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Wasn't down until 23:15, give or take a few.  Up at 5:00, if I didn't haul out until more like 5:30.  Why awake so early?  I just can't say.  It doesn't make sense to me.  But I am happy to be awake early, and hoping to stay awake through the day.  No nap if possible.  It might be rough for a few days, until bedtimes match more accurately with waking times and sleep times.  Eight hours is best, usually.  In the summer, six might do, sometimes.  Ten or twelve aren't completely unusual.  Meh.

Teeth brushed, dressed warmly enough to go outside, if not to town.  Longer compression socks, today.  Water is staying off, mostly.  Still, I like to wear various compression socks, from time to time.  If I get a divot in one or both leg, from just wearing socks, compression socks can iron that out, remove or reduce water being held there.

Without medicine, I had feared out-of-control water retention.  But, no.  The pills cause that problem, requiring water pills.  Pills are probably better, if the ones which were the hardest on my organs were water pills.  So, I can't call that, not absolutely.  My heart does... get sore, tired, more often.  Though the medicines artificially controlled the number of beats, so I couldn't overwork.  It's all give or take?

I spilled something on the keyboard, a few days ago.  Strangely, to me, the board was okay, at first.  But, then, became stickier and stickier, on certain keys... q and e.  So, I washed the keyboard last night, and put it near a fan to dry out last night.  The keys that were a problem are fixed.  But, now, other keys are a bit too... difficult.  I'll probably just have to break down and buy a new keyboard.  Though, tonight, when I go to bed, I may give it another wash.  It's down to the comma, now.  And the spacebar?  But they are just slightly tacky.  The q was sticking, the e just took some work to get to print.  Bleh.

Teeth brushed, coffee water heating.  I have to admit, if I could get back to whole coffee beans, and grinding them myself, I would.  I have proved I can use freeze dried.  But I also must admit that isn't preferred.  Like everything else that is freeze dried, there is a cardboard in the stomach sense to it.  I may just put the rest of the freeze dried stuff up for storage.  Not sure how long it's shelf life is, but, to keep it in rotation, I could use my mix once or twice a year, when money gets tight, or getting out becomes difficult.  Yeah, that might be how I do it.  I'll just use up what I have in stock, then try to get fresh once, or better twice, a month.  Probably go back to french press, that or flow-through.  Then again, I was just starting cold brewing.  That was... far more delicious than anything save french press, fresh.  But, far easier to keep up on?  Perhaps a mix of those, depending on my particular abilities on a given day?  Yea.

Hoping to get the freezertop cleared and cleaned, dished reset then finished, and maybe something to eat.  Something a bit more real.  Eggs, bacon, maybe corned beef hash.  That's a lot of carbs, but it's probably all I'll have for today.  Other than a few fatted coffees, a few kefirs, and water... which have very few, and betters sorts of, carbs.

Snowed, an inch?  It's 28, but sort of slushy out there?  Pretty, if... I need to get the plow on the garden tractor.  Getting wetter snow, lately.  Can't complain, too much, as any snow we get is probably a very good thing, especially if it stays around enough for spring.  We'll see.  Need it, desperately.  Or... so we are told.  Do I believe?  I believe almost nothing the news reports.  Can't say they didn't do it to themselves.  So, no.  Who knows what is really going on, other than that we will never be told the truth.  They can't make extra money, in various corrupt ways, if everyone knows.

On to... waking, gaming, and hopefully some work.  Good morning, day, or whatnot.  I forgot to pray last night, to bed to late.  I'll keep you in them this morning... fool or genius, not sure which is worse; priest, pauper, nun, laity, rich, poor... you get the drill.  Some of you by name, Mike, foamy, Jean and family, and some of you others.  Even some of you I don't like.  To your health.