Good evening. I hope your Monday went well. It’s down to 40 degrees now and will drop to 26 or so by daybreak. Sunrise tomorrow is at 6:48 AM and sunset at 4:32 PM for a total of 9 hours and 43 minutes of daylight.

The days may be short this time of year but tomorrow’s weather will be nice but you’ll still need a jacket. Sunny, with a high near 49. Calm wind. Not too bad for the second half of the month of November. Rain likely for Wednesday.

Did my evening walk early then walked down to the library. Still trying to get my Bluetooth speakers to work with my laptop. The Bluetooth support in Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS is buggy. Thinking of upgrading to 15.10, but that will be a pain as you have to install 14.10 and 15.04 before you can do the upgrade. I get tired of the constant updates, so that’s why I’ve been sticking with the Long Term Support version but it really is getting long in the tooth.

The I drove to Walmart to get groceries and supplies. I prefer to shop at Shoprite as it’s a union business, but Walmart has a lot of supplies that you’re typical supermarket doesn’t have. Grocery stores don’t have electronics, auto, hunting and fishing, much less clothes. One stop shopping makes Walmart great. I needed a lot of random things.

I finally got peanut butter and a mouse trap, so maybe now I can get rid of the mouse or most likely mice that chewed a hole on the kitchen wall and have been driving me nuts since it got cold out. Mice are always a autumn problem in my apartment because the slab foundation in the kitchen doesn’t reach the kitchen wall which has oxbowed out over the years from the weight of the added on second floor. It super easy for mice to tunnel in. Once the ground freezes and I trap them, they’ll be gone by December or sooner. Already caught one. Maybe I should have been more proactive but so be it. I hate messing with the traps. I need a cat.

I always like looking back at Big Red in the parking lot, especially when it’s out in the open and mostly small cars are around. It’s such a big truck and pretty awesome compared to stock trucks and little cars. I like looking down at cops at the traffic light when I’m in a different lane. Maybe not the highest lifted truck or the most beautiful one, but it’s mine, it’s paid off, and for the most part works pretty darn well. Has a lot of nice toys on it but I work hard for my money.

Weather still looking good for my North Country trip. I will check the forecast tomorrow and then will put in to take Friday and Monday off. I’m really excited to get back up to Plattsburgh then Massena. It’s been years since I’ve been up that way. Been thinking about this trip a long time. Looking forward to seeing the college and the lake then heading west.