So much more.

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For me, another long day in town. Here and there, and finally picking up the weed whip. It was very hot in town, traffic either runs very slow or very fast, and the sun just pounded me. Crowds in all the stores save Sears. Strangers, if not actually aggressive or even terribly ugly, are strangers still. If I saw no hatred, too, I saw no friends. In the ugly heat, that is more than a man wants to face all day. And yet, so much is done by it that it is worth the price.

My mother has continued to work. She is accomplishing what, to me, is miraculous. She has dug in and worked like few can. I have done my utmost to simply comply with her requests from me. I have had to ask for breathers from time to time, I simply cannot be doing something for hours on end. I do bodily overheat. As well, I weary in an odd way. I would not call it physical exhaustion so much as spiritual exhaustion. I simply can do no more. How she does it I do not know.

This house is truly becoming a home. And, with how I have been doing here, I should be able to keep it up rather well. We have more to do, and much will be done, but we are both needing some time off. However, not quite yet. Tomorrow morning I will be starting up the weed whip. After looking things over while using it, a plan will then be created for mowing. Though mowing will not be done tomorrow. If I can do the trim, perhaps even all of it, tomorrow, plus my appointment, I will be pleased. More than that, I cannot promise. I am... well over my limit.

We will see what we will see. Oh, I have viewed the television with the home theater. To be honest, I was a bit surprised by both. I thought the home theater would be a bit better and that blue-ray would be a dud. It seems just the opposite. I will tinker with the sound, though I am not sure what more I can pull out of it or add to it. The stand, it seems, is really bad. I may have to take it back and get something else. I do not wish to mount it on the wall or simply set it on something in the provided stand. One is too unsure (I do not trust stud finders' ability to actually find the center of the stud for supporting such a heavy item) and the stand is far to unstable. Who knows. On another matter, I purchased salt for the water softener today and loaded the first amount. I should have soft water in the morning. This will help with some things, such as stains and scale, as well as be better for washing body and clothing. It will extend the life of the reverse osmosis system as well.

We have decided to put off going to the Great Salt Lake until Monday. Friday we will do the last, probably, shopping trip. This time she will be going with me. She has things in her mind and wants to tend that. Only two or three shops are on the list. Perhaps we will also drive up Logan Canyon and on the way home I can drive on up to Idaho so she can say she has been there. Who knows what will happen though, plans change like the wind and sometimes with it.

Good night.