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A Good week ruined!

Good week ruined by health.  I had such a good week last week it ended on Sunday with a 20 mile ride and I was planning my diet out a bit. There was a problem on Sunday I was having that I thought was just an eyelash or some other thing rubbing my eye. Well I am getting ready for bed and notice that it was a stye. Not a big deal normally but this one was a bit big and my eye was leaking a lot. What ever I will just wear my glasses the next day I thought.... I woke up in the morning and my eye was stuck shut not able to open. I wash it with some water and look in the mirror once I can see properly. The stye has grown to an infection as my eye lid was puffed out 3 times the size and I had some pain in my neck that after feeling it was the lymphnode being swollen. Instead of getting to work I went to the Dr to get checked out and left with some very large antibiotics.  The problem with antibiotics. I am all for taking the medications I might need when prescribed and wha...

A good week for the Journey.

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 A good week for the Jorney. I started this week off so well and continued it until today. There was almost no rain this week and I got out as much as I could and I ended up getting in 73 miles of cycling. I also ended up taking a day off and was able to buy a few things for my bike that it needed to ride better. I feel awesome after all the exercise this week and I can not wait to try and keep it up next week as well. I am a bit exhausted though its a good type of exhausted, like I am very tired but very accomplished. Fixing my gravel bike. I stated that there were things that needed to be replaced on my bike for a while but I had not had the time to really take care of things. This week I bought a few things and started simple with replacements. I was having a few minor issues with shifting and the bike was super loud when pedaling. I did use wax on the chain but I do not mind riding in the rain or snow so I figured it was going to rust. I did not expect it to...