Cooked, I was.

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Even with a rather short period out, mostly in an air conditioned vehicle and even then wearing sunglasses, my eyes were bloodshot, my face slightly red, and my body pretty much at the end of the rope last night.  I didn't notice until I went to brush and floss.  Cooked.  Not to the raw, but a nice rare.  It wasn't just an external thing, either.  Inside and out, cooked.  All good, worth the price to have a few places lined up for hiking.  I believe, even in the winter, those areas might work.  One would require a ten mile hike in, using snowshoes, and then would lead to a good place to begin training on varied slopes with slope/flat mix cross-country skis.  A good place to do a ten day plus outing, with enough cover to take shelter from a storm, or to rest out of the elements a bit if I was not up to a full day.

I looked for a bladder and map case, and found a few.  I want the map case fairly large and totally waterproof.  That actually took a bit, but they do exist.  Clear on both sides as well.  Many really aren't very good, unless you only hike when dry, for certain.  I have an idea about which bladder, 2 liter is as big as I can go, and that might be too big.  Choosing a better brand just helps ensure the pack doesn't get soaked.  Even with clothing and some other things in a secondary waterproof container, who wants a wet pack?  Especially if it gets cool, or downright cold?  Not I.  I may consider a watertight sack for the bladder, if I can find one that fits well.  Not for this month.  If I take the small pack, I'll have to take canteens, and keep the hike shorter or make sure there are water sources.

Today?  Yeah.  Well, I did finish the dishes last night, but then made spaghetti and meat sauce, heavy on the meat.  So I'll need to clean that up, and hopefully hit the kitchen and bathroom, finally.  As well, I'd like to strip out the packs and reset them.  Plus fix the one strap on the big pack.  If I can chug through those chores, I'd like to hit a few spots in the living room, where the girls have... let messes.  Should be dry enough to work by now.  Clean, vacuum, and spot steam vac, plus police the zone.

This weekend will be slower.  Maybe get the evaporative coolers microfactured, perhaps get the holes drilled in the shelf arms and get the shelving up, and keep up on eating, medicine, and such.  Nothing fancy, mostly rest, just enough work and play to keep the engine at a reasonable idle.  Ready to begin Monday as is possible.

Beside hiking Monday, I need to finish the living room next week, and hopefully get going on the bedroom.  Whatever is needed, perhaps figuring out where to put the last of the furniture, and figure out to do with the two boxes of stuff I removed from flat surfaces...  Should have done that long ago, but burned out on cleaning and sorting and such.  Well, and the migraines sort of beat me into the dirt, causing me to lose track of lists and all.

Oh, when fiddling with my blog, some links were lost.  I have tried to put them back, but either blogger is having some problem, or one of my security programs is not allowing the process.  I have attempted to figure out how to open access, but finding a way to allow pop-ups withing pop-ups, is eluding my computer and software mojo.  I'm working on it Sig.  Still not sure how the links got lost...  The mouse sticks on things, sometimes, showing up where it isn't, so when it is clicked, what it clicks isn't what was supposed to be clicked.  And, it moves on it's own sometimes, even now.  Hacked, I would guess, though there might be more to it.  Another ongoing project to figure out.

A good day, but I'm still stinging from yesterday a bit.  Feel good but pushed.  Not a lot in the tank to work with.  Still, a bit here, and there, and maybe a bit more... if I take it at a reasonable pace.  Oh, but first thing, a few eggs.  Those really... smooth out the day.  Maybe some hash and a brot later.  Food, just a bite here and there, is a form of medicine.  More so when I don't realize the need.  Later.