Ducks, cats, and rabbits, oh my.

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Fed, watered, and else.  I am not doing as much as I would like.  A day, or waking session, when things went well.  Then a fall.  Back to usual.  I am sleeping well.  I try to eat, do eat some.  Something is just very off.  It has been dark for a week, if that only is a minor part of the problem, I think.  Actually, it is warmer.  Overcast skies keep the warmth in, at least for those of us who don't live in the windier regions of the nation.

I have been doing laundry.  A load a day, or every other.  Dishes languish.  More worried about the critters.  But, doing well with them.  It is easier to keep their water available with slightly warmer weather.  It is staying closer to 32 F (0 C), most of the time, give or take a few degrees... enough for the icicles to melt.  I am hoping to get to work... in the bathroom and kitchen... if I could just... stand.  Just get up, going.  So tired, in every way.

They have patched the game.  So it is playable, at least to a point beyond where I had been trapped.  The first patch hadn't released me.  I was just in the middle of recreating a toon, fresh from after the patch, rather than trying to get my original character through.  I was just about ready to go through when they brought out the new patch.  Thankfully I had saved my original toon, as it was much higher level, in the various leveling formats.

So, with that part gotten beyond, the world is available.  Now for exploits!  :p  It's how I do.  I like breaking the game, figuring it out, removing various obstacles so as to know how to do what, when, at what real costs.  As much as possible.  Often you never really can tell what action(s) or word(s) really caused what outcome.  Especially since you have no idea how your answers are weighted.  And these devs have no clue what real world is about.  Between tech nerds and quota workers, they have no idea about real life.  Their whole morality system is based on a pimple faced ugly teen, who has never even spoken to a girl with any real thought to success, to his black and latino friends, to women who are clueless and think a career will make them happy, especially a career in a male field.  Yea, that... ain't every going to work.  Logic and actual morality completely escape any of their limited, driven, focused, but blind eyes.

Still, it keeps me from sleeping as often.  And, the idea of figuring a few things out helps me crawl out of bed in the mornings.  I believe it was an 18:30 sleep, and 03:30 wake?  Something like that... I may have written it earlier.  Sleep was good.  Waking was good.  Then the few chores I have done.

A bit peeved though.  I allow the use of my riding mower, with a plow attachment.  All I ask is if they use it, they do my drive.  It looks like they pretty much just used it enough on my driveway to get it out, then left to use it on their drives.  I will be contacting them shortly.  That... won't do.  I... understand.  Time, who has it.  I have time, actually, just... not functionally.  No one has what all they need.  Still, if you want to use such a major item, then return the favor.

I wasn't able to get to the phone store today.  I am hoping Monday.  With that planned, I recharged my mom's old phone.  Then turned it off.  Otherwise they just eat the battery.  It ate 1% just turning it on?  Stupid devices.  I charged my little phone too.  Just in order to put contacts over.  Bleh.  I may go through the smart (my mom's old) phone, and reset it to factory.  Keeping her pictures would be nice, but she has no means of dealing with them.  So... they, like much in life, will be lost.  I do feel bad, I just don't know how to otherwise manage them.  Hmm... perhaps... upload them to the computer?  Then put... it... gets a bit much.

She is beginning to understand.  I think many are.  Isolation?  She discussed depression caused from it.  I have become used to such.  Thirty years, the vast majority of it alone, I know.  Meds don't help.  My guess is they are designed to make people suicidal.  No, you... just have to... figure things out.  Sort things.  And live with the way the world is for you, whatever else is wrong.  I feel for some, who are just realizing just how alone they are.  More the elderly though, who are alone for fear.  Special prayers for them.

Anyway... another day.  I'll game a bit more, set the alarm, and attempt more later.  A bite to eat first?  I had a few brats for breakfast.  I'm thinking of a burger for late lunch/supper.  That'll be it, and a feast day to be honest.  All good.  Later.

So much better if not going much faster.

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I haven't hurt in a day or two, or not badly.  Oh, well, my arms ached, from playing games again.  Holding the controller for extended periods, after not having played in... nearing six months?  It'll do that.  All other aches and pains seem muted, as sound on a snowy day.  I ought to get back to medicine, it's... a matter of getting it all together, loading the daily dispensers, and starting.  I will go down, for a while, again.  Worse than I am.  It makes the prospect... difficult.  I am barely able to eat as is.

