Daily Update – July 5, 2022

Good morning! Back to work on this somewhat dreary Tuesday morning. 👨‍💼

Not a lot of sunshine to help one getting going, and I slept in a bit late, but still caught the express bus downtown.

A few drops of rain around and 66 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 58 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 3 am.

I feared a repeat of last week 💦 when I was walking down to the Park and Ride this morning and sky just opened up. But it was just a few drops of rain then it let up. More rain later though. I think if I want to get my 10,000 steps in today, I should plan on maximizing my walking at lunch time. Getting to the Plaza this morning, the stairs I normally take to work where closed, so I had to walk through the LOB, though it’s a lot easier now that they aren’t checking IDs to get through the LOB after swiping your card.

Went out to my parents house for Independence Day Dinner 🍗 played with the dog while I was out there, and then did my evening hike. 🐶 Did several laps up top of the mountain, so I got my steps in for the day. 👣 Seemed like forever until it got dark out, and even at 9:15 PM wasn’t super dark for watching the fireworks, with the moonlight and some haze. It was pretty neat watching the Plaza fireworks from the distance, as was watching all the other people lighting off fireworks.

Last night I watched the fireworks on the Empire State Plaza and most of the mid-Hudson Valley from an undisclosed place. 🎆 I was kind of surprised I was the only one watching fireworks from there, although technically the place closed at dusk but I figured nobody would care if I got back to my truck an hour or so after dusk. I did walk back through most of the woods not using a flashlight 🔦 just to keep my cover and it was very dark at times.

Truck was good all weekend. 🛻 The ABS light remains off and I haven’t heard any unusual noises after noticing that occasional squeak on Saturday. Sometimes I worry about this a little too much. I’m sure at some point I’ll need more work done on it but I’m putting it off until things are more worrysome. I think I should be good for getting out of town this weekend, assuming the weather is decent I don’t have to work. 😎 I do just wish the forecast would be a bit warmer.