Daily Update – May 28, 2022

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.