02-17-2026 — We’re melting

Howdy all. While the deep, deep, freeze is gone, the 30s and low 40s as high temperatures are just slowly melting away the snow cover.

Yesterday morning at 9 am.

This morning at 9 am. It may have drizzled overnight.

They are teens and 20s in the forecast for next week. And, more freaking 30-45 mph winds. UGH. I’m wanting to be over this crappy weather. I really need some sunshine and warmth. My motivation to get things done, is about as low as it can be.

There is still a chance that it will touch 50 tomorrow (with rain), and if it does, I may try to rinse some of the salt off the truck.

Loafing Kitty for a serenity break to my babbling.

I haven’t pulled the trigger on purchasing the EcoFlow DPUX unit yet. I do have the smaller power station/UPS for the furnace. Need to get the electrician out to wire a plug into the HVAC unit now. And the AC to DC rectifier unit should arrive today. Just waiting for the tax refunds to hit the account so it doesn’t drop too much. Like many banks, mine has deposit minimums to keep expenses away.

Oh, and it seems I will be only getting 2 6KWH batteries with the DPUX inverter. Just learned that the charger has some efficiency issues trying to balance odd numbers of batteries. So, I’ll start with the default 12KWH of battery storage, which should easily be about 1/3rd of a day. Then, if it works out, I’ll try to purchase another 2 batteries, when they are on sale.

A tad tired this morning too. Sleep didn’t go well. I think Alexa changed my favorite background sound track. Some of the sounds seem much sharper — not sure if that is the correct term. But it is as if the sounds are waving between amplitude and notes. It now jumps and seems like the waves are like points of a saw.

Every time I thought it was about to lull me to sleep, it would “jump” and I would jerk awake trying to figure out what I heard, and where.

One section of the track really sounds like rats running across the open top of the wall above my head. — That is really from my childhood. A scary, worrisome, noise. But when you are almost asleep, reality and time are not always in sync.

Not a great way to Enjoy Life.