A bit more.

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A load of laundry, about to change that over.  Sweeping, though just in the kitchen.  I'll sweep in the bathroom next.  I've been keeping up on the bathroom, otherwise, for the most part.  I did get oatmeal set to a soak for later and switched out a tank of new kefir, while second souring another tank.  While I have two half gallons of it in the fridge, they are down to about, perhaps, less than a full half gallon between them.  I have learned, if I like thicker kefir, to fill/rotate used 'tanks' for a week or two before switching those out and washing them well.  Tricks and such.  Now, when thicker, it is better to strain it again while pouring a glass of the moderated moo-juice. 

I am beginning to fade.  So I am not sure, exactly, what I will do.  I really need to dry the clothes, and then dry out the washer.  I want to get the last of the dirty clothes back to be washed later.  And I think I can sweep the bathroom and 'l' hall from the kitchen to the bathroom.  I might even have just a bite to eat before I crash.  I won't, most likely, be down for all that long... three to six hours.  Or, that seems to be how it's working lately.  We'll see, it's highly variable at the moment.

I'd like to get in another shower.  I will later if not now, after I wake.  While I shaved lightly, I don't want to shave every day.  It's too hard on the face.  Tomorrow, though, I hope to shave much more closely.  A three pass shave is about as good as it gets.  I am still practicing with the double edge razor, and I seem to be improving.  I suspect it will take a few weeks, maybe a few months, to truly nail the angles with this particular device and system.  There is, actually, another intermediary step between how I was shaving, how I am shaving, and how I want to shave.  It's a straight edge, but uses disposable razors, either double edged razors split in two or razors made that way.  The schtick is you get to use the straight razor technique, but your blade is always razor sharp... without effort.  So long as you keep the blade changed regularly (I have heard, for double edge anyway, they last three to seven shaves).  As well, I am hoping to learn just how sharp the razor needs to be, so when I begin sharpening again, I will have a much better idea.  I don't plan to begin that until I have this system much better learned.

Learning which way to shave my whiskers, which time (can only really go one direction, mostly, per pass), is a beginning.  The double edge makes that easier, safer.  Which it why it is called a safety razor (which it is, at least compared to a straight razor).  After figuring out the best direction for the various passes and perhaps an ordering of that, then learning how to keep the blade at the correct angles for the blade itself, then moving to the changeable blade 'straight razor' makes sense.  Really, I am thinking six months as a rough goal.  Then six months with that, and learning to sharpen my straight razors more surely, and in a year I will finally be shaving with a pure straight razor. 

I will probably keep some of each kit around (if most of the gear is interchangeable), for various other types of shaving.  Even medical wound tending might call for keeping an area clean of hair.  Some of the kit might get passed on.  Boiling cleans the metal, new blades takes care of that part, and these are really good ways to shave, and much cheaper than the multi-blade razors/systems.  These razors will last a lifetime.  The straight razor, if cared for, will be free after the initial purchase price and learning curve.  I figure I was spending... at least $30 a month on blades.  They didn't last long, and there weren't many in the pack.  That's $360 a year.  It wasn't a comfortable or close shave.  Just a cost analysis.  Close enough.  If I end up spending $600 or $700, but get to the straight razor, I will save money, a lot of it, over time.

Later.