Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I spent most of it thinking about the ordeal that T was going through with a day long interview…but, it would be nice for me to get one of those….slept okay but with a bunch of “Walking Dead” dreams that I really don’t understand what the connection is to me….lots of shooting with a .30 caliber lever action Remington…weird….I did have to go out and get my tickets for the powerball for tonight…just couldn’t pass up the chance for 400 million bucks…not much to do today…I do have to find time to get the car washed for the trip across the state Sat…but that won’t be today since it is supposed to rain…maybe tomorrow morning…other than that…not much going on….just the normal, boring stuff….but, I will be back with some political stuff for later….

Well…I could go off on a real rant about the nonsense of not being able to pass even the feeblest gun control legislation, but I’m not going to do that…as you can see from the title….the ride today was pretty interesting with all of the stuff to see that you normally don’t…snakes for one…saw a bunch of snakes on the warm pavement just sitting there as I rode by…I could have picked any number of them up with not too much trouble….then there were the wooly bears…ended my count at 272 of them and that was only in the first half of the ride…so, we may have more monarch butterflies next year…then, there was the great blue heron that is back in the retention pond…well…not in the pond but on the little dam at the end of it…didn’t move when I went by and that was pretty cool…lastly, there was the female red tailed hawk that was sitting on the fence by the same pond…got within about three feet before it took off…it was finally nice to have things to see and make the ride so much less boring…and I did get the new battery in the computer for the bike so I can read it again…yay….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but the first day out on the bike in a sweatshirt made me a little wistful for the 90 degree temps of the summer…slept okay but may have to put the heat on tonight if it stays near 40 at night…it was a comforter night…hmmmm…lots of nights in that last sentence…wonder what that means…probably nothing….short, weird dreams, too, but nothing remarkable….I can’t wait to hear about T’s all day interview with FSU that is happening today…really hope she gets this one…I did finally empty my mailbox yesterday and found an invitation to one of my son’s engagement party at his house on Sat…so it looks like a run over to Farmington Hills sat aft….looks like the route is all e-way so it shouldn’t be too bad a drive…not much to do today…resumes, of course, then not much else….more later…

Well…it was a long, boring day yesterday and part of it was my fault…took the day off the bike to try to get the legs to stop hurting and it looks like it may have helped a little…but I hurt everywhere else so it may not be from riding the bike…so, back to the ibuprofen again today to keep the pain from reaching screaming levels again…so yesterday was just a total veg day with football and the races…did watch “Breaking Bad” last night and it is getting really kind of strange with everyone melting down..can’t wait for the last one next Sunday…not much to do today…I am still in go slow mode today since it is too cold to get out on the bike right now but I guess I can work out…so, I’ll go do that now…more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done with watching Michigan and the races…had to do a play by play of the game by text for T since her cable box crapped out at halftime and that was kinda fun…it was a cocktail night so I do feel a little crappy today…and it looks like I will finally get the day off the bike since it is already raining an it appears it will be raining for most of the day…I do need the day off to get some energy back in the legs but that will delay my recovery some…slept okay and late this morning since I just didn’t want to get up….not much to do today…not even any cooking since I have the leftover chicken from yesterday and that is okay…I think I’ll just go back to the couch and watch the rest of “King Kong”…more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…and that’s okay…I am still so sore that I need to take some Ibuprofen here in a minute…not sure why I hurt so bad but it’s almost everywhere now….oh, well…slept okay last night I think but no dreams to speak of…so I won’t…not much to do today…there is a Miata drive today but I’m going to skip it to watch the Michigan game and cook a whole chicken that I have been brining overnight…going to make some rosemary butter to put on the skin and that should be yummy…waiting for the temp to come up so I can take a ride but it is only 49 degrees right now and that is just too cold…don’t want to put a sweatshirt on yet….I do need to do two more of these to get caught up today but I’m not sure what the topics will be yet…more later…

Well…still reeling from the final “Burn Notice” last night…and the cocktails, too, so I don’t feel that hot today…the rest of the day was okay other than getting a flat on the bike…but, it was just another seam failure in the tube so the tire liners are still doing their jobs….tried to eat enough yesterday and got all the way to 1500 cals for the day…need to keep that up today but it will be a little harder….I may have to just surrender and buy some junk food but I don’t want to break my streak of more than a year without it…oh, well….not much to do today…pool, of course, but not much else….just can’t seem to get motivated to do anything….but, I am almost caught up here so I will come back for at least one more…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I woke this morning to the most pain in the left elbow than I have had all summer…and now there are twinges in the right one, too, that are starting to really annoy me….could barely lift the groceries this morning and I hope that the ibuprofen will help…slept okay last night but I still feel worn out today…think it may be the lack of calories again but I am going to do something about that today….I did have to make a run to the north side yesterday and I used the air in the car since it was raining…I still can’t believe how well it works…never had to put the blower above one…nice to know….not much to do today…I do need to get on the bike in a few and I am going to make some pickles with the two cukes I have left in the fridge…oh, and today is the last episode of “Burn Notice”…it’s going to be hard to let that one go….more later…

Well…politics is rife with the normal repub crap of giving corporations and the rich more tax cuts while they take the food out of the mouths of the unemployed and poor…but, that is not what I want to talk about right now…I have been concerned about the lack of butterflies and grasshoppers on the trail this year when there were clouds of them last year…well…at least the grasshoppers have finally come back…and in almost as large as the ones from last year…it was really funny this morning when, for almost the entire run, they were swarming and hopping as I rode by with may of them hitching a ride on my t-shirt…pretty neat but much later than last year…the swarms were present last year in July and August…I wonder if it will have an effect on next years swarm with them being so late…one other thing…saw the biggest garter snake in my life yesterday trying to cross the trail…must have been 2 feet long and a good inch or more in diameter…and really, really slow…I could have just reached down and picked it up….cool stuff…

Well…if you want some maudlin crap about 9/11…not here…it was a nice day yesterday with a trip to the beach and then the normal stuff for the day…and it was a no cocktail night so I feel okay this morning…I was dead on the bike yesterday and I barely made the 15 miles…can’t remember being that worn out on the bike in quite a while but I hope today will be better with eating more yesterday…got all the way to 1500 calories or so but I know I need more than that…oh, well…slept okay last night, too, but the dreams were non-descript and not worth reporting…not much to do today…I am going to get to some cleaning today after the bike ride and making lunch…going to foil pouch cook some big ribs today and I am looking forward to it….more later…