Well…darn, there were auroras as far south as NC last night but none here and I stayed up to look for them…oh, well…I guess I’ll just have to live the memory of the best ones I’ve seen from 30 years ago…and when I was diving my Fiat 124 spyder at night with the top down in the cold and that was cool…I guess I’m lucky to have seen great ones twice…went to bed early last night and was up by 5:14 and slept about normally so I’m okay with that…the broken laptop is still working and I’ll be careful with it until I find a new one to buy…I did look at an Acer for about 300 bucks that would suit my needs but I’m waiting to hear back from my son what his opinion is…but I probably won’t hear from him so I guess I’m on my own…and 300 bucks is not too much of a risk…it’s warm enough to ride outside right now but it’s dark til almost 8 and I need to have a ride in before that…so, I’ll be inside for the first one since I have a morning schedule I have to keep…want to get two rides in before I head to the used book sale at 10 and then back here and on the bike again to have 3 in before noon…then it’s going to be warm enough to clean the front porch siding so that will be the project for the day along with the porch windows…have leftovers for today but will make some bean burritos tomorrow to use up the tomatoes I have in the fridge…not much to do today…okay, that’s not true…going to be running all day until I get the porch done and that’s okay…need to get off my butt and get things done…more later…