that way…oh, well….didn’t get anything done yesterday but it looks like I’ll have time to get a few things done this afternoon with the rain coming in later this morning…so that means I need to get on the bike around 9 after the showers that are on the way move through and before the rains starts again at 11 or so…there won’t be enough time to get a double in today so I guess I’ll get started on the last window in the kitchen…if I feel better…feel pretty crappy right now and my allergies are flaring like crazy so that is going to make for a day to be endured…and I really do hope that I can get a nap during soccer later but that hasn’t been working lately, either….more later…

Well…not sure if doing two hard runs both yesterday and today is a mistake or not but I am getting dang sore already and that will need some ibuprofen a little later…it was pretty cool to be able to get out for the second ride today in  just a t-shirt and shorts for the first time this year and that made the ride just so much more fun and I was able to work up a good sweat, too….did that whole second run today flat out as hard as I could go but I did notice that I am nowhere near summer fitness levels so there sill be some gains to be had..but the weather isn’t going to cooperate with temps heading back down into the 40’s for highs for the next couple of weeks and rain in the forecast almost every day until the end of March…and that sucks since I am trying to get to over 600 miles by the first of April but that will take doubles almost every day and that is just not going to happen…it was still fun to get out on the new bike and not have to think about the damn chain skipping…or any of the other things that is wrong with the old bike…not sure when I’m going to start working on that…have some work to do on the car first so we’ll see….

Well…I’m not sure what it is about Sundays but I almost forgot to come here again this week…was getting ready to get on the bike and just realized that I needed to come here and do one of these…and the time change didn’t help, either…I’ll be feeling the effects of that for a couple of days and I’m not sure why that is…feel pretty crappy this morning and it’s entirely my fault but the coughing and stuffed up head isn’t…I sure hope it’s not allergies this soon in the year…yeah, I know, it is but I’m holding out the delusional hope that it will not get worse…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but put the new bike together and ride twice but I did get the dining room window finished…don’t think I’m going to do any work today other than get two bike rides in…I did get the tire liners and tools to install them late in the day but I’m not going to do that today…going to keep my fingers crossed that I don’t get a flat today doing two rides….that would be a pain to walk back 5 miles….not much to do today…going to get out on the bike here in a few minutes for the first one and then watch some soccer before the second one after Man U plays City at 12:30….going to make some chicken with asparagus and potatoes for lunch…it is pretty cool to have a large enough glass dish to cook them all in it….more later….