Alright, now to test.

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I am sitting here, getting ready to... live. I think I will be making it into town to take care of some business, do a bit of grocery shopping, and to pick up some vasoline. I am hoping when that is done I will be able to make a few phone calls. I am not sure how far I can stretch into the day but that isn't exactly the point. The point of what is happening is how much I can successfully do. Since my sleep cycle is such a weird animal, I have long ago learned to focus more on getting things done than on an arbitrary measure of time.

What has changed is that the pain I felt, and the inability to ever catch my breath, has been eliminated by using aspirin. With that easing, I now find that I can do much more. It is simply amazing how such a minor seeming thing like aspirin can allow me nearly full access to my capabilities. I didn't see pain as the problem, only a symptom. I was incorrect. I do not know how long aspirin will work. And, right at this moment, I don't care. It has always been about taking advantage of whatever a little or large window provided.

I need to call the sleep study people and arrange for the device to be returned. I need to call my doctor and see what is happening with this, that, and the other things. I would also like to call my priest and the veterinarian clinic for an appointment, though I am not sure whether to set those appointments for the morning or afternoon. (It is not knowing, because of my sleep problems, when to set things up to offer me a better chance of being somewhere that often... makes me reluctant to try.) I will also, if I have time and energy, like to look over the forms for a the rebate from buying my home and call the insurance agency regarding a settlement. What I can't complete today I feel almost certain I should be able to complete tomorrow, literally.

One thing I was finally able to figure out, mostly, was some checking anomalies. I still don't have it all figured out, but I am getting closer. I will look over a few things again. Being a stranger in a strange land means one has to be more cautious and also makes it easy to get a bit jumpy. It also means I look at problems much more closely before flinging feces and raising a ruckus. The less of that going on, the better.

My bp is sucking, by the way. At 180's/140's, the diastolic is nasty and up 20 from the usual, the systolic might not be good but it is relatively normal and sometimes has been as low as in the high 160's. I honestly wonder if the growing pain and disease with breathing and eating have caused the higher diastolic. A few days on aspirin and I will know more. Oh, it looks like I have enough in my account currently to try and order a few alternative medicines. Which I will do in my lead up to taking a shower and before racing off to get some things done.

Woot! I love the idea that I can do something today. Pain killers, really? And mild ones. Good day.