Well…damn, how can I be running late when it’s only 20 after 6? Need to get on the bike by 7 am so I can get three rides in before 10 and then get to the library for more books…no outdoor rides today since it’s not going to get out of the 30’s today and it’s going to be extremely windy…only having one meal yesterday is slowing me down this morning and I’ll try to fix that this afternoon with making the stir fry to go with the chicken and rice I made the other day….and I have a head of cabbage that I need to cook in the instant pot probably tomorrow so then I’ll have three meals of leftovers that will keep me going until next week…so I won’t be making the Masala until next week at some point…need to clean this place up since my son and Art may be coming out Sat and it will be good to see him…so kitchen today, bathroom tomorrow and living room at some point too…one of these days I am going to take a day off…ha, ha….I don’t know how many times I’ve said that but I know that it’s well over 500 days since I’ve had a day off…October 19th 2023…not much to do today…just the rides and the library trip along with cooking so the chicken doesn’t spoil….more later…

Well…when it came time to make the second meal of the stir fry chicken today, I wasn’t feeling it so I decided to stick with one meal today and I’ll probably feel it tomorrow…oh, well…I’ll make the stir fry tomorrow…just ran out of time today with doing an indoor ride, hitting three stores on the grocery run and then two rides outdoors…made a huge mistake on the first ride with how sensitive I’ve been to the cold lately…it was 53 when I went out and decided to go out in shorts and my fingerless riding gloves and by the time I was halfway, my fingers were howling in pain from the cold so for the second ride I put on a pair of long workout pants on that my daughter gave me and then put my lightest gloves on and that worked…so now I have another thermasuit that I can use in the in between temps…but that second ride meant that I didn’t get to lunch until almost 1 and I was still full from it at my normal dinner time so no dinner today…I did just finish up the 4th book I got last week and it only took me 5 days to do it…so back to the library tomorrow for more…and I did stop at the cop shop and got my beach parking passes for this summer…so it was a little of a busy day today and now I need to take a break…I am looking forward to the final season of “Bosch: Legacy” that is coming out in a week or so…only 10 episodes so I’ll burn through those pretty quickly….

Well…up at 4:24 this morning and out of bed before 6 and I stayed up late so that’s not a lot of sleep and I’ll be feeling it later today…it’s going to be a busy one with doing the grocery run to 3 stores this morning and I need to get on the indoor bike by 7am so I can get out of here at 8:15…it’s supposed to rain later today so I’ll need to get the two outdoor rides in before that…and I do need to cook today with having chicken thawed for stir fry and that will keep me fed with two meals until Saturday when I’ll make another batch of Masala….or maybe I’ll wait til Sunday for that…man, I’m worn out today…but I still need to get moving soon and then just keep plodding forward all morning…hope to have the outdoor rides in before noon but that gives me no rest time at all…going to stop over at the cop shop to get my beach parking passes for this year and I need to start looking for a new beach lounge chair since the old one is just worn out after using it for 20 years…beach weather seems pretty far away right now with one more warm day and then down into the 30’s again…oh, well….more later…

Well…it’s been a kinda busy day today with getting three rides in and then just putting the chicken and the rest of the stuff in the dutch over and getting it simmering…I did finish the third book and have started the fourth one but I’m not sure how much headway I’m going to make on it today…have a few other things I need to do and still haven’t done the weights yet…it looks like DD has smoked spiral sliced ham for about 1.20 a pound so I’ll stop there for that and for roasted turkey for 2.50 a pound so that will give me some easy food to make later…so it will be a three store run tomorrow and I think I can get the indoor ride in before I go…and it will be warm enough to go out in shorts tomorrow before the temp drops and it snows again Thursday so I’ll be riding indoors through the rest of the month…I did get over 1,800 miles today and I just might be able to get to 2K before the end of March…still have 12 days to do it so the numbers work…okay, I need to get the weights going…

Well…up and running at 6:06 this morning and need to accomplish something today…not sure what that will be but something…slept okay but had to take a red dot for my allergies and it’s just going to get worse as spring goes on…haven’t eaten a lot in the past couple of days so I’ll need to do better today to fuel the three rides I’m going to do today…going to start with an indoor ride even though it’s warm enough to go outside right now…but it’s still dark and I don’t want to wait til after 8 to get on the bike…the bathroom needs to be cleaned at some point and I’m not sure if I’ll do that today or tomorrow…no one has protein on sale this week so I’ll empty the freezer for meals this week and probably take a container of ham soup out for second meals for a few days…12 minutes until I need to be on the bike and I need more coffee before I can do that…not much to do today…have to get my beach parking permits this week and get the books done so I can get more before the weekend but I have one and a half left to do…and I do need to cook the chicken thighs I thawed and that will be a nice change from soup, soup, soup….more later….

