78F and wet this am….
Possible hurricane headed my way, at least a nasty storm. Lots of things can still happen this year, lots of weather.
Time to top up your preps! (Um, it’s always time, right?)
“It’s comin’ right for us!”
nick
78F at 9am, it really is the end of summer…..
Of course it is raining. Slow steady drizzle.
May all your labors be fruitful.
n
80F at 8am.
Another day of household work ahead of me, if I don’t get rained out.
Being away for 10 days really set me back on dad to day stuff. You don’t realize until you skip it, how many little things you do.
n
830am and 80F with 80%RH
Probably should have had more water to drink yesterday. Didn’t seem like that much effort, but I was sweaty so I needed to drink. Hands are stiff like paddles, back is sore, and I’m feeling every muscle. Getting old sucks, and this situation is not sustainable. I need to get back to stretching and exercising.
As soon as the kids are fed, I need to unload the truck, head over to my secondary location, do some stuff there, while wife does some last minute cleanup at the rental. Oh, and I need to replace the porch light over there.
Then I can do all the things here!
It’s a good life if you don’t weaken……
n
75F and sure to get higher….
Survived a day of gainful employment, doing what I did 7 years ago. Still are poorly designed systems out there that need fixing, and I can still go do it if needed. That’s nice to know.
Ebay sales are $0 for the month. Admittedly I had the store shuttered for two weeks, and that always seems to have long lasting effects, but jeez. I think this ebay store thing might have been a mistake. I was moving a lot more before I converted to a store. Coincidence or some issue with their recommendation engine?
It’s both the end of the week and the end of the month, and the end of summer as well…
I feel a real need to get back to stacking preps. I haven’t bought any ammo in a while, nor have I gotten to the range. Wife went thru and removed the oldest of my expired food, and the rats have reduced my stack, so with ebola and a 45 day quarantine rising in possibility, I’m actually getting nervous.
Time to get the fall garden in too.
So much to do, and regular maintenance on 2 houses and 3 vehicles, and trying to get stuff cleaned up and organized, and NOTHING IS SELLING>>>>>
What have you guys been up to??
n
A bit cooler this morning after a slightly cooler night. 73F and very humid. Wonder what the dew point is?
Gonna do some work for hire today, so I’ll be away from my desk. Hope I can remember how!
I’m sure there is something out there to talk about….
n
77F with 90%RH, but that is misleading, since it will all change as the sun comes up. Suffice to say “Hot and Humid” today…
More stuff to do today, personal, rental, and to get ready for the first gainful employment in a few years that I haven’t been in control of. That’s a bit nervous-making…
Nice to expand the range of potential income though. Doing occasional day labor for this company could be a nice supplement, esp as the ebay sales remain at zero for the moment.
And I better get the family up, and breakfast going, or everyone will be late today.
n
78F at 6am. Hot and humid today, I think.
Finally rented the rent house. Which is great, but now I have to change the locks, and empty the garage. At least this will be the last time I mow….
Also have the job that was interrupted to finish, one day of consulting for a company this week, and all the other stuff going on too.
Not feeling well either.
Poor me. It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.
n
Back home, where it’s 78F with 80%RH this morning. I’m sure as it heats up the RH number will go down…. I sure hope so anyway.
Good to be home.
We have a really great interstate highway system, mostly for free (except tax money, of course) that could never have been built privately despite what the libertarians might say. There are state to state, and even county differences, but it all works together. The last 2-300 miles of my journey were on US and TX roads and the differences were stark, even when the design was similar.
I’m amazed by the number of truckers who appear to be driving tired and falling asleep. I’m amazed by the number of smashed up guardrails that haven’t been fixed in Arkansas. I think the two probably go together. Arkansas rest stops look and smell like prison latrines. Everywhere else, they were nicely designed, and well maintained.
Thank old white men for satellite radio. I’d have lost my mind without it. It’s a great distraction and a welcome diversion.
There is a lot of great music available from the last 75 years. Not so much from the last 5.
There is a LOT of Illinois in the long direction. Almost all of it farms. The cities are smaller than you’d think, and farther apart than your mental model might suggest. They are islands surrounded by a sea of farmland.
There is a lot of poverty in the rural areas as well as the sort of city neighborhoods that get bulldozed for highway projects.
In a couple of weeks I’ll be back in Chicago for the Celebration of Life, or whatever we’re gonna call it. Until then, it’s good to be home.
nick
or so I hope. Google says 8 more hours. My butt and back hurt. I’ll be a cripple by the time I get home.
n