And like that, Election Day 2026 came and went, thoughts drift to the next year at work and the legislative session – and well getting ready for heading down to West Virigina.

Heading upstate on the train yesterday, I was noticing how steadily the yellow-orange haze from New York City smog faded away, 🌇 how much cleaner the air was in Albany, how empty and depopulated the streets of Albany where. People were complaining about the lack of parking down by the Hollow last night for the post-Election Party, but it didn’t really seem like an issue after being in Midtown. I of course got good and drunk 🍻 and ate lots of good food, 🍔 knowing this will be the last for a while as I don’t buy such things are the store. If I think Albany is so quiet compared to Midtown Manhattan, I can only imagine how quiet it will be in West Virigina. Saturday at this time, I hope to be well on my way down to Interstate 88, rolling along at 67 MPH making as few stops as possible and maintaining speed to hopefully make it one day. Can’t believe I’m doing it, maybe I’ll change my mind and end up somewhere else.

Rain today so taking the city bus 🚏 and the shuttle 🚀 over to the Enterprise. Full day back in the office doing the legislative stuff, gathering and loading lists, putting in data requests for the next legislative session. It is dark out at 5 PM so when I get back from vacation I will need to make sure the lights are up and working well on the bike 🚵‍♂️ for those days I ride in on the morning and need to ride down to the yokel local bus home. The bus is certainly different then the Amtrak 🚉 to the city, many more stops, not as dirty and dingy. And it moves a lot faster then the taxis 🚕 in Midtown. I got my $100 Hochul and the Legislature ™️ check in the mail on Wednesday, or maybe it was Monday. That will put maybe 2/3rd of a tank full in my gasser SuperDuty. ⛽ I still think in my mind the reason all those Republicans through the bums out is they drive diesel pickups and fuel up trucks and tractors 🚜 for business. But it’s not just farmers that drive diesel vehicles, as many businesses use vehicles and equipment.  🚧

Still trying to fix my incident of barbercide 💈 where on Monday on my way down to the city, I reached to trim a bit of uneven hair and forgot to put on the cutting guide, and ended up with a big bald spot on the side of my head. When I was down in city, I tried to hide it as much as possible by wearing a cap. 🧢 It has grown back a bit, but I cut it shorter somewhat on Monday and went even further today, so try to balance it out. Not quite shaved bald, but very short. The flipside is it won’t get so greasy down in West Virigina with a week of not showering and wood smoke. 🚿 Speaking of which, I need to get in the shower and get out to that bus, it won’t wait.