A dreary start to Monday

That said, I think I want to try to ride in this morning as I don’t think their is any rain going to hit this morning, and while the evening commute is dicey, the worse thing is I get soaked riding back to the express bus stop. I mean, last Monday I could have gotten away with riding both ways without getting soaked, despite rain mid-day.

Must be that I am in my extreme manic phrase, after the coffee and caffeine pills but I also don’t see a lot of rain on radar so I guess it’s fine to ride in. At least my ass isn’t dragging yet this morning, though I might crash when I get in the office and coffee maker is broke because it exploded all over that wonderful old Italian guy who makes the office coffee every day, like happened so tragically on that first day of the time change.   I’m just giggling with memories of being high as fuck on summer vacation, laying back in hammock listening to Lovin Spoonful, Did You Have to Make Up Your Mind. While probably reading a book about homesteading, enjoying the warm cow-smelling breezes of Finger Lakes. Or those days listening to Grateful Dead, floating on Seneca Lake.  It would be fun some day to own cows, but it’s also so much meat, manure and feed.

But truth is I’m ready to ride in as yesterday was bitterly cold and wet and while I went for a short ride on Saturday I didn’t get many miles logged over the soggy weekend. Plus I don’t like paying the bus fare or running between the shuttle and express bus at the end of day. And my stomach feels a bit bloated and upset after all that rice and lentils yesterday, plus the cornmeal and onion pancakes this morning, and a bit achy from the rain. So riding in will feel good. But I’m severely mentally ill.

Making the money today with the COLA now in effect, though I also got fill out the tax form so they take even more money out of my paychecks to give to the government. I think an additional $46 a paycheck should cover it. Rather do it that way then bother with quarterly tax payments. At least I didn’t fined for underpayment of taxes last year. I don’t know how I escaped the fine, but I didn’t get asked to pay it. Lots of data frames to build, records to link and other things to build in the new week.

I’d love to get out of town this weekend, but it looks to be rainy and cold again this weekend. Maybe I should just bring a tarp and string that up. At least the fire danger would be low. I think there might be a fair amount of snow up north, though I might head to Adirondacks if the weather improves. I’d love to get up north again soner then later.