If you could read my mind 💭

I guess the way to live a long life to sing songs about the decline of society, at least if you are Gordon Lightfoot. In many ways the 2020s are the new 1970s. Probably the most important lesson of the seventies is while society is going to all shit, take care of yourself as nobody else will.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Cloudy and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌫️ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear Friday around 2 pm.

Out for my morning walk. 🚶 At had to wait for the bus 🚍 after the evening session, so I didn’t get home until 9:30 and went to bed 🛏 shortly thereafter, but later then usual. But I’m up at 6 am walking. There is a a broken water 💦 main on Delaware Ave this morning that looks like a geyser ⛲, I thought about calling it in but a DOT guy just stopped by and I’m sure he knows who to call.

I’m thinking eggs this morning 🍳 as I need power to make it through the day. Plus with the late night I skipped dinner last night in favor of fruit so this is a good chance to boost my intake of vegetables. 🥦 Eggs, especially fortified with vegetables is a good slow to digest protein.

Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 52 degrees at 2pm. 15 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 1st. Brr. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 58 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 2018. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

My goal 🥅 is just to get through this epic budget week. My division doesn’t have much to do with the budget and it’s kind of slow, a 🐢 lot of waiting for the next project to come in. 📄 It’s just kind of tiring though waiting not knowing what is next or how late I’ll be in the office. 🍏 Eating healthy helps. Plus doing laps around the office 🏢 and Capitol with my phone on forward. ☎️ Ended up walking 7.3 miles yesterday, squeezing in steps wherever possible. It was so cold ❄ in my office last night.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.7° from the due south horizon (-8.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:17 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (286°). 📸

The sunset is in the west-northwest (292°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:56 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 7 seconds with dusk around 8:27 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (135°) at an altitude of 35° from the horizon, 245,456 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:05 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. 🌃 South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

A picture perfect spring weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Maximum dew point of 43 at 8pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 48 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

Really my focus is on the nicer weather for the weekend. ⛺ I really want to get out of town 🌲 though I’m still chewing over the Adirondacks vs Schoharie vs Rennselearville. I think we are definitely in black fly season now. 🐜 But I do like starting my spring camping season on the East Branch Sacandaga River, it’s a tradition now.

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Primary Day 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 8:38 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2022, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 82 and 47 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1953.