Research is back on track.

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I am still barely living. I have eaten... or more I have not eaten in a couple of days. I am not drinking much either. I have probably eaten only about 5 or 6 times in the last 2 weeks. Dishes stand in the way, again. I ran out of caffeine some days ago and have simply not been in to the store or seen a sale as I look through the advertisements which would induce me to make a purchase. I am out of milk, so I need to go to the store anyway so that might change. I am simply not running on more than a few of my twelve cylinders.

What I have been getting back on track is research. From wheat types, to storage information, to tools. Digging through this and that has brought me back up to speed on some of my projects, interests, and ideas. I am busy bookmarking links, organizing them as I go, and learning more about things that were more peripheral until I stumbled on the new areas. It is not much but it is what I can do right at this moment.

One of the areas which I am digging into is tools. Power tools, while not functional after a major fall, expensive now, and never ending in variety and possible usages, are in my sights. Table saws are being explored. Of course, I keep Craigslist on tap and view there along with my research. Routers are also being explored, along with hand and power saws along the line of jigsaws. As well, as might be noticed, hand tools are being researched. I must admit, hand crafting wood items after a possible end to electricity would definitely be a lot of work. I suspect rough hewn would be the new fact of woodworking life.

As I research and decide, pick and choose, learn and understand, the realization that being both a prepper and almost anything else is akin to being a progressive conservative. Or, to put it more simply, it is impossible. If I want to do some things seriously, I actually have to spend for power tools, gas operated tools, air tools and the like. If I want to spend the next 20 years fixing up my home, sure, hand tools would work just fine. Which is it? Considering that the twenty year rout find me, if things are to be doubted more seriously, into a time where even nails would become scarce, that way is not so good. And yet, if I spend thousands on power tools only to be left with nothing but those, the work would end then as well. Decisions decisions... The truth is, it is all a gamble at this point. The trick is limiting exposure, doing the best I can to make the more probably successful choice in tools and expenditures, and going on with faith.

No, I am not really tangled up and drowning in these things, I only note them. I will do what I can with what I have, as I have always done. It is just a bothersome understanding. Then again, Christianity is bothersome in a similar fashion. To have one foot on earth and one foot in heaven means being fully in neither and yet free of neither either. It is a trick, but one which I think God created to help teach... something. I can guess at what He wants us to learn from this, but I cannot truly know. And, more, just like at college, knowing what is wanted does not necessarily make the chore any easier or more palatable either.

Well, back to looking over how to build a router table, which type of table saw (or even which class or where to find one more inexpensively), and what manuals would be best for home repair, upkeep, and improvement. Never forgetting to check my alternative news sources, blogs, and just... drift as well. Have a good night.