Good thing I am being careful.

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To end the night last night, on a celebratory note, I had a mixed drink.  Nothing fancy, not too strong, and truly, just a sip.  I really, probably, in some levels of illness and such, should not have a sip.  And I sort of knew that.  Exuberance can lead to mistakes.  It was a slight mistake.  I will recover easily enough.  And it isn't too awful, just very surprisingly even noticeable given how little I actually sapped upon.

Sassy decided, this morning, to try to hassle poppo for teh foodz(tm).  I actually wasn't getting up all that late, so I took umbrage.  I gently shooed her off when she was show me how ticklishly sharp her claws were.  But I was playing nice.  She stopped doing that and decided instead to tickle poppo.  I was too awake to just throw her, that can happen if she triggers something dark while I am more asleep than not.  However, I had had enough.  She was being a bit fast and tenacious for me to pull her into a snuggle with out waking more than I wanted to.  Some days she just... she has it on.  So... I grabbed her head then sort of didn't let go.  I was able to get another half hour sleep in that way.  I let go after about five minutes, with her struggling almost not at all, and she behaved after that. 

Since she was good for that half hour, maybe hour?, I fed them right when I woke.  I noticed one of the packages of turkey "tenderloin" was out.  I am baking that in the oven for an half hour, then I will pan fry it.  My guess is, turkey, just as chicken and most fowl, should be cooked to death.  You can do that and keep some moisture, but it's tricky.  I'll see if I can learn how to do these before I run out of them.  They aren't going to be all that good.  I understand that.  It'll just be a blob of protein.  But, right now, that should be enough.  Of course, if I could mess up a gravy or sauce... that helps even shoeleather if that is what you are down to.  If you can do it right.  For turkey?  I would make a cranberry or some other tart berry, fowl stock, medium-thick brown sauce.  Though orange wouldn't be bad either, perhaps with crisped pine nuts.  Since it has bacon on it, no side meat is necessary.  I thought about a ginger sauce, but prefer that on things like fresh seared tuna.  Though... it might be worth a try.  Yeah, that's how I think, and cook... when I have backup.

Even with the mussed up mind-hair from the sip, I am still feeling a bit better this morning.  Not better than last night, not as good as last night, but not as bad as usual.  Why, I almost feel alive and awake, if just barely.  I will try to scoot through until 13:00, take a nap, then hit the dishes and some other things.  Lord knows, it feels good to not feel so bad, even if this is just a little respite.  I'll take what I can get of it, push to do things if I can, or otherwise just smell the flowers until the hammer comes down again.

Last night I did order tickets for the little burn in Arizona.  I am not sure about BMan official, I'm leaning against.  But when you feel so rough that staying up a whole day is a horror inducing proposition, that is probably not the time to make decisions.  I'm thinking on things, that's all.  I'll know more soon.  Life just doesn't, even yet, and possibly for a few more weeks, make any kind of sense that allows for clearer thinking.  Eeyore knew the score!  

Later.