Day: June 11, 2025

After some struggles I got the new chain on the bike by using the old quick connect from the other chain. I wasn’t happy the new chain is skipping a bit, I thought I had made the swap plenty early but I’m going to ride it today and see if it stretches and is good. Otherwise the old chain is going on there, and I’ll just wear it out to the point it’s skipping and replace the cassette then.

You try to do the right thing and keep up on preventative maintance, 🔧 and it still turns out to be shit. I don’t know, it’s just annoying. I fixed one of the noises I was hearing on the bike, it was one of the bolts had come loose on the rear brake disk, as I didn’t use lock-tight when I put on the new wheel. Some people say I should just bring it to the Woke Bike shop but that would cost so much money and my own struggles are a learning experience in mechanics, even if I break shit or it doesn’t work out perfectly.

Going to ride in today, and we’ll see how this goes. 🤷‍♂️ Going to be a nice day, though I was kind of feeling like shit this morning and struggled to get out o bed. 🛏️ Last night I was down at the park and my eye was bothering me, 👀 so I came home and was in bed before 9 PM. Feeling like crap into the new day, but now that I’m up and had some breakfast, 🍳 I am ready to tackle going to work 🖥️ and doing the best I can. The eggs with lots of broccoli 🥦, spinach and frozen strawberries 🍓 definately helped.

Really do need to look at LASIK 👀 as I’m really tired of the dry and irrated eyes at times. I will call them once things calm down at work, and get a better idea if I’m eligible and a hard number on the costs. Then I’ll set up an Health Savings Account and an appointment for the surgery at the end of the year. It’s a good investment in my future, especially if I don’t want to forever be dependent on those stupid pieces of plastic I must put in my eyes daily and take out each night to keep myself from being freaking blind.

Thinking this weekend of going to the No King’s Protest in Albany, ✊ on Saturday and then maybe Sunday go for a drive and do some riding or hiking. 🏡 I could go to the Gas Up with Dad if he feels up to it or maybe it would just be fun to poke around some of the back roads. I am considering hammock camping up on Cotton Hill or another state forest, then I go could to the Gas Up ⛽ and get more ice cream. 🍦 I don’t know. The following Thursday is Juneteenth and I want to make that into a long weekend up at the Potholers, assuming the weather is nice. 🏊