Well I made it to the bus stop on time, mostly because the bus was running later then I was. So be it. I made it in time and that’s what matters. I got the fast bus driver so I don’t expect my arrival to work to be tardy.

The temperature is 39 degrees and it remains cloudy. A little more warm air has pushed in an increasingly think it will be a heavy rain event with driving winds come afternoon. 42 degrees later. I hope you didn’t take your fifty year old car with the vacuum driven windshield whipers to work today.

I learned this morning that CDTA has discontinued the Bus Swiper cards effectively immediately, although they are selling the remaining ones and they will continue to work through June. Everything is going to the Navigator Smartcards. That’s fine, as I like my Navigator card with its automatic refills but I’m hoping I can continue to get the Price Chopper discount on the refills. I will miss the unlimited rides, although at the discounted rates and the amount of time I’m not working downtown, I’ll probably come out ahead.

I got a new belt for my new vacuum cleaner, which means I can continue to suck up the dirt and dust in my apartment. It was a two pack and turned out could just be purchased at Walmart. I guess people break belts a lot in vacuum cleaners. I will be glad when I can continue to suck the dust out of my apartment. There are few spots I want to hit because things have gotten dusty over the past two weeks. I also need to wash down the kitchen floor, sooner then later, as it’s gotten pretty dirty. I was thinking about getting another mop, I think I do better job just with a rag.

The sun will set at 4:58 pm with dusk around 5:28 pm, which is 1 minutes and 17 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 41 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 4 seconds over yesterday.

Rain, possibly mixing with snow later in the city, but it doesn’t seem likely that the city will get much snow as temperatures are not expected to drop below zero. 

As previously noted, there are 4 weeks until Presidents Day when the sun will be setting at 5:34 pm with dusk at 6:03 pm. On that day in 2016, we had rain, snow and temperatures between 62 and 35 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1930.

I wonder what the snow means for possibly camping next weekend. In some ways, it would be a good thing, as I could I use a sled to drag camping gear back. For now, I’m taking a wait and see approach, but it would be fun to possibly spend a night back in the woods this weekend. We will see. Or if we had enough snow (at some point), I’ve love to cross country ski the rail trail, especially heading out towards Voorheesville — I part that I haven’t explored at all.