Up and at it.

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I think I beat 10:00.  I only let the girls in a few times a week, and yet they still help.  They have learned to knock on my door, or make other noises in the house.  Yes, I do have furry little fanged children.  And they want me awake.  Now that I don't feed them right when I wake, and the time can vary from a few to many hours before I feed them, they aren't as... insistent.  And yet they do like attention.  So... *tap, tap, tap*... *meow*...  even the forlorn mewl of a starving feline, left to the wilds.  They sound so sad.  It is, for me, truly entertaining.  Several sorts of skits they play for me.  I have seen children do these things too.

I wasn't able to get as far on my work list yesterday as I had hoped.  From what I saw, the power supply had not arrived.  That... sort of killed it for me, a bit.  Oh, I did some good work, just not to where I had wanted and even more hoped to go and do.  Yes, grownups can pout, or get hurt feelings, and then not play their part well.  Still, I did get some nice little chunks done and am in good enough shape to do more today.  More, after checking online at the vendor, I was informed that the item had arrived.  Huh?  I was about to bite a head off, or my version of that, when I decided to make a last physical check.  Not in the back, but on the front step, there it was.  I checked the site.  It seems it was delivered at 20:51(?or later).  Wow, that is the latest I have ever received a package.  I hadn't been tracking it since it didn't look like it had actually been sent just a day earlier... I just assumed it would be late.  So... now my mojo and incentive are back, perhaps, maybe I can dig more.  Or, maybe, I am just going to have to take it slow and do what I can, when I can.

I will be checking some other things.  I want to set up an area for working with the machine.  I am not sure what makes for good static discharge material.  I may have some, if... no...  While some neoprene mats are made as electronics mats, they aren't generally made with that quality.  I need to get in and see if I can find an antistatic bench mat.  Along with the anti-static strap to clip onto the power supply, that should keep that covered.  In Iowa, where humidity was the norm, it wasn't so bad.  But here in Utah, static electricity is so easy to generate.  Just a little zap will do ya.

Something dark is brewing.  Not so much in the world.  Or, well, yes, in the world, but that is normal for the world.  Something is chewing it's way through.  Dreams have been darkening.  A bitter psychic taste is being left as sleep's aftertaste.  Might go away, might not.  We'll see.  Later.