Five Years Running
Jan. 16th, 2021 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI received a certificate from the National Weather Service and CoCoRaHas for five years of reporting my rain gauge data! I knew that they recognized long-time gauge readers, and the email sometimes talks about folks who've been participating for twenty years or longer. One even mentioned that if you report regularly and then a natural disaster happens in your area, often the people who use the data will log in, see that you haven't reported, and start worrying about you. "I hope number twenty-nine is okay." I've had to keep a paper record after hurricanes and then fill my reports in once power and internet came back, but I can imagine waiting to see all the stations start popping back up after that. Anyway, certificate. That was pretty cool - I might even get a little frame for it.
We had to go run a short errand this morning but back home now. My desire to go anywhere has almost disappeared completely. Fox found out that the room rates at IcelandAir hotels are ridiculously low right now - like $83 a night? Those rooms often go for $300 and up, but IcelandAir runs some seriously nice hotels. And this one's in Akureyri with a fjord view. But I have to spend two weeks in quarantine upon landing, then trying to get back into the US will require a Covid test, so that's a mess. Plus ... I couldn't really get excited about it. I just don't really want to travel anymore.
But if you want to go to Akureyri it's super cheap.
I also tossed something into the collection plate over at Old Gods of Appalachia, so I've been enjoying that. I'm considering bumping up my support level next month so I can listen in to their live Discord events. While I'm recovering from the marathon run I've been doing daily three mile walks, just to keep moving. And I listen to a couple of episodes as I do. I'm trying not to listen too much because I don't want to run out, but I know I'm going to get to the end of the season eventually, LOL.
I'm killing some time at the moment waiting for an Instant Pot batch of black beans to cook. Once they're done they go on the stove with an onion and some chipotle peppers and become taco filling for tonight.
We had to go run a short errand this morning but back home now. My desire to go anywhere has almost disappeared completely. Fox found out that the room rates at IcelandAir hotels are ridiculously low right now - like $83 a night? Those rooms often go for $300 and up, but IcelandAir runs some seriously nice hotels. And this one's in Akureyri with a fjord view. But I have to spend two weeks in quarantine upon landing, then trying to get back into the US will require a Covid test, so that's a mess. Plus ... I couldn't really get excited about it. I just don't really want to travel anymore.
But if you want to go to Akureyri it's super cheap.
I also tossed something into the collection plate over at Old Gods of Appalachia, so I've been enjoying that. I'm considering bumping up my support level next month so I can listen in to their live Discord events. While I'm recovering from the marathon run I've been doing daily three mile walks, just to keep moving. And I listen to a couple of episodes as I do. I'm trying not to listen too much because I don't want to run out, but I know I'm going to get to the end of the season eventually, LOL.
I'm killing some time at the moment waiting for an Instant Pot batch of black beans to cook. Once they're done they go on the stove with an onion and some chipotle peppers and become taco filling for tonight.
