Blimy, I have to figure this out.

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My sleep patterns that is. I have not been able to sleep until very late and thus I have not been able to wake up until 15:00 for the last two days. This will not work. I am going to have to call on all the willpower I can muster and fix this. Oh, I do not mind it. I am not sleeping long hours, actually quite the reverse, I am staying up longer and longer. I do not mind it in one sense, and yet I need to maintain both regular sleep patterns and be functional during the day. I have many reasons to do that and I like the notion. So, though these last few days have not hurt me, that is not the point. Tomorrow I am going to try and be awake by 10:00. Same goes with the rest of this week. That is the goal, though if I can wake up a little earlier, say 8:00, I will. I really have a goal of getting up at 6:00. That would be an excellent time to take a stroll to the dam and see if I am still coldproof, dipping into the waters and seeing how far I can go for about an hour.

I am somewhat surprised how quickly prepping goes when in the correct environment. No doubt, I could technically have been doing more before now. Practically, however, I have had my hands more than full. Even the down times I have had were needed, and they were slight. What I have done here, already, is nothing short of miraculous, perhaps even for a normal guy. At this point though, I am finding that I have large holes of time that are being wasted. Some of that is needed, some of it is due to overload, some of that is due to my existing condition. My improvement regarding wasted time, however, has been huge. How does one measure going from zero to 25 mph, perhaps up to 45 mph, and maybe eventually highway speed? There is not a chart or a math formula which functions with that well. Inertia has changed, but I am fighting both it and all the other factors which tend to get and then keep that zero quality and quantity.

Some short term food storage, more bullets, extra gear, matches, and hopefully some gardening set up. Actually, despite these last two days and occasional slips, even my schedule has been altered. To survive, daylight living is a must. Then again, without television, the computer, and with only work and reading perhaps, a regular schedule would be much easier to maintain. Especially since lights out would mean sundown. There are so many things yet to do, so many things I could and should buy, contacts to make, and livestock in which to invest.

Something that does concern me, about livestock, is husbandry. Unless I have neighbors who have similar stock for crossbreeding, those lines would be rather limited. Oh, I am sure three breeder rabbits and chickens and a buck and rooster would produce for years. Then what? How much inter-breeding is tolerable? Same for two or three she-goats and a billy. Horses are long-lived, but are also prone to disease, injury, and could bolt. Unless I have people within a 30 mile radius, the closer the better, raising similar stock, I would be in trouble. I am probably in better company for that here in Utah, but that is not a guarantee. Further, foodstock for those would be easy enough here, mostly. But water would be an issue, quickly. I suppose this township would figure something out swiftly, but a full water system as we know it? Lots of things to think about.

You know, if I won the lottery (a hypothetical, as I do not play), I would definitely have a well here. Then again, I am not sure that is possible. I still have not been able to track down whether a well is allowed within a certain distance from city water. Some states outlaw that, but I have not found that out for this state. A well would cost, roughly, between $10k and $20k, with no guarantee that water would be available. Now, that is after swimming through the water rights freakshow to even purchase the necessary water rights, which cost $3.5k to $4k. I just looked over my finances and they laughed, you heard that, laughed at me. I thought about laughing back, but my feelings were hurt. Ha!

Tomorrow. I will simply take one foot, put it before the other, and march on. So it is tomorrow I will consider. Actually, today. I will finish the dishes. I did none of them last night. I will also do what laundry I have and the bedding this time. Tomorrow I have an appointment. Though, is tomorrow Labor Day? Anyway, if I have an appointment tomorrow, fine. I also plan on doing two sessions of weed whipping, testing the vinegar concoction (just vinegar at various strengths and a spray bottle, but concoction sounds... more erudite!), finishing the shoveling, and then cooking something on my recently cleaned grill. I will also send a request of information to the V.A. and see if they will send me proof of disability to use for tax purposes. If I do get that, I will attempt to get my auto and home taxes arranged Tuesday. If they cannot send proof, I will try to figure out the next step in that process and go on from there. Assuming tomorrow is not a holiday. That is that, other than making every effort to be awake and moving by 10:00 or earlier. That is going to be the tough part.

Well, later. I am done rambling for a bit.