It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. That said, they are much too gleeful about that line in song on this ever so wet Monday. Maybe because it’s a Monday, and rain is a good thing, so things will green up and not burn well except for those things we want to burn. Fuck the liberals and the Trumpster.

Up early this morning, busing it in with the rain. I might catch the early express downtown so I can walk laps on the Plaza in the morning before work. I figure with the rain I won’t be able to ride in or even walk around the neighborhood without getting wet, so it’s best to plan to do it inside. Carrot pancakes with blueberries and bananas, sleep pretty well though I did wake up pretty early but I was asleep before 8 PM last night. Early in the morning, a whole bunch of pollen came in with breeze and it stunk briefly. I don’t have allegeries, as I spent so much time hanging out in barn and in woods as a kid but it was pungent briefly. Not too achy from the rain, so that’s good. In a decent mood too, and my goal is not to fuck too many things up at work this week. No pushing mystery buttons on software programs like last week. It all worked out fine, once I apologized to deputy head programmer and explained I actually didn’t need that report printed.

Yesterday was fine, I got out to Five Rivers, did some reading and visited the folks. Emptied out the slop bucket full of compost, washed my clothes. Tacos at the folks house. Came home and got my winter clothes put away and my summer clothes out, though I really need to go through the stuff in the attic and get rid of some of the worn out clothes and stuff that don’t fit – either the clothing recycling dumpster or donate the stuff that is in good shape. I also went through the box of stuff I hauled out of my old office last year and some of my old files, and pulled out the paper an old records that I plan to recycle into carbon dioxide that next time I have a fire. Maybe this weekend.

That said, next weekend is looking increasingly crappy, especially Friday night but we’ll see. Might still want to do a hike in Catskills then camp overnight somewhere. I don’t have to be back any time in particular on Sunday, so I can have a full day of adventure then. Nature Bus starts up on Memorial Day Weekend, so every other weekend I’ll have the option of spending the day at Thacher Park for free, assuming that I don’ t break shit on my bike riding trail up there.