Sleep does a body good.

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After the huge extra dose of sleep yesterday I am doing much better today. Still, another large dose of Anacin just went down. Aspirin pared with caffeine seems to do the trick. Of course it does raise my pulse. I guess I can't have it all. Tylenol has been tried, but it only helps a bit and only when I am trying to sleep. Then again, I am not too concerned with longevity at this point, just a reasonable hope of a little less pain and some function when available. I really wasn't supposed to live this long anyway, not in a linear scientific based notion of how things work. Who knew!

Sassy has been a bit nuts lately. She is always antsy for food in the morning. I let her stew for an half hour as I wrap my bean around the world in a conscious way. Feeding her, often, is enough to settle her down. But the last few days she has become more and more of a wild child, ignoring her food when fed (both the canned and wet food), and tearing around the house, physically pouting. This morning I had about enough to last me a long time with her behavior so out the door she went. An hour out there and she was happy to be let back in, ate her food in a gobble, and settled right down. What was the problem? You would have to ask her. She is sulking, staying quiet, and avoiding popo for the moment. All good at this exact moment. Brat!

The Cabela's order came in. The final part of a gift for my friend. Technically it is the last of his Christmas present. Most of it was quite late anyway, something about what was supposed to be in stock not ending up being anywhere to be found and finally showing up quite late. I did order late but websites really should show whether something is in stock or not. I am quite sure as tight as companies keep stock that tying inventory to a web page is quite a simple task. It might be expensive but it is a one time expense. After the order was late, Cabela's said my card did not work and sort of canceled the rest of the order! I don't get that, after pouting about that whole thing for a while, I reordered... using the same card. It is here, today. Whatever. I think Cabela's, and many other places, are having more problems than I could know. I also received another stool. Now I will take both stools so that neither of us has to be jealous of the other out there sitting while the other stands. I called my friend. He was gone, to the hospital I presume, for more blood. Dang vampires! I asked him to give me a call when the doctors let him out to play.

I did manage the trash and kitty litter as a last hurrah last night. Bringing the barrel back before I head to town, picking up a peg board, more groceries, garlic (if I can find good, only found really old dry, nasty, moldy stuff in my recent attempts), kitty food, and putting a check transfer through to from that to this account should see me set for a bit. I do hope to do some cleaning before my next planned event. I have about three loads of laundry left, dishes, picking up sticks in the yard, finding out about a construction dumpster rental, and the cleaning of my bathroom are on my shorter list for this week. I am also hoping to scrub the kitty litter area after scrubbing the bathroom. Those cats aim about as well as I do, somehow (and it isn't a good aim). They are female for heaven's sake! Such simple things and yet seemingly impossible. Frustrating. When the Anacin kicks in a bit (usually takes nearly two hours, oddly), I should have an easier time with things.

Oh, by the way. In spite of rested breathing being much easier, any exertion will see slight panting (an abnormality until recently). Just hauling the dumpster to the curb left me a bit shy of breath. So, while I have improved, I am still limited. I will see how far I can push that limit though. Perhaps I can do quite a bit more, perhaps breathing will plateau flat like before only at a slightly increased level of exertion. I am hoping I have a bit of a slope to push upward through. Later.