A good lad, plus sunshine.

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The sun is doing everything it can to shine.  Partial cloud cover is just shading a bit.  Much brighter today than yesterday, if not quite so bright as two days ago... I think?  A pleasure though, as I showered and tinkered.  I forgot that to reuse a box, the old labels must be removed.  My last showed me a trick with those.  Dampening a cloth in hot water, then setting it on top of the label.  I just... think that sounds like too much work.  Yes, I have seen her do it, and it works, at least for her.  I just spend an half hour tweezing, slicing, pulling, and cussing instead of about the same amount of time wetting a cloth and waiting for that to work.  I still prefer my way.  It's more manly!

It's just past 8:45.  I have time to write a letter, and actually write a thank you card.  I have finally decided what to get my brother, but it will have to wait until next month.  Emergency food, just a small stock of a variety for them to try.  No, it isn't haute cuisine.  But it is darn nice to have on hand for any sort of emergency.  It isn't cheap, either.  While not the tastiest stuff on the planet, for a short run hunger will add all the spices needed.  Easy enough to fix, just hot water.  I sent my mother some, though I think she learned why not to eat it regularly on her own.  Oh, I could have warned.  She wouldn't have listened.  She's family, I know these things.  Same with my brother, probably.  He'll learn too.  :)  Poop?  No poop.  Eat in moderation, that's all I have to say.  Still, it might even get him to think about other things.  Water storage, a backup heater, little things.  I do try to open doors.

It's always a bit rough and tumble this part of the year.  I have actually been doing pretty good, with all the givens.  The sun helps immensely.  Though I do crash, it is on a fairly short basis, and not horribly.  Not for weeks or months, just a week or two.  The crash isn't so deep that I don't have a day or night, that I forget to eat, that I don't keep up on domestics at least a bit.  Life is getting better.  Heading toward much better.  If we get powder down here, or before long maybe otherwise, I would like to try out the snowshoes.  Hmm...  Yeah, another week or two, and if nothing gives, I may find a place higher up to get out and play.  A pack, the camera maybe, and a bit of time.  On a sunny day.  I ought to experiment with them here at home first.  Yeah... that's a plan, a goal.  It might even happen.

I best get the letter written, checks made out, boxes set up... I need the right kind of clear tape though to finish the packages rightly.  Then to get dressed and be on my way.  It's looking pretty good.  Later.