Sleep!

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Around 11:00(?), the electricity went down.  The whole town, it seems, went out.  Now, it happens.  Usually a quick outage, even a blink, then back to it.  Not this time.  Half an hour in, I called.  That is when I learned the size of the outage.  Oh, the whole town isn't... a lot, mind you.  In the Shire, there are a whopping 700 affected.  Still, small people can get a bit unhappy if something does, or doesn't, happen, that should, or shouldn't.  Though, too, most just find something else to do, and maybe call a people else or two, and chatter about the problem.

Me?  I... I couldn't stay awake.  I am just waking, at about 18:00.  Not sure exactly when I went in, though I think pretty much immediately after placing the call, or very shortly after.  So tired.  I'm not sure I am actually awake now.  Although, now, I understand why I am just surfing the internet mindlessly.  It's... all I can do.

It is 66 upstairs, downstairs in both zones, and it is 52 outside?  And, it looks like it rained more through the day?  It sure looks like it.  It feels wonderful, but... so tired.  Sleepy too.  Exhausted beyond my means to handle.  If I can't wake well, I'll have to go on back to sleep.  So incredibly tired.  Breaking out will be a trick.  I had coffee in the making, when electricity went out.  I suppose I could have done a trick or three, to get water heated, but couldn't stay awake anyway.  So, coffee, in a short bit.  With protein and enough fat to make it something like a meal replacement... a lite one, but... something.

Sore, too, for whatever reason.  I must have gone in like a log, and slept on my shoulder wrong.  I was sleeping so tightly, I couldn't roll.  Ugh.  Oh... one of the things which arrived was a newer sort of lemon sardines.  A brand I trust, as much as that is possible.  The old one has a somewhat sketch seal over the top.  At first I thought it was plastic.  After reviewing it, again, recently, I think it is foil.  Which... actually... isn't terrible.  Though it is easier to rip through, than a tin lid.  Only, really, an important distinction if one were traveling with it.  But... that is a possibility.  I'll try this lemon sardine type, perhaps now.  If I like it, I'll eat up the other lemon sardines and then just do reorders with this one.

I know, picky.  But I am doing everything I can to make sure my foods are good.  I am even putting potato flakes in the freezer, for several days, to make sure the bug eggs in them are killed.  Or... to do my best, try.  Yes, they... do that.  There is a certain amount of "other" allowed.  And, whether on purpose or not, it seems bug eggs are a common "accidental" addition.  I swear, they clear areas, then put very select dustpan parts in the food.  It all but ensures shelf-stable food isn't.  You'd like to think brand names wouldn't do that.  I am beginning to believe they do it more than any other.

Anyway... yes.  Picky.  And, I attempt to be more clever than what I face.  Or... as much as that is possible.  Picking better, handling better, managing... to the point that I am able however, too, mind you.  Being this close to death, so that an electrical outage causes me to crash, because I have to be able to surf the internet just to stay awake?  Then again, even so, I may not be able to stay awake.  Ugh.

Later.

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Not as lemony as the other brand, but it will do, and nicely.  That was more of a mackerel, I think, and thus without skin and bone.  So, this sardine has it all.  Well, save the tail.  And, while I like the idea of the tail, to be honest, those aren't the tastiest part.  I will eat them, and in a way gladly, but begrudgingly in truth.  Much milder, on the lemon flavor, but... a more mature flavor.  I am satisfied.  It's always good to find a slightly improved option.  Will miss the old stuff, but I have a placket or two, of a dozen, left.  I'll enjoy them to their ends.

As to staying awake?  I don't quite yet know.  Coffee is good, but... I... don't think it is having any effect on sleepiness.  I had hoped, if doubted.  When I am this tired not much can help.  Well, and it is so cool.  It's like the weather floor dropped out from under me, again.  As if the world yawned, and swallowed me.