Nothing was done today.

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I woke at about 10:00 but knew I would simply have a miserable day if I stayed awake. Now, that in itself is not really a problem. However, still being on a low ebb, this would do no good and would probably end up messing my schedule up further, if that is possible. Oh, wait, it is. Though I am sleeping till mid-afternoon I am at least having a single if long day and a single night (sleep period). That, to be sure, is a vast improvement over getting lost with two even three days within days so that making an appointment is akin to playing darts through a wind tunnel. Still, that I woke at 10:00 with enough gumption to actually potentially make it through the day was a sign of hope.

I took care of the kitty litter, though I realized as I finished that I had probably done that yesterday. Oh well. I would rather have those areas cleaner than not. The felines thank me by not smelling awful as well. Though I think Sassy needs another bath, she will learn I hope. If I smell too much kitty litter on their paws when they wish to snuggle, I realize they are having to dig a bit much, probably due to the boxes being too full. Every other day cleaning and that never occurs. I would guess I could go three days, but prefer two days as a chore type thing.

I will be cooking more beans tonight, and maybe rice. I, again, soaked too many beans. As such, I was only able to cook half of them. Which is fine. I put the uncooked half in the refrigerator still in soak. Further, I cleaned the kitchen again after finishing the cooking of the beans that did get finished. I guess I would rather leave a clean kitchen than to cook so much that there is no time to clean up... if the option is available.

An update to eating beans and rice: Though I do enjoy beans and rice or millet, I must admit that it would be an imposition to live on that for a long period of time. Even adding brots, other pork, or chicken does little to add "life" to the food. It is said that these foods will do, I am suspecting otherwise, in the long term. Even with a garden, which is quite seasonal, and hunted meats, living on these items will lead to a much reduced span of life. Illness and disease, assuming they are not terminal, will be much more difficult to recover after. What I have found that adds a lot of life to beans is simple ground beef. Steak does not do it either, oddly. Ground beef simply does something to the mix. Rice, while theoretically adding enough to beans to produce a whole protein mix necessary for survival is truly only a filler. With beans alone, it is a seemingly hollow one to my palate. With beef, rice, and beans, it is much better but still a noticeable filler. That is my assessment. And though I will continue to eat on beans and rice, due to their low cost and the notion of them, I will certainly add beef as I can, if too more as a rare treat than as a standard additive.

An update regarding the water softener and the reverse osmosis system: I have been greatly enjoying both systems. My mother, in a recent conversation, suggested that I purchase Calgon as a washing machine additive. While in the store I reviewed the label. I have no need of it as it merely, yep, softens water allowing for a better cleaning. I have not told my mother this, yet, but will soon. (just did) As well, I have not had dry, itchy, flaky skin, I am pretty sure I am less susceptible to infections, and I end up cleaner after showers. The drinking water is fantastic. I will not say the city water even tasted bad before the reverse osmosis system, only that it is better tasting now. I had been buying bottled water. While that worked, it is both an expensive and strategically complicated manner of getting purer water. I now cook, every time, with r.o. water. Does it make a difference? Not to my conscious knowledge but I like the idea. Further, assuming water still runs or I am able to build a well, and with the use of solar energy as I do not think wind would work here, these systems will still be good in bad days... up to a point. But then, who can prep for every eventuality. Even a well can go bad.

I did not get to the roof today. I am hoping to do so tomorrow. I will gather what tools I think I will need this evening, while cooking the last of the beans and the rice. I will set out my work clothes as well. I hope, when they call about delivery, to hear the call and set that up for sometime in the afternoon if possible. If the call wakes me well enough, I am hoping to get started waking up, and then on to the tear-down unless delivery will be immediate. At which point I will simply have to hop and jump and be ready for that.

The day after that I HAVE to figure out how to get to Salt Lake City. I have to get up early. I am running out of month to deal with property and auto tax, at which point I run into other problems. Problems I do not need and cannot afford, even in this next month. I will need to take careful steps in the next few months to get seen done what has to be done. Further, I need to have a few dollars stored for a few other things in the more medium term. Adding to that, I still think I need to begin putting up millet, beans, rice, dry milk, and such. Though I have not created a purchase schedule for those things, the notion is still on the books.

I have pulled back from most activities. It was less a choice than a matter of happenstance. I have lost track and control, energy is down, my sleep schedule is troubled, and I am running on pennies. We will see with another otc sleep remedy. While speaking with my mother, she suggested vitamin D and another, though she suggested I look them up online. Something to help settle the troubles caused while losing the sun to the cool and cold seasons. I would also like to figure out how to get the sunlamp situated and configured in my bedroom. I may actually set forth to research and then try some of that daylight replacement goop. Gah but I hate taking stuff. I may not need D considering I drink nearly 2 gallons of whole milk a week. Love that stuff.

Oh, I still give the felines milk, if quite a bit less. Sam only gets milk after she is indoors for at least an hour, or she has a greater likelihood of emesis. Still, I try to give them between one and two tablespoons a day. Why? Well, since they have no weight problems with their food out, I do not want to restrict it. That would just be one more thing to do, one more hassle with them (darned feline populism!), and just does not seem necessary. Yet, by offering milk once in a while, I become a hero to them. And, yes, it is good. Plus they are blessedly good beggars and I am a sucker for teh kittehs.

Later.