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I missed medicine yesterday, all of it.  It feels like I ran into a door, brick wall?  I'll go with wall.  Definitely wall.  No give in it.  That sort of surprises me.  I'm on a much reduced dose, I wouldn't have thought I would notice.  Ah well, I'll pick up when I can.  Yes, yes, I am back on it.  Of course.  Oh, right, the trip to town, and first thing when I woke... sometimes that throws me off.

When dinner arrived tonight, my neighbor was surprised by the Christmas lights.  He thought, perhaps, another neighbor had helped.  *smile*  Always good to surprise.  More, possibly impress.  My busier schedule has been reverberating.  People notice, it seems.  Tonight won't be one of those good days.  No worries, though, I needed rest, knew I did, so... I'm going to get rest.  I will try to mess with the dishes, take the trash and recycling to the bins.  If the trash bin is even half full, I will take that to the curb.  Those two things are about it.

I would love to finish the socks, and put up what has been folded while fiddling with shorts and towels.  I would like to do more work to make my primary razor sharper.  And I would love to tinker in the living room, prep it for a steam vac.  But I don't think those things are possible.  I dropped pretty hard after hitting that wall.  I might be lucky to get anything done.

The neighbor knew of the timer, though, or well enough.  No need to read the, usually, useless directions.  It doesn't have a clock, but it works through a light sensor.  And it did work just as he had suspected.  So that is set up, and was used for a few hours tonight.  I will have to reset the timer though.  It was set for two hours tonight, since I didn't hook it up until 20:00 or so.  Hmm, might do that right now, for tomorrow night...  Nah, I'll do it in the morning.  I don't know if changing the settings now might turn the lights back on.  Could see, but no reason to add fuss to my night.  When my camera arrives, I'll use it to do a few pictures, but won't post them until after Christmas.

Why a camera?  Ah, there is more reason than what some might think.  It's not just a tool, or a toy.  As I am beginning to live, again, and settling down, I want to become alive through memories other than those of just the mind.  The idea of having a wife, perhaps children, means I want something to remember these things through... more keenly than just animal memory.  A new life indeed, but with the potential to live one in which memories are important.  So, starting this year, if not as a resolution but a reality, I am beginning to remember a life lived, through pictures.  My cats, myself to a smaller degree, vehicles, my home, the seasons, even the repairs, updates, other projects, and such.  A new way for an old dog.  It's a Nikon d7100, so it even does video.  I may, in time, seek a lens which definitely allows manual focus, and train with that.  For now, just pictures.

I just bought the body.  I ordered a 50mm with it, no kit lenses.  I will buy a lens or two a year, perhaps after a couple of lenses in the queue.  Buying good lenses, if not pro-lenses exactly.  Just so long as they fit and work well.  But the 50, and with a further step down in crop, can work as a 50 or a 70-80mm.  I have done a ton of research, since the order.  I will be shooting in raw, so in a second order ordered a minor raw editor, if I am looking at a better editor.  Yeah, yeah, but...  The first is probably easier to work with, the second will be a bit more technical.  Ugh...  Can't quite ever get it perfect the first time.  The wallet, research time, and other factors make sure that some mistakes will happen.

I suppose I should go deal with trash, then wash the dishes and set them to a hot rinse bath.  Later.