Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪

Mostly cloudy and 59 degrees at the Washington Square. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 54 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am. 😎 I found a parking space, it was pretty easy, as Wednesday is street cleaning day until 7 AM on the street where I like to park downtown.

This morning I drove in, 🛻 something that is very uncommon for me to do — I haven’t drove my truck downtown since 2019, well except maybe once or twice for a late night in evening at work. But I found a parking spot where I normally park, 🅿️ when I drive to work. I usually just find it easier when I’m heading out of town to camp to just catch the bus home and either leave from there or leave the next morning.

I am going to drop my truck off at the shop this afternoon, 👩‍🔧 as they said they need it in by 7 AM on Thursday. I originally thought I was supposed to have it on Wednesday, but I got confused until I looked at my notes. That’s good as I didn’t want to have to get up really early this morning. I am anxious as heck about the whole thing, 🔧 as I know it’s going to cost money and I’m sure they’ll find broken shit, but I need to have those wheels good and straight before I put the big bucks into the new tires. ⚫

Have you seen how much gas prices have gone up lately? ⛽ I thought it was bad last weekend at $3.33 a gallon, but I noticed today that Cumbies in Glenmont is up to $3.45 a gallon. Ouch. Maybe I should think eventually about getting an electric car. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have electric car charging in Hobart when I was there over the weekend. 🔌 Electric cars are a future, despite the critics. Not just because of pollution concerns — but because electricity is a much more diversified and flexible fuel. You can burn almost anything to make electricity or get it from splitting atoms, burning garbage or pig shit, wind and solar, hydro-electric.

Probably have to move somewhere though that has electric car charging. 🚘 I am surprised none of CDTA park and ride lots yet have electric charging. DC fast charging on Thruway I’ve been told. I am committed to Big Red for a few more years, especially if I replace the tires but I really like the idea of having a much cheaper and flexible source of fuel for driving, and not having to park and drive some big massive haulking vehicle everywhere I go.