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Beep! Beep! Beep! The smoke alarm was going off when I got home last night from work. I don’t know if was the heat and humidity or more likely my neighbor smoking tobacco and grass that set my excessively sensetitve fire alarm off but so it was. Took it outside and it shut off but it was an annoying, and had to be annoying to my neighbor as it went off for who knows how long before I got home.

Today should be the first really hot day of summer. Work picnic later so I decided I have to wear a suit and tie, as members and staff will be there, coming from the legislature and they’ll be all dressed up. My suit doesn’t fit well at this point but this is the first I’m really worn it in a like a year. Look a little like Donald John Trump with the suit being so oversized for me.

I’ll take the smoke detector down before I leave today, less the heat and humidity and neighbors pot smoke sets it off. I figure I won’t be home to late. Driving in today, because obviously I can’t ride wearing a suit and tie, and picnic goes to 9 PM and it would be a long ride back in the dark otherwise. Just got to be careful how much beer I drink at the event, going for more cold soda rather then the good stuff.

Bike was good yesterday, stopping making so much noise after I tighted the rack down with some wire and electrical tape. Need to figure out a more permanent solution that hopefully doesn’t look so crappy, but I don’t care that much but noises annoy me. I ordered a new chain, with hope of getting it on before I have to replace the cassette. If I do a chain every two months, or as the guage says, probably less headache then both the cassette and chain. I keep things lubricated, but when I’m doing 400-500 miles a month, with a fair amount of stop, go and hill cimbings it’s takes it’s number on chains. I wish they did last longer, but 750 miles is pretty typical for bike chain replacements. Compared to gas, its still a deal.

Went out to Five Rivers last night, reading this e-book about goat farming, after finishing the book I had been reading on rooftop water collection. I am really quite interested in Homesteading topics and Off-Grid Living in general, trying to sort out what is real and what is just about being woke.