Well…it wasn’t much of a day today but I did get a ride in outdoors even though it was in the 30’s when I went out…no Stupid the turkey today so I wasn’t as entertained as normal…but the ride was nice and got me to 29 miles for the day today…didn’t have to cook today since I’m trying to use the potato soup up before it spoils so today was the second day of only two bowls of soup to eat…don’t think that’s enough…damn, I forgot to do the weight work…have to get on that after I do this…going to make chicken thighs tomorrow that will last me for 3 more days after I have the first of it…but I’m not sure what the second meal will be the rest of the week…maybe some pasta? I have enough chicken for another stir fry so maybe I’ll try that…okay, just checked and I have enough chicken for both a stir fry and Masala later in the week…so that give me two more meals and I still have a couple of pork chops and a t-bone in the freezer so I can make those on the grill this weekend…so it looks like the chicken dish tomorrow and then the stir fry Wed…okay…need to read more…

Well…happy St. Patrick’s day to all of you who celebrate…man, I remember the years when a huge group of us would get together and hang out with lots of beer, shots, and laughs…I miss those days a lot…oh, well…I did enjoy the moon shining through my blinds in the bedroom this morning and I just lied there and soaked it in for a bit but then my compulsion to get moving kicked in I was out of bed at 6:09…it is damn cold for March out here right now at 21 degrees and I really hope this is the last of the cold for the spring…it’s going to get to 60 tomorrow but then back down into the 40’s for highs and we really need a break from the cold…or I do…haven’t smelled the spring smell yet and I look forward to that….didn’t get anything done yesterday but bake bread and read but I really should clean some today…oh, I did do laundry yesterday so I guess that’s something…I did take some chicken thighs out of the freezer so I can make the chicken, potatoes, carrots, and rice dish in my half dutch oven tomorrow…and that will last a few days to go with the potato soup and bread…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 14 minutes to get started by 7am and get the two indoor rides in…going to suit up and do an outdoor ride this aft…have a can of Colombian coffee I’m going to open this morning and see what it tastes like in my pour over coffee maker…I wonder if it will be as good as my whole bean coffee? More later….

Well…only did two rides indoors today and I feel really guilty about that…but I think I made up for it by only having two bowls of soup to eat…oh, and two slices of sourdough bread to go with it…will have to get moving tomorrow…should do two indoor and one outdoor ride since the high is going to be 49 so I can get out for a ride in the afternoon…we got three frickin inches of snow today and my entire yard is covered…ick…but it will all melt tomorrow morning and then it’s going to be 50 for the rest of the week…not warm enough for me but it’s better than snow…still haven’t figured out any other meals so it may be another two bowl of soup day…have already finished two of the books I got Friday and I’m going to start another one right now…so back to reading…

Well…just took a look at the bread dough in the silicone bowl in the fridge and I can’t believe how much it’s risen overnight…this is by far the best loaf I’ve made and I wonder if it was from the newly fed starter I used? I’ll bet it’s going to rise even more and push the top off the casserole dish I use to bake it in…I don’t know if I’m going to buy bread anymore or just bake a loaf a week…but bread flour is about 5 bucks for a 5 lb bag so it’s not cheaper than buying whole wheat at aldis…and each loaf takes 350 grams…okay, so that makes it about a buck per loaf so I guess it is cheaper…if you didn’t know, a pound is 454 grams so that gives you 6 loaves out of a 5 pound bag so that is 83 cents a loaf…I wonder if I should factor in the time it takes to make a loaf…no, I was just sitting here reading and the total time of mixing it up and doing the folding and stretching is about 10 minutes over the afternoon so it only appears it’s a lot of work…okay, need to get on the bike right now…more later…

Well…it’s damn cold out there with the temp hovering the mid 30’s and that is down 40 degrees from Friday…that is March in Michigan so that will mean the rides will be indoors today…my right eye is pretty weepy this morning but doesn’t hurt so I will need to wash it and put the hot compress on it before I get on the bike here in a few minutes…I hurt my back somehow and it’s probably just from riding outdoors and using outdoor muscles to do it…and my hands hurt all night last night from the same thing since I only have about 200 miles in outdoors and I’m not used to it yet…slept okay last night and I’m not sure why I’ve been feeling so tired lately…yesterday it was a chore just to move at all and I feel the same today…I really should take a day off at some point…man, that would be such a luxury if I could ever do it…I used to be able to and I wonder how the heck I got to this point? I am going to bake some bread this morning to go with the potato/cabbage soup that I am going to have for both lunch and dinner today since I have so much of it in the fridge and don’t want it to spoil….not much to do today…it’s going to be a good day to just hibernate here with the rain/snow and cold that is going on right now…more later…