Days are tipping.

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The last few days have seen me waking much later.  I wore myself down as far as I could go.  The batteries were taken down to the nub and recharge rate is being brutally slow.  No worries.  I'll do what I can with it, rest as needed, work when I can, and get on with life in the time I have, as available.  I enjoyed the work, the rest is part of the price.  And, yet, I continue to do small things, now and then.  All good, really.

I woke very late today, around 14:00, give or take.  I had to let the girls in, to help me wake even then.  For their efforts, and patience, I rewarded them with a meal first thing.  As winter begins to present, I will feed them twice a day a bit more often.  They seem to need it more when temps drop and being stuck in the house begins to work on them.  Sam gets cabin fever something awful, especially with Sassy giving her no room.  Extra food limits the fighting a bit.  Oh, not extra food every day, just a few times a week.

I decided to make ham and eggs this morning.  I'm never sure about these products.  Eggs I can do, but ham is sort of a new product to me.  It's mostly miss, with some hits, on ham.  This morning I tried a slightly different method.  I slowly heated the pan, adding butter at the second increase in heat, then added the ham and some water, in the cast skillet.  I cooked it until my senses told me it was correct.  I then added a bit of butter per egg, watched them closely, and near the end added just a bit of water to ease lifting them off the pan.  While this didn't turn out picture perfect, the taste is as good as I have ever eaten, and far beyond any previous attempt on my own.  I'll need to practice this, to see if I can improve appearances.  But the flavor profile was absolutely perfect, spot on, righteous!  I will not surrender flavor for looks, mind you.  Still, if not so much for me, others seem to eat better when it is "pretty".  Oh, and I am terribly finicky.  Now, I'll eat pretty harsh foods, if not so much vegetarian so much.  I've eaten some terrible cooking I have done.  So maybe finicky isn't the word.  What I mean is, I know what good and right tasting food should be.  Forced to judge, I can tell if something is too bland, too spiced, just right, and for what it was meant to be.  My palate is incredibly well trained.  I can even judge foods I don't like within their merit, and live off them if needed anyway.  This was perfect ham and eggs.

Hmm... today?  A shower shortly.  I have been keeping up on the place.  I like this... clear and clean living.  I had hoped to do a bit today, workwise, but I don't think that is possible.  I am pretty cooked still.  I will look for opportunities, and stay on top of little things.  But today looks to be another day of rest, as will tomorrow be, most likely.  I burned through a couple of months of energy in a few weeks.  I will need some time to recuperate, that's just the way of it.

Oh, I did a bit of looking regarding the sharpness of the razor.  I think I have done well, with what I have.  But what I have is not quite enough.  Oh, it's sharper, by far.  But the tests recommended... my razor falls short.  I looked at how to do more with it, and found some additional tools.  I looked online last night, and ordered a few more items.  Some of these things will be good for not just the razors, but also for chisels, planes, and such.  All need to be sharp, and what I now have in stock, plus what I ordered, will maintain a large variety of tools.  Simply put, I will not, again, willingly, put a razor that isn't as sharp as it should be near my face.  If it doesn't cut the whiskers easily, it will dig into the face.  That was simply too harsh.  Ah, here is a video about shaving, with advice for beginners, but going on into practical applications.  I have decided against balloons, as I think that is a sure way to become a nervous wreck.  :p  I've put this up before, but... of all the videos I have seen, this is the best.  This guy really offers the best advice I have seen.

On to... whatever.  Later.