I wasn't up long then back to bed.

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Probably not going to do that again, I think I overslept which brings around aches itself.  It rained sometime in the night, and again sometime while I was asleep today.  I don't know how much rain we got but it couldn't have been all that much.  I think, out here, the only way to know, would be to put up a rain gauge, which I have been meaning to do.  I will be going in Saturday.  My friend wanted to go shopping today, but I am just waking.  He has something tomorrow, so Saturday seemed the next best time.  Hmm... I wonder if he would want to go a bit later?

A rain gauge, several hoses, and perhaps three more sprinklers, plus putting those checks into my account, is all I need.  He usually just goes for groceries, but a stop at one of the farm implement stores, that happens to carry firearms and ammunition (when it's available) is a place he likes to stop as well.  Wait, they close by 19:00, and might not even be open today.  The only place open today is probably Walmart... though things have changed since I was a kid, living in small towns.  I haven't really paid attention in decades because it usually doesn't concern me.

Then again, I need to get the watering going.  But I don't want to overwater.  I best stick to Saturday.  The high, today, was only 88.  It is down to 81 now, which means it is a very cool day.  A pleasant break from a week or so of 100's.  I actually think what shut me down was the cloud cover.  Funny how that works.  I keep wondering about that.  At first it seemed like a vulnerability.  The thing is, I am much more awake, when I am awake, than I have been for a long time.  But the depth of consciousness is more fragile.  So, while it is a vulnerability, it is a weakness created through a greater general strength.  You can't be almost dead and have your cake and eat it to.  I am almost impossibly well for my condition as is, so I won't complain too much about a few frailties. 

I did happen to thaw a ribeye.  Dinner in a bit, I suppose.  I wasn't thinking about the 4th, it just happens to fit.  Later.