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I am trying to be relaxed 💤 as I enjoy that last final blast of autumn colors and mild weather up here at the Charles Baker State Forest 🍁 on this long weekend after the Columbus Day Weekend. My cold is mostly done though it still find myself with a deep chest cough from time to time. Yesterday blew by so quickly with so much work to do, jacked up beyond belief on caffeine pills. 💊 I know I shouldn’t abuse them. But I did. Then I smoked some pot – only a single hit but I said some long winded things in a work email or too 📧 as I was a bit high – so many things to do yesterday and I kept getting further and further behind.

It was a nice night last night with the moonlight 🎑 and the colors are pretty good up here. Listened to 99 Percent Invisible podcast on Robert Moses until late into the evening. 🎧 Had a small fire, 🔥 it sure gets dark early this time of year. Just such a busy day with remote work 💻. I probably should have been responsible and just worked from the library yesterday but I wanted to get away with probably the last real nice weekend of autumn. 🏕️ Plus who knows how much I’ll be able to get away come November especially if I’m delaying that oil change I either need the shop to do or I can do. I’m at 35% oil life left. 🔧 I could certainly do it myself. Moved the truck to a flatter spot, checked the oil 🛢️ and added a half quart as it was down a bit. I wanted to do that before I left home on Friday but it was dark and I couldn’t read the dip stick.

Went out for a bike 🚲 ride this morning, watched the sun rise over Lost Ponds 🌅 and headed up to the Old Fire Tower 🗼 site. Thought about camping 🏕️ up there but I kind of really wanted to do Lost Pond instead. So much quieter then the campground. Surprised I haven’t seen any equestrians ride by – the trails are all open for another two weeks 🐴 but maybe they stay more down by the Main Assembly area. This afternoon going to paddle the Nine Mile Swamp. 🛶