Split the difference.

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After a brief break, to the bike I went. Well, then back into the house to get this, that, and the other thing. I never said I was organized. And I am pushing it today (not effort wise, merely by still being awake). Add that to being a newb and you get what you got here. Still, I finally got it all out there. Two of the items simply would not fit. The cheapo rack and the better light would no more go on then I would put my foot in your shoes literally, figuratively, professionally, or anywise. The rest I was able to *juryrig. Oh, I must have looked like a monkey with a machine gun. And I grunted and tugged, pulled and twisted, ducked and bent to get it all in, on, tight, and secure. I even took it for a test ride. Just up the drive and back. I wasn't sure what gears were in play compared to where the chain was, and I am a bit wobbly from a long day (in all ways), so I wasn't a handsome vision of even a fat man on a bike. I didn't die, wreck, or lose the chain. All good.

I thought I could do the bike first, since it has been on the menu longer than the solar oven, and then I could just pop in and start making those calls. Between the bike taking (yes, you know this part) LONGER THAN EXPECTED (Hush you!) and the fact that the shipping people work 9 to 5, the information was not garnered. Well, I did get much of what I wanted to do completed. I even got to argue with a medical type. Life is good. Hmm, I might require a beer! I bought some the other day. I figure it is time for a beer a day. Just one, every day. I want to see if it has any effects over, say, a month, three months, and a year. If I don't keel over before then, I am betting it will be helpful. I will simply take it a few hours before I take my bedtime medicine.

Well, ain't that pretty. A full day, a successful day, and all that after a long day out of my little world yesterday. Now to try and keep it going. Not too much gas, just like on ice, if I can control that. Well, I do have the weight vest... just like adding weight to a rear wheel drive? Yeah. Actually for similar reasons, to help ensure the energy is used positively (according to the operator). Blathering, definitely blathering. I actually do have fodder for a later post, about other things that happened today. Later though.

And later now. Tschuss.