Work as I can.

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Very little, true, but more than I thought.  The dishes should be about ready to dry.  I was able to get the seven or eight 25 to 50 foot hoses in.  Actually it was easier today even though I did more work.  I went at it a bit slower, but  I think just doing a bit the other day opened something up.  I will check the dishes after finishing this post, then try to get a load or two of laundry in, maybe three if I can stay on top of things.  Tomorrow?  I don't know.  More laundry, if I can get it sorted a bit, if nothing else.  And, if I can do that, perhaps more in the kitchen.  I have been keeping up on cleaning out the cat litter, and as usual, their food.  I wish I could tolerate canned food, just open and eat.  I have tried it but I become further unable to eat and quickly.  I've even become nauseated to the point of degrading health further.  The work is small potatoes but it is honestly all I can do, and it is something.  A sergeant wife could help, at times, but not in these times.

Once laundry and the kitchen are up to specs, I may try to get the work bench in the garage set up.  Putting up the pegboard while I am at it.  And then perhaps arranging tools with a starter pegboard kit and arranging my gear out there, either under the work bench, or on the walls, and cleaning out the new shop a bit as well.  After that?  Back to plumbing.  Bleh.  But I would sure enjoy having my en suit back in action. Then I could clean up the spare bathroom and have it set for guests and visitors only.  Like I have guests, or even visitors really.  But... that's not the point.

I do keep tinkering with the heat.  If I am a little down, the best thing is to turn the heat up for just a bit.  As I wish to slow down in prep for sleep, turning the thermostat down is a simple trick.  The thing is to do that in a timely fashion.  Heating up is fast, and it works on me quickly, so long as I don't waste too much of the day before deciding to do that.  As for cooling down, I need a lot of headroom on that.  I need to have the cave cooling for at least five hours in order for that to help me sleep.  Too cold, though, and I seem to hit some form of problem wherein sleeping is forgotten.  It's tricky.  I'll figure it out before long.  At least it is making some sort of functional sense, finally.  A bit more practice, learning what type of issues I am dealing with so what works, and just winging it a bit, but in a timely fashion, has been helping.  Simply, when ill, I couldn't always remember what worked, so every time I got ill I had to try to focus and figure things out all over again.  Odd, I doubt if most people have to consider the thermostat at all.  They just KNOW when to turn it up or down, mostly.  I can program the thermostat, but with even the variables in my sleep now, it just doesn't work out right.

Yes, today has been a good day, with what is given.  I am hoping to begin trying to dig out.  There is some hope that I might actually be seeing the road to the first glimmers of light.  It won't be quick, I don't think, but this little near spill has been remarkable.  I simply have never seen the inside of this before, and know why.  Now, if health can continue to improve, perhaps I can keep digging.  Given the chance, I will put in what I can.  I hate that I am limited, even now, but the improvements are amazing.  Some of you may not even be able to see the improvements, even with me pointing them out.  Catatonia may truly be a thing of the past.  That just has me in awe.  Not fun, not all peaches and cream, but better.  Yes, I think the immense suffering was grandly worth the gains.  So far. 

Later.