A shower, in an hour or two.  I gave the girls treats, set the water for the ducks, and have that warming.  I best turn the furnace up.  I went down around 18:30?  I think so.  I think the ducks, having played in the snow to their hearts content, are finally willing to go to bed at an earlier time.  And it gets darker, earlier, every night... for now.  It was around 03:30? when I woke.  An hour has already happened?  Ah, already did my internet rounds.

Ah, that special morning ache.

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Morning?  Almost.  Or... in some cases.  Yes it is.  At 02:30 hours, it is morning, if a very early one.  I didn't get to bed until 20:30, I think.  The ducks simply won't go in until it is far too dark to see.  I have learned to keep the back porch light off, or they refuse as well.  Once in, they do just fine, until sometime around dawn and a minute or several hours, depending on mood.

The rabbits got their afternoon feeding and watering.  I dumped the duck pools, and will refill those when I let them out.  They weren't completely frozen, didn't want them to become so.  I have the waterers set up for the rabbits.  And, may pull their waterers out there before dawn, and reset those.  It is good to have them ready.  It would be nice to have several more batches, so as to have a couple days worth of water ready for them at any time.  It really makes it easy.

A shower, more brushing of teeth... I am catching back up.  More laundry, setting dishes, cleaning the drying area.  I have various dish towels washed and ready.  As well, I may try to figure out the phone yet today.  Ugh.

Oh, and I am playing the game.  It's still a troubling thing.  I have gotten as far in the game as is practical.  I could try to squeeze out a few more levels, but that would be it.  It may be time to try a run through the first major main mission... some hotel run.  It's long, and hasn't been completable to this point.  Nothing has changed, save my toons level, so I have little hope of it working.  If not, I'll begin another sort of toon, or three.

A problem is that side quests and other forms of side quests are slow to level the toon.  But, at least, I now know how to do them, how to get around, where to get what, and such.  I am well versed in the game.  I am not really interested in the other player types, but... why waste money by not investigating, even fully enjoying, even less favored aspects of the game.

I'd best snack the girls, before they come looking for trinkets or skin.  Girls can be so MEAN!  Which... is half of why I cherish them.  I'll hit their litter up, while at it.  They sure are happy when it all works in their favor though.  They are amazing creatures, whether feline, homo sapien, duck, or rabbit.  Us guys are just... guys.  If we want color, we... find a woman type.  :p  Later.

Laundry, setting up for rabbits, then a nap?

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A better day.  So many things to do.  So many things which should have been done.  It is as it is.

I did two loads today.  One is a jacket, which I washed by itself.  Finished washing, it is air drying.  The rest of the laundry is doing a final spin to dry.  That was a load of synthetics.  I washed them on delicate, cold, if I happened to add a wool item.  *shrug*  The waterers are reset.  I am just letting the furnace warm the water.  I found that was an excellent trick to keep the water thawed longer.  As well, they will get their late feeding.  

I will check the ducks while at it... their feed.  And make sure their water is open.  I am not sure where the muscovys head off.  But sometimes they are simply gone.  With this many hens, now, the drakes have a pair of hens which, mostly, follow one or the other drake.  Funny thing is, the darker ones like the darker drake, and lighter colored ones like the white drake.  They are color blind and still can see!  The younger drake and a few hens keep away from the breeding and messing.  I may end up eating him.  I bought him as I thought the other main drake had gone.  Then again, I may get rid of Herc.  He's a real piece of work.  I'm thinking on it.

With a shower taken, and another one when I get up next time, I'm feeling a bit better.  Still tired, dragging bottom, limping like a gimp, but doing a few things.  I'll keep at it, attempting to dig more.  Trash needs more fully out.  Recycling could use tending.  And the bathroom could take a serious hit, and cleaning the drying area, for dishes, could see me get back to that.  I don't have too much, and it's mostly bigger pieces... if silverware is piling up.  Having the drying area reset would make going forward with dishes, aggressively, a possibility.

Well, and I need to get the garage arranged to get the suv in.  Plus, get some tools returned.  So tired.  Moving so slowly.  But... moving, again, finally... for now.  My eyes are burning from exhaustion at this point, but I want to water and feed the rabbits.  And, probably, the girls when I get back in.  After hitting their litter.  I reset that well recently, and, again, for now, am trying to stay ahead of them by a great deal.  Ugh.  Later... no...  Good night, and day.

