Well it’s cold and wet again. Supposed to clear up and warm up a bit later, but we’re starting in the same place. Misty drizzle most of yesterday, although the overcast was brighter. Seemed plenty cold to me, maybe mid 40s…
I ended up spending the day indoors, clearing out room for the Girl Scout cookies. In the process I did some other cleaning, some auction stuff, and some ebay. The single biggest thing was getting 20 or more pounds of lego into 1 pound bags. That’s not all the lego I have, it’s just the lego that was in the foyer. I’ll drop it at the auctioneer’s when I pick up a couple of lots. I won some books about maintaining some things…
I also won another telescope. Bloody hell. It’s a 10 inch dob, and is the LAST scope I’m buying this year. Pinky swear. It was cheap without a mounting base. The base often shows up in the auctions as they ship the stupid thing in two boxes and the shippers can’t keep track of both. Worst case, I’ll slap a base together from plywood. I’m not in a hurry though, so I’ll let the universe have a few weeks to solve my problem. There weren’t any on ebay yesterday, which is a bit of a surprise. I’ve seen them for months as I watched other lots go by. This time, my lowball bid of $175 won. With tax and fees, I’ll be around $220. That leaves a lot of room to buy a base or make one. It should let us both look at the sky together, and that should be more fun than swapping off.
Some of my day got eaten by the scanner and what was going on at a Houston school. It was a bit harrowing to just listen without knowing where they were or what exactly they were facing. Details are in yesterday’s comments. Especially coming on the heals of me reading the Uvalde report, it was gratifying that they seemed to be aware, motivated, and in command, and got the guy out of the school without issues. Hopefully they’ll do an AAR and learn from the event. And hopefully the school will figure their security situation so an armed man can’t run in and hide from cops. FFS.
Having the scanner on and running all the time in the office has clued me into a number of breaking news type stories, as well as ordinary law enforcement activity in the city and my neighborhood. Knowing what goes on around you is valuable. Knowing what’s normal, let’s you key into when something is not. Takes practice, like anything.
Today I’ve got stuff to pick up. No plan to go to the BOL this weekend, but that could change. If not, there is still a huge list here, and it just keeps getting longer. Clear weather will certainly help.
Work your list, always be improving your situation, and stack the things!
nick