A faded hope for the night.

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I had hoped to close up shop, getting to bed early... earlier.  It may have been possible.  Some times I can sleep earlier, other times not.  Though waking earlier seems to be much more difficult.  I did bits of this and that, a post and some looking on youtube.  Mostly messing with kefir.  I am working at finding the right balance so as to produce a thick kefir, which has to be left right until the curds and whey separate.  How long that takes depends mostly on temperature, but perhaps also on other factors.  Humidity, barometric pressure, who knows.  Checking it every few hours is usually enough.  With it cooling at night, I think that actually, mostly, puts the cultures to sleep, or slows them down a great deal.

In doing this and that I forgot about the stock.  Lots of work with that.  So... instead of falling back I may end up falling forward in time.  As is I just refilled the pot, adding water to make it near full.  Then I meant to get it back to a simmer, which it should be, or soon.  Then I want to let it cool, take out the last of the bones... the biggest ones were left in to completely soak out, then put it back on the heat, filling it again to near full, then simmering it down to where I believe the taste is what I want.  Well, then letting the stock cool again, packing it into containers, letting those cool a bit more if needed, and finally putting those into the freezer.  Yeah... It'll be a long day.  After I pull the bones, or even while waiting for the stock to cool enough to do that, I might as well hit some laundry, and fold some while the first load washes.  Bleh.

Yeah, I'll... be up for a while.  If I start failing, the extra, smaller, fridge, is otherwise cooled and available.  I can put the stock in there and just pray and crash.  Or the other way around?  I like mixing and matching, never can really plan ahead.  Later.