As I laid me down to...

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Well, not quite.  But it was getting about that time to begin getting ready to go on to bed, a call.  Would I lend a hand?  I really had to stop and think.  It has been brutal, just staying up to where I got in the day.  So, staying up longer?  But, yes.  If I get an opportunity, unless my eyes are bleeding from staying awake, and maybe even then...  But there is a point of no return.  I had to consider if I was at that point, or beyond it.

While I hadn't showered today, I had showered yesterday.  In pajamas, but that could be altered quickly.  So, again, yes.  Yes, I can get going and be ready.

I changed, brushed the teeth.  Then remembered to feed the girls.  Then decided to check the water for the rabbits.  That was good, but food was low, or out, with some of them.  I thought to just feed them when I got back, then thought better of that plan.  I might be too bushed when returning.  So they were fed as well.  But I was all ready.

Just a bit of a drive, a little learning, and then some shopping.  Wood, for part of a construction, was selected and purchased.  Just a few hours, but it kept me awake until returning around 19:00, just at.  All good.

My mother had called, but I was busy at that moment, so I called back when I could.  Just a bit of news.  A crucifix ring, like the one I had... perhaps have, somewhere...  She had lost hers, too.  But it has been found.  Of her various pieces of jewelry, she gets a surprising amount of compliments on that one.  Just a silver reminder... rather humble, compared to diamonds and else.  Yet, there is something special about it.  The gift, even for the secular, it moves even the blind.  Shifts reality, a bit, back to... at least in the mind... where things were in the garden.  

No wonder they have killed God in public and often even private circles.  Even the mention of Christ Jesus' name, the symbol of His death, these... hurt that which is evil, and emboldens those who choose His way, best as we can.  To be honest, I wasn't sure mother would accept the ring.  She saw mine, and was... touched.  But that didn't necessarily mean she would want to wear such a brand of faith.  These things make you targets, if too, they frighten some people.  Seriously.  One woman was beginning to flirt, until she saw that.  Spooked out so fast... had to laugh.  And... thank God.  Not one I would wish to be flirting with.

I did have to rest, just a bit, before I could sleep.  I hadn't gotten cranky, or gone into suffering.  I was getting extremely tired, but had to... settle just a bit.  I would guess I was in bed in an hour, perhaps two at most.  And sleep was fantastic.  I did wake a few times, but mostly just slept well.  Two fans going, though, probably, just one from now on, at the foot of my sleeping roll, on low from now on.  Just... a little fresh air.  A window cracked open, a single fan, and very good sleep.

It is getting down into the high 50's up there.  Other than the window, open half an inch to inch, the place is closed.  I am sleeping warmly enough.  Odd, how sometimes, in the summer, 73 has become cool enough, even too cold at 71.  But I can sleep nicely at 57, probably down to the high 40s.  It may have something to do with humidity, and relative heat, from inside to out?  If it's 100 outside, and 73 in... or -20 to 60 outside, and 40 to 70 inside?  I am definitely cool to cold biased.

Well, on to... something.  Chores?  Not until after sunup.  A shower would be good, setting up dishes after that, and maybe dealing with some laundry?  Brushing teeth, clipping toenails... finger nails are already trimmed...  A few things, here and there.  Later.