Good morning! Happy Valentines Day ❤️ !

A cold morning to restart my 7 am walk program around the High School superblock but the sun helps a bit and there is enough sunlight in the mornings to be out walking early in the morning.

Mostly sunny and 6 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is -9. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around 11 am. 🌡️

It it wasn’t a session day and I had to wear my suit 👨🏻‍⚖️ I’d probably just walk down to the express bus and then walk laps on the Plaza but having to dress up I figure have breakfast 🥞, walk 🚶 and then shower 🚿. Plus my apartment felt uncomfortably warm this morning and I figured the cold would be nice. Now that the sun ☀ is up early on session days I figure do my walk early.

I see my Bidencare COVID-19 testing kit is expected to arrive today. 🏥 I will stick it in the cabinet and hope I never have to use it except as kindling in the future. 🤮 I pay a lot in taxes – might as well maximize the welfare benefits I get from the government.

I believe that this is a pay week 💵 which is a good thing because February is a short month and rent and the winter heating bill is due before you know it. That said, with taxes these days, it seems like most of the money goes to the government – my federal income tax bill alone is more than my rent. 🏡 Now I understand why people grow more conservative as they get old.

Finally emptied my trash can. 🗑 Since mid December I’ve only made enough trash to basically fill up a plastic shopping bag, not including the paper and bottles I’m saving for recycling ♻. Not too bad. I haven’t been to the transfer station since last spring, which I will have to make my trip in a month or two for the cans and other accumulated recyclables.

I am hoping to get out of town for the long weekend ⛺ but I’m not totally sure where too. It might be nice to spend a couple of nights up in the woods and do some skiing 🎿 if snow is left. If I go I will probably have to get gas ⛽ but I can put that on my credit card 💳.