What would you hope to have a few days prior to a weekend of cycling? Some sort of cold(/illness, of course. That is what I started battling yesterday. Clearly I will not be riding tonight, in fact I will probably do little more than lie on the couch and attempt to ride out the storm.
Dinner last night used some eggplant and peppers from WLF. Woot!
I solved today’s Wordle in six attempts; my starter today was REACH. I really thought I was poised to fail today.
Today’s Connections, no errors, was the least satisfying for me thus far.
OMG – Connections was too easy. It was like the very 1st one I played, and I thought, wow – this game is easy. Then I learned otherwise on the next day.
Wordle in 4 – good guess.
Mini – I never get below 1 minute, but I did ok.
I think I was 2:06 on the mini, but I’ve stopped going for speed.
I was at 1:32, but I wasn’t trying to be all that fast either.
Boo, hiss on Connections today. I want my time back. 1:17 on the mini, it was a little too cryptic.
I started watching Yellowstone last night.
(Some cable station ran the entire series over the holiday weekend, so I have 47 episodes recorded)
I got thru 3 episodes – not sure why people think this is such a great show. I’ll give it a few more, but I’m just not sure about it. Allan isn’t interested, he said there are no redeeming characters. How he knows without watching it? I’m just not sure.
I’ve heard of it but not started watching. I won’t anytime soon either, because over the weekend I started watching three AppleTV shows — Home, Hijack, and The After Party.
Wordle in 5- these MF’s almost pissed me off today… and Debbie says my streak now has an asterisk.
As the day wore on yesterday, I was feeling crappier and crappier. Nothing serious, just funk. Not bad today, so that’s good. Sorry you’re feeling poor.
As neither of us were feeling great yesterday, we didn’t even cook dinner. We were both in bed by 9:30 and hadn’t turned on the TV at all.
Catching up with yesterdays late discussion- I would be good for 30 miles on Sunday. I think too much more would be pushing it. And hopefully, you’ll need the recovery ride after Saturday, so 30 might be good.
-FP
Thirty works for me. Starting time and location for us shorter distance riders?
Well I had good intentions of getting a good run in this morning….but no, half way through I find a small dog/puppy wondering the streets and almost hit twice….so I picked it up….he was scared at first but I finally got it to come to me….and I took it home. Now what to do. Took it to the vet…he is not chipped. I posted on Next Door so we’ll see. Otherwise I will have to take to the shelter. I am leaving town in the morning so I can’t keep it. Wordle in 4 starting with HOUSE. No mistakes in Connections. Really easy one for sure. Taking the pup withe me to work.
Wordle in 4 today starting with HORSE.
Today marks the return of the prodigal yoga student. I am prepared to have my ass kicked six ways to Sunday. I dropped out back in January because the class was getting more intense than I could handle given current external circumstances. Enough dust has settled for me to get back into it. The week after next I’ll be going twice a week.
Regarding Sunday, let me know the consensus as to which trailhead to meet up at. I’m planning on riding from Florence Road and convening by way of the trail, in case anyone else is up for that approach. If lunch is on the agenda, Google says Knucklehead Cafe is permanently closed. Rails opens at 11:00, Exotic Que opens at noon. Having eaten at both, I think Rails is the better option.
if we want 30 miles – start at Rambo.
So – we should plan to start about 10am? (Rails sounds fine)
Rambo at 10. I’m in.
In, assuming I’m over whatever is working on me.
Rambo at 10:00 sounds great. See y’all there.
Yoga went well. Fortunately Rutu took it easy on us for the first half of the class. It’s good to be back.
You all said Connections was easy so I did it today. What a great puzzle! I like it when it’s easy! Plus it had one of my favorite movies of all time.
Designer guy came over and we made some solid decisions regarding counters, tile, and fixtures. I still have some things to decide once he gets me more information.
We’re doing a stove with downdraft ventilation because the hood really cuts into the space between the kitchen and dining room. Barb, is your new Wolf a downdraft or regular hood ventilation? Just curious to see how it works. I am a little nervous about this.
Most importantly: my crockpot chili came out amazing.
JEFDSDR had a downdraft hood. I don’t think it was ever an issue. The only issue was the raising and lowering of the hood itself, which is unrelated to it’s ability to function.
This is great to know, thanks Steve! They showed us one with the raised/lowered hood, and then another one that sucks the air down from the range itself. I told them I would need to see that in person. How do they keep that from getting clogged with spilled food?!
