Especially in Central New York based on the latest forecast. Maybe this won’t be the weekend to go out to Charles Baker though I’m sure by the following weekend the leaves will be mostly gone, especially in the high country outside of Brookfield.

Happy Tuesday to Y’All. 😊 Moving forward, though the week just seems longer as I worked in person yesterday in the office next to the Old City dump. Didn’t smell so much like wastewater treatment plant yesterday, and while it sprinkled a bit on the ride home, 🚲 it wasn’t a bad ride both ways to work. I probably could have worked remote on Monday but I’m trying to be in the office more these days, 🏢 maybe it’s just practice for November when it’s back to in person most days.

Went to the laundromat yesterday and the Wi-Fi was broke but my clothes were clean. 👚 I do try to at least wash my clothes every two weeks, as I don’t care how dirty I am when I’m working remote. I just sat in the parking lot working using my phone and playing around watching a bit of YouTube and reading a book on it. 📱I find I need my computer less and less for many things these days, the phone is so much more portable and doesn’t require a lot of power. I do a lot of work just using my phone, and not bothering booting the laptop. Especially when using the laptop involves not only using power but also my limited mobile hotspot.

I bought a new laptop charger for my laptop, and it’s still giving me problems charging at times. I am not sure if the battery is going bad, the charge port is shot or there is an issue with overheating. I should take it apart again and check on the fan, and see if I can get it work or replace it. And what is involved in repacing the charging port — if it’s like most things on a HP laptop, it’s likely a generic board that can be unplugged and replaced for a few bucks. Truth is at some point this laptop will need to be replaced — it’s 8 years old now — but it still works well, is fast enough, has enough storage and memory for my purposes — and HP parts are cheap and easy to replace. I run Linux on it, so it doesn’t if the OS is out of date on Windows side of things, it still is fine. Maybe if this laptop quits working, I’ll go and buy another one of these machines used, especially if it has Windows 10 installed and it’s eight years old, I can probably get one real cheap — and parts are easy to keep them running. Still it’s frustrating that like everything in this world it’s falling apart.

I am not that set against Madison County for the weekend, it all depends on how the forecast evolves. The National Weather Service isn’t as nancy negative as Weather Underground though the night going into Columbus Day still looks wet. And I worry if I wait another week, then the leaves will be done at least for the high country in Madison County. And Friday and Saturday look beautiful, though Friday will be a remote work, so I can’t ride trail. Not sure I got think about it.