More rain for this morning. It’s fine, I noticed the old bike chain was skipping after re-installation and the derailuer alignment is still off. It’s fine, just move forward.
Assuming I can catch the bus, I’ll be taking the bus in this morning. I am not moving well today, incredibly tired, somewhat sore, and maybe just a little worn out or depressed. See, what you need is Better Help say the advertisers. Honestly, from all I’ve read that’s the worse scam counseling service, and they don’t even protect your privacy. Truth is though I just need to get off my ass. Started my day with with a cold glass of water and Apple Cider Vinegar as the doctor recommends, then I had some coffee in moderation, some cornmeal onion pancakes with some Greek yougurt, beans and parm cheese. The yogurt was yuck, I accidentally grabbed flavored vanilla yougurt at Hannaford last week, which is why I should only get it at Walmart where the right stuff is always in stock and not mixed in with things I don’t want.
Dad has been very sick, and I’m concerned. Tick bite he thinks and he’s on doxcyline but he’s still very weak and as his age that’s not a good thing. He did not join me at the Gas Up tractor festival on Sunday. It was a nice afternoon there but somewhat hot and after an hour or so exploring and watching demonstrations I was pretty much done. The ice cream they churned there was good but maybe not as good as I remember as a kid Hoping it’s just lyme and dad recovers quickly. Time in that sense is much too short. I’m sure some of it is just the rain that never stops.
Riding home from Thacher Park I was noticing a click-click-click on the chain. I discovered the derailleur got knocked off, and the chain was threaded the the wrong was through the derailleur so I had to split the chain to get it apart. My chain breaker has been bent for some time, and what should have taken minutes took hours. Finally got the chain re-threaded, and adjusted the derailleur. Thought I was good but it was clicking and skipping when I rode down to the park last night. Ordered a new chain breaker, an I should be getting the chain I ordered last week tonight. I realized the Z7 chain isn’t quite right for the 8-speed derailuer on my bike but from what I’ve read on the internet, it will probably be okay. Not sure if I feel like working on the bike tonight, but maybe tomorrow so I have it back on the road come Wednesday to ride in when the weather improves. I try to get not too annoyed by random noises that the bike makes, but I do investigate and try to fix problems that I can.
Mom was asking if I had a chance to get the truck to be looked at 🛻 after the issues I was noticing when riding the brakes down the hill a few weeks back – namely a sqweak-sqweak and minor vibrations. Probably the pads and rotators are out of true and worn. I probably will need brakes relatively soon. But it seems fine on normal driving. Which doesn’t mean perfect, but it’s a 13 1/2 year old lifted truck, it has a lot of issues, it sways and gallops over the bumps, rides the corners rough. The front end complains with creaking-and-groning when the wheels are turned hard, but it’s been doing that for almost a decade now. And the rear end is getting increasingly wallowly on the bumps and on the curves. That’s the shock bushing once again and probably the shocks are going bad. But does that keep the truck from moving forward, or mean it’s going to break down? Maybe not. I don’t know, but I also don’t know what is real and what is just mental illness at this point. Much like mountain bike when I hear and focus on random noises, some that have been around years, it’s like a rat chewing on my brain.
Rain tomorrow and even more rain for the weekend. Truth is that I wasn’t expecting to head out of town this weekend, but maybe next weekend. Maybe do a quick overnight hammock camping next weekend though, or plan a day hike at least for Sunday and maybe poking around some of the back roads. No solid plans, but I miss exploring the backroads and the countryside.
I’ll be taking the bus in this morning. I am not moving well today, incredibly tired, somewhat sore, and maybe just a little worn out or depressed. See, what you need is Better Help say the advertisers. Honestly, from all I’ve read that’s the worse scam counseling service, and they don’t even protect your privacy. Truth is though I just need to get off my ass. Started my day with with a cold glass of water and Apple Cider Vinegar as the doctor recommends, then I had some coffee 
in moderation, some cornmeal onion pancakes with some Greek yougurt, beans and parm cheese. The yogurt was yuck, I accidentally grabbed flavored vanilla yougurt at Hannaford last week, which is why I should only get it at Walmart where the right stuff is always in stock and not mixed in with things I don’t want.
and I’m concerned. Tick bite he thinks and he’s on doxcyline but he’s still very weak and as his age that’s not a good thing. He did not join me at the Gas Up tractor festival on Sunday. 
It was a nice afternoon there but somewhat hot and after an hour or so exploring and watching demonstrations I was pretty much done. 
The ice cream they churned there was good but maybe not as good as I remember as a kid 
Hoping it’s just lyme and dad recovers quickly. Time in that sense is much too short. I’m sure some of it is just the rain that never stops. 
I discovered the derailleur got knocked off, and the chain was threaded the the wrong was through the derailleur so I had to split the chain to get it apart. My chain breaker has been bent for some time, and what should have taken minutes took hours. Finally got the chain re-threaded, and adjusted the derailleur. Thought I was good but it was clicking and skipping when I rode down to the park last night. Ordered a new chain breaker, an I should be getting the chain I ordered last week tonight. I realized the Z7 chain isn’t quite right for the 8-speed derailuer on my bike but from what I’ve read on the internet, it will probably be okay. Not sure if I feel like working on the bike tonight, but maybe tomorrow so I have it back on the road come Wednesday to ride in when the weather improves. I try to get not too annoyed by random noises that the bike makes, but I do investigate and try to fix problems that I can.
after the issues I was noticing when riding the brakes down the hill a few weeks back – namely a sqweak-sqweak and minor vibrations. Probably the pads and rotators are out of true and worn. I probably will need brakes relatively soon. But it seems fine on normal driving. Which doesn’t mean perfect, but it’s a 13 1/2 year old lifted truck, it has a lot of issues, it sways and gallops over the bumps, rides the corners rough. The front end complains with creaking-and-groning when the wheels are turned hard, but it’s been doing that for almost a decade now. And the rear end is getting increasingly wallowly on the bumps and on the curves. That’s the shock bushing once again and probably the shocks are going bad. But does that keep the truck from moving forward, or mean it’s going to break down? Maybe not. I don’t know, but I also don’t know what is real and what is just mental illness at this point. Much like mountain bike 
when I hear and focus on random noises, some that have been around years, it’s like a rat chewing on my brain.
Truth is that I wasn’t expecting to head out of town this weekend, but maybe next weekend. Maybe do a quick overnight hammock camping next weekend though, 
or plan a day hike at least for Sunday and maybe poking around some of the back roads. No solid plans, but I miss exploring the backroads and the countryside.