powderfreak

Ah interesting. I mean the schools sound like some around here, but most of what you stated doesn't seem all that much different to be honest. If you don't go to church or have kids in school... your life is probably pretty similar. I followed most folks' advice from way back and don't watch MSM... just put a mask on inside, and go about life. It definitely seems like something where the more one dwells on COVID and thinks about it, the more space it takes up in one's life. I guess there are stressors on both sides of the aisle... from folks worried about COVID, to the folks worried about the worrying over COVID. Can't control how others think and feel, but I do agree with you that going from NNE chill to suburbia high-strung energy must be a shock. No more kumbaya listening to live music on a June-like Friday evening.

BTV, BML, MVL all with 76F today. HIE, MPV with 74F. Thats some mid-June climo.

That snowmelt water turning outies to innies.

What’s different in Maryland? Like you can’t eat out at restaurants? Gyms closed? What can’t you do that you’d otherwise do living day to day life between NH and MD? I have two employees from Cumberland, MD who say COVID never existed down there, ha, but that sounds like it’s closer to the mountains. They came from working at Wisp.

Absolute insanity relative to climo. 5:40pm... 75F at the ASOS (average high is 48F). Local PWS at Golf Course confirms max of 75.4F. Outdoor live music going on at Stowe Cider down the driveway, everyone in shorts and t-shirts. Mountain bike lots packed, kids playing in the fields. You honestly could believe it’s a summer day right now if you didn’t know any better. Saw some people dipping into the River too off the Rec Path.

Is it cases or deaths that the vaccine is supposed to quell? Or both?

I still don’t know what I would’ve done differently in my life for the past 5-6 months that was highly influenced by COVID. It seems schools must be the biggest thing but doesn’t affect me right now. I mean if you don’t turn on the news (some seem to hate the media but at the same time can’t turn it off for some reason), wearing a mask getting groceries or going indoors is literally the only reason I’d know something was different.

No complaints. 73F and partly sunny at MVL. Looks like BML and HIE ASOS's in your area also in the 70s. 60F at the Picnic Tables, beating the record high by 4 degrees so far.

70F at MVL.... 57F at the Picnic Tables, setting a new daily record high for MMNV1 at 4,000ft. And it's only 12:45pm. Another great mid-June day.

73F for a high today. 3 sliding doors still open. Waiting for the bear to return, ha. June climo temps and weather... and at least two more days to go of it. All mountain bike trails in this area open at a record early date.

Sweet June evening. Three slider doors open along with windows. Mosquitos starting to come alive. I don’t think the town of Stowe mountain bike trails in Cady Forest have ever been open anywhere remotely close to April 7-8. Snow melted, ground thawed, dried out. Every trail good to go. These trails can take until Memorial Day Weekend to open like this. Full send across the board on summer.

Yeah, the snow is melting fast but it's really hard to complain about anything about this weather right now. Two more days of mid-June style climo on the snow beach. It's getting thin though in spots, other trails holding together much better.

61F today at the picnic tables... that’s average max temp for June 10th. Walking the dog in shorts and a t-shirt at 72F in town. Nice early summer day.

70F at MVL at 1:30pm . Average high is like 48F.

Yeah it’s a nice transition between skiing and then summer hiking season. Get a little of both for a bit.

I’m usually a one and done but depends on where. Mansfield gives 2,000 verts and that’s a good one run outing for me. Maybe two at Spruce? It’s the same as hiking but you get to ski down, haha. Therefore it takes a lot less time. In the summer if it’s an hour up then it’s an hour down too, but on skis I can pretty much go ski a lap and be back home in 2 hours including driving, etc. I hear JSpin on the not needing to ski all day, even right now with the lift running, give me two hours and 6-7 Quad laps and I’m good for the day. It’s mostly about getting outside and enjoying the nice weather.

Yeah I was thinking a bit bigger. or at least a more intense dump though it was pretty healthy. I guess in the end it did bring a nice moderate snowfall but I was figuring we had a 12+'er in 24 hours type deal left in the bank. That was more our classic 7-12" that gets there over a bit of duration. I'll count it though, ha.

What is absolutely insane to me, is that for the next 10 days on the 12z ECMWF the 6-hourly temperature up here at MVL (radiational/fake cooling spot) never goes below freezing. The average low is 26F... we could spend 10 days at 32F or above on those 6 hourly plots on that run. I'm sure some min drops below freezing but that's an impressive streak at this time of year. The EURO 7-day departure being +10F< up in the north is impressive.

Agreed and that makes sense. Seems many are going that route. That would be my personal preference if in that situation. A couple days to connect personally in a team setting, but also have concrete tasks and jobs to accomplish before the next gathering. It’s a good compromise as a company too... less office space as you just need enough to accommodate a given team on any day and not the full staff.

I don't think any company or organization truly realizes how useless some of these meetings can be. They talk about controlling expenses but then flush money down the drain over-scheduling meetings.

Why not wake up an hour before work then? Get a shower, a nice breakfast, watch some SportsCenter. Do your normal routine then transition into work. But I get it, everyone is different. Some just need the physical act of going to work to feel productive, even if you are doing the same tasks in a different building.

Sounds like what my brother-in-law talks about. He leads a team for a Defense Contractor that develops tech for a certain US Air Force aircraft and he thinks his team works much harder at home than they do in the office. They don't spend time socializing anymore, they work and he truly thinks his team has been more productive from home. They've cut out all the BS meetings that used to take place in person and mostly do short zooms to align with each other. He sort of gave me the same impression that you have... people in the office can fake it much easier than they can at home. His staff seems happier too because they can transition quick from work to not working (as easily as walking out of whatever room they use to work in). His one problem he said as a team leader is that being in a supervisory role or a boss, you do like to see your employees to know they are working. It was a harder transition at first but once he saw the work that was happening, he was satisfied with it and thinks everyone works harder to prove that they aren't just jacking off all day at home. I do think most bosses do not like the idea of WFH because they relinquish some control over their employees. They can't watch what's going on every minute of every day and that's hard for some of the more high-strung leaders who need that constant control over the workplace, micro-managers. They struggle trusting their employees.

Yeah that’s the biggest thing I hear from friends who live near Boston and are now WFH is the amount of time they realized they got back in their lives without having to commute. One friend lives north shore and works south shore, usually an hour commute each way. He loves getting two hours back in his day to do things with his two toddlers. That would be very hard to give up if you realize what life is like without that rat race commute and getting 2 hours a day back.

Some enjoy the drama of drought. Something to talk about.

Bingo. I mean it’s not rocket science to see that many companies just figured out they can have their employees pay for their own office spaces than the company needing physical space. Why should the company take that real estate burden when you can just do it by paying your mortgage? Its 100% about saving money... I have several friends even up here who have been told their job is now remote and the office is going up for rent.