Good morning! What day is it? A soon to be very snowy Hump Day, of course. 🐪 🌨

Do you remember the very much snow covered dairy camel in Vermont that was internet famous for a few days a few years back?

Cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. 🍃 Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

Dark morning with the snow 🌨 coming later. I had trouble getting going this morning, my eyes 👀 were terribly irritated. I didn’t get to bed until late last night 🛏 as I had to work late and wasn’t feeling well this morning. Maybe this evening I’ll go for a walk, depending if I have to work late. 🕒

My neighbor hit my trash can lid last night and smashed it up pretty badly. 🗑 I was pretty annoyed about that, as it’s not the first time it’s gotten hit. Looks like from looking at it this morning though that I can epoxy it back together. I think I probably have some rubber cement at home or maybe I can go buy some. I don’t think I can get another trash can lid, or maybe I can, but I’d rather just fix it then throw it away. It’s not like it has to look real pretty — it’s just storing cans and glass for recycling or rotting food and plastics that probably will end up getting burnt in a few weeks.

I was so damn frustrated about it, 😠 as it was just another broken thing in my life. I get it’s a garbage can, doesn’t have to look pretty, and I can certainly replace it but I don’t need more crap in my life. I need to find a solution to it. 📞 I ended up calling Mom and Dad and we chatted for about 45 minutes, although I still don’t think I found a solution. They offered to take old trash for their own use around the farm 🚜 but I’m like why should I have to get rid of a perfectly good can that has just a broken a lid.

Lately it just feels like everything has been falling apart. 🔧 The more money I make at work, the more deeper I find myself dug into the hole. Inflation and taxes 💸 eats up more and more each week, my bank account struggles and gets lower it seems every paycheck. I keep trying to cut expenses but it gets harder and hard to do.

Another late night at work, 👨‍💼 but at least I’ll probably get a free dinner out of it. 🍕 I heard they are ordering pizza. Any meal that I don’t have to cook and get for free is one less expense. Plus then if I get home late enough, I can just go home, turn off the lights and snuggle under the heated blanket. The blanket uses a little bit of electricity, but I doubt for the whole winter it equal a full 10 kWh, which even in these inflationary times is less then $2 in electricity.

I’ll get through the week 😫 rest up this weekend while it snows and is cold, then hopefully next week will be better. 🌺 Supposed to be quite mild next week, and there is the time change so much less darkness in the evening. 🌆 Plus, it’s only a two day session week next week, so less time dressing up for work, and hopefully I’ll have my evenings back, assuming I don’t have to work late.