Good morning! Happy Sunday. 🌨

Winter is definitely back today. Not as windy as yesterday but it is snowing a bit this morning and is pretty cool. Sure it would be warmer in my apartment if I turned up the heat and wore a sweater but I like being cold.

Snow and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ Calm wind. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️

Maybe it will warm up later 🌥 but I have my doubts. I think it will just be a cloudy, cold late November day.

Today I am working on some code 🖥, with election results in PANDAS 🐼 to ultimately plot in R to make some maps to show this week on the blog.

I went for a hike yesterday in the Norman’s Kill Gorge. 🚶 It was windy but once I got into the gorge it wasn’t that cold. Then I went down to the library for a while and downloaded some videos to watch on the internet. 🖥 My data meter says I’ve been using a lot of data lately so I should be careful so I don’t run out of hot spot or high speed data. 📱

Did some much needed cleaning yesterday in the apartment, 🛋️ and scrubbed the floors. Did some reading 📖 too.

Going out to the folks house this afternoon for lunch 🍲 and then I’ll go home before I have to drive in the dark. I just really hate driving 🚘 after dark.

I think it’s too cold ❄ to plan much hiking today, although maybe this week I’ll try to get out and do more steps. I’ve kind of been bad at doing that since vacation and things getting so cold out.

I’ve been continuing to think 🤔 about what should be the next step on my mental health counseling adventure. I probably shouldn’t dwell on it so much, as thinking about it only makes it worse but I think I should look at investing a little more money in self-care and improving my well-being so I can take steps to get closer to my goals. 🥅