Good morning! What day is it? New Tires for Big Red Day, of course. 🛻

So far no snow but I might run into some going to the shop but hopefully not. The tires will get on today, and then hopefully the shock bushing replaced. Friday Red gets inspected and then I should be fully back on the road again.

Cloudy and 28 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌫️ Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

Nuisance snow today 🌨 but I am not sure how much it will actually be with temperatures expected to reach 37 by afternoon. And then the fifties by the weekend.

I am glad I’m getting Big Red’s new tires today. 🛻 Sometimes I think I could have gone longer as some of the tires have tread remaining but they also have a lot of cracks and rot in the tread, something that is growing exponentially with the cold, and I don’t want a blow out. My local shop has been warning ⚠ me about this for a while. The truth is tires I get now will last the life of the vehicle, so waiting just means I’ll get less use out of the new tires. Friday is the inspection, and then I should be back on the road by Saturday is my hope. ☺

I am moved into my new office 🏢 upstairs, and it’s pretty with the Christmas lights and the brass desk lamp. 🤶 Views aren’t great as the old one but I like making more money 💵 as it means that I can save more for a better tomorrow. I do like the layout of the new office a lot – the desk faces the door so I can see when people are walking in plus it’s a private office so I can make calls or deal with personnel issues without having to run into some one else’s office. 🚪

I am increasingly thinking 💭 about taking off the week leading up to Christmas 🎅. Depending on the forecast I might go out to the Finger Lakes for a week ⛺ or the Adirondacks for part of a week. At this point I have to plan carefully as snow 🌨 is a risk but not that great if the long range models prove to be true. LA Nina winter in a warming planet 🌏.