I stayed over at my parents house last night after coming back from Schoharie around 4:15 PM. Maybe not a perfect weekend, I would have rather had more space up at camp and no neighbors, less humidity on Saturday morning and more sun and warmth on Sunday afternoon at pool but on the whole it was a fun weekend even if the band was bad and car show was a bummer.
I am feeling relaxed after a good weekend. I thought Big Red was well behaved, no real issues beyond t the regular complaints, groans and somewhat sloppy handling of a 14-year old getting beat up old jacked up truck. I’m ready for good, quiet, trouble free summer vacation up at Chicken Coop or Potomac Road. 13 days this year with the extra days I added on plus Labor Day. But I think it will make it through summer vacation most likely. If not I’ll get it repaired and/or rent a car. I am going to set up at tent at camp for storing boxes, gear and dirty clothes. Honestly, I worry too much and so much of my problems are just in my head. And when I realize that, take a deep breath it’s great. It will be so nice once I arrive at the Finger Lakes, get unpacked, get the hammock out and relax with a cold beer.
Landlord is ripping the windows out and replacing them in my apartment. 🪟Not sure what was wrong with the windows upstairs, maybe he was concerned about the moss that was starting to grow in the frame and it potentially leaking into the building frame. I don’t know but he was working on it over the weekend and replaced one of the windows and is chip-sealing where I normally park. I’m not going to worry about it, I do want to so more cleaning before vacation so things aren’t a mess when I get home, but I had no notice until Saturday evening that he was going to be buy to work on the building. I kind of more wish he would replace the front door and downstairs windows, the door is all rotted out and those windows definitely leak air downstairs. Hopefully he will be done by the time I get home, but maybe not if he’s milking cows in the afternoon, but I want time to get packed tonight without having to work around people swapping out windows. If he wants to tear at the walls of my apartment or make other changes while I’m gone that’s fine, especially if I he could replace the rotted out door and not jack up my rent further.
Looks like it will be a cool but sunny for vacation. I am debating if I want to pack my propane heater. It takes up a fair amount of space in the truck, and it’s just one more thing to pack and unpack and lock up at camp, especially if I want to bring two coolers. It would be good if we have some cold rainy days, especially I think Wednesday is going to be cold and rainy to start out the trip. But the space issue is a bit of a worry, especially if I were to have a breakdown. Truth is though I’m over that, I got things checked out, but you just never know. And it’s one more thing to keep track of at camp and lock up each day before I head out. It could be cool especially up on Hector Backbone, but it is still August.
I am thinking about getting clams on the way out to the Finger Lakes as with it being kind of a cold and rainy day to start out camp, boiling down clams in beer with maybe some of those mini onions and fresh sweet corn and any other veggies 🫑 I get at farm stands on the way out there may be an excellent way to start out vacation, even if I am setting up in the rain. I would like to leave before the morning rush, and be able to be in the hammock camp all set up by 1 or 2 PM at the latest. Then maybe after some clams grab my fishing pole and see what I can catch in Foster or Potomac Ponds. I just want some peace and sanity in my life – a deep breath and not living my life constantly in fear of daemons that only lurk inside my mind.
Thursday I might loaf around the National Forest with my bike and fishing pole as it looks like Friday would be best day this week to go down to Watkins Glen to swim and maybe paddle on Seneca Lake if it’s calm enough. Maybe eat a bunch more clams and sweet corn. Float on one of the ponds, see if the snapping turtle bites at my shorts too much. Listen to cows. Read and relax. Just try to get my sanity back, read a bit, stay off the internet maybe a bit.
I thought Big Red was well behaved, no real issues beyond t the regular complaints, groans and somewhat sloppy handling of a 14-year old getting beat up old jacked up truck. I’m ready for good, quiet, trouble free summer vacation up at Chicken Coop or Potomac Road. 13 days this year with the extra days I added on plus Labor Day. 
But I think it will make it through summer vacation most likely. If not I’ll get it repaired and/or rent a car. I am going to set up at tent at camp for storing boxes, gear and dirty clothes. 
Honestly, I worry too much and so much of my problems are just in my head. 
And when I realize that, take a deep breath it’s great. It will be so nice once I arrive at the Finger Lakes, get unpacked, get the hammock out and relax with a cold beer.
If he wants to tear at the walls of my apartment or make other changes while I’m gone that’s fine, especially if I he could replace the rotted out door and not jack up my rent further. 
I am debating if I want to pack my propane heater. It takes up a fair amount of space in the truck, and it’s just one more thing to pack and unpack and lock up at camp, especially if I want to bring two coolers. It would be good if we have some cold rainy days, 
especially I think Wednesday is going to be cold and rainy to start out the trip. But the space issue is a bit of a worry, especially if I were to have a breakdown. 
Truth is though I’m over that, I got things checked out, but you just never know. And it’s one more thing to keep track of at camp and lock up each day before I head out. It could be cool especially up on Hector Backbone, but it is still August.
as with it being kind of a cold and rainy day to start out camp, boiling down clams in beer with maybe some of those mini onions and fresh sweet corn 
and any other veggies 🫑 I get at farm stands on the way out there may be an excellent way to start out vacation, even if I am setting up in the rain. I would like to leave before the morning rush, and be able to be in the hammock camp all set up by 1 or 2 PM at the latest. Then maybe after some clams grab my fishing pole 
and see what I can catch in Foster or Potomac Ponds. I just want some peace and sanity in my life – a deep breath and not living my life constantly in fear of daemons that only lurk inside my mind.
and fishing pole as it looks like Friday would be best day this week to go down to Watkins Glen to swim and maybe paddle on Seneca Lake if it’s calm enough. 
Maybe eat a bunch more clams and sweet corn. Float on one of the ponds, 
see if the snapping turtle bites at my shorts too much. Listen to cows. 
Read and relax. Just try to get my sanity back, read a bit, stay off the internet maybe a bit.