No trip.

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I just received a call from my Mom. It seems she will not be able to make the trip, so we are calling the visit to Greeley off. My brother needs her earlier than she thought, she had an opportunity there which demands her attentions, and between it all money has become short. That is understandable. And, though I am not happy I will not be seeing her and the others, my money situation is making me nervous so that a reduction in costs is not a terrible thing. Like many things, it is as sweet as it is bitter, if mild in general either way.

I slept last night and rested for a period this morning, if I could not quite sleep again. All in all, actually, it was a good night. It went so well I was able to turn off the air conditioner for the first time since I started the medication. With just the fan, I rested and (earlier) slept well. I take that risk, turning off the air conditioner, once in a while to see if I can tolerate it. I weened myself off the air conditioner, for the most part and before medicines, on all but the hottest days, and would like to do it again. Bit by bit, I am trying to take back lost territory.

I would like to get a dozen things, or more, completed today. But everyone knows how that often works out. So I will snipe this, tag that, and tend what of those I may. One more thing has been added, that of canceling my lodging. What is it I want to do? Okay, the rundown: I need to call the VA and check on and perhaps reschedule several appointments; I need to call my Coralville bank and see if I can cancel a automatic withdrawl; I would like to see about the return of the air conditioner to Wal-Mart; I would like to talk to my landlady about the selling of my contract and the difficulties I am having with the online sites in regard to that; I would like to create a flier for posting my contract on actual bulletin boards and then print several copies; I would like to take some of my stuff to the storage unit; and of course, I need to cancel the reservations. Cleaning the exterior and interior of the Xterra is on my list, generally. Vacuuming and otherwise cleaning a bit in the apartment is on that same general list. Of course, at some point now that I have all of my transcripts, filling out the online portion of my college application should be done too.

Yeah, that is quite a lot. But the phone calls should be easy, that is about a third of my list or so. The rest will cost and may or may not get finished today. I might have a better chance getting other things taken care of since I will be here rather than gone for a while and I will not be spending the $500 or more in travel, food, lodging, and such that I had anticipated. I might see if my neighbor can remember the gun smith he used last and contact him to see if he would either work on and set, or replace and set, the sites on that dang .22. I like the rifle, but it just is not accurate beyond 15 yards, and even then I have to figure out, every time, at every distance, how to aim it wrong enough to get it close to the target. Then again, as I said, it might be the ammunition. Every gun is different.

Hmm, breakfast first. Two eggs, two sausage links, and some water. Double the protein, a little higher in fat, but no starches, sugars, or such. I am trying to eat more often and less, hitting meats more than anything at the moment. I will be pricing various vegetables, microwavable, the next time I go to the store. I am guessing they cost more, pound for pound, then even steak does and here. And, now that I have learned to cook larger meats in the oven the cheap and easy way, I might look at a couple of roasts. I will miss the potatoes, but so it goes. Yams as an occasional treat will help.

I best get too it, though I will not be doing anything too quickly. Since I am up early, at least I have the whole DAY to go slow. Ha!

Have a good day!