It’s actually going to be hotter the second half of the week, but more chances of thunderstorms with the building in heat and humidity. And then a cold bubble builds in for Juneteenth Weekend.

Still waiting to see if there is any news about the truck cap. 🚛 I am still hoping for this week as Ruth’s promised though it’s not the first time that’s happened. I just want to get it paid for, things wired up and move forward regardless of whether or not I end up heading north for Juneteenth Weekend. There always is the next week, and I have so much extra time saved up, I can do a three or four day weekend when I want. Or if I’m camping somewhere I have cell service, 🏕️ I can remote work but that kind of sucks. It’s still working, even if it’s with a cold beer in one hand. ⏳ Soon enough if it will be longest day of the year, though certainly I will camp all winter, and plan to get a diesel heater for comfortable winter camping.

Pinto beans are cooking down on the stove, 🧑‍🍳 as are rice and lentils. Figured it best to do it before it’s gets really hot out. Kidney beans, rice and lentils are good either warm or cold. And a good source of affordable protein. I don’t really eat meat a home except for occasional canned chicken that I put in soup in the winter, or bacon from For the Love of Bacon 🥓, raised on Mariaville Farm. I saw Chandler was selling feeder pigs for those who wanted to roll their own bacon at home this spring. 🐷 Maybe someday when I have land.

Went down to the Pine Hollow Arboretum 🌸 for a while last night. The best of the tree blooms and flowers are pretty much done for the spring. They faded fast, much earlier then last year. I like going over there every week and watching as the season changes. It’s a quick bike ride. Was running a bit later as I had to do a quick swap out of a broken spoke on my bike, but this one didn’t require me to unmount the tire or pull the derailuer as it broke on the brake side, and on the head in the hub, not in the knuckle. I noticed it on the way in, but it rode home fine, but I didn’t want to stop at Hannaford and load my bike down heavy and ride home with a broken spoke. 🚲 It’s fixed, the flowers were kind of a bust at the Arboretum and it became an excuse to shop at Woke Market 32. 🛒 I kind of hate that place, it’s super pricey though often the sticker shock is more then what the final bill comes out to be after discounts. Plus all I was getting was apples, bananas, rice, lentils and kidney beans.

Got to bed fairly early. 🛏️ I’ve been staying up too late the past few weeks with the late sunsets and early sunrises leaving me exhausted. But also I wanted to be up early for cooking those kidney beans down. I was up at 5 AM to start the beans up but then I retired back into bed until after 6 AM when I started shredding carrots 🥕 and apples 🍏 for the pancakes. 🥞 The rice is done and now the kidney beans should be ready to ready to drain. Then a quick shower and it’s up to Menands on the mountain bike. 🚲