Blow the biker down is what it feels like sometimes. This morning I rode the hybrid to the salvage store, hauling the trailer. I wanted to take the cooler, and that thing needs a fair amount of room.

Unfortunately the wind was 15-16 mph; and a headwind on the way back home, of course! Gusts were as strong as 24 mph, causing me to swerve big time. It was most unlike the cheerful sea shanty, Blow the Man Down.

The grab-bag bins were back today. I made a large grab-bag. One of my finds was a 6 oz bag of  nuts and chocolate trail mix that normally costs $3.59. Another was a snack mix that has a regular price of $2.19. The whole grab-bag, 40 items, cost $3.75!

All those candy bars are certainly at odds with pre-diabetes. However, I plan to ration them out. Most of them are things that I\’ve had before; so I\’m much less tempted to taste-test them all in a hurry.

Here\’s an example: a Snickers® Salty & Sweet double bar. I cut each bar in two, and I can eat one piece a day; MAYBE two. That\’s far less candy than I\’d been eating for at least a year.

I got several kinds of salsa and enchilada sauce. I experiment with using them on rice and beans, instead of cheese. I found brown rice and dry pinto beans.

As to the cooler, I wanted to bring home some frozen veggies. All I found were 10 oz packages of chopped spinach. I\’m no great fan of plain cooked spinach; but it\’s OK in tomato sauce.

It looks like the wind won\’t be quite as strong tomorrow. That\’s good; I don\’t want to see blow the biker down. Especially not if said biker is me.