That was a short sleep.

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Can't say why.  I didn't actually go down until midnight.  I struggled with sleep.  Like trying to grab water, it simply wasn't something I could contain.  After hours of seemingly not sleeping, but from time checks getting some sleep, I simply surrendered and actually, officially, woke.  There certainly isn't much to do at just before 4:00 in the morning. 

I went to the kitchen to check on some things.  Coffee, I think, was the idea.  I hadn't replaced bags in the trash cans, so I did that before something ugly got tossed.  Then I thought about the oatmeal I had soaked/fermented.  But the pans needed more cleaning, and yet I had a sink pan full of dishes, and another with cleaned fruit.  Bleh.  Well, to it I got, anyway.  I cleared enough space to clean the pan I would be using.  I have hit it several times.  I tried to boil clean it (once a spectacular failure).  I had hit it hard at least two other times.  I didn't get make it perfect, but good enough.  I did a bowl while I was at it, and enough new to arrive yesterday plastic lids.  The eight I purchased, what with the rotation of kefir, kefir grains, and whey water... were not enough. 

After that was done, I put the cereal on.  This time I hovered over it like a mother hen.  No more burning!  Twice in a row (three times if you count one of the attempt to boil wash that failed) was quite enough!  And, yeah, that worked.  I kept it in, pretty much, constant motion.  Five minutes is really all it takes, and just a medium temp.  But you really have to turn it.  As I was letting that cool, I reset the sink pan of dishes, put the oatmeal into the bowl, and set the now again dirty little pot to a soak.  I let that cool further, and set up another batch of kefir.  Out of milk...  I'll be into town yet this week.  Not completely out, there just isn't enough for another batch of kefir.  I also set the quinoa and rice up in an airtight container.  The one that used to house the beans and rice mix.  A bit more rice than quinoa.  I could probably step that back even a bit more.  Even with soaking I will wash the quinoa, and rice with it now I suppose, really well.  I just don't want to risk a weak of soapy tasting mash.

Since I sweetened the last cereal, I decided to go with butter and cream.  The cream mostly to cool.  Add salt and pepper.  While not gourmet, in one sense, it certainly is better than your average fair.  I keep using a cup of grain and kefir.  I need to cut that back.  A half a cup, and remember I am a big guy and a heave eater, is quite enough for me.  I might even be able to take that down to a third of a cup.  Not only does it fill, it doesn't stuff, and it lasts.  I keep wavering whether to buy more wheat berries and sprout those, just as a cereal.  It seems I am getting used to eating these types of things and they aren't... troubling of gut or mind.  And it was tasty.  It stood out compared to the rest of my diet, at the time, is part of the problem.  Now it would fit right in.  Plus... Fiber!

I don't know if I will need to sleep soon, or will be up all day again.  Maybe I will be able to get by with a nap sometime before too long.  I'd love to tear into the kitchen.  And with things started in that direction, it might be possible.  I'll see.  Later.