Riding to work today before the slop tomorrow ⛄️

Rain! Snow! Ice! Who knows about the forecast for tomorrow. Cold today, and probably a bit icy but I think I’ll ride on in. It’s good for the mental health plus it means at the end of day, once I ride back to the express bus, I can come home and relax for the evening.

Sixteen degrees this morning but no wind and sunny, should make for a good ride in today. I won’t argue that my hands probably won’t be cold and it probably won’t be a least a bit bumpy on rail trail with the ice, but it will feel good with the cold on my face not having to deal with buses until the evening and getting my exercise in. No walking around the Plaza after hours, as I’ll have my exercise done by the commute. Which is good because it seemed like their was an abundance of homeless people and other more sketchy characters hanging out around the Plaza last night. Trump isn’t wrong when he says cities have all gone to shit after the pandemic. Or was it the pandemic, or his first term with so many Americans dropping out with their being no hope available to them? Or do I just notice it more walking the Plaza after hours?

Didn’t sleep real well last night, I had a lot of energy being jacked up on all that caffeine. Drank a lot of coffee and popped a lot of caffeine pills yesterday, it doesn’t help that I have that extra large mug and free coffee at work and felt like I needed an extra push yesterday morning before heading out. But that caffeine kind of stayed in my system, and I found myself wanting to pace around with all the energy. I ended up listening to some podcasts and doing some reading of E-Books from the library. As I was up much of the night, I am sure internet advertisers will be paying for my blog with ads of beds for older people. As I don’t have internet at home and sometimes use my laptop at my parents house, I’m associated with their IP address and combined with my love of folk music, I get all of these mildly to quite offensive advertisements for old people. I do need to cut back on the coffee and also make sure I’m staying hydrated as part of the reason I’m drinking so much coffee is I’m thirsty, and your body is trying to piss away all the excess caffeine.

The truth is a need a few nights in wilderness by a fire without the stuffy air of being inside to sleep well. Those days are coming though, I am hoping by Presidents Weekend to get out at least two nights, even if it’s a bit cold and snowy. I would prefer to go to Madison County but Rensselearville State Forest or even at Burnt Rossman Campsite might be fun. That would definitely help with the sleep side of things. I actually like the cold, though not as much as the warmth.