Down and up late.

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I believe it was 00:23 when I went down, 24:23 if you prefer, or nearly midnight thirty.  Up at about 10:45?  Or so.  It is 32 out there, and somewhere between snowing and raining.  But the house is staying warm without struggling.  Weather trimming on the doors really did a thing.  It is 61 upstairs this morning.  The downstairs stays between 68 and 74 (if warmer in this front room, now that the door doesn't leak like a sieve, and when I am stetting here most of the day, with the machines on).  

Hmm, it actually started out at 70 this morning.  I unplug everything, including the router.  So there is no heat from any of that, nor would there be residual heat.  Odd.

No dreams of fighting, war, or such, finally.  I did dream of driving on icy, snowy, slushy, and just wet roads.  But... I like to do that.  I like the challenge, especially if there aren't any real consequences.  I had a youngish, 25 to 35 year old nice looking woman along.  No, we didn't go there.  Had to shower together once, but did it... as politely as possible.  Not my druthers, but... the right way.  Though, I think, perhaps, we were headed toward something.  I just don't have sex, even in dreams, mostly.

There was someone else on the road.  Not sure if it was a contest, or he was somehow the boss, but... I had fun slightly competing with him, or going beyond his expectations.  But, not recklessly, just... skillfully.  He was more like an older father type figure, and a bit... nervous about both of us.  Just being careful.  I just knew we had places to go, things to do.  Actually, it was the dream which made me check outdoors first thing, for certain.  I... was almost sure the dream was, or was coming, a potential reality.  It might stop raining/sleeting/snowing now, dry up, and the sun come out, but my notions were already right.  What I was dreaming was happening.  Though I suspect we... will get some more, for a day or two?  Who knows though, ever, for sure.

Wednesday?  And my body doesn't hurt.  There is some mild internal pain.  But it is so small, distant seeming, almost more an echo than a direct thing.  

Blood sugar is 195 fasting.  It was maintained at 120 all through yesterday, giver or take a few points.  Not... sure why it is running hot.  I have been careful.  I am taking insulin, each meal, as little as 6 cc's, as high as 16 cc's.  Plus the slow acting stuff, nightly.  And, I am eating carefully.  I just don't get it.

Anyway... a good morning, with potential for a great day.  I did order one last thing, cat food.  I ordered some last month, and with what I ordered this month, I should be in pretty good shape for, say, five to seven months?  If I can keep the thieves out.  Which... is only going so-so.  What I realize is they are still getting in, but taking less.  Fewer items, less often.  But they are trimming things, here and there.  I have learned how to check.  Difficult to keep up on though.  Whole groups of things go missing, if I haven't used them in a while.  A placket of pineapple, for example, just gone.  I was specifically saving that for some food experiments.  Not sure when it went missing, hadn't been checking on it recently.  Though often it is just a few cans at a time.

Anyway... on to my day.  A coffee, a shower when I can do something...  As for gaming?  I moved on to an old game I played.  Witcher 3.  I did, sort of, finally, finish it.  But the game was literally falling apart by the time I got to the end.  Not sure if it was because I had too many items in storage, or played too long at a time and it's programing was limited that way, or what.  But whole parts of cities would no longer render, chunks of side quests were no longer able to be completed.  It was, pretty much, what Cyberpunk was when it first came out.  There was no chance to try to finish the game with the other potential endings.  I didn't even have a choice.  The ending I got was all that was allowed at about two thirds the way through the game.  The other options ended in game-killing bugs, or the options were available.  We'll see if they have corrected any of it.  Doubtful.

Most open world games fall victim to limits they don't tell us about.  And, some of us are collectors.  When you have a certain number of certain types of things, I think the game rips.  At that point, getting rid of the things is too late.  The trick is to pick a few specialty items, which are hard to find, and just keep those, in limited number, but just in one area.  If you want armor?  Do that,  Weapons, do that.  Potions or whatever?  Do that.  But don't even do two, though certainly not three, of those component areas with even rare collectibles.  Games are simply limited.

Well... on to some coffee.  Oh, and I may begin making kefir chia and occasionally oatmeal breakfasts, for curing overnight.  Now that kefir is back on the menu.  And, I think, I will cut to two jars of kefir curing per night, and put one of those into the fridge, as a backup.  Changing it out every other week or so.  Just put a couple tablespoons, or one, in, and fresh milk.  But I'll wash it out, first.  That really helps slow down the process.  And I want it to go slowly.  Later.