I've cycled everything.

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New load in one end, a load over, a load out, for laundry.  I decided to wash all dishes twice, after washing them the first time.  Hit and reloaded.  Then I read for an hour or more.  I suppose I could cycle the last load of wash into the dryer, but I won't be fussing with the dishes right yet.  I started another project, one I thought would go a little quicker.  I am weaving a three-strand paracord ridgeline.  The guy in the video used 25 foot strands, I am using 50 feet strands.  It... does complicate it.  Yeah, he used fast forward while doing much of the braiding, so it was difficult to tell how long it would take.  Let me just say that it is going to take a while.  I have a loop braided in and maybe a foot or so more.  With the lengths I am using, and the complexity that adds on top of it, it'll... be a while.  I just thought that while 25 feet is good, which turns out to be more like 18 feet, if you have a regular spot, 50 feet which might well turn into 35~38 feet, would be better.  I also like having extra cord.  I'm sort of heavy with cordage, have several types as well, as is, but like it that way.

I will be doing this and that, between this and that, and getting done what I can.  The cord braiding isn't just for extra cord or a ridgeline.  It is also for the skill.  What I am doing can be used to make cordage out of natural fibers.  I suppose, some investigation of what type of flora can be used for cordage in whatever area I might find myself might be a good way to go.  Heck, for something to do in camp when nothing else seems interesting, if I watch and gather while hiking, I could end up making cordage just as a pastime.  I'm not sure how long natural cordage lasts, but it might kill some dead time, might even come in handy.  If it doesn't seem strong enough, braid three strands together, and so on.  I am sure there is some limits, all around, but I doubt if I would be hitting those, other than perhaps time, mildew and rot, or such.  I suppose extra rope could even be turned into baskets.  Wait!  I knew I should have taken basket weaving 101 and 201!  Nah... when you are smart enough to take heavies, you can figure such things out for yourself.  I doubt if the jocks and dames who took those course can even do what they were trained to do.  Ha!

Yeah, it looks like I'm back to it.  Doing fairly well.  Doing too much for a weekend, but catch-up after being down, in a "job" that is on my time, where I am both the boss and the customer, means doing what you can, when you can.  So...  I just don't want to push the potential for hiking Monday out of the door.  Balance.  Always balance.  I think I've put too much on the list.  So, I either need to slow down, do things in smaller bites and let time handle the arrangement, or take some of the items off the list.  And yet, it is so good to be at it again.  Working the kinks out that are a remnant of falling down.  Just, perhaps, I should go a little slower.  We'll see.  Later.