Finally!

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I have been telling my mother I would check the mail since... last Wednesday?  So long.  So tired.  I lost... focus, memory would slip... until it was too late.  A phone and a Christmas present!  She had a smart phone, but she never could really use the thing.  It is... just a thing to her.  She couldn't figure out how to use it, and has no reason to use it these days.  So, she sent it.

I'll have to get it set up soon.  Crap!  My phone isn't working.  I missed this month's bill, and am all out, probably.  I will check through everything.  If I can pull enough together, I will get in and get it going.  I was just about to call my mother.  I guess I won't.  Ugh.  At least they weren't returned.  Last Wednesday?  Or... the one before?  I will get it set to autopay next month.  Bleh.  Getting closer.

Ducks were let out.  Water is good.  Fed and ready.  A bit of a break, and I'll feed and water the rabbits.  I would like to feed and water them twice a day, at an eight hour interval, but I simply can't keep a schedule.  So, they will get fed and watered when I can, as I am able.  I am positive they won't starve.  I just won't worry about it.  I do my best, and the critters just have to hold on.  I don't even mind a fast, once every other or fourth week.  If water is more important and shouldn't be missed.

I would like to get the garage sorted, to get the suv in.  And, maybe next month, rent a garage for the other car... which ever one happens to be the current other car.  Perhaps and a few other things?  Maybe.  It isn't too expensive.  It's more a matter of lining up autopayments so I don't end up in arrears.  Anyway... I got a few things and might get a few more.  Later, or more likely, good night... and day. 

Every one is fed.

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Rabbits were hit first, a few hours after the post.  Water and food.  Though ducks were shut in first thing.  While out, I checked their pools.  A bit of tapping allowed the water to open up.  Hopefully it can be opened up again in a bit.  When I let them out.  More snow.  Oh, yes, we got a good deal of snow recently, and it keeps arriving.  The first shot was a foot to a foot and an half, then a few inches per day since.  if today seems to have put down more than a few inches?  Or has it accumulated while I slept?

I can't tell about snow, in the backyard during the day, or if the ducks have been out.  the trample it well.  I am surprised that the snow doesn't bother them at all.  It's actually probably warmer than non-snow days though, so there is that.  and, really, their feet are better than rubber galoshes.  So, they probably prefer the wet, even the cool, of winter, spring, and fall to summer.

I am trying to keep it all together, to get to the post office.  That will require plowing again, this morning.  Ugh.  So very tired, and such.  Still, am hoping to get to it.  I want to go to bed, but I need to get to the post office.  Blarney.  I did start laundry, and may start dishes in a bit.  Forgot to get those going.  So tired, but I want to do a few more things.  Aspirin, today, I think.  The body hurts.  Later.  Or much later.

Midnight.

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Time to get to sorting things.  Awake more like 23:30, but close enough.  I don't remember when I went down, if 18:30 to 19:30 seems most likely.  I tried to hie the ducks in, but they were trucking nothing.  So?  I had considered attempting to stay awake longer.  I knew that wasn't possible.  So be it.  I didn't feed or water the rabbits, either.  They all still had some water, and it was still liquid.  Food was low, but is still there.  I will be giving them half of a sixteen ounce cup, per, a day... though in parts.  For four adults, I will give them a cup in the morning and at night.  For the little ones, I'll give about two thirds of that.  Half seems fairer, but I don't think that is quite enough.  A full cup for each in them morning or "morning"... based on when I wake.  And, a cup in the 'evening' for bigs, half a cup for smalls.  Okay, I guess three quarters for the littles.  Trying to figure it more precisely with my tools isn't likely.

Sleep was good.  Shorter than expected, but... all good.  A shower, first thing.  Brushing teeth too.  Oh, and I trimmed my whiskers.  If I can keep it going to tomorrow, I will shower, and actually shave with a razor tomorrow.  I sure hope so.  For now, an hour or two to wake.  Then to the rabbits and girls.  Hmm, best put the ducks in though, for sure.  Then I can spend some time waking.  I would feed and water the rabbits, but... that's too much right at the moment.  And, I want them to get the water and feed at the same time.  Otherwise they don't seem to eat, but if the water went out first, it might freeze before they can eat.  Or, that's my story.

