It's A Gina Halloween 🎃

 Gina always got the spirit.  Dressed as an alien 👽 today.  The theme chosen by her coworkers seeing they supply parts to SpaceX for their rockets. 

Work then dinner with my alien 👽.  Then the mall for my usual coffee ☕️ treat.  Always tip our coffee lady well, $2.50 for a coffee but we always give her 5 since Mrs. Fields is so much cheaper than StarSucks. 

So tonight,  giving away tiny cookies for the trick or treat crowd,  she gave us full size cookies 🍪. Yay!

I been so good eating well, my tummy is much flatter, feeling great and strong so I celebrated eating one cookie. Amazing how great one can feel eating the right things. I've missed the feeling and yeah, I feel like a bad muthuh fukkuh! 😄

StarSucks? Hard to believe that Gina paid $7 for a cup of coffee.  Got to our table,  crap was lukewarm.  She takes it back, they say they madevit hot. Got back to the table,  still not hot after another 5 minute wait.  WTF!!! Mr. Beanz mode  I take it back,  MAKE IT HOT OR GIVE MY MONEY BACK,  QUIT WASTING OUR TIME!!! 

Girl explains that it's not hot because they added the creamer. WTH!!! She says she can try to get it hot so again I say, make it hot or money back. She says she's not sure she can get it hot. Oh fukkbthis, just gimme my money.  So she calls the manager from the office to refund my money. 

Of course I yelped StarSucks. A coffee house that can't serve a hot cup of coffee because they added the creamer? What kind of sheot is that?!

They responded asking if there was anything they could do to serve me better. At this point,  I don't want your sheot. 

Solo Sunday Grumpy Old Bastard

 Solo 20, Pico to the Santa Fe Dam and back. Easy relaxed pace. Did manage a little photoshoot of myself. I've gotten a couple of those claw clamp things that clamp onto signs,, fences,  and stuff so I've been having fun taking pics from various spots testing the stuff out. 😄

Feeling GREAT having managed my diet and sugar last 3 weeks.  Amazing how it does a body good. 

Was under the weather last week but this weekend,  body is feeling great after the changes and a little recovery.  Making it through the storm finding blue skies physically. 

Sunday,  my coffee ☕️ and one cookie as a reward for cheat day. I've been so good that I deserve it and didn't even really want it. Just figured I better while I have a chance ha ha ha. 

Solo Saturday Post Illness Bug

 Solo 40 from Pico to Seal Beach and back.  Much better today compared to last week.  Wasn't sure what happened last week till Sunday hit  then I knew I was sick. Some Bastard blowing his nose constantly.  I almost asked him to think about a mask, I should have seeing it went on for 2 or 3 days. 

Oh well, I'll just consider him an ass hole now. 🤣

So I was sick but hey, I took days off doctor's  orders.  But when I returned,  I wore a mask out of consideration for my fellow employees. 

So today I felt great compared to last week on the bike. Heck, last week I was about 25 miles in thinking about calling Gina for a ride,  feeling so bad. So it was nice figuring out that I was sick ha ha ha. 

But I figured I'd just relax and make my way back.  In all my 30 years of cycling,  I've only had to call for a ride once. Hillbasher and I rode up into the mountains where I ended up splitting my rear tire.  Couldn't get reception so Hillbasher descended then sent a message to Gina so she could pick me up.  But other than that,  proud to say,  never failed to complete a ride. 

Been feeling good while controlling my sugar level.  Little nagging pains have gone away.  Those annoying pains that you really don't think much about because you just think it's old age ha ha ha. 

But feeling good, pants are baggy, tummy much flatter,  and sugar levels much better after only 3 weeks.  Of course I've been very diligent nowadays knowing I'm older and it might only get harder later. Soim changing my lifestyle now. It's got to be for ood now or I'm in trouble.  I don't plan on letting myself develop health problems,  fu@k that! 

So after, a trip to Sizzluh for my petite steak and rice. Gina had the 🍲 soup and salad 🥗 bar. 

BTW, walking into the mall yesterday,  found a dollar bill then few minutes later, 3 pennies and a dime.  Then hour later, another penny. I joked with Gina that it's raining money on me then today again at the mall,  another quarter,  dime,  and a penny. 😄

Heck, now I got money to pay for more little ebay hopro brackets and stuff. 😁

Gina is always looking for Charlie stuff. I tried to find CB cycling jerseys before but no luck wanting CB and not Snoopy. But we wandered in to Box Lunch at the mall and came across this jersey. She liked it so I bought it for her. Her birthday is still going on ha ha ha!

