Good morning! Happy Thursday.

Sunny morning but the bus is running 15 minutes late so I’ve been doing laps around the parking lot. I will drop my lunch off in the freezer and then try not to freeze while walking the Plaza.

Partly sunny and 35 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. 🌞 Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 29 mph 💨💨💨. They were talking about the wind chill this morning but I don’t think it’s bad out although my views may change when I get downtown and the wind is whipping between the buildings.

Traffic heading downtown is heavy 🚗🚛🚚🚓🚗🚗🚌 but that’s to be expected this with the delay of the express pushing us into the meat and bones of rush hour traffic. But I’m not driving and I’ll find ways to get my steps 👣 in today.

Last night was a much later night at work then expected 👨‍💼 so I didn’t to the grocery store. I guess that will have to happen tonight — I found enough food for lunch and dinner today, and I’ll just get everything else in one trip both for heading out of town this weekend and next week for lunch and dinner. My pantry is pretty darn bare but I should be able to stock up tonight. I doubt tonight will be a real late night.

To be fair, it actually was daylight when I got home 🌆 and I was able to reheat some bean soup I had in the freezer and then went for my evening walk. 🚶‍♀️ It was chilly with the wind but it still wasn’t pitch black until I after I got home from the walk. I got my 10,000 steps in for the day. 🛌 Then it was time for bed.

Tonight I will go to the store and get packed for the weekend. 🏕 It’s just going to be two nights, so I won’t need a lot of gear. Just the usual — water, food, clothes, fishing pole, etc. 🎣 I would like to leave to work early tomorrow but it all depends on the work load. I think tomorrow may be fairly busy. I’ve figured out where I’m going to park and take a bus downtown to avoid hitting so much traffic or parking difficulties at rush hour. 🅿️ The bus might take slightly longer to get on the road to get north, 🛣 although not by much. Days are pretty long now too. 🔦