Well…running a little early today and I’m not sure why….slept okay last night and got through the night with both earplugs still in so that helped….I am still confused about my back…there is no pattern to the pain and I can’t figure out how to fix it….it’s not hurting right now so I guess that’s cool but I know it will hurt later….have been really sore lately….haven’t taken any ibuprofen since I read a study saying that it interferes with muscle healing if you do….but, I feel too creaky to completely stop…maybe tomorrow when there are supposed to storms….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I’ll do better today…I need to vacuum and do some dusting and clean the kitchen…now, that sounds a little too ambitious….more later…..

Well….with pieces of the plastic covering on the cables on my weight machine shattering and spreading across my bedroom, I think I’m the only one in history who has worn out a weight machine….every other one I’ve seen in peoples houses still looks like new…and is used for hanging clothes on or for collecting dust….and I’ve done the same thing to my current bike….it is hanging on by a thread…I can still ride it but it’s best days are certainly behind and it will need to replaced soon…and I’ve never worn out one of those at any other time in my life but none of the other ones were as complex as the Motobecane….even my road bike, my 1971 Schwinn Supersport is not worn out, but it is simple compared to my mountain bike….it’s a wonder I don’t feel worn out….but I don’t….more later….

Well…woke up this morning to some storms but they fizzled out after only  a few minutes…slept okay last night but I am sore from doing 30 on the bike yesterday…so I’m not too sure about doing 100 Sat…..going to try some ibuprofen this morning to see if that helps…I did get the bathroom cleaned yesterday…finally….and today I should work on the kitchen…and I might….didn’t get anything else done but cooking…it is dark in here this morning and it is still raining a little so I may be able to take the day off the bike…have been on it for two months straight and I think my legs could use it….I did get some berries picked for my yearly bowl of ice cream….they were ripe almost two weeks early this year….more later….

Well….running a little early today with wanting to get this done before the F1 race starts….slept okay last night and feel okay this morning but there is a hint of back pain that has started already but I have hope that it will stay with just a little pain…we’ll see after the bike ride…I did get out to have a couple with K yesterday and it was good to see her….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will clean the bathroom today…and there are races on that I want to see….so there won’t be a lot of work done…time for more coffee and the race….more later….

Well…those of you out there who know me know that I have a pretty strict set of rules that I live by to ensure that nothing gets out of control….and they help me maintain my weight and keep me getting the exercise that I need to stay healthy. But, I had a couple with K this afternoon and she coaxed me into adopting her birthday rules…I won’t go so far as making it a birthday month as she does but I think I’ll make it a birthday week where I’ll allow myself to relax some of the rules and just enjoy the week….I do have eggs in the fridge…and I may even buy some bacon…or maybe even some fast food….yeah…things could get ugly pretty quickly….

Well….up and running early today and I am bored already today…yep, 7:30 and I’m bored….it was a good day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…and I guessed right that it was going to storm on the way home so I stopped and put the top up just as the rain started and it just poured all the way from Ada to Cascade…..the car is clean again from it, too…..didn’t get anything else done and I’m not sure how much I’ll do today…some laundry probably but I don’t have to cook since I have leftovers from the past couple of days….I do need to get the bike ride in this morning but that will have to wait until after F1 qualifying at 8…more later….

Well…running a little late today…have been talking to T this morning…her power is out and it won’t be back on until Saturday night…I just can’t believe that…and, after her car broke down yesterday, it adds a lot of stress…I had a nice day yesterday but didn’t get much done but kill bugs…I have a new spider alert going on with them everywhere and now there are crickets…I think I need to spray again….I did get a nice bike ride in but my back was bad the whole time…the weird thing is that it doesn’t hurt at all this morning and I don’t remember it cracking…so, we’ll see how the day goes….not much to do today…going to have more coffee and watch the F1 practice and then get out for a ride…then pool later….more later….

Well…I get to do this one every year around this time of the summer…I wonder what the connection could be? Yep…it’s Tour de France time again and that brings the spandex out of the closet  and puts it on the trail…and this year is just not pretty. I wonder what any middle aged guy was thinking when he stuffed his ample gut into the most glaringly colored jersey he could find….and then takes it out to the trail huffing like a steam train trying to go over 10 mph…now, I’m an advocate of exercise in any form, but I’ve said this before, many, many times…the only people that look good in spandex are thin teenage girls…..and not many of them….

Well….running a little late today…as you know, Thursday is grocery day and, with my back giving me fits of pain when I walk, it took a little longer than normal…I did get the top down over and back so that was cool…and the parking brake didn’t stick at all….maybe all the lube I put on it is working? Didn’t get a lot done yesterday with my legs being so flat for the past few days….tried to eat more yesterday to make up for it but didn’t have a lot of luck….I hope today will be better with cleaning up the leftovers….need to run out after the bike ride to get some chicken legs that are on sale for 69 cents a pound….I do need to vacuum today and do some laundry but that will be about it….more later….

Well…another day, another day running late….and I broke a pair of glasses overnight….so I am not in a good mood this morning…and I didn’t sleep well last night so this will be a grumpy morning….didn’t get anything done yesterday and that may be part of the grumpiness….and I am having trouble eating enough which made my legs so flat yesterday the ride was torture….will probably be the same today…..and my back is back to hurting again and the trick with my weight machine didn’t work like it did Monday so I am at a loss to know why…..oh, well….not much to do today….I am going to try to clean a little but that is about it….more later….