Delmar, NY

Yesterday I got to work, sat down and banged out the first Committee Agenda of the day and was like duck I left the beans simmering in a pot at home three hours ago. I started to head home, realizing that I had just missed the bus and the next one would be in twenty five minutes. I called my mom, she swung by and turned them off and even drained them. Nice! Fortunately the beans were fine, they didn’t burn as there was plenty of water in the pot. The red beans were a bit soft like re-fried beans but still good. Mom saved the day!

Good morning! So yes, that was my end of May. It could have bad like the apartment complex down the road that was burning as I drove home from the Assembly picnic on Tuesday evening. Sunny and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 50 degrees.

Listening to more of Paul Simon 1972 album. 🎧 You can say we are entering a time much like the early 1970s, a time when everything will get a bit worse in the world 🌎 but you can improve your own life, focusing on making more money and being healthy while everything else in the world goes to shit. Did you see the news businesses are fleeing the cities for the suburbs again, much like the seventies? 📰 My face certainly looks more and more like Paul Simon on that album cover though I’m not wearing a heavy coat like that today in the heat. And the air conditioning is off on the bus and it’s mad hot. 😰 And I’m tired but it’s a good record.

If the plans would change
You can beat us with wires
You can beat us with chains
You can run out your rules
But you know you can’t outrun the history train
I’ve seen a glorious day

Pride month, dairy month, unofficial start to summer. 🌻 Yes it’s June and I’m ready for session to be over. Like the start of the month with many so commemorations I feel like my days are full of multi-color hot air balloons 🎈 of different things to consider. I needed to change my withholding tax so I took more out of paychecks to cover my taxes. 💵 Figure out all this doctor stuff. Used and new bicycle 🚲 should I repair or replace my bicycle. And then figuring out how to eat healthy 🍅🫑 in a time of receptions and summer picnics. 🧺 Being a political director and a deputy director of a legislative division is difficult on a diet. I have a lunch to go tomorrow and I have to figure out how to deal with the menu there. 🧑‍🍳

Truth be told, I always need something to obsess over 😟 and maybe my diet is on the grand scheme of things not the worse thing. It’s one of the easiest and most affordable things I can address, 🥦🍎 as you buy food every week and healthier options while slightly more expensive aren’t like fixing every noise on the truck or buying a homestead or getting to my retirement goals. 🥅 And it’s not like burn barrels and burning shit 🔥, much more legal, less stinky and toxic. And I like how much thinner I’ve gotten.

Today will be sunny but no so hot sun ☀, with a high of 91 degrees at 4pm. 15 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 57 at 11am. With such a relatively low dew point it won’t feel particularly warm. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1918.

The express bus 🚍 was running super early and while I was out there on time, the driver was long gone according to the map. So I’m taking the local in. I double checked to make sure the stove was off, I am leaving my lunch in the kitchen now to make sure I check before heading out. 🍳 Did some vlogging will post shortly. The local driver is so bad, he keeps slamming on the brakes and has the air conditioning off. I’m sure it works on the bus but the driver is just a jerk. 🚏

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.4° from the due south horizon (-1.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:45 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (295°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (302°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:27 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 23 seconds with dusk around 9:00 pm, which is 48 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the south-southeast (149°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, 238,402 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:45 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 83 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 9 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 18 seconds over yesterday.

It’s a get away day for the legislature , 🏎 and a nice one to boot so I expect I’ll get out at five o’clock. That will leave plenty of time to get down to the park 🏞 after work and get in around 10 miles for the day and maybe spend some time on the exercise equipment 💪 I’ve been doing some leg and arm crunches in the evening to add to the routine. I’ll probably regret taking out that salmon  for dinner with the heat but maybe I can fry 🍳 it rather than using the oven.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 27th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 8pm. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1971.

I continue to get to bed too late 🛌 with the late sunsets 🌆 and my early rising often before six AM. This morning was no exception, I was up bright and early because I needed to run to the bathroom 🚽 after all those delicious beans, and because the sun was streaming into my room bright and early.

Ah, four in the morning I woke up from out of my dream
Nowhere to go but back to sleep but I’m reconciled
Ahoh, ahoh, ahoh
I’m gonna be up for a while

The rain and clouds come for the weekend. 🌧️ Dang! Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 46 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 76 degrees.

Yes, it’s time to rethink my weekend plans. 🏡 I don’t think I’ll head out of town this weekend even just up to Rennselearville State Forest as I had previously thought. Maybe take the Nature Bus to Thacher Park? 🚍 Or do I look at bicycles? 🚲 Go up an visit John Wolcott in Colonie? 🏞 I’m not anticipating a lot of work this weekend but projects could come in.

Looking ahead, next Thursday is 8:30 PM Sunset 🌇 with dusk at 9:05 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 77 and 61 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. Right on target. 🎯 We hit a record high of 93 back in 2011.