Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Next Friday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ . Not sure what my plans are for next weekend. I just want to avoid the crowds, mud and black flies if possible. Sounds like I’ve made a decision. 😂 Partly cloudy and 62 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 47 degrees.

I thought about going to the office today 🏢 but I will properly work from home 🏡. It’s a nice morning and while I expect it to get warm later, I have the fan and I can drink lots of water. 🥛 I expect I will be working a lot more in the office come summer so why rush back on days I need not be there? 🌸 Those lillac bushes and pollen are pretty intense.

By working from home today, 🚶🏻 I am able to go for my morning walk and enjoy some fresh air before it gets warm. 🌞 That said the dew point is expected to remain pretty low so it should feel nice most of the day. 💻

My laptop is charging so I can work out back for at least a while until the battery gets low. I expect a busy day as my Fridays always are regardless if I’m working from home, the office, Lake Pleasant or the wilderness. 📶 It’s just the internet and server are a little faster in the office and I don’t have to watch the bandwidth there.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal. the dew point is going to remain low Maximum dew point of 55 at 2pm. Not really muggy. South wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1941. There was a dusting of snow in 1895.❄

I also have a one o’clock meeting which I can probably do from home today, 📹 and then at 4 PM I have my counseling session. Between all the other work projects that are on the agenda for the day. I fully expect that after my counseling session I will get back to work from home continuing to review various things for work. 💼 But alas I am working from home, so I can do it out back if it’s nice. 😀

I am thinking this might be the last counseling session for now — after four sessions — I am re-evaluating the benefits of more counseling after being $100 and 4 hours in the hole. 🕳 Yes, it got me to call the landlord and fix long-standing issues in my apartment, improving my sleep and helping me keep things better in context — but I am not sure if I am ready to continue on or if I would be just be better to read a book or watch a Youtube video. 📺 Most of the things I’ve already heard I’ve already learned. Plus I’m pretty successful professionally, my investments have done well, and I am generally happy with the way things going, and even if I am a bit of a pyromaniac 🔥 and a wanna-be go-ol country boy, 🤠 it’s not something to be ashamed of, as I’m told. Plus I don’t think I can do in two weeks, because of being too busy with work.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.6° from the due south horizon (-3.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:36 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (299°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:18 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 8:50 pm, which is 58 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south (172°) at an altitude of 51° from the horizon, 230,482 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:32 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 63 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 12am. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2020, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 2002.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 85 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 12pm. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1911.

I am going to my niece’s birthday party tomorrow 🎂 and maybe fishing down by the river later in the evening. 🎣 I thought about heading out of town — it’s going to be warm but I am not convinced, Saturday is going to be real nice.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.

Sunday I might go kayaking or hiking, I am a bit undecided on that point. Probably just some places in Partridge Run 🐦 or some other place nearby. Going to be a hot day, with a decent amount of humidity.

As previously noted, next Friday Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ when the sun will be setting at 8:23 pm with dusk at 8:57 pm. Memorial Day is late this year. On that day in 2020, we had hot and humid weather, with times of sun and clouds with temperatures between 83 and 68 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 93 back in 2016.