Good afternoon! Partly sunny and 80 degrees in Saratoga, NY. ☔ There is a west breeze at 8 mph. 🌤️The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear around 7 pm.

This afternoon I am going to my niece’s birthday 🎂 party in Saratoga. Then I will go home and I have some work to do. 📝 At least I can work from home. 🏡 Then I’ll probably go down to the river 🎣 to do some fishing. 🐠 Kind of a hot day. It’s fun to be going to a party with everybody vaccinated so no social distancing. 👨‍👩‍👦 Even though we wear masks in the elevator at work, along with on the bus, we all know that is for show.

This afternoon will have a slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy ⛅ , with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. 13 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 12pm. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1911.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.4° from the due south horizon (-3° 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 7:38 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (293°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (300°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:20 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 8:52 pm, which is 58 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (158°) at an altitude of 42° from the horizon, 228,545 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:36 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 47 seconds over yesterday.

I ordered more jeans 👖 and new boots 👢 as while my existing boots are okay they are getting worn down and probably only have a few weeks before they really fall apart. I also need jeans without holes and big stains before I go back to the office 🏢 on casual dress days. Need to put my winter clothes back in the closet 🧣 and get out more summer clothes. I should work on repairing my camp lantern 🏮 tonight if I have time.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 65 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 2am. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1967.

I might need the fan running indoors tonight ☢ although I’m not totally sure. Rather save electricity and just sit out back until things cool down a bit. I like being outdoors ✨ which is maybe why I’ve long refused to have air conditioning. Even though it’s hot now by evening it should be pretty nice out back with a cold glass of water. 🥛

I was pretty set on Friday being my last counseling session 💭 but I got talked into doing another in three weeks. I have some better ideas for dealing with my anxiety and keeping things in context and in the grand scheme of things most of my issues pretty minor, I’m quite successful in my career and position pays well but there are still some topics I find difficult to discuss – namely my love of all things fire 🔥 – and I need to resolve to advance further in my career. 💼

My off grid property and moving out west are dreams that continue to come closer but I have some unrealistic fears 🏡 and worries I need to address further in my life but there is more to do. I feel like I’m having a hard time communicating with my therapist and I’m spending more and more money 💵 but I’ve allocated $200 in copay for the process and while I told myself I’d reevaluate at $100 I’m going to give it one more try in three weeks. I just feel like I could do a lot better for myself if I addressed that one issue in my life, so I can take the next step and make more money. I just don’t understand my fear of that one stupid topic.

I cut my cellphone 📱 plan down to the 10 gigabyte Hotspot plan as I find myself using the Hotspot data less now that it’s warmed up and I only used like 6 gigabyte the past month and it was more personal use as most of my work internet is Lexis or bill research and email which doesn’t use much data. 📶 Plus the library is now open for in person use with a mask 😷 and my ability to work in the office whenever I feel like the need to have a lot of bandwidth at home isn’t necessary but limited access for work emails is important while I’m still working from home or the woods a few days a week. Many days now I’m leaving the laptop at work so I’m not constantly hauling back and forth on the bus 🚍.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting with dusk at 9:05 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot and humid, partly sunny skies with thunderstorm ⛈ and temperatures between 85 and 71 degrees. I am thinking Memorial Day Weekend doesn’t look great so that’s my next best chance to get away. Really would like to do Piseco-Powley Road but maybe it makes sense first to do a long weekend, say it, back in Spectulator and remote work 💻 on the Friday and Monday. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.