Just a bit of gaming.  Not sure I am really getting anywhere.  Some side quests and other similar give out pretty decent leveling points of the various kinds, some don't.  I must be in a lower level area?  Right, but I want to get them all done, if possible, and generally follow around the map.  Now that I am in a lower level area, I'd like to clear these out, anyway, rather than hitting riskier ventures.  Which, actually, I started with.  Live and learn.

I believe I have eggs, and mushrooms, cheese, and perhaps a variety of other such.  Breakfast would be good, if I can wake enough to cook!  I will re-re-re-re-etc-start dishes, and put a load of laundry in, while putting the ducks up.  Then game, sipping on tea.  I'll set the alarm for several hours.  Then hit the projects.  And, after a couple of sessions, I will decide if I need a nap before plugging the rest of the chores, or whether I have a little life left to me.  The hope, today, is to get to the post office.

Be well.  And, no matter what state of life, time in, or other... remember you truly are blessed.  Suffering?  Bear that suffering.  Not like a trooper, always... sometimes just... bear it like a humble, simple, sometimes weak and ineffectual, small human.  As well, if you realize your true status?  Give thanks that you don't have power, wealth, and great excess.  Trust me, they will rue the day.  Oh, as to changing the world?  Why not start by changing yourself, or your bed?  *chuckles*  Live clean and well, change by example.  Slow?  Sure, but do you think forcing to do something you probably don't practice, at gunpoint... even collective government gunpoint... is change to which you want to be a party?

Yes, be grateful.  Most mass in the universe will never see life, let alone conscious life.  Even if it hurts every day *cough* grab the opportunity.  I may not be able to do a thing I write, often lately... maybe today.  But I can line up my next opportunity, scale back, keep trying.  It's not a game, and yet it is.  Do enjoy.  I'll pray for those of you who don't think you can.  I will extra pray for those of you who hate me for this!  Not in mockery, friend, for the person I once was.  *wink*  Later.

Not much.

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Actually?  Nothing.  I never did really wake.  I turned the heat up, ate.  As well, did chores.  I simply couldn't get going.  With nothing else working, I may have to try to get meds arranged again.  It seems the only way, once I get over the medicines themselves.  It might take a while just to get that set up and going.  Imagine if electric shocks helped you.  (Not the pshycobabel b.s., but in a mechanical way.)  How well would you tolerate that medicine?  While my meds do not shock me, they do hurt... especially to start.  Though, once I get on them, they seem to help.  It's, just, I can't stay on them while I am trying to do other things.  I can only juggle just so many eggs.

I had intended to get to the post office today.  No chance.  I sat, and gamed.  I got up, to do things.  I got a short way in, and exhaustion took control.  Back down.  I never did take a fistful of aspirin or else.  I forgot.  Could have used it.  Might still.  Though, if I'm going back to bed for a bit, why?  Only if I had a serious headache might that help.  Aches and pains melt with sleep, if it's possible.

I did check the birds and rabbits.  All was good, or good enough for a bit.  As to the rabbits?  I am going to put them on a diet.  They will eat themselves to death, I do believe, if I feed them as much as they will eat.  I am going to devise a way to measure out six ounces, or some other recommended amount, per larger rabbit... and lesser for the minis.  They will eat me to poverty.  I want them to maintain.  They are all full size.  The growers I will feed more, but not the adults.  Ugh.

I did look over the various rabbits.  It looks like someone has been petting them, or something.  One of the females is in with the males.  Not good, at all.  I guess I am going to have to get locks for the cages.  After figuring out which one is the female, and putting her on her own.  This presents a very large problem.  It means she is probably quite pregnant, but I have no idea when she was impregnated, so will have to begin watching for signs she is beginning to want to nest, and set things up for her.  Ugh...  Yes, someone wanted to pet the bunnies and just didn't know what they were doing.  If I can't tell her patterns, and it would be easy to miss as a noob, I may loose her first batch whole.  Rather angry about it.

On to sleep.  I'll feed them later, and change their water.  The ducks eat large amounts one day, or two, then go off their feed for several days.  I never can tell which way that will go.  Unlike the rabbits, and cats, which will all eat themselves to death if allowed.  Okay, Sam won't eat herself fat.  But she will eat so much she vomits.  Yes, she is a bulimic.  I think literally.  In part to feed kittens, and to maintain her body size to her minds notions while being able to feast like a wild hog.

