Good afternoon! Happy Memorial Day Weekend 🇺🇸

Not the greatest start to Memorial Day Weekend, it’s been kind of rainy on and off all morning. No real heavy rain but still hardly a banner weekend. But they say it will improve and even be hot come Sunday.

Rain showers, clouds and 73 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm.

I got to leave work at two on Friday 🕑 which made me wish I had headed out of town as it seems like a quiet weekend. Got home, took a nap. I’ve been getting up at 5:30 am with the sunrise 🌅 but not getting to bed as early as I should. But alas summer is not over yet.

Last night I went down to the library 📚 for the first time in months. With my smartphone 📱 and the unlimited data plan I’m hard pressed to need the Wi-Fi much any more. After getting the SD card 💳 issue resolved, my music 🎶 and apps working I’m very happy with my new phone, like it more than the old one. And heck only $35.

This morning I’m doing some reading 📖 and learning about spatial data with R. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to use the redist package in R to do maximum gerrymandering mostly for fun. Also been trying to learn more about spatial correlation and how to find patterns in R. 🖥

Later on if it’s not too stormy ⛈ I am thinking about hiking out to Five Rivers. 🐦 With gas prices at five dollars a gallon 💸 I’m trying to leave Big Red 🛻 parked as much as possible. I want to save the gas money for summer months when I can spend all weekend out of town. Plus I’m due for an oil 🛢 change fairly soon.

And knowing how busy and crazy 🤪 next week will be at work I’m in no rush to do much of anything this weekend besides taking it slow. But I know once I get past this week things will be so much quieter for at least a few weeks. Then I know the craziness of the even year autumn won’t be far away.

This weekend hasn’t proven as busy as I feared ⛺ and I could have headed north or to the Greens. 🌄 But it all comes back to five dollar gas. I don’t know why I fear the pump so much – I make good money 💵 these days but I also feel like with the money it’s a great opportunity to save and invest, especially with the markets down and stocks and bonds becoming more affordable. 📉

I just know personal restraint and hard work today 🧑🏻‍💼 means a better tomorrow. I see within ten to fifteen years owning my own land, looking out on livestock grazing 🐮 🌾 living a life based on reality rather than escape. A life that doesn’t require a vacation. 🏖 Now really is the best time to take advantage of what i have and work hard. That sometimes means passing up on adventures.