Solo Saturday

 Solo 40 from Pico to Seal Beach and back. Real struggle today. Maybe the wind or maybe that I have cut way back on food. More cucumbers, salads with vinegar, no dressing. Small meat, maybe 6 oz at most, cup of potatoes, and dried Cheerios in the morning on the way to work, and half a lemon at break time. No sweets or junk food getting the A1C under control. Glucose numbers are WAY down which is a good thing.

But I may have made a mistake this time. I only ate about a third of the pasta I eat at night before the ride. Maybe I felt it today or maybe not. Maybe just the wind but it was tough. Did get passed bu a small group of riders leaving the coast, freaking more windy on the way back than to the coast. SO it was tough on the return but the group passed me but late saw a couple guys fall off the back about 200 yards ahead. Yes, you can see that far ahead on this trail. I saw the two team up starting to work together.

So about 15 miles later, I passed one of the guys that had fallen back. Yeah baby! Not because I passed him but because it let me know that it wasn't just ALL me struggling back into the wind. He was toasted and barely making his way. So I know it was tough and not just my sissy self ha ha ha!

I did however listen to Paul. He stated a few months back about the DJI Osmo magnetic system. I did purchase a couple of smaller similar doohickies on ebay that worked well. Nice but a little too much plastic for ne having had a gopro fall from the handlebars descending GMR years ago using the plastic gopro crap mounts. So I looked into the DJI adapters and seem they are a bit larger than what I have and a metal base that screws into the gopro.  So I'll wait to see when they get here just how cool they are ha ha ha! But one thing is, they sure make swapping the recorder much easier and quicker than having to use the screws every time.

Later to Mongolian BBQ to refuel. Felt so bad like I was cheating but I deserved it and I did eat sensibly.  And I got to enjoy more time with my Honey.

Sunday not feeling well.  Must have got a little bug or something.  Body ache and I was actually cold last night covering up with a blanket.  Very unusual.

So today,  a little trip to the cemeteries for the Dad. S.... darn spell correct. Had to uncover Gina's Dad after searching 20 minutes.  Wow, pretty sad Rose Hills let it go like that.

One of the thumb screws I bought for the GP. Cool aluminum stuff.

Solo Sunday Miles

 Solo 20 miles from Pico to Bellflower and back.  Finally got the name of the city correct as too many times I've said Downey.😄

46 yesterday and not much riding,  I was tired. Breathing and heart was good and though my legs felt good, seems I couldn't get any speed. Of course freaking windy again and both ways. Even my heart rate didn't raise much.  Good I guess feeling my heart is stronger than my muscles.  I'm happy with that because my legs will come back easily with a few miles. 

Always does make me think of how crooked cyclists think. Every forum is about how drivers hate cyclists because they're jealous that cyclists don't pollute or dirty the environment. 

But several signs on the golf course wall, DON'T URINATE ON THE WALL. THESE ARE HOMES OF PEOPLE.  

But of course,  today about 6 cyclists from a group go pics on the wall while 3 or 4 actually head to the available restrooms.  Then cyclists talk about drivers being too lazy to do the right things. Talk about lazy! You're on a freaking bike and 50 yards to the restroom ain't sheot!

I  don't get it.  But then again,  these homeless people camping out. Trash all over the place.  How do they allow this? If I toss a candy wrapper from my window while driving,  I'll surely get fined a couple hundred bucks. 🤣 No taxes, no rules,  no responsibility,  nobody fu@king cares. 

   

Yesterday 46 miles then Mongolian BBQ for dinner with Gina and her Mom Cecee.  I did eat responsibly.  Some meet and about a cup of rice 🍚.  I cheated eating 2 shrimp but I earned it ha ha ha.  Don't ask about the rest ha ha ha.  Then my new go to treat, a cup of coffee at the mall. 

BTW, she doesn't like the name Cecee as her name is Cecilia.  So I'm the only one who can call her Cecee because I'm such a wonderful son in law. 😄 Well, she has told others that I'm the only one who can call her that. I through in the wonderful part, but it's true. 😆😄😆

The 10th of October was Gina's birthday. Hard to believe she is 62 now. She likes them young, I'm 7 months  younger ha ha ha! Besides taking her and her Mom to Vegas for the weekend, grabbed her some Crocs and Sketchers. Though she always resists gifts, I twisted her arm because I know she loves shoes ha ha ha!