Almost made it to midnight.

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I think it was 11:43.  That's as long as I could stay down.  I woke a bit before, turned on the space heater, gave it five or six minutes.  Wanted to give it more, just couldn't stay down any longer.  That did take the crisp out of the air.  Nice.  Didn't warm it to any great extent, just... eased the cold from bed to my dressing bench.

Sassy came up.  Would have napped a while with me, but I just couldn't sleep more.  A rough morning, a bit.  Achy neck.  Sleep wrong?  Or... something else?  Not terrible, just enough.  And a bit of a headache.  I'll check bp this morning, some time.  Blood sugar is 129 fasting.  Okay.  Not great, but I've definitely had worse.

It is 25 out there.  It thawed a bit yesterday, got up to 32 to 33, at least.  May have gotten higher, but I didn't see that.  Though, to be honest?  While it was definitely a winter day, it wasn't a pretty one.  Dirty, dingy, foggy, looked more like an industrial thing.  Can't be beautiful every day, I suppose.  Some of us aren't pretty on any day, so there is that.  *grins*

I continue reading the Infographic Guide To Grammar.  I'm really liking it.  Very simple, but very solid.  And, there are a few areas I am going to pull out pen and paper and do some study.  Adverbs, adjectives, and what words can work for both.  Plus, figure out how some things are used, and very specifically.  A fast man verses a man who runs quickly?  I want to... play with those things, just... to get those.  Most likely I have a solid grasp of those.  I just... want... a bit more depth, surety, more of a solid basis.

And, there will be others.  Nouns?  I have.  Verbs?  Pretty good, though I'd like to dig into tenses again, much more thoroughly.  Spanish, and other foreign languages, have, or have had, much deeper tense patterns.  Or it seems so.  Like... German had tenses for past tense dream/theory situations.  Very specific.  And to think, the German language was born of fairy tales by the brothers Grimm.  They codified the language.  Oh, sure, it changed.  Even they made changes as they went along.  But they brought a seeming thousand tongues into one, formed a nation out of groups of tiny kingdoms.  For better, worse?  Who ever knows with certainty.

Oh?  I don't know.  The goal, today?  To do the laundry upstairs, get another load through.  Get the clean laundry down here, up there, for the next time.  And... to cook and eat something.  Well, and take care of Sassy.  As well?  To begin clearing this front room, in case a guest should... show.  May happen.  But, to rest a bit.  The last few days have gotten to me. 

I am pleased with what has been done.  I like what I am doing.  I am just worn for it.  The weather, the new "diet", and else, have me pretty tired.  Age, that must be a part of it.  Life is different, past a certain age.  I slept through to this age, so didn't realize it was coming so harshly.  Not fair, I'd like to shout.  But the world isn't fair.  And, in many ways, I have had an easy boost to age.  Didn't have to suffer as much of life as others?  Fair?  What... is fair?  Fairness?

I have cheated death.  I have cheated a life as a thrall.  I have escaped many of the indignities life presents those just trying to get by.  I... can't say... life is fair.  But I am not sure I got the worst of it.  I can't complain.  If, too, I can't seem to die.  Odd, how life works.  Nobody thinks life is fair, but nobody has it worst?  And, those who died young were the luckiest of all, should their souls have been in a good spot.  If, too, how  many young are truly in a good spiritual order?  Ugh.  Later.