Out and back.

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Out to eat, then a bit of shopping, mostly window shopping.  Then back.  I am pretty worn today.  I will be taking tomorrow off.  Then, hopefully, I will be out Saturday.  The sun is supposed to be back, or mostly.  The temps are supposed to remain in the 50's.  I suspect, if we can do it, we should get out shooting before that becomes too difficult or cold.  For me, the cold isn't as much of an issue.  A foot of snow is, to a degree.  If I can learn to snowshoe well enough, I might even do some target practice while out.  It offers one more incentive.  I do like to shoot.

I do need a bit of rest though.  I have been pushing for the last nearly two weeks.  Going to town or cleaning, as little as it might seem it was a lot for me.  Oh, I enjoyed it.  And, if I can rest up a bit, I'll continue and do more on top of what was done.  I might even get to something today.  They totally cleared off the top of my kitchen table.  I need to set up some things, but I also might soak my wet stones and work on one of my straight razors!  With it that cleared off, and fearing my usual... path... I best get to this right away.  If I can get the razor set, and practice on the balloons until I feel secure enough, then in fact begin shaving with it... as soon as I get the kinks worked out, and have a solid understanding of what I am doing, I may go ahead and hone the rest of my blades so they are all pretty much ready.  Having a couple of them ready at any times means that if one gets dull it won't be a fuss, or not right away.  I have to soak the stones for about an half hour first.  I don't really feel like doing it, but as my grandfather might have said, feelings have nothing to do with it.  So...

I am honestly not sure how well shaving with these will work out.  I will give it a month or two.  I may need breaks in there, if I cut myself a bit too much.  I just don't quite know.  Last time I tried this it was a horrible week or two.  But then they weren't honed.  I'll probably look at YouTube videos, over and over, looking for more insight.  Some of it I won't catch until I do, if you know what I mean.  Between practicing and watching others self-shave, I may catch those little tricks, or pick up on... those little things that are more practical but can't be explained well.  If I get the skill, I will probably shave daily until the skill is set, then just shave every other day or so, at most.  Sometimes I like whiskers, sometimes I don't mind a full or partial beard.  Once the skill is owned, though, I can be less fussy.  It's a bit spooky.  Lots of bloody memories from the past shaving this way.  We'll see.  Ah, but to soak the stones.

Later.