Fever last night.

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Fever, stiff neck muscles and upper body joints and such.  Rough.  Not sure what it was all about.  Seems to be gone this "morning".  Waking somewhere mid-afternoon, but good.  I tried to sleep earlier, sort of like a nap, but that didn't happen.  I am getting ready to take a quick shower, then chill.  The only things I'd like to do today?  A load of laundry.  Not absolutely necessary, not that much to do, just keeping up.  The few dishes that are dirty, just to start the week fresh.  And then hitting the bench.  Reading will go on, in both books.  Well, I finished the second book of short stories so will be starting on the third.  Reading more into the book about butchering, perhaps looking for some specific details, maybe checking about other game or domestic animals, finding more about details... in the book or elsewhere... about ideas that trouble me or raise curiosity.  The only thing to know about learning is that a book, or any source including an instructor, is just the beginning.  The more you know, the more you may need to know.  At some point, it is hoped, you actually apply what you have learned.  From that process you may test what you have learned, and learn from it, improving through further contemplation or functional minor or major other efforts.  Learning is never over until your ability to apply is gone, or you are dead.  So...

Well, maybe a bit of pain.  Nothing to worry about.  I won't even look for the anacin.  I thought about it last night.  By that time I was crashing, so skipped looking for something I wouldn't have been able to find.  It was as if I had done too much.  Then again, I might have been a symptom of sitting, computing, and reading, too much.  I really haven't been doing much of that, not in long stretches, for the last three months.  Oh, a bit, but often interspersed with other work and play.

I haven't had a treat in a while, so last night I made store-bought peach cobbler.  I didn't expect much from it.  I had to cook it at a much higher temp, and much longer than the package indicated, but finally got it done to my satisfaction.  I made whipped cream for on top.  I really didn't expect much, and thought I might have to toss it, to be honest.  It was a whimsical purchase, back when I was being less formal about shopping.  As it turns, it was actually quite good, even before the whipping cream addition.  I have an apple one still in the freezer.  I'll try that in a couple of months.  Oh, yeah, health and all.  But a treat is due to all, even ogres from time to time.

Hmm...  I might work on the boat today.  Or more, rigging the sun shade.  I have been holding off, a bit worried about that the three and four post elbows will not work.  In some of my spare time, since I thought I had heard something about pvc pipes and heat guns, I started doing a bit of digging.  It seems you really can adjust pipes, and maybe elbows, with a judicious application of heat.  I'm not sure how helpful that will be, but it does offer a potential work-around.  The thing is to get at least two, and maybe up to eight pieces, worked to the same angles and lengths, and exact final lengths.  Perhaps making a form into which to fit the lengths, with the angle built in?  A square of plywood would work well, with a few nails.  This has applications for the home and such as well... actually I may used this to try to get the plumbing under the sink to fit better!  Thinking ahead is a game changer, but a new set of problems all on it's own.  Then again, I like puzzles.  Brains, not muscle, money, time, extra effort... money.  Did I write money?  Yeah, money.  Money, money, money, innit?  I'm cheap, or... want to be.  Some of my friends are much better at cheap, I'm a gimp in even this... but... I do what I can!

Ah, maybe or maybe not the boat.  The other stuff I will push at.  I really want to get weight lifting going, and off the ground... no pun intended.  But that means a pretty regular diet of iron.  Better have some eggs, and maybe some grain mush and sprouts.  Sprouts add texture, and "green".  Can't really knock them.  Though I do want to check how much of that is even safe to eat.  Don't want manboobs.  Shut it.  :p  Might as well do some grip workouts to get it all rolling in the right direction.  Hmm... wonder if that could be causing muscle and joint issues, too?  Adding to it?  Hey, that I don't mind.  I can hope!