Yea, well, awake.

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I have been awake since 20:30?  Give or take a score or minutes.  It's 22:40, and I'm not sure... what I have been doing.  I did get Sassy fed.

She has been eating the chunky foods, with gravy, lately.  But I used something else.  Pate.  Or, half pate, half of the gravy stuff.  I put two packages of her wet food up, so as to have feed out for her, for a month, or nearly.  And, I stack them with alternating foods each day.  Anyway, I... had worried.  I thought she didn't like pate.

As it turns out, whether she did or didn't, she sure enjoyed it this time.  It's been several months since she has had pate.  All good.  I do keep to one brand, but I use many of their various flavors and textures.  To be honest, Sassy is a pretty good eater.  I think it may have been Sam who was picky?  Or... about textures?  Can't... remember, fully.  One of them really didn't like it, and I had thought it was Sassy.  Though it might have been a particular flavor?  Since they don't talk, I don't always, exactly, understand.  It isn't spoiling a cat, to not feed it what it won't eat.  That is just taking care of the creature.

So, why did I put the pate in the lineup?  I didn't realize it was pate, until it was opened.  Then, I wanted to see if she would eat it.  She didn't so much eat it, as devour it.  She seemed quite pleased with the change of pace.  So...  Otherwise I would have dumped it, and gotten her food she will eat.  But, no problems.

Hmm... went looking for something, got lost for an hour.  Anyway... back?  Probably.  Oh... about bikes, a motorcycle that is?  I am beginning to look for tools, more specifically for it.  Mostly looking at Japanese bikes, so, looking at metric tools.  But, also looking for small, multifunctional, easy to carry type of tools.  Though some tools can be kept at home, some are wanted for the bike, especially for any off-road touring.

Now, off-road, for a motorcycle, isn't the exact same as it is for four-wheel vehicles.  There is some crossover.  But, no mudding, for example.  And, for biking, I wouldn't go literally off-road.  Oh, you can, as was shown with the Darien Gap video.  I mean, you can.  But they were hauling that bike as much, or more, than they were riding it.  It wasn't transport, is what I mean, it was dead luggage.  No thank you.  

But, dirt roads, old mountain logging roads, and, maybe, a few odd places which offer challenges, such as mountain trails, game trails, or such.  You can go where no one has gone before, try to find a new way, but that... like other such things, is risk taking beyond my interest.  I have already proven what I need to prove, to whom that was necessary (or not).  If I need to do something risky, I'll do it.  But if not necessary, I won't.

Anyway, even for what I am thinking, I would want tools, gear, expendables (such as tube kits, if I go that way, wiring, fuses).  The question is, how much can you practically take.  What can you do with a small pack?  How much can you minimize?  If you have everything, and time, plus some food and water, you... can sort things out.  Which includes your particular motorcycle manual, if most likely on your phone.  Still, it will work.  However, having nothing, being fifty or a hundred miles out, you will be n a survival journey.  A hundred miles, in the wrong place, is a death sentence.  Even if there is a clear road to follow.

So, yeah, I have been shopping, buying some things already, and... sorting.  Further?  I'll be buying a helmet, padded jacket, pants, and bike boots, before I ever begin leaning into a bike.  I'll probably spend the next three to five months looking at gear, at bikes, seeing what is available, and such.  Then, won't begin considering buying until spring.  If someone had been serious about the house, that would have changed things.  As is?  It'll... just have to wait.  Though, if there is a way to train on motorcycles, without owning one, and getting my license, I may see about that.

Well... there you go.  I will be getting a motorcycle, probably next spring.  If possible.  It may not be what I want, to start out.  Just... a starter bike, in the 650 or larger size.  Just local transport, and a learning device.  But it should work.  And, by then, I will have minimal protection and most of the equipment and tools I need, both for the shop and on the bike for trips.  Or, that is the theory.

Down to 63, right at midnight.  I suppose, after two interruptions, I will finish this post.  Later.