I ended up crashing just after that last post.

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It's like I hit a wall.  I went to bed very late... 2:30 to 4:00, somewhere in there.  Couldn't sleep, that is slipping.  So waking at 6:00 or 7:00 was going to make it tough.  Why I woke I can't say, but I woke as if booting fully in a second.  Not a usual wake, so something woke me.  Might have been the girls, or a very loud vehicle, or someone around the house.  Ah, a package was delivered, that might have been it?  No... not that early.  The package must have arrived after I went back to bed.  I then didn't wake until 13:30 or so.

It got chilly last night.  This morning, I believe shortly after the first wake, the thermo suggested it had gotten down to 38, at least.  It is overcast, so probably hasn't warmed much during the day.  Hmm...  Why did it seem to daylight bright so early?  I don't know.  Maybe I was more asleep still, and couldn't put things together correctly, than I thought?  It just seems as if it was relatively bright when I woke already.  Didn't need lights.  And, yet, most mornings, at that time now, the sun isn't close to being up?  Bleh...  I'll... think on that one.  Odd though.  I sometimes really wonder if I do indeed live in some sort of artificial environment, such as the Matrix.  If you are an half click out of things, they can really play with your gourd.  Between your conscious shy mind and even minor doses of medication, they can really tinker in there.  Not sure how they could attenuate, alter, or direct your thinking/dreams.  Though if they have mind patterning down, they might be able to do so to some degree, even if they aren't fully able to know what they are doing.  It wouldn't have to be the whole population... just one guy, in a coma, off the grid, who the government allows them to play with.  Unmarried veterans would be an easy mark.  And, no, I have no doubts they would work us over if they could.

On the good side of things, since, or because of, the crash, I am feeling good, better, ready to... actually to probably take another nap shortly, then get some work done when I get the need for sleep out of my system, one way or another.  Perhaps coffee, or coffee and a shower, will do it.  I'll wash the dishes first, set them out, shower, then put them back in for a soak.  Yeah, remember, they have their own little plastic tub that I use for a wash basin.  Even I have... ill thoughts about washing my body and dishes in the same place.  Bleh!  I'm... nervous about weird stuff... and that idea, to me, is weird... unless you really scrub a standard use tub after personal washes.  I keep it clean, but not every time, thus a little tub for in the tub.  Plus, a full tub of water is a lot more water than I want to use for dishes.  I do live in a desert, mostly.

Oh, what arrived today was a... curiosity.  Someone suggested something about mooncakes, a Chinese rare delight, only served rarely... one short period of time per year, and this was that time.  It's a cake, and... filling, all surrounding a cooked salted egg yolk.  I received several.  Okay.  I have eaten half of one.  And, I have to say, this is not my favorite.  There are other flavors.  This one is lotus seed, I believe.  But there is red bean, mung bean, and several other types.  I ordered several.  Unfortunately, I could either order some with salted egg yolks but all the same flavor or a multi-flavor pack but without the yolks.  I will offer these to some folk who might enjoy at least the experience.  As, while I will probably not consume these again, save as a social gesture if called upon, I do like that I have tried something totally foreign and with only the slightest of encouragement.  Both are good things.  Perhaps I can lend that on.  I'm chalking this up as a good thing.  I do suspect that a pastry chef who knows how to do these, and makes them fresh and without the need for preservatives, these might be much better.  Think packaged apple pie versus mom's fully home-made apple pie.  Yeah.  So, I... would like to try these fresh, someday, if the opportunity arises.

Oh.  While I work in the living room, soon or later this day, I won't be stopping at just arranging a work area.  I am hoping to open the living room back up, fully.  Even to where I vacuum, and wet/steam vac, again.  I may be onto another push to get and keep the cave clean.  Health might be returning.  It is worth the effort, if I have it to spend.  Later.