I missed riding yesterday (Thursday) even though the weather was great. Instead I stayed home to fix our ceiling fan in the master bath. Wednesday evening my wife and I were sitting in the room I label “the computer facility” when we heard a noise like something fell. I did an inspection to find the problem but I did not find  anything. When we started getting ready for bed I was walking across our master bath and the two pull chains from the fan hit my head. This should not happen since I cut them to be above my head. Looking up I saw the ceiling fan hanging by two electrical wires from the junction box which had fallen from the ceiling. It was about 1:00AM Thursday morning so I went to the garage for the 6 ft. step ladder. My plan was to at least get the fan down on the floor and fix the problem Thursday morning. The 6 ft. ladder would not get me high enough to reach the 12 ft. ceiling where the fan was hanging from. Out to the garage to get the extension ladder. Putting the ladder up I was able to get the fan down.

In the morning after breakfast I inspected the area and found the screw that held the metal junction box up had come loose. I am not sure why. For 22 years another fan hung from this junction box without any problem. Three months ago as part of our bath remodel I replaced the 22 year old fan with a new one. The only major difference with the new one was a light kit was added. Looking at the screw that held the junction box up I tried to reattached the box to the bracket above the ceiling but I could not get it to thread into the bracket. I went to the hardware store to get a longer bolt but I it was too long so back for a shorter one. After many tries reaching up and out I finally got the bolt threaded into the bracket and the box backup where it was supposed to be. Now hanging the fan I had to remove the blades to have room to wire up the electrical. The fan was hung and the electrical wires attached. The fan worked and as bonus the annoying clicking sound was gone. I put the blades back on and the light globes. By the time I got finished it was after 2:00 in the afternoon. My legs were exhausted from standing in odd positions on the ladder. At one point I went to the garage to look for a bolt and my left knee screamed in pain. I almost wasn’t able to walk back inside but it let up and I went back up the ladder.

So I missed the beautiful biking weather and rested my legs for today. It appears my legs are still recovering today. When I rode into the wind the power wasn’t there to keep my speed up above 15 mph. This pulled my overall average speed down to 15.0 mph which I was able to reach thanks to some tailwind on the way home from Huffman. I added a few extra streets to my typical route to Huffman for a little extra mileage to compensate for not riding yesterday. I ended up biking 32.84 miles which put my March miles at 263.76, over half way to the 505 mile goal (242 miles to go). With 17 days left the potential to reach the goal looks better. This week I biked 132.77 miles and 968 miles year to date.

The weather was not as bright as yesterday with a mostly overcast sky. The wind was 12 mph from the SSE and the temperature hovered at 71 degrees. Tomorrow looks like 80% chance of rain so I don’t know if I will ride.

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