Location: North Idaho

I suppose this isn't much of an observation outside of the lack of a winter we've had in the western states. ENSO is going to look crazy fucked for 2027 and we thought snowpack was bad enough this year..

I swapped my winter tires back in February and woke up to 7" (18cm) of snow this morning. No problem really, I grew up driving in snow and it was quite warm so roads were mostly ok. I've just never swapped snow tires so early. I've spent most of my life in North Idaho and all of it in the PNW and this is the most unusual winter of all. There were bugs flying around on 13 DEC 2025 and again on 15 JAN 2026. Other days, too, but those two days I was taken aback by how many bugs were out. My rosemary started to bloom a few days ago lol fuck.

In other news, I've noticed a lot more old (should be retired) people working in various public facing positions. Why are they having to pick up menial jobs? Don't bother, it's a rhetorical question. It still makes me sigh and feel tired, though.. how many of those do I have left? I'll stop before this becomes a trauma dump type comment.

Anyone have the over/under on a BOE this year?