Today is a new day.

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I will begin taking my medicine again, at the revised dosage(s), today. I will also try to begin digging in and cleaning my home. I did clean this room a good deal more, if it is still a bit rough. Mopping a few spots, putting a few boxes and the rocket stove away, and putting a pile of books in order on a shelf would finish the project. So that is my goal, along with doing the dishes and laundry, getting rid of the boxes that have recently collected along with the few that remain from my last war on boxes, and making sure to feed my face and keep enough fluids going so that I don't dehydrate again.

I have only about a week until my mother arrives. I can do bits and pieces, as and when I can. I have enough food to not have to cook until she arrives, so if I can finish washing dishes, all I will need to tend are serving dishes and bowls. It will still be rather messy, I simply can't do enough, right now, to flush out the finer details. Her bed will be made, she will have a nightstand and a lamp, and I will try to remember to use the deodorizing device she sent (another thing I can begin using up to her visit, a minor task, but I need to remember to turn it on for just a short time, then turn it off, bleh).

And, I know she will put me to work. But now that I realize I have an actual physical health issue, I know that pushing it is more than a bit unwise. I will help, but when my body says to stop, I have to stop now. It isn't a matter of will or want and I will truck no abuse. If she feels it is unfair, I will ask her to sit and we will play card games while she is here, and with no offense taken. I simply can't go her way. Now I realize what I used to do in trying was more than she should have expected. But, she didn't know. Know we do.

Cool! I mean, in the 50's at night and only into the 80's F during the day (and much cooler inside). Now, though, I can begin opening up my drapes. I just open up what doesn't allow direct sunlight in, as that would still be a bit much. But looking out into the world is a fine thing. To my south, fully visible during my morning and afternoon drape dressing, are the Wellsville Mountains. That range, and the hike it offers, is the peak of my hiking hopes. No mountaineering is required, mind you. There is a path, or many actually. The more common, or typical, or main full path, however you wish to term it, it about 9 to 11 miles, rises and falls 3k to 4k, mostly in sharp upticks followed by steep inclines, and maybe more than one (depending on which way you go?). All I know is it will test the mettle of any hiker, from anywhere in the world, and allows you to hike along the top ridge for some number of miles (or the whole of some of the paths). Further, I think trying to climb the steepest angles might actually be beyond mountaineering. From space, I have heard, looking down on it is like looking down on a knife with it's edge facing up at you. I might be wrong about the mountain climbing part, that is just speculation from lore and looks.

Oh, well, I ought to get that money into my account and get my oil changed too. It is way overdue. I haven't been able to find another place other than the place I have been going unfortunately, so that will have to do. I haven't searched in Ogden or SLC, if that would be inconvenient. Though I could fit it in with my hospital and clinic visits, perhaps. While in town I may stop at the local used goods place and look for a cookpot or two, to try the rocket stove.

Have a good day.