I am a little on the fence but I think I’ll ride in. While I put fares onto my phone to use on the bus now that my card is expired, I think I’d rather ride and burn some calories from Easter dinner and it’s not that cold, being it’s the second week of April.
Driving Old Smokey yesterday was nice, 🛻 those SuperDuties drive really nice. I also took Big Red out for a little drive around the yard, just to see if he would start up and run, started up with no issue. People are asking again when I plan to sell, it’s a matter of first getting a truck cap and my gear moved over. I plan to order the cap this weekend, after studying my options this week. 📶 Pulled the CB Radio, seems like it will mount easily with the bolts on the center dashboard counsole with no issues, and it doesn’t block my vision much. Still need to figure out the upfitter switch wiring, where to run the antenna wire, and order a CB antenna mount that will fit SuperDuty and also an ampflied PA speaker to mount under the hoot when I install the antenna.
Pay week this week, which is good 😀 because it’s been an expensive past few weeks. And the cap is another major expense, but after that it should be fairly small for a while. Not planning to drive Old Smokey much until I get a cap and head out camping, both due to gas prices ⛽ and to keep it new as long as possible. Honestly I’m not expected to get the cap until May or June but I’ll have to order and pay for it next weekend. Going to be cold and maybe snow 🌨️ showers to start out the week, but very spring like by Friday. 🌸 Going to hike or ride in the Pine Bush next weekend when I go to Ruth’s to order the cap and also do some thrifting for work clothes. Got to be frugal somewhere. 👚
It was nice visiting the family for Easter. 🐰 Mom got me a smokey the bear 🐻 stuffed animal to stick in the back glass on my truck. He’s cute. Ham for dinner. It was fun driving the big truck, it rides so nicely on the open road. Gas milage wasn’t great with the hills, but I’m sure it would be better on the open highway. It is a big block. I guess it doesn’t matter, I got the truck to drive recreationally, it wouldn’t be a great commuter vehicle regardless. The remote start from anywhere in the world from my phone is fantastic, especially as I leave it parked so much and want to give the engine time to circulate fluids before driving. Nice to step into a car that is already warmed up and outputing heat or air conditioning. The key chain also has remote start, which is good for when I’m in the woods without cell service 📱 or if Ford decides to discontinue the Ford Pass app or starts to charge for it. I doubt they will, as long as 5G cell service remains avaliable, as they get a lot of valuable information on customers and how they use their products for marketing purposes – and selling repairs at dealerships. But you know time marches on, the OnStar on my Chevy Silverado even if they service had been paid up would have stopped working several years ago when 3G cell service went away.
Back to work on this Monday morning. 🏢 Should otherwise be a pretty ordinary week, keep plugging away at the database update, 💾 and all the usual crap that happens around that office, including enjoying all that flavored coffee ☕ as it was only a one cup day in the office. Listening to more of Ezra Klein’s Abundance audio book on Libby, as I ride in. 🚌 Al’so need to call CDTA World Headquarters and have them move the $16.50 on my now expired CDTA Navigator Card 💳 to the phone app, but I also plan to get another card, as in many ways they are far more convenient to use, and aren’t likely to fail like the phone app, but the phone app will work fine for now until I can get another card. Next weekend should very spring like!