Final Day of 2023
Made it to the end of year. Kind of a cloudy, gray, cool day to end out the year — certainly not the best day to be out doing outdoor activities, especially with the breeze and gray skies. Maybe it’s best that my planed camping trip didn’t work out after all.
I was originally planning to be out camping today, but when I got up to camp π the campsite was taken and everything up at Rensselaerville State Forest was a complete mosh pit, after all the rain we’ve had and above normal temperatures. I poked around the state forest for a while, thought about pitching a tent, but I would be setting up in the mud, and the other campsite — Campsite 3 was a mess because they’ve been logging off CCC Road. I think that red clay is as slick and muddy as I can remember due to it being such a mild, ice free winter. Maybe that black powder guy parked in the campsite did me a favor. I don’t think he was camping, though it seemed like he swapped off that site with another person, which makes me think maybe he had his stand up there and wanted to reserve the site. I’m not that heart broken π about not camping this weekend. I might be back for Martin Luther King Day Weekend, βοΈ which believe it or not is only two weekend away this point. I’m hoping it will be cold enough at that point that I won’t be dealing with all that mud and slop. Some snow would be nice, and most of the big hunting seasons are done π« though trapping is open and as small game.
Back to the table format on the weather, as my blog’s weather template always seems to break for the last day of the year. π There is a one-day-a-year bug which I should fix but it happens only once in 365 days. I didn’t blog yesterday, at least with a status update as I got a bit of a late start, and was planning to do it up by camp which didn’t happen. Instead, I came home, unpacked my gear π which didn’t take long as nothing was disorganized or dirty, made some lunch and spent the balance of the day reading and studying my machine learning course. π€ This morning I finished up the Udemy Neural Nwtworks for R course and started one on Support Vector Classification for R. π I’ve been thinking I should also do some machine learning courses on Python so I get a full knowledge and various platforms. π©π» I’m not opposed to Python though I tend to use R more then Python.
Today for exercise π² I think I’m going to ride out to Voorheesville π and maybe stop at Hannaford out there to get some baker’s vanilla which I like in my coffee and warm milk at the end of day, plus also some more apple cider vinger which I like in my glass of warm milk at the end of day.. That said, I’m still cringing after spending $200 at the grocery store on Friday, though fortunately I got paid early — I couldn’t believe I got my first 2024 pay check on Friday, when the official pay day is next Wednesday, January 3rd. Paychecks have been coming earlier and earlier, often on Monday mornings, and I know New Years Day or Monday is a holiday, but I just assumed the money would come in on Tuesday. π΅ It’s good though as I paid rent on Friday, π and I’ve been concerned about having the minimum in bank account.
I guess this sort of makes December, rather then January a three paycheck month, but as long as I keep things coming in and out consistently, I’m good. I just ended up buying a lot groceries, in part for camping but also there was a lot of things I wanted to keep my pantry stocked. That said, it should cut back on what I need in future weeks, as most of the more expensive things I stocked up are the kind of things that should last for a while. I don’t waste food, if things start to go bad, I cut off the bad parts and eat that first. π But I generally prefer frozen and vegatables, and aren’t afraid to use my freezer.
My parents have continued to be sick on and off π£ so I’ve not been able to visit them in the few weeks πͺ and I’m not totally sure if we are going to do a get together for New Years Day, π though we’ve been talking about doing a holiday celebration π getting together next week for Mom’s birthday with my sister, niece and in-laws, assuming everybody is feeling better by then and the weather is good.
As you will note below, going to be a mild week to start out January, and we are definitely starting to pick up more daylight at end of each day.
This Afternoon. Feels like … December 18th. |
Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind around 8 mph. |
37 degrees | 4:33 sunset |
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Tonight. Feels like … December 3rd. |
A slight chance of snow showers between 10pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
26 degrees | 7:23 sunrise |
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New Year’s Day. Feels like … December 22nd. |
Mostly cloudy. North wind 3 to 6 mph. |
36 degrees | 4:33 sunset |
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Monday Night. Feels like … December 10th. |
Mostly clear. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. |
24 degrees | 7:23 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … December 9th. |
Sunny. West wind 5 to 9 mph. |
40 degrees | 4:34 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … November 30th. |
Partly cloudy. |
27 degrees | 7:23 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Feels like … December 6th. |
Mostly cloudy. |
41 degrees | 4:35 sunset |
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Wednesday Night. Feels like … November 23rd. |
Mostly cloudy. |
29 degrees | 7:23 sunrise |
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Thursday. Feels like … December 18th. |
A chance of snow before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
37 degrees | 4:36 sunset |
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Thursday Night. Feels like … December 21st. |
Mostly cloudy. |
21 degrees | 9 max wind chill | 7:23 sunrise |
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Friday. Feels like … January 5th. |
Mostly sunny. |
33 degrees | 9 max wind chill | 4:37 sunset |
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Friday Night. Feels like … December 17th. |
Partly cloudy. |
22 degrees | 11 max wind chill | 7:23 sunrise |
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Saturday. Feels like … December 31st. |
Partly sunny. |
34 degrees | 11 max wind chill | 4:38 sunset |