Snoopy dance?

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I am sure considering it. I was able to get to sleep after that last post, with only a short (normalish) falling asleep period. And I was up at 10:00, the first time my alarm sounded. Oh, I wanted to hit snooze and crawl back under the blanket, I really did. I had enough going to push though, I was able to stay up if not completely ready. It means I do have some willpower. I have been up since and I am going to be up all day. Wow, nice! It has been a week or more since I have had a nearly whole day to play with. What to do though?

I need more cat litter. I think when I go in I will buy several packages of it. I am using Tidy Step. It works well, to my way of thinking. As I have been washing the litter pans occasionally and changing them every few days, I no longer have 'the smell'. It is worth a little extra effort (very little extra effort all said and done) both for myself and my furry friends. They act up less when life is good. I should also buy a bit more food. Sassy still eats like a growing tiger while Sam is rather a delicate eater. She needs a little more weight, to my mind, though she is solid so I will not complain or worry about her health.

Today would be a good day to hit the garage. It is not a big job. Some sorting and setting up of the weight bench before the place turns into a mess is all. I do want to get matting material for under the bench, at least. But that will have to wait. I did research on materials, looking mostly at interconnecting tiles of various materials. It is rather pricey, at least for my current budget. Further, it would be nice to have something on the floor of the whole garage, though it would not need to be as dense as that under the weight lifting area. Oh, I know, foolish stuff. And yet, it is a matter of tending to what I have. It is not simply vanity. The panels are not all that attractive, they merely keep the cement from becoming cracked and chipped. Another year or two might see that done, perhaps.

Business. I need to prepare a letter to fax to the V.A. I need to pay a few bills and sort my finances. While in town, I could finally get to some short term food storage shopping. Once I have a small but reasonable supply, say several weeks worth of food, I am going to begin looking to begin using that food as part of my ongoing system. Some foods will make the cut, some will not, but until I have a reasonable supply to test, I would rather just store. Worst case scenario, I am stuck surviving for a short bit on foods I do not like but which would work in any case. The hope is to buy, store, test as I go, find some finalists, and then shop for those in larger quantities. Sometimes I wonder if I am just tinkering. But the fact is, money, time, and effort are all in scarce supply, so no matter my will I simply have to do these things in some sort of order using what logic is available to me. And, I need to remember, to a degree, this is a game. I cannot let the realities on the ground get me down, I have what I have and do what I can, as I can. And, that idea needs to be considered in all other areas of my life.

It is so very good to be awake "early" again. My goal is still a 6:00 wake up. For the moment this will do nicely. I have heard no bad news. I am not sure what all the calls were, I am pretty sure they happened, I guess I will find out. But if it was bad news, I am sure I would have heard.

Oh, Sassy, the kitten, is favoring an eye. It looks like there is some swelling, on the outside, like a kitty black eye. The eye itself seems fine. It started yesterday and has grown worse. Of course, I do worry. There is no tearing, the eye looks good, and there does some to be some swelling in the lid. Perhaps Sam batted her, perhaps she got a claw in, perhaps Sassy just dodged left and should have dodged right (with or without Sam's "help"), or maybe she just ran into something. It bothers me. I will keep an eye on it, no pun intended.

Well, to figure out how to get those things done I had best get going. A bit sleepy, again, now. That is probably to be expected. Later.