The lunar eclipse that\’s coming up is too early for me. It will be visible in the wee hours; and I don\’t think I\’ll want to get up then!

Tomorrow is expected to be \”mostly sunny\”; but tonight\’s forecast is for \”partly cloudy\”. I hope those clouds clear up in time for my morning ride; and then I\’ll get my full moon fix, even if I miss the eclipse!

Some people might ask, isn\’t getting up at 4:30 am too early for me? It\’s early, all right; but it\’s also the best way to be sure that I do get in my miles. Besides, if I waited until after work to ride, I would still have to get up at 4:30 am to work on blogs. It\’s six of one, and half a dozen of the other. I\’ll stick with the pre-dawn ride.

I\’m tired most of the time because I have a sleep disorder; and that often makes it hard to focus at work. Pedaling a bicycle at least keeps the blood pumping, and helps keep me awake; that is, as long as I keep riding. I often start to feel tired and sleepy shortly after arriving at work; and that\’s not such a good thing!

I also often get hungry again by 8:00 am; and I don\’t know why. Between a pre-ride snack; and breakfast after the ride; I can total 700 calories or more. Isn\’t it too early for me to be eating again at eight o\’clock? It\’s not as though I torch 2000 calories on a morning ride. In fact, nowhere near it. But I do know this much: I do not do well with a growling stomach!