A bit, so far.

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I have reset the dishes to a fresh soak, again.  Twice today, but so be it.  I also pulled the dryer out, and worked the dryer itself, and am working on the vent to the outside.  I guess the project isn't what as I had hoped, as usual.  I unscrewed the outside portion, which is a trick, being right in the corner, and some of it screwed to nothing but the steel siding.  Still, I got it undone only to find that the vent is attached to the piping.  I will have to figure that out, too.  I am hoping it is just screwed in, or otherwise, non-desctructively removable.  Working at nearly midnight is probably a suspicious thing for some.  Hopefully, locally, I am known well enough that it causes no disturbances, if it is even noticed.  I did find the crux of the problem.  A bird, quite dead, mostly masticated.  Yuck.  It's not been there that long, just long enough.  And yet, while I am at it, I would like to go ahead and clean and clear fully.  One problem is that the pipe is solid, and I am not sure how to get it fully engaged with the dryer when putting the dryer back in.  The washer is either very heavy or stuck to the floor.  Bleh.  I'll... figure it out.  There is almost nothing I can't move, even if the flooring comes with it.  I just gave it mild attention, so far.  I am beginning to focus.  Hmm... a crowbar would let me know right off.

Since I am at it, if I can get the vent detached from the pipe... well... when I get the vent off the pipe, I will add screening between the two.  I will get them apart, even if it means a trip to the hardware store to replace the vent.  Screening should keep critters out.  For both our sakes, too.  I'm not an animal lover, as a fruit type, but I am not without empathy.  That would be a bad way to die.  Probably just for a bit of lint for a nest.  I suppose with birds that winter over, or even stay into the cooler parts of fall, a little extra warmth in the nest is a must.

After that, I am hoping to at least clear and clean a path to finish installing the faucet.  With the lost piece found, if I can find it again, there is some hope of finishing that task.  Then, if I have anything left, I'd like to give the dishes their first actual wash, and put them to a fresh soak.  Hopefully those and the faucet can be completed tomorrow.  Sunday?  Is it Sunday tomorrow?  Good.  I should be ready for a shopping trip Monday, and maybe a tree job Tuesday or Wednesday, with another Friday if that goes well.  And I should get my watering system drained and put up.  I won't be doing a garden next year.  Unless I have someone to do the daily, or even weekly, stuff, I can't really carry it off.  If kingdom comes, I will just have to figure something else out... or take boarders for gardening.

I'll keep at it.  Medicine still hasn't started messing with anything, so that is good.  A few more days and I may see a bit of a crash, or not.  I never do know which way it will go.  I kept up a bit, though, too.  So it wasn't a complete wipe, I think?  Who knows.  I lived in shadow there for a bit.  No clue as to what was happening, how, when, or why.  All I know is that I didn't die.  What a gig.  Later, or good night.  No... definitely later.  I couldn't sleep for hours even if I wanted to do so.  Later.