I needed that sleep.

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I did get to bed about an hour late.  I suspect the late nap did it.  Still, I was happy with that.  I set the alarm for 7:00, and slept to and woke to that.  Which was fine as well.  I don't really like sleeping ten hours, or even the nine hours last night, but I would much rather sleep long and sleep regularly than tumble through sleep and wake -scapes like that odd bullet that clips a branch shortly after being fired, never knowing which way is up and down, or when I will see one or the other.  It is harsh not having any control or regularity, and that has been most of my adult life.

I am feeling a bit better.  I will try to get to things today.  The dishes have already been set to a fresh soak, bp was taken along with all the normal morning things.  Trash is scheduled to go out either tonight or tomorrow, as I will be changing the cat litter, I hope.  Let me see, what else is on the menu?  A call to my mother, perhaps another attempt to call my brother, mudding the divots in the wall by the door, a reconsideration of the back ceiling.  While I did paint, there is one area that still looks pretty rough, so I may sandpaper that before going on.  Plus I have to finish mudding the dings I created while pulling a paint sample.  Dishes, not many but an irritating small group, irritating because I keep soaking and forgetting.  Doing two or three loads of laundry would also be nice.  Can I do it all?  Technically, yes.  Probably?  No.  Is that, however, always the point.

Oh, Brigid, beside being a great place to pick up some jazzy foodie notions and sister of wisdom type, is often a gadget girl for us regular Joe types.  To that end, she introduced a flashlight on her blog that simply needs to be introduced to a wider audience, in my humble opinion.  I have tried many flashlights.  I simply won't consider a $200-$500 dollar flashlight, especially knowing that it needs to be recharged (not with rechargeable batteries but usually some proprietary scheme device) after even as little as a few hours of use.  Simply it isn't prep-compliant in my book.  This, however, is perfect.  And, with C batteries being completely rechargeable, if the solar rechargers might be feeble and perhaps with some risk (typical of all rechargers?), they are available.  And C batteries can be used for many other things, so they are multi-use.  At $20 per?  Yes, I can have two or three of them around.  The C flashlight I currently have is, to a degree, less powerful than some of the AA flashlights I have.  Gah!  While perfect for my needs and wallet, truly perfect?  What is.  What I know is it spits out some serious light, uses batteries that can be restored without electricity, and the price is very good, even adding in good rechargeable batteries and a recharger or two, two or three of these flashlights are very reasonable and prep-worthy.  I can begin with a pack of C batteries and two of these, the rest is already on my list.  It does have one problem though.  It is out of stock online and in every store I have seen listed.  *sigh*

On to my day.