Just a couple things to share.

But first i’ll start with a story from earlier this morning…

I stopped at a local Walmart for some socks and a couple pieces of clothing. It was a miserably rainy day so I dawned my waterproof shell, headed out and did the shopping. I then drove some 40 km north of the city to my mechanic for a quick oil change. My intent was to leave the car and take the subway back downtown so I would arrive at work on time.

Everything was fine, arrived at my mechanic in Concord (Vaughan) without issue. My mom had called and offered to drive me to the subway station to save me a 15 minute bus ride.

She arrived and it was then, as I transferred my work related items to her car that I realized my wallet had vanished!

I quickly checked my mechanics shop, then called the Wal-Mart in Etobicoke near Sherway gardens… nothing, no wallets had been turned in.

I was pretty panicked and frustrated at this point. I asked my mom to drive me back to the plaza parking lot, I had an inkling it had fallen out of my jacket as I hopped into the driver seat of my SUV.

About 20 minutes later I was back where I had started. I headed in to Wal-Mart and just then I saw it on the customer desk behind the counter! It was soaking wet but together, and I really don’t carry cash and in this case there was none lost but I didn’t care, it was my license and health card I was concerned about. The Walmart employee told me it had just been dropped off by someone who found it in the parking lot.

I can tell you, that’s one hell of a way to start the morning! What a relief and my lesson has been learned, I’m bolting this wallet to my forehead!!!

I’m so thankful whoever turned the wallet in did so, I can’t thank them enough!

Turning towards weather and chasing, Maryann has installed a rather large hail guard to protect the moon roof (moon roofs are basically giant sunroofs because… the moon is bigger than the sun??? No idea why they’re called that).

This will be a huge help, hail is always a battle, I do my very best to not put the vehicle through any sizeable hail but it’s not always easy and sometimes things go south and there’s simply no escape. The windshield is the most resilient and easily repairable glass in the vehicle. It’ll take a lot to break it. The moonroof is about the worst thing to break, it’ll expose everyone to the outer elements, have the vehicle interior soaked along with gear and prove a considerable setback. So having a hail guard prevents us from losing our roof.

I’ve also put in a rush order for an Inspeed anemometer, I already have one unit, but a second will serve as an important backup.

GFS afternoon 2M temperature forecast – May 17th

In other news, I’m happy to report that the GFS is continuing to bump up temperatures, we might not really need our sweaters after all, looks like the warm air will make a solid push deep into SW Ontario, so aside from a cool morning, the rest of the day Friday looks warm and sunny.!