Some nights are just too hot.

Monday, July 13, 2009 1:04
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It is 80 F, with A/C and both fans running full out. It does not seem too hot, but my body will not click off and go to sleep. I am hoping I will acclimate to this type of heat before long. Until then, I will just have to stay up later and sleep later. I will be looking into vaporizers, moisturizers, or whatever the things are called that put moisture into the air… evaporators? My place is quite small so I will not need a large one. But the last time I checked they were rather expensive. I have noted, however, that some things cost less out here. Then again, some things cost more. It does not seem to make sense, so it must be based on how far the goods need to travel to get here. Some examples, beer cost the same (or at least Budweiser, 12 pack, bottles), milk is cheaper, my favored brand of butter is at least twice as expensive (Land O’ Lakes), and gasoline is higher by 40 or 50 cents. That would be Hy-Vee there compared to Albertson’s here. I am not sure if Albertson’s is a premium store like Hy-Vee was, but I am guessing so by selection, store size, and such. At 3:30, my mind tends to ramble. Oh, it is not hot like this every night. It seems to come and go. I have not figured out why this is the case, maybe in time I will learn of this odd weather.

I will still try to get up as early as I can. I have a decent sized chore list for tomorrow. I would like to visit the Church, which happens to be a little more than a block away. I had not noticed it, even though I drove by it several times. Most churches here seem to be rather… unobtrusive, almost hidden. I tried to find the other Catholic Church, but the street signs in that part of town were very difficult to read, if they existed at all, and are not the same as the address given in phone book, though it was a very dark night as well. Perhaps I simply was not quite in the right part of that town, though I think their signs are just odd. Besides making a Church visit, I will be calling the V.A. Voc. Rehab. again, calling my landlord, calling my bank in Coralville, putting a check into my account here, calling my Mom about information I get from my landlord, talking to my current landlord and putting in a repair request for a dripping sink (Doh! Again, new landlord, same problem!) and about the toilet (seeing if I put half in on a new one (real new) if they will replace the one I have now (it has a quart milk jug full of water to help it close when finished flushing, but it does not allow a full flush well, and if I force a full flush, half of the time I have to reset the stupid thing).

Most of that is phone work though. I would also like to begin working out, lifting weights at bare minimums, doing set-ups, and perhaps hiking to one laundromat or walking across the street to the other, whichever offers internet for sure, and whichever is cheaper, so that I can put my blog posts up and change my mailing address. I have plenty of dirty laundry and further would like to wash all of my clothes (save underwear) because they are wrinkled from being in a suitcase. If, and that is a big if, I get all that done and still have energy, or can push on even if I do not, I would like to do two more things. First, I would like to start finding resources for the various outdoor activities I have in mind. Second, I would like to grab three boxes from storage and begin going through all of that. My couch is not in the storage unit as it should be, making it difficult to close the storage unit, so I may have to fix that while I am there.

I am going to try to get some sleep. Good night, or probably afternoon.