Dragging the bottom.

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Lunch was good.  That chili just works well on cool to cold days.  Turning up the heat has been therapeutic, I just feel better.  Coffee has been good.  And yet, here I sit.  Oh, I did get back and measure out the cut-out sections of the drywall.  I even went so far as to cut out one of the sections.  I guess I thought the cutting would be a lot easier.  I started shallow and went over and over it, until I could extend the blade.  There are only two depths available on this cutter.  But I can use only portions of the available blade depth, and did.  It was still a monster to cut deeply enough.  And then it took the rubber mallet, with careful use, to open up what had been cut.  It doesn't help that I am working overhead like that.  With the cutting, as much as it actually requires, I don't want to be on a stool or even a step ladder.  The cutting tool is brand new.  Could the blade that came with it be that dull?  It is the paper that is proving a chore to cut.  I did buy replacement blades, and the thing came with three or four extra blades, perhaps it is just a dull blade... I'll check that.

So very tired though.  While the cutting has proven more difficult than anticipated, that isn't the problem.  It isn't wearing me out.  If anything, it is the time standing that is more of a problem.  But that isn't really a problem either.  There is an underlying exhaustion I just can't shake.  Yawning to tears, the mind clouding over into uncertainty, tired.  TIRED.  Oh, I'll keep trying to do bits and pieces... hmm... maybe right after a nap.

While I was in the basement for something I measured the exterior of the canner. The camp stoves D.C. recommended should work just fine. I kept reading the stats given, online, and it seemed (in my mind) as if they were offering the interior measurements. Perhaps I pulled a psychologically based form of dyslexia though and transfered the meaning of interior with exterior measurements. In any case, now I know. That will probably be the next piece of gear I order, either this or next month. Then I have to save like the dickens for further work in the kitchen and a grain mill. That camp stove would also be good for roasting my own coffee and making my habanero sauce outside, as would the jet stove. Thing is, for those things I would want a cast iron pot and pan, one dedicated to those uses, and to being fire-licked. I don't want that soot in my home. So, the camp stove (52k btu is the favored) would really be for more than just canning. Hmm, toss in a couple of new, filled, propane tanks too. Yeah, but... those things pay off. Just in coffee savings I am guessing the gear would pay for itself in a couple of years. The canning might or might not be a savings regarding vegetables, but it would allow meat protein to be more readily on hand, at a substantial savings. All savings are over time, seeming invisible during the living of it, but real if numbers are watched.

Could it just be the overcast day?  Could it be a sense of winter finally having arrived?  I don't know.  I even watched what I ate, keeping the portion within reason, and eating didn't make a difference, so it wasn't that.  I gave the girls their lunch.  I put a bit of Lime Away around the toilet to soak some of the mineral build up down (easier to do and see too when the toilet is being kept clean daily or more).  But I can't get a grasp of the day!  Tired!  Sleepy!

Later.