When does a pack become a herd?

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Good golly, Miss Molly.  Dreams.  But... I think it's not just from my side.  Nay.

I was down, asleep, hard, until four.  Then I started waking.  Sassy didn't want to wake up that early, though, so I couldn't, didn't, wouldn't either.  "Food"?  - meow... non-committal...  Finally, around four thirty, after several times, she decided food might be good, roused, and started heading out.

It still took me another fifteen to fully wake enough to get going.  Ten?  Well, but I had to bandage my old wound fresh this morning, as the bandage from last night came off during the night.  Some nights are roller coasters, last night must have been one.  Not from the dreams, or directly, just... because.

I have almost sorted warmth.  Using light compression, while I sleep... medium?  That helps keep blood flowing up and down the legs.  The feet were still cold.  So I may add socks, or toeless heavier compression socks, for those.  I just hate sleeping with my toes boxed in.  Well, unless it is wool or cotton socks... with some breathability to it.  Compression socks breath as well as plastic bags, or... closer to that.

Coffee first thing.  Sassy has been fed.  I need to attend her litter boxes, change her water.  The goal is another shower.  And... I think laundry needs cycled.  If I can get a shower shortly, I'll put dishes in, as well.  Get that at least started.  We'll see if I can't get life back on track.  Medicine in, already.  Though I have run out of potassium.  I best get that ordered this morning.  Pretty vital stuff, while taking waterpills.  Bleh.

Oh, I really need to clear off the freezer.  To pull meat to thaw, to put meat into the fridge freezer... get that fully restocked.  To take stock of what I have in there.  And to prep for dishes.  That's where I air dry them, after hand drying them.  Hand drying isn't as sanitary.  But, I hate streaky dishes, pots, pans, and else.  Trade-offs.

I am glad to have gone all stainless.  From pots and pans to cookie sheets and roaster.  I first got rid of non-stick.  Did you know non-stick has a shelf-life, before it starts leaching (or more heavily)?  Yeah.  You can't buy a pan good enough to last beyond a few years.  Then I got rid of aluminum.  They sneak that in everywhere.  I'm not sure if the coated, or uncoated, is the most unsafe.  But... it is unsafe.

Why?  Because stainless doesn't react with any food.  It can be cleaned to the shine.  It's lighter than cast, even carbon steel.  Of course, that was the start.  Then I did go into cast, and carbon steel.  To try them out.  I would say, for most things, carbon steel is the best.  But, like cast iron, it takes a higher level of care, maintenance.  It also needs to be cured, or made to be non-stick.

Though, to be honest?  When you get better at cooking, a good triple layer or more stainless pan will do everything a carbon steel pan will do.  Sear, fry, even mildly baste... with a lid of some sort.  And, if done right, you don't need non-stick.  Carbon steel and cast are easier to clean, if you get right to it.  But you can hit stainless with everything in your kit, without worrying about the coating.  Just... thinking...  My diet started, actually, with changing my pots and pans.  If now I am more aiming at using a flat grill, of some sort of steel.  I think it would be more carbon steel?  I did avoid griddles with coatings of any nature.  Who knows what is in that.

Ah... the... pack to herd thing?  I think someone is flirting.

*grins*  *blush*

I... yes.  Look, they are pretty high-strung little creatures.

A few in the tube settles her a bit?  Yes, but the first few years are sure fun.

Terrifying too.  But... beautifully so.

There are more.  But... for now at least, those are for me.  Mine.  I don't share everything.  Hmm?  Oh, they arrived in the feed this morning.  I just picked a few I liked, and sorted out a few to share, that I dare share.  I... sure like the thoughts.  I'll... share some others, later.  Ones that... help bring me down, safely?  I like to think so.  Good morning, day, later.