Day: September 18, 2025

At lunch time today, I rode my bike up to the Waterviliet 4th Avenue Park and sat by the river and read for a while. Such a serene day out. Maybe I should have left for the Adirondacks tonight but I need to go out to my parents house to check on things and I honestly don’t feel like such a long trip – and I have some personal business to attend to in the morning. Maybe it’s my anxiety about my old truck with my parents out of town, but I don’t feel like heading north. Probably going to miss the good colors but they’re faded with dry conditions this year – and there is always next year. Next year I’ll plan on taking every advantage I can of remote work on Mondays and Fridays, and it will help if I have a better laptop and a new truck by then. My laptop is fine but like my truck, it’s really on it’s last legs with the screen connection causing it blank out at times, the battery replaced many times, and Windows stuck on the slow har drive.

I have that pot that I got from Northern Lights last week but never broke into it as I had some left over from summer vacation. I really don’t do much more then an occasional puff up at camp so it lasts a long time. Certainly I’m not a daily user. Supposed to be strong stuff so I’ll be real careful to enjoy it in moderation. Hopefully it won’t cause so much wicked dry eye. I’ll be glad when I’m done with contacts. Technically Tuesday is the last day, but I might stop wearing them on Monday to be sure my eyes are fully recovered per-surgery. I do hope they have clams at Price Chopper tonight – or maybe I’ll stop in the morning and also visit Stanton Farm Stand for a few extras on the way to camp. Gas I’m good on. Figure set up camp early, get clams a boiling, and then ride and hike for a while in the afternoon, spend some time reading and relaxing, maybe visit a preserve or two on the way out camp, or maybe wait until Sunday.