Much done.

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It beat me up.  I am both sore and getting tired.  Everything had come to a stop, again, a bit ago.  Today, and really to a degree yesterday, I set things back in motion.  No, I didn't get what I had been hoping to get done.  There is to much for a day, two days, even a week of heavy work.  What I did is what I could, what had to be done, and what will help.

Showering was quite good, again.  Being groomed and dressed, then out, was a gift of it's own.  I made it to the post office where I had a number of items.  I missed one item.  I should have signed for it, but I wasn't in shape to realize I could do it.  Yeah, really.  I will have a few more items next week.

After that I headed to town.  Groceries, mostly.  Nothing fancy.  But I wanted some easy food, but good food, and of course the staples I truly enjoy.  Milk!  I haven't had milk for... a while.  I also found ribeyes on deep discounts, and some other beef.  I haven't been able to afford beef for quite a while now.  I can't buy, won't buy, steak for more than $7~$8.  Heck, last time I checked chuck roasts were at that, and no, I won't buy any meat at that price.  The beef industry is going to have to go through some growing pains.  This isn't Japan.  I found steak for $6 per, chuck roasts for $3.50, and hamburger for $3.50.  I wasn't as happy with the hamburger, but that sure beat the $4.50~$5.50 it has been.  I feel sorry for meat departments.  I know they have taken a drubbing.  Nothing they can do until production ramps up, and that will require things that aren't in their control to balance out.  Drought first, then the exorbitant cost of feed from and added to the drought, then a sell off.  Now to rebuild stocks, all with a government, local and federal often, who are anti-beef.  Hell, ranchers are being treated like terrorists!

Anyway.  Oh, but before all that, of course, I did take a shower.  Then cleaned out the kitchen sinks, taking the dishes into the tub in tub operation.  When there are too many, or it is more convenient, that just works.  I don't know if I can get to them today, but... sooner than the last set it is hoped.  And I did tear into boxes.  More organizing them for an eventual run at them.  I was also looking for my camera.  So far I haven't been able to find the camera, and I am a bit worried.  Where I was almost certain it would be...  I'll look more soon.  Worst case, I turn it in to my insurance company, along with some other things.  I've been avoiding that, but...  I hope I find it.

I purchased a new lens, my first telephoto, a 35-70 (x1.5 due to crop factor) f/2.8D.  No, only available used.  I've actually been spending time looking at new and/or old glass that works well with my system.  Once every six months to a year I will buy a new lens, until I am happy... or die.  I might also pick up, say, a d52/5300, as a... grab, run, shoot, without as much worry about damage.  And it takes all the same glass.  Or, if need be, it's always nice to have a backup.  Much of the gear is crossover, even the memory chips... I think.  Oh, since it was used, and a "value find", I did buy another lens.  both lenses together were less than my 50mm prime, which is less expensive than most even kit lenses.  Yeah, I did my research.  I have a small list, though not all are that inexpensive.  The most expensive glass on my list is about $800, the majority are in the $150~$300 range.  I would say, currently, I have about four or five on my short list.  These are budget (for what they offer), gems in hiding sort of... a three year procurement project.  Those glass will allow me to explore every type of photography in at least a fairly general way.  If I like, then I might go deeper on glass, or a set of that for various specifics beyond the general.  Yeah...  But that is the idea.

Ah, and, yes, I used some of the food I purchased.  I have, for the first time in my life, over the last six months, noticed there is more to an oven than just roasting and baking.  The broiler!  I stopped at the deli.  I tried various roast beef types, choosing home-style easily.  Then added a few slices of various salamis and cheeses.  Stopped at the bakery and bought rolls and hoagies.  Yeah, but I have had so few carbs, or anything really lately, that I just didn't mind.  I turned one batch of the various items into a sandwich, then broiled... almost too much.  I'll need to practice with that.  Mine, on high, is FAST.  Still, it worked.  Oh, and smoked gouda and creamy havarti with roast beef, genoa and hard salami, on a right sandwich roll?  S-a-weet!  And to think I thought about buying a sandwich in town.  No, nothing wrong with that, at the right store.  But I needed this, homemade, mostly, and hot and fresh.  Just something about, sort of, cooking at home.

Well, time for me to begin pulling back and backing down.  Sleep is needed, if I do have to chill just a bit longer.  I hope to get the geese delivered tomorrow.  I just had too much backing up, on top of the limit to my endeavors, to get out.  We will see how caught up and able I become in the next day or three.  It sucks to be a cripple from time to time.  But that's just how it goes.  Good night.