Pushing it a bit longer.

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It is noon.  I could, as I had suggested, eat.  I could.  Or I could hold off and begin my consumption at 14:00.  Two hours later?  Can I make it?  Oh, I can make it.  Do I want to?  No.  No, and, yet, yes.  So?  So I will wait.  Oh, I want food.  Especially since I have been watching as the hours passed.  Knowing I would get to eat at noon.

No, I'll wait.  And suffer, mostly quietly.  Not only is it a small, and extra, willfull deprivation?  It is going to be offered to God, with gratitude for the opportunity.  A... prayer, given in thanks for the world, another chance, and even the suffering.  I have learned so very much from that.  Grown.  Still as less than a child, but I am... asking He wait up for me, and He is.

On the extra good side?  I won't need to push the fasting clock again.  As well, going to mass won't be a complication with the time, weekday masses that is.  I still am hoping to get to a mass or two each week, as I begin swimming.  Complicated, but... possibly doable.  While out, two birds with one stone.  It's just that getting to both... there is a four hour separation, so I have to figure out what I can do, quietly, for four hours, out of my house!  I... haven't done that in... years.

I am going for an omelet, or two, bacon, and sausage.  Nothing fancy.  Perhaps diced onion and tomato.  I need more garlic, for pickled eggs.  But I think that is it.  I have a recipe written out, and ready.  Today?  Tomorrow?  We'll see.

Partly cloudy?  It is, or was.  Up to 76 outside.  So I am shutting the house.  It is cooler in here, for now.  Not sure, may keep the windows open upstairs, and leave a fan on.  Not sure if that will help or hurt.

If I can, I'd like to get into town, for garlic.  Anything else?  Oh, maybe pick up what the store has in my order.  Right.  They did call this morning, to let me know it was ready.  All good.  Might as well get them both, oh, and return some shirts I ordered.  White undershirts.  One was larger, but way too large.  The other was one size smaller, but too small.  Different brands, as neither had both sizes I wanted to try.  And, when reordering, only one had a size that might fit.  So...  I have five shirts to return... can't ever get multipacks in... just the exact size either.  Bleh.  I... do what I can.

So, I'll see.  What is it I have to do?  Oh, a shower, then get laundry going.  I'll hold off on dishes for a while.  They are almost completely caught up, but I need the bin from downstairs for the last loads.  Everything remaining is very large.  Bleh.  Time to shower?  Well... just... a little more rest.  At 13:00...  a shower, then drying off, then getting dressed.  I may put laundry in the washing machine and have it ready to go... right now.  But run it after the shower.  It sometimes takes a long time, in those efficiency machines.

Yes... yes, I think I will.

I... do wonder... who is out there.  If nothing else, it makes me... smile.

I... may be... missing something.  All good.  *wink*