But it’s off to a slow start. Cool and moist to start anyway, but supposed to drop rapidly at some point. It was about 62F most of yesterday, and dripping wet. Gross. Had to run the defroster in the Ranger to see once the sun went down. It’ll probably be like that until the cold front gets here.

Spent the morning doing domestic bliss, then headed to my pickups. That took a couple hours out of my afternoon. I did stop and get 15 gallons of diesel fuel to run in my diesel heater, if needed. It’ll stay good for a long time if not used. I went by my LP Gas guy, but he had 20+ people in line. I’ll try him today if I feel motivated. I’ve got 4 full bottles here.

I then spent a couple hours at the shop moving stuff, throwing stuff out, and setting up shelves. I also got some sorting done. Then home for takeout with the Wife. Both Daughters had stuff to do. I’m the least social by a large margin.

Today I’ll do a couple more things to get ready for winter. Maybe I will pull a chuck roast out for the crockpot. That’s always good on a blustery day.

I will say, I have a hard time getting excited about a cold front. It’s not going to last 2 weeks, only a couple of days. Hurricanes are a bigger threat, and even strong winds like the ‘derecho’ we got last year are more likely to create lasting issues.

I guess I’ve got a bit of disaster fatigue. And maybe the disasters are not so impressive anymore.

That’s kinda the idea behind prepping though, and living a prepping lifestyle. You shouldn’t have to do much, other than shifting some stores around, to be ready for most things. Especially something like cold in winter.

Given all the hype and the constant need to give your attention to some hugely important thing, which changes daily, you might think we were being manipulated, and constantly kept off balance. But that would just be a conspiracy theory, right??

Stack. Then calmly live your life.

nick