Later, though not quite good night? 

A rather good sleep and wake.

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When did I go to bed?  I can't be absolutely certain.  I think it was mid to late afternoon, early evening, say... around 20:00?  At the latest, if I had to guess.  More like 18:30?  Yea.  I think so.  Shortly after that last post, though time isn't the same for you and I.  I... can lose hours, days, months, and years.  Or time can be seeming decades passing per actual moment.  Why?  How?  It is the way of things for me.

I woke, first, around 01:30 and change... I wasn't quite ready until 03:30 and smaller change to get out of bed.  Sleep had been pretty good.  Ribs are just a bit off, but not terrible.  I slept a bit too hard, but only have minor aches for it.  But I am rested, the most rested I have been in a long time.  A few pain killers, more to simply clear  the way... if everything is mildly sore.

I am hoping to do a few things today.  I would like to put the guys in their own cages, in preparation for getting them to breed the does.  As well, I'd like  to get the feeders accessible out of the cage, for easier feeding.  It should be an easy process.  With one cage open, which I can work on first.  Then move both bucks over to that one, work on their cage, then move the does into their previous cage.  And, finally, finish what had been the doe cage, and then move the younger buck back in there.

That will give the bucks time to acclimate to their new digs.  As for the minis, I will sort out which ones I am keeping, set the bucks up in their own places, and keep the does together until breeding time.  I'm not sure how many I will keep.  I am thinking there will be three to five of the eight.  I would like to keep prominent colors, whatever is the most.  I like the silver, and think there are three or four.  And brown or black, if I have at least a doe and buck of one of those colors.  Then again, it really doesn't matter.  Those rabbits are too small to really be fur rabbits, so... that wouldn't really matter.  Bleh.  Still, it would be good to begin understanding traits through breeding processes.

Until I fully wake, I will tinker on the game.  I may run out of side quests and other such well before the patch which, maybe, allows me to move ahead in the main game.  If so, I can create a number of different toons, with variations in stats and such.  So be ready when I can actually move on, and decide which play style I actually prefer, though have toons ready for more playthroughs once I complete the game.  This isn't as addictive as some games have been.  In part because it is so broken that I have only limited play, even within what seems possible.  Not everything can be done, even in the starter areas.  I'm not even sure there is enough to grab some of the things I am hoping to find.  As there are various advancement sorts of leveling, and only so much opportunity.

There are three leveling systems which all act as gatekeepers to advancements and even purchases.  The game has potential, but it really botched so far.  I'll find out in a day or two just how far a toon can advance before the pond gets too small to enlarge the fish.  Blurb!  Probably.  Unless they produce another update, which actually works to get me beyond the current limit.  Then I'll move on to another toon.  Actually, if I get a toon beyond that point, and to the real more open standbox part of the game, and level and dig in that just a bit, I would like to pull a couple of other toons through... for later play.  Before they shut down all the exploits.

Well, on to gaming.  Hmm, and a bite to eat shortly.  Hungry.  Mildly.  Good morning and day... porch dwellers.  *shakes head, chuckles*  Be well.  And... carpe sulum diem, ad infinitum.

Some noise out there.

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A visit.  The neighbor.  Grabbing the riding mower, sans mowing deck, with blade, to attempt to work it around.  The blade lift mechanism wasn't doing well.  As well, the blade was too low, and... loose in it's foundations.  A bit of grinding, cutting, and welding... and all better?  We will find out shortly.  But it looked good, and seemed to perform well, at the shop.

Yes, I went with.  I can't help much.  But grabbing a wrench, pliers, or whatnot... or lending a hand lifting, hitching this or that, or... standing on one side of the trailer, to cause the tongue to life, so it can be gently tapped with a hammer back into place...  that I can do.  Well, and my stupid questions sometimes lead to... justified answers or conclusions.  Not always, just... once in a while.

For me, it was a chance to get out!  It's been... a long time.  And, even then, it was harsh.  Something was wrong even when last I was out.  Ah, that was when the ribs ripped.  But the ribs had torn loose the day before.  It just became abundantly clear that they were, without a doubt, loose in there.  Yeah.  It's been a long time since I have been out without trouble.  Oh, and got rabbit food.  It should be enough for the month.  But I am, again, broke.  Yes, again.

