Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:45 a.m. in "The City."

This is "The City" that has heavy enough trains plying the rails that I now have to repaint one wall in my music room/office/weather center. Oh well, that's the price I pay for living on a reality scale train board. Fortunately, I have extra paint.

Speaking of which, yesterday, the southbound run of locomotives 2019 and 2057 passed through puffing heavy black sooty smoke as they struggled to move the heavily laden CHCs, DBTCs, DWTCs, and BCs at 9:49 a.m. There were, 17 CHCs, six DBTCs, four DWTCs, and two additional DWTCs with red stripes that were carrying corrosive liquids. Last in the line was a lone BC.

Later in the afternoon, at 1:45 p.m., those same locomotives rolled past heading north. In tow were six CHCs, one DBTC, and three BCs.

Most of the day was consumed by the morning walk with STWD and then jigsaw puzzle solving. I am almost done. There were meals mixed in. I did get in some time with the girls too.

Today, I plan to finish that jigsaw puzzle and do some reading. However, those plans have to revolve around two sets of doctor's visits. The first for me and the second of the set for both Mary and myself at the eye doctor. Like Eleanore always used to say, "We are so busy."

So all of that being said, the day will also be a tad cooler than yesterday. The current temperature is 47°, which is the forecast high for today. Cloudy conditions will prevail. Friday promises to be a sunny day with a high temperature of 51°.

Today the sun will rise at 7:06 a.m. and set at 6:46 p.m. Ciao.