Not bad.

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It took two snoozes before I was, mostly, sure I was awake.  I turned off the alarm, with some surety, packed in with hope.  But, yes, finally, I got up.  It was 67 F, near me, 64 in the rest of the room, with windows open and a fan going on high.  Ugh.  Outside temperature, this morning, is 40~41.  Too sleepy to quite be able to pick one, exactly.  Just... in there.

Blood sugar was 216 fasting.  Not perfect, but with a good downward trend again, after messing up, or it just shifting because, or something as such the last day or two.  As mentioned, I am pushing intermittent fasting along, trying that.  I'll see.  But, the goal, today, is to not consume calories until noon.  A few hours later.  

Though, to be honest, I get tired of pushing things, changing things, and such, every day.  Which has been a lot, with several changes, every day, for... a while now.  So, the goal is to live with the first meal at noon for... a few days?  Ugh, unless I can make it to a weekday mass.  But that is... different?  Maybe.

I thought about weighing in, but I think twice a week, as is, is pushing it.  Some believe in doing it daily though?  That sounds like a model in frustration?  I'll see what more people think about daily weigh-ins... in the keto/carnivore groups.  The other groups... don't... seem to make as much sense, in a lot of ways, to me.

I can have coffee, just water, and maybe electrolytes in the water?  I'm not sure about vinegar, if I'm not sure I want vinegar on an empty stomach.  To be frank, coffee on an empty stomach is pushing things.  It's... a bit acidic, odd, in there.  Still, it's what I have, and some caffeine is good first thing... needed.

Today?  Oh, trash.  I need to get that out.  After coffee.  I have set a timer, and will feed Sassy when it goes off.  I really don't want her thinking I will feed her as soon as I wake, especially now that I am beginning to regulate my sleep patterns.  As well, the pipe needs fixed, TODAY!  Hmm, oh and a shower, probably before long.  How about after taking trash and maybe recycling out?  Check.

As well, I would like to get out to the yard, begin raking.  I don't know that I have the energy to hit the whole thing, or even half, at a time.  But if I can do the front yard, or half of it, today.  And, maybe, hitting one or two sections per day, through the day?  Then more tomorrow.  Finishing sometime this week?  Wednesday?  Thursday if I don't quite have it to push through as fast?  That would be good enough.  And, there is some wood processing in the back yard, as well.  When done, I can mow for the first time, and set up sprinklers.  Won't be running them, probably, for a bit.  But as soon as I start seeing any need or want, I will begin watering.

No major headache this morning.  Just a slight button headache, at the bast of my skull, from the same things causing the last headache.  Nothing of great concern, no painkillers needed.  I keep waiting for my sleep score to pop, on the device.  It takes it's time.  I guess it is making sure I am well and fully awake?  Perhaps, as I sit, it can't quite call it?  It did say I got my first full eight hours of sleep last night.  See, I didn't even realize I hadn't been getting eight hours.  Then again, I set the alarm for waking, but had begun going to bed later.

Odd how a little watch, which keeps me connected with the hours of the day, wakes me up, and lets me know it's bedtime, can make such a huge difference?  Though, I have to be honest, I have tried all these things before.  I just wasn't able to use them, in their time.

I suspect, even with no meds available currently, the medicine did do some good.  Further, knowing the problem, the real problem, allowed me to shift my focus.  To aim to heal that which cursed me, not some boogey man illness that had nothing to do with me... depression, bi-polar, whatever they called it.  It changed every few years.  Liars, thieves, scoundrals.  Should be chased out of business.  Anyway, so... yes, I am ready to begin... trying to regain some of my life.  The improvements, in the last month, probably increasing thirty to fifty percent with the watch, are vast.

I'll see how long I can continue to wake at four.  Especially when adding load, like raking, working on the pipe, laundry, and such.  I know I will... hit problems, bottom.  Can the watch help me take a nap, and keep it short?  Can I continue to wake, even after having burned through all my energy reserves?  Can I go to bed when needed when overheated... figuring out how to cool off deeply and quickly enough to sleep on time?  I'll find out.

Now, to get a cup of coffee, trash and recycling collected and out, a shower had, and then to get Sassy fed.  Yes, a start.

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Trash was collected, and recycling.  Then taken out.  Trash was taken to the curb.  Didn't see any other recycling bins out, though it is dark and early.  I'll check a bit later.  The recycling bin is two thirds full, so... would like that to go when possible.  Could crush it down, a lot, but don't want to have to do that.

I bagged the bins I emptied, and put them all back in place.  And, while finding the dewalt flashlight, then checking the battery level, I decided to charge that battery and put a new one in.  Checked another tool while at it.  Just down one bar, but found a fresh and will charge that one too.

Then finished the coffee.  Will begin sipping it as it cools.  A double expresso, watered down to four to five ounces per shot.  Good enough for me.  Next, to get a shower at about on the hour, then feed Sassy when I finish.  Then rest and wake, a bit, before hitting the pipes and else.