Okay, that was weird.

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Getting to bed was easy last night.  I actually stretched it out, hoping that would allow me to sleep both early and well.  That didn't work, so I let the girls in.  They entertain my sleeping, or near sleeping mind, with their play.  Queen of the hill, with me being the hill, is sometimes one of their favorites.  They did not fail to entertain.  I never did get a solid sleep going, and yet still rolled out about 9:30, feeling, for the most part, rested... enough.

I checked the coathook board, first thing.  It is dry and looks well coated.  I am now considering which type of  wood screw to use, and whether to countersink it a bit.  Technically it isn't necessary.  It can look nicer, and with having shorter wood screws it might hold better, too, though.  The thing is, I'm not sure how to do that really well.  And the wood screws I have aren't really designed for a flush fit, so it would be more like boring in than countersinking.  Gah!  I'll... figure it out.  Beans are already cooking as well.  When they are done I will mix some of those with the rice from yesterday... and pull some meat out to thaw.  There is always something that is forgotten!

Snow, not rain or sleet, today.  I, for one, am pleased to see it.  We need moisture, and I suppose sleet will do.  But rain and sleet are things that cause great trepidation in the heart of any cold season soul.  And 'wet' snow is such a pain to remove.  I think the 'wet' came, melted off mostly, and was gone before this new dry good snow came, so getting it off if it falls in bulk should actually be easier than it would have been even before the rain/sleet hit.  It makes me want to go skiing.  Then again, I checked on the price of that.  At $45/$75 half/full day, with rental, I don't know how people can afford that.  While it is fun, it isn't that great of an exercise.  I suppose it is the one thing to do in the winter?  It is well out of my budget, that is all I know, at least as a regular thing and for now.

Something that might have triggered getting to be earlier?  I had been forgetting potassium.  I took a dose of that, along with medicines, yesterday.  That did have an affect, if it was simply an odd one.  I can't say what it did, precisely, only that it did do something.  And, then, later, I was pretty tired.  Hard to know.  My bp was 120/74, with a pulse at 61 this morning, weighing in right at 277.8, again.  Bleh.  But I am beginning to think my belly really is going away.  Women talk about hips and thighs (if I think they don't talk about butt and should :p ), but for me, the belly is where it all goes.  Always has.  My arms are only toned or not, same with my legs, but no fat almost ever.  My belly is teh buddha... or... was...  The lack of almost any weight loss, though, is... odd.  Even before I was exercising I have lost lots of fat but little weight.   Later.