Wow, still a bit zapped.

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I have been pushing things a bit.  And while I sleep long, getting the bodily furnace to shut down has made my days very long.  Bruises and sore muscles, a kink here and there, and a brain that just will not focus to match a will that has lost it's cohesion.  Aye, down.  But not out.  I might not get a thing done today.  But I think I will tomorrow.  Hmm, maybe one thing.  I am going to do a bit of nosing around to see if there is anything that might work as a water heater stand.  Cinder blocks, bricks, or such might be around hereabouts.  Then again, if I find something I might end up getting to the water heater a bit faster than what I had thought.  If I can find stand material I may just forgo a metal drain pipe, for now.  If I end up having to go to town, though, I might as well make it as I like it, innit.

If my writing, or comments, or responses aren't making sense, just understand I am almost still in a dream state.  I can still do things in this state, if usually I need someone else to help by pointing and clicking.  Go here, do this, and perhaps setting up the operation by collecting supplies so that my side of things is very simple.  And yet, if I can find materials, I will still be able to do more.  I suspect that is because the rest of the processes have been thought through and researched enough that there is little left required to think out and most of the processes are loaded fairly well into temporary wrote.

It is cold, again, today... for the time of year.  The outside thermometer suggests it is in the low 60's.  The sun was out though.  Having the sun out negates cold, mostly, for me.  Just a bit of sun is all it takes, too.  That doesn't fix all that is wrong, but it does... something... something very good for me.  It raises the attitude of the nose?  What I have suggested recently continues to be the way of things.  I seem to be losing altitude, perhaps with a bit of a spin.  But the engines are good, the nose is up, and I am still headed in the right direction.  It would be fun if time and tasks weren't weighing on me.  Even so it isn't all bad.  Well...  Enough for now.  Just... spitting something out since I'm not doing anything else.  Yeah, yeah, I'll start looking for materials right now.

Later.

Nope.  I did see a few very regular rocks, of differing heights though, and I just can't trust them.  Looks are deceiving, and I want two.  One, could, technically, work.  Assuming it was as flat as it seemed and as big as it was.  I just... can't trust it.  So, a trip to town tomorrow.  Cinder blocks seem to be rather inexpensive.  And they can be  handy for a lot of things.  I may just pick up a load of them.  A dozen would give me a little bit to play with if need be.  As well, I will buy a couple of 3/4 galvanized threaded pipes and a brass 3/4 to garden hose fittings.  It is easy to see the problem with plastic, the nib on the old water heaters were terribly beat up.  I could barely get the hose to couple and not without a lot of leaking.

I might be being picky, but if I have to do something I want to try to get it right the first time.  As right as I can.  As much as this is pushing my limits, it is worth it to go just a bit longer, deeper, and more to make it worth my while.  I am sure I am still not getting it just right.  I am sure there will be something I will wish I had done differently.  But this is a first time thing, and no amount of research will cover for experience.  And sometimes you just have to go with what you have, at some point, and live with the results.  I am at that point, mostly.