Moving at the speed of a glacial meteor?

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Half of my list is completed, or has been attempted, and more. I could not reach my friend either time I called. One load of laundry has been washed, a second is being washed, the dishes have been refreshed in their soaks, and I am resting after mowing the front part of the lawn. And more, I have set some things to be sorted, today. Putting the containers on my bed so I don't let it slip. As well, my coats have been hung in their permanent place, on heavier hangers. A few boxes have been sorted, the papers and packing material in them discarded, and they have been placed with the other boxes I need to have ready to break down and dispose on the next garbage day. I policed a few specific items from the living room and computer room. And I set up a couple of little trash receptacles near where I generally live, work, play.

I have much to do, even so. Just getting to a place to stop, for a bit, will take another week I suspect. While I am catching up it is taking so very long. But when I stop and look, or go to find something and know where it is, or pick up after a couple of days down, I am amazed to see things coming together in a truly functional, sanitary, sane, reasoned way. It feels like someone else is doing all this, but I actually remember having done the work, sorting, storing. Having the two different notions, one of reality one of perception and contrary to each other, can be confusing. I am simply not used to being what I always thought I could be, a reasoned reasoning working functioning adult. So slow yet so fast.

I did find and read several articles regarding shifting gears on a 21-speed bicycle. Those things give me a place to start. It looks like it will take practice, then learning my specific gears that fit me and my style. While not as steep a learning curve as learning to play a piano, it does seem like it might take some serious practice. Perhaps that is an illusion, a notion gained merely from reading more into it through volume of the written word than what those words imply. At least I have a relatively flat place to learn, with hills not all that far away when I get to that point. I am not truly interested in cross-country biking, nor in mountain biking at all. Pedaling around town, maybe as far as the dam, that should be enough. Or, as I see things now.

I have been looking for a daily bible study program. I simply don't have money to buy a system, so I am looking for something free, online, at the moment. Being Catholic, and more Papist, I am looking for something that follows the traditions of the Magisterium. For one thing, protestant bibles do not even have the full Catholic bible. As well, many "Catholic" teachings are highly flawed or outright heretical. Why it has to be so complicated, I don't know. But it is. I keep looking.

I am surprised at how many things I have done, how many things I keep in the juggling line-up, and how many things I keep adding. Oh, no, I'm not simply adding things for the sake of doing more. Simply put, I went from literally eating once a day, doing dishes once a week, doing laundry every other week, and that was about it; to taking care of what needs to be taken care of as an involved human, without a wife, with a house, car, cats, yard, and with a more active life. I even wear pajamas or shorts and a t-shirt all of time now, at least when I am not fully properly dressed. So... many things have changed. I am still not up to what a typical person usually does on a typical day, as they stay on top of things, especially when you add in 8 to 10 hours of actual work, an hour and a half commute time, at four to six days a week. And, the work I do no longer causes me longer term pain.

Pleased, bruised, changing, evolving, growing stronger, humbled, but... good, too. Very good. A few more chores and then... I don't know?!? What will I do when I get caught up!?! Ah, the bike should be in by then, assembled tweaked, perhaps the weight bench will be together. Even my stamina is growing, slowly, definitely. Thinking and memory improve a bit at a time as well. That will work. That will all do nicely. Maybe it is just a summer thing, or a temporary thing, but I will enjoy it as much as I can, use what I can, get as far ahead as I can, and maybe give up on being just... a story.

My friend just called me back. One more thing completed. I'll drop in and see him when my bike arrives today or tomorrow. Have a great day.