Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Four weeks to Small Business Saturday 🛍️. Cloudy and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind.Temperatures will drop below freezing at Monday around 3 am. ☃️

I woke up this morning feeling sick as a dog 🐶. I didn’t think I could get that cold from my parents being already sick. I was wrong on that point. I made it to work yesterday and held my head high through the staff meeting mid day but basically after dinner I collapsed in bed.

I wanted to go camping this weekend but I think I’m too sick. 😢 The best thing I can do is rest up. Hopefully a restful weekend after getting these two separate cold viruses means I’ll be healthy for the rest of winter. There is always so much to do and I need rest after a stressful week starting my new job. My sister and niece are having a birthday party 🎂 but I can’t go being so sick.

I got the headlight bulb 💡 properly replaced with a new one although the bulb they had at Autozone was the same as Walmart but two bucks more. Made sure not to touch the bulb before installing. If they ever blow again I’m going to replace with either LED bulbs or genuine DELCO parts. Seems fine now, the old bulb was open circuit the new one has a resistance of 0.3 ohm which at 14 volts is 60 watts – the bulb is rated 55 watts but the test meter I have has some resistance in the leads.

Now that my headlights are working I can go to the store and get soap 👋 and cough medicine 😷. Things that would have been nice but I couldn’t do this week with the weather. I checked my other lights and they’re good, so I’m ready to get Big Red inspected this month. I do want to check the brake lights but I’ll have to ask somebody to depress the pedal while I check the back, especially the third eye on the truck cap.

Today will be cloudy early, then gradual clearing 🌃, with a high of 49 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 12th. South wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 82 was set in 1950. .1 inches of snow fell back in 1911.❄

The sun will set at 5:47 pm with dusk around 6:16 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 47 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 34 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 33 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 9th. South wind 3 to 6 mph. In 2018, we had light rain. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1980.

On the whole I’m happy 😊 with my new position. The windowless office kind of in the back makes me feel a bit stuffed in a white cardboard box 🎁 but it’s fine. I took the position because they needed my help and it’s a good opportunity to meet new people, make connections and further my career. 💼 Ultimately making more money 💵 means more to invest and one step closer to my off grid property.

Staying home this weekend will save money, 💰and honestly I don’t know if the road at White Rocks National Recreation area is closed due to wash outs or trees down⛔. I think the worse rain and wind was further north but it would be a major bummer to get up there and have to turn back 🏡🔙. Still paying for vacation and it’s not a real sunny day. ☁

Right now next weekend looks bitterly cold ❄ but who knows the forecast could change. Sunny but cold weather like late December. And who knows about snow – it looks like it’s November and the snow belt is already getting Lake Effect. I’m still thinking about Stoney Pond outside of Morrisville but not if they’re is any snow or a chance of it.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Small Business Saturday 🛍️ when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2018, we had mostly sunny skies, with a few passing rain showers and temperatures between 45 and 18 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 67 back in 1933.