Sleep is still a bit odd.

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I am sleeping in more regular cycles again though. Trying to regulate the temperature is difficult. Even having the air on over night, the coolest I could get it was 78 F. Still, I am able to sleep one long and maybe one short period and stay awake fairly long periods. As well, I am getting up early, if a bit too early, and staying up until early evening with a nap in there somewhere.

Today is a good day to do something. My ex-neighbor called last night and said his 9mm was fixed. The springs he ordered came in. So, he wants to go shooting. Oh, fine. I suppose. Ha! I am going to pick up some more .45 ammunition, take my .22 Henry, and perhaps my .22 pistol. It is cool enough without being cold so that we might be able to get some good long shooting time in. I will be setting up my target as well. Now that the Henry is on target, I need to practice practice practice.

Afterward, I believe I will go to a steak house closer to home. I will, again, buy for my ex-neighbor. Maybe I should nickname him Grumpy. He is, but so am I. He is just better at it. Eggs at a window, ha! I will not tell him I think it is funny, he does not need ANY encouragement. He said he has been putting on weight since meeting me. I have been losing. It balances well. He could use another 20 pounds, and I could lose about that much. So, to a good supper again we will go.

I may drive him around a bit today, if he needs that. And I might stop into the store myself as well. He says he is not cooking as much, because he does not have a hood over his stove. But honestly, I am a little worried he is merely holding back because he is not sure about some upcoming potentially expensive bills. If that is the case, I will grab some stuff for him too. Nothing big, eggs, sausage, pork chops, bread, milk, and some hamburger. The rest he has.

Oh, I best call my lady friend. I need to buy her tickets, and she wants to be on the phone to make sure I get the right times for leaving and returning, while I try and get the best price. She just wants to be a part of it, I think, and I have been known to make little tiny errors, like the day and such. So picky. I did speak to my mother yesterday morning. She had been meaning to call me that morning so it worked out. It seems she will be heading to Texas, to help my brother a bit, after their move and his back surgery. It seems his house was taken over by bees. They were not killer bees at least. It should be settled by the time she arrives. It is probably settled already.

I really have to begin packing things over to storage. I have until the 28th of this month. Well, I actually probably could move in before that or after that, by a week if I really wanted. And, actually, I am hoping to be ready a little early. So, getting weights, boxes, and some other equipment into storage is a high priority. Better to do it over a couple of weeks than to try and do it in a few days. That is brutal. I am quite looking forward to my own place, and a decent place, garage and privacy and all. Oh, and enough room to do beans and rice and other real cooking as well.

I have been eating a good deal of beans and rice. The problem is I do not have the room to cook more than a bit at a time. I lack serious storage for it, as well, once it is cooked. I do enjoy it, what I can do here. I warm it in a skillet, adding a bit of milk or water to freshen it. I have used cheese from time to time, but usually I eat it as is, though with salt. I use little salt in the beans when cooking (have to have some in there, really), but no salt in the rice. It certainly is not ribeye, but it would do quite well for a significant period of time. Throwing in vegetables is my next area of experimentation. I think broccoli, carrots, and maybe spinach would be good. Peas are added legumes, so really a bit much, cauliflower just does not seem right, but I am considering what else to add. For meats, I want to get smoked pork meat bones. Enough meat to scrape off into the mix and a good bone to lend flavor. I am not sure most other meats would lend themselves well to the mix. Hmm, bacon? Not so much I think.

I ought to get in the shower. I am sure Grumpy will be calling soon. It would be good to surprise him and actually be ready for once. He is so cynical at times, but so smooth about it that often I do not even realize he just got me... for a bit. Remember those two old guys from the Muppets? If so, you get the picture. He is actually usually pretty happy though. He just is not sure he should be and is pretty confident about what about being happy is not to his liking. Man, I thought I was good. It is nice to be learning from teh master. Ha!

Well, time to move out.