I think I’d rather have the up & down one – I know I’d spill shit into that opening if it was there.
Jenka – ours is a regular hood. The brand is I think BEST – its SUPER quiet – it’s amazing. I know they have downdrafts – because a friend (Rachel aka Bitchfork) got 1. We got our stove & vent hood from Payne Appliances in Chamblee – they were amazing to work with.
Jenka, I’ve had a downdraft for 20 years now, and I’m on my second range with it. AMA. Mine has always been built into the center of the stovetop. It did severely limit my options for replacing what came with the house, I had two choices, basically knobs on top or knobs in front. I didn’t look at super high-end stuff, so there could be other options. I’ve never had a problem with food getting stuck in the middle. There is a metal-based filter that you can pull out and clean should the need arise. I guess it depends upon how aggressive your cooking style is. 😉
Good intel, thank you! I just feel like, no matter how non-aggressive your cooking style is, food spills. Sometimes a lot. But I will keep an open mind.
You are always welcome to come cook in my kitchen and give it a try, as long as I get a plate of whatever you produce. 😉
It’s gotta be something really messy!
Bring it! 🙂
Come to the conclusion that Peacock shows too many commercials during the Vuelta for me.
2.75 mile walk – damn, its humid out again.
Heading to the Marietta Square to hear a friend sing at 1200 – they are having a Thursday Brown Bag concert.
Fun!
Sometimes when you are limiting yourself to food in the house you make “interesting” choices. Today’s lunch will be pigs in blankets using fake meat hot dogs and Pillsbury pizza crust.
Obviously a pack of eight hot dogs is more than I can eat in one sitting, so I will have leftovers for days.
that’s some handy easy food to eat as leftovers
Yep, even if I did overbake them a bit. I misjudged the effects of cooking in an air fryer.
Wordle in 5. I don’t want to talk about Connections.
I went in to work today to take staff photos and participate in a culture audit. As always with those things, it will be interesting to see if anything comes from it.
I’m still feeling puny today. Hopefully whatever has been ailing us and Paulie passes quickly. I need to get a ride in today since I missed yesterday.
I’m covering for someone at work tomorrow; here’s praying that it is busy. Fridays can really drag.
Hope you feel better soon.
Things for me go in waves. I hope I shake this shit by tomorrow.
Talked to my buddy Hank, and he has a cold as well. Must be going around.
And Debbie is REALLY annoyed that we had no problems with “Connections”. I think the quote was, “F y’all very much”!
I said I didn’t want to talk about!
except for Mad Max, (which was the last one for me) I was like – can it be this easy????
sorry Debbie
I went through them all in my head prior to submitting the first one since I have been known to jump the gun and be careless. See Also: the other day when I left at four Roman numerals only to see the fifth one after I incorrectly submitted four.
Hey, Debbie has more important things to think about than pop culture! She’s just way superior than the rest of us.
Been lurking a bit but keeping up. I’ll try to make the ride on Sunday, Rambo lot at 10.
FUN! It would be great to meet you in person, Bob.
I desperately want to get up and do things, but Goddammit I’m still feeling crappy.
I hear your frustration. I find that if I get sick, I get better much faster if I just stop and be sick. When I used to try to push through being sick, I’d end up being sick for much longer.
Separate from that, my “wife” is a veterinarian who does a lot of Eastern medicine, meaning using herbs and acupuncture. Years ago she turned me on to these herbs: https://www.amazon.com/Chiao-Classic-Planetary-Herbals-Tabs/dp/B001F8RH0W If you take four of these at the *very first sign* of any respiratory ailment, it often knocks it out. I also take these proactively if anyone around me gets sick or is having that initial first sign. Once you’re sick, it’s too late. With that said, everyone else in my house got COVID except for me, and the last time I had a cold was prior to COVID.
Trying to let the illness run its course, but it’s frustrating. After Tuesday’s riding debacle I’m not even upset that I can’t ride tonight, though I will be pissed if I can’t ride Saturday and Sunday.
I just peeked at WLF from above and noticed that the collard plants I put into the ground yesterday morning look all but dead. I just turned on the sprinkler, I’m hoping that they come back.
Been spending many hours the past two days watching a YouTube channel called Post 10 where the guy goes around and clears drainage culverts, as a hobby. If he’s not a hasher he certainly has the correct mindset to become one.
That does seem like a good wasting of time lying around thing to watch.