Still, it's... moving along.  I have enough food for everyone for the month.  I will get more next month.  Try to get ahead, just on food, for all, over the next few months.  I was just out, at the last feeding.  Upon returning, I fed and watered the rabbits, put the ducks up, and will get the girls shortly.  So tired, but... it was a very good day.  Just to be out.  So... very tired.

I had been gaming.  I will get back to it.  I have stored up some in-game money, obtained some skills and levels, if I can't advance in the main game.  I can do side quests, and pseudo side quests.  The trick is to find a way to defeat a certain type of enemy.  It's like trying to tend super babies.  Can't kill them, yet they are super powered.  Bleh.  I may play a bit more.  I have the back lights on just a bit, to let the rabbits get food and water in.  If it gets too dark, they can't find their food and water.

I did what I could do.  And a bit more.  It is nearing bedtime though.  Later, or very probably good evening and night.  Dream well, be kind rightly, or kick em' in the balls if that is right.  *wink*

A struggle to wake.

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Awake again, for now, as difficult as that was.  Not sure when I went down, but shortly after that last post?  I just can't remember.  And I went down hard.  Could not avoid it.  A bit rough, at waking.  It sort of feels like a minor hangover.  But I haven't had a sip in such a long time.  Months, and years before that.  It might be a sleep hangover.  Or... just... a less than optimal day.

I am not sure if the ducks were put in, so I will get out, check that.  As well, refresh the water for the rabbits.  I do what I can, when I can.  Then feed the girls.  Hmm, I bet their litter is in bad shape too.  Yea, I best get that done.  I do my best, but something often falls to the wayside.  As long as they have water and food, the litter... well.. I have three boxes for a reason.  Still, it's time.

Oh, last week, the ssa called.  Asked for some data, and wanted to get going with the case.  I hadn't heard from them in a long time, and always pass the packets to my neighbor since they don't make sense to me.  I had wondered if that wasn't a data thief, and meant to check on it, but with the arrival of the paperwork he said he would be sending, I... think he may have been real.

Anyway, I let the neighbor know the packets were in, so... am hoping he figures things out.  I'm not sure how quickly he will contact me.  And with sleep so off, it's messy.  As well, I need to go to the post office.  There are packages in.  Ugh.  I'd better figure something out, soon.  At least there is a start on one thing.  So tired, sore, confused.  Hungry too.

Food?  Maybe.  Something simple.  Later.

Snow.

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A foot and an half?  Give or take three inches.  Mostly fluffy, so it's not  too bad.  The depth, though, means it's hefty.  Someone took the plow, but used it on my drive first.  I shoveled a slim path back to the ducks, after watering the rabbits.  Most of the muscovys were out, but the indian runners hadn't seen it yet.  This will be the first year for some of the rabbits and ducks to see snow.

I always wonder what they think when they see things like snow, or a rain, for the first time.  Humans, and those similar, are different.  We... drink the world in, without really considering it the first few, dozen, perhaps hundreds of times?  While we end up with much more depth in our consideration, we also can ignore it all and just become animal about it... considering only how it might affect our ability to act?  Something like that.  Though, once in a while, a rare or particular creature will take a peculiar liking to some nature phenomena.

Fed, watered, and easily.  Their pond hadn't frozen up.  Actually, rabbit waterers weren't all frozen either.  A little one, or two.  Though they were beginning to freeze up.  I am not sure how they freeze, as they do.  but they begin freezing, at particular parts of the bottles... often but not always, starting near the top.  And, there are channels inside, which stay open, like worm holes.  As well, the bottom section of water remains open the longest... usually.  Perhaps, as they pull water down, it creates those tunnels in the ice?

So tired again.  I have things I would like to do, but... I... don't think I can.  Sleep.  Needed.  So very tired.  I'll feed the girls first... ladies if you must.  Then get on to bed.  I'd like to eat, too.  Just too tired.

I have been gaming, from time to time.  So tired, even that is difficult.  Then again, having the game crash, so far sticking me in the starter section, doesn't help.  This game may be permanently broken.  It may never work.  There have been several games which were like that.  With Mass Effect, I was never able to finish the last two games.  Both crashed at or near the end battles.

