Up and again.

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Having gone to bed to late, say well after 21:00 but before 22:00 (I think), I set the alarm as a precaution, for 6:00. As usual, hours of rolling ensued before my eyelids worked. Dreams again! This is the second time in my life I dreamed I was a woman... an elite lady of the Victorian era I was, in India I think, chasing after a young and coming up lady to protect her from a bad "gentleman", who was also on her tail. (ZOMG!) Worry and fuss but not too much. Corsets, by the way, suck when they are a "must". Ha! I did wake up at around 2:00 (the times may have been changed to protect a near sleep walker). A visit to the powder room, a scary thought, and back to bed as Sam was not interested in strolling the cold night. Heck, she was under a blanket! Weird cat. More dreams, though this time a bit more... erotic? I cannot remember them, just that I (nearly) woke a few times at full mast with a cat eating grin on my face. At 6:00 it was a little tough getting up, but I had it going so did just that. Hmm, I need to take a shower shortly after from now on just to make sure if I want or need, I can leave the house. And should the doorbell ring I could answer it with a clear conscience. Yes, I feel the need to be presentable even if I am only going to the hen house to check wasps. Every other day of showering would be fine though, with the baseball cap I purchased. Yeah, yeah, whatever.

I am surprised that I only use 5 gallons a day here. Most of that is flushing. The sad thing is, with a properly (high volume) toilette, I would actually use less. More government involvement which needs to end. Enough about that after all the razzing and laughter that ensued from the 'results' of my fiber rich diet that last time. ANYWAY. I suppose having 17 x 40 pound bags of salt after being here 4 or 5 months means... no salt needed for a very long time. I wonder what else softener salt can be used for, in a pinch. I will be looking that up today.

Rain will be setting in tomorrow or the day after, but with a fairly long stretch of clear days after that if the weather forecasts can be believed. For the most part though, forecasts have worked. Although if it, like it currently does, says there is a 20% chance of rain, that means we will get rain. More scattered, not as heavy, but almost certain. If anything with rain, they miss that it is even possible. Though that is more in the monsoon season. I will get that roof taken off and the new one on, darn it. I hope.

Sassy is still, well, what her name implies. She is calming some. But climbing curtains seems to be something she still loves to do. Though I was sure I would put her out if she was bad, I have found that she simply is not ready. Rather than doing that as a punishment, I do it occasionally for very short periods to try and 'get her out to play'. Just like a kid. She is fattening, so I may have to put up food while Sam is out. Sam stays slim, trim, and tops, all on her own. Infuriating as she can be, Sassy is just too charming to really stay mad at for long. I just turn into a Troll, holler and point, and then she looks all sad or confused and finds a good place to take a time out. I think she is climbing because she sees a fly or some such. I need to get her onto mice. She has all the skills and natural tendencies but will not hunt while out. Maybe a feeder mouse would get her going on that? Maybe they just are not that plentiful at the moment? Then again, Sassy hates teh texturs on teh paus, teh colt, and all teh bizzr things out cher. Sissy maybe more than Sassy?

Oh, forgot to gas up the car and wanted to pick up a replacement gallon of milk and some soda. No great sales on soda this week, but I have some and might just go slim until the next flier comes out. Coffee... That's the next on my list, and it would stretch the soda. A couple of pounds of the stuff would work well. But a pot. I have been looking at one at Amazon, a bit fancier but not too much beyond a typical pot and about spot on for a more functional pot, but further, useful should alternative fuels become necessary, assuming a cook top of some sort (my cast iron griddle would work fine for that, with some height adjustment capacity). Being glass, it is a bit of a worry. But... If all else fails, coffee could be made by simply boiling water and pouring that over cotton holding the grounds, or even simply adding the grounds to the pot of water and filtering (or not). Original coffee was merely rough ground, boiled, with sugar and or milk/cream added. Grainy, but? Then again, how available will coffee be? I am not sure I can afford stocking coffee too, or if it even would store for very long at all.

Later.