Doing too much standing still.

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Not completely still.  I've been hitting the bathtub with everything but bombs.  Vinegar, first, which removed little.  Then Lime-Away, which removed more but certainly not all.  Finally I hit it with Pinesol, or such.  Letting each soak in for various amounts of times, then using both a nylon scrub brush and a sponge with nylon scrubbing backing.  It's better, not not pearly, or even fully clean.  I will wait until I take a shower, or two, before going to ammonia.  Mixing and matching that stuff just isn't good.  Ammonia, itself, is not perfectly safe, even cut.  I may just have to work on it over time.  But I did get a vast majority of the stains off the toilet.  I will swab and rinse that, with just soapy water then clean water, to get the chemicals off, before hitting that with ammonia.  The whole process will probably take a week to get to the use of ammonia, as I have other projects, and I want more than just rinsing, but time, to weaken any other chemical traces.  If that doesn't work, another week of clearing, then I try bleach.  Caution, boys and girls, when working with nasty chemicals.

I thought I was doing nothing.  With the slow progress in the bathroom and little else seemingly going forward.  As I review, however, I realize I am doing much more.  One of the big eaters of time has been tinkering with the new camera.  Between simply deciding which modes to use, reading the setup guides or watching them on YouTube, and just fiddling with the thing and components, it is eating a lot more time than I thought.  Further, I am having to learn so many terms just in photography.  Yeah, yeah, iso, cool.  But shutter speed, beyond the simple meaning and on into understanding function, aperture settings (and modes, and types), various focus routines... I still haven't gotten to setting the focus as I would like it.  Some of it is set up, now.  A few more menu screens to work through.

I finally realized that just watching some guy or gal fiddle with their camera in a video was not going to get me there.  I would have to read, do a basic setup, then tinker from there.  I think, once I have a better handle on where various controls are, then I can use the videos to fine-tune, check, and consider my settings.  This is eating bogus amounts of time, time I don't realize is flying by.  Further, I still need to create and save a reset image for the laptop, in case it fails.  Then install photoshop.  And finally, learn how to transfer images, and then use photoshop.  It is much more than I first considered.  Oh... and whether to copyright photos or not.  For now, I suppose, orphans are fine, for general matters.

Oh, and, I have been reviewing Supernatural.  I have the first eight seasons on bluray, and have been tumbling through those.  I have been keeping up on food, too.  So, yes, busy.  But most of it is busy on my butt, so it doesn't seem, to me, like I am doing anything.  I am probably running longer days, as to activity.  I am not sure if I am staying up more or less, but I am exhausted at the end of each "day".  That is messing me up just a bit.  Still... since I have nothing on the calendar for the moment, I suppose that is all good.  Eventually I will find a pace that is more suitable to a schedule.  If nothing else, I will simply burn out, lay down, and sleep for a few days.  Bleh.  I'll keep at things as I can.  Later.  Actually, probably good night-day.  Yeah... I pushed it, or did I fall short?  Gah!