Removing it and reinstalling didn't work.  Staring from an old, older, and really old save didn't help.  I tried everything I could imagine, multiple times.  Those games never did work.  I am beginning to believe this will be like those.  Yes, I added the patch.  Actually, I am wondering if I should skip the patch?  Or, run it to that point (assuming it will get there), and if it sticks, then patch it?  Quota hires hurt these games terribly.

Well... best feed the girls, do a round on the internet, and get on to bed.  Good day and night.

Crashed.

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Not sure exactly when I crashed.  It was... a while ago.  A while after I woke up?  I think it was toward later afternoon, around 16:30?  No real idea.  I was slipping into a deep dark hole long before I went to bed.  I ate something, had the heat up, was dressed warm and felt warm, gamed to try to keep my mind active... everything within my means to stay awake was done.  It didn't matter.

I slept well.  Not as long as I thought would happen, waking at around 20:30?  Give or take an half hour.  The girls received a snack, right off.  Then the rabbits received fresh water.  It is snowing out, lightly.  The good thing about snow is that it means the temps are warmer.  Th duck pond hadn't even frozen yet.  It's getting there.  The rabbit water was frozen, but those are small containers.  

I did move Hazel, the eldest doe, in with the other ladies.  As much so she isn't alone as that she can huddle if needed.  Plus, I may move a buck over, and so that each have their own cage, to begin breeding.  Two of the bigger does for now, and one of the little pairs.  I may move the group of mini rex males over next to the does, to open up the last cages on that line for breeding, putting a male in just one, for now.

The rabbits are holding up to the cold quite well.  They are eating like horses, but other than that, it's all good.  I need more feed tomorrow.  Ducks are doing okay, but I'd like to get a few more bags for them as well.  It's good to have an extra month or two of food.  If water runs out, there won't be a lot I can do.  But feed, that... that I can arrange a bit in advance.

I am feeling better.  Pains and aches exist, but are mild.  I am hoping to clear my head, shake off winter, and get to work yet this evening.  A few dishes, a load of laundry or two, a shower, the last of dishes, and... chicken baked?  Something like that.  I need to wake first.  I will be gaming in there, during breaks.  Yea, I will keep at things, as possible.

Hungry, though, now.  I have some options.  Food and gaming, and a timer set for two hours.  Later.

Up rather early.

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Not sure what it happening.  I went to bed just before 02:00.  In pretty bad shape, feeling quite poorly and being very tired in part from stretching with the game, in part just because the world has closed down into a dark cold bubble while health stubbornly refuses to recover fully, on any front.  I didn't think I would be awake for a week maybe.

Still, here I find myself, haven waken at an half hour either side of 06:00, then dragged out of bed by some odd impulse, and then after doing a bit of morning chores.  I processed the rabbit waterers from last night.  So, in an hour, I will have two batches of water ready for in a bit, then later in the day.  I will have to check finances.  I have feed for ducks and birds first, in need, then more waterers.  I would like to have three sets of the largest, three sets of the middle size, and a couple sets of the smaller ones.  Then, perhaps, a small rack, so when they are cleaned and filled, they will be ready to go at a moment's notice.

I have given the girls a snack, right off.  After a bit of waking and research, then gaming, I'll get to the ducks and rabbits at sunrise, or a bit after.  Then the girls will get a real full meal.  Twice a day, they get canned.  Plus they have all the hard cat food they can eat, and snacks three to four times a day.  No, I... don't mind missing a can or two a week, or skipping a snack time once every few days.  They have it... pretty good.

Not doing poorly this morning, if not doing exceptionally well.  Pains, aches, and sleepy.  But no extreme, even as a group.  Just... a mildly uncomfortable morning.  Which... doesn't matter.  Either I can or can't get to things.  I am thinking, just maybe, today I'll get more going.  Chicken baked, cooled, then the meat removed.  Perhaps the soup started from that.  Then some cleaning in the bathroom, and kitchen, plus a shower.  As well as a whole litter change for the three boxes.  On top of the daily chores.  Oh, and maybe more laundry.  Possible.  Maybe.  Doubts?  Of course.  Shut up!  :p

Oh... it's Sunday!  I'll get some extra prayers in, perhaps look over the bible readings.  Should do that daily, but it... isn't always possible?  No, it... might be possible.  And, as with most days, a good morning to Jesus and Mary.  I'll bet they enjoy a hail greeting as a joy, for they so rarely get just... common courtesies.  They are people too, you know.  Good morning and day.  Now get off my porch!