I am certainly not complaining, but I did not expect it as I was on my way out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and who knows on my bike when the sky got darker, the wind picked up and we got a brief but strong rain shower running through.

I certainly wasn’t expecting any rain, and it probably ultimately won’t amount to much 💧 however, it wasn’t really on my mind. Part of the reason I didn’t head out of town this weekend to Rensselaerville State Forest for a long weekend camping is I knew today would be so cool and windy, 🔥 plus the fire danger was a bit concerning in my mind. But mostly I knew today would be bitterly cold with the wind up on the hill, even if the mercury does make it into the low 50s. I dislike the wind more then anything else bar maybe rain when camping. Plus yesterday, was surprisingly busy. I worked much of the afternoon out at Five Rivers, and for a while I had a bit of a pounding headache, I think because I took a sleeping pill or actually two before bed to overcome the sugar-free Red Bull I had in evening at work, ☕️ and then it left my drousy the next day despite the coffee and caffine pills. 💊 Feeling better today.

I think at some point I’ll still ride out to Five Rivers 🚴 but I don’t have bigger plans than that. I got out the wrench 🔧 and tools to change the oil in Big Red 🛻 tomorrow before apple 🍎 picking with dad. Monday I’ll work in the office 🏢 in person because I need to work on the main frame and I need Windows for the VPN for that and it’s so slow on my laptop. 🖥️ Plus it’s good to be supervising my team in person at least a few days a week. Truth is I actually like the state database over the campaign committee database, as I have full control over the system and it’s easier to automate the Unix processes.

Installed more weather stripping over the door 🚪 at my apartment. I’ll probably keep the heat up a bit warmer than this year but it all depends on how cold it is and how bad the moisture problems are. 🐖 Neighbors believe it or not in suburban Delmar are roasting a whole hog and it smells delicious with the wood smoke 🪵and do I wish I had a house with a woodstove and a forest with winter coming. That said, I keep my heat very low so my heating bills are very reasonable in winter. Hopefully I can get well into November without needing anything but the heated blanket on the coldest of nights. Scraping the bottom of the pantry for food 🥫 but tomorrow I’ll stock up at Walmart.