Finally!

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I'm telling you, that laundry just would not dry!  Run after run, it just wouldn't work.  Not just one load, four loads.  I even reduced load sizes after having so much trouble with that first load.  Brutal.  Still, done.  Finally.

The towels, both bath and kitchen, were folded.  As were the pillow cases and sheathes.  Bath towels are up, kitchen towels... well... I don't have a right place for them, currently.  I may just use a box, for now.  The pillow items will go up, with the clothes, and be put into an airtight bag.

I need to check the pillows.  if the cases and sheathes have kept them in good order, I will just replace those.  If my musky odor has gotten through, I'll just toss them.  I have tried to wash them, that just doesn't work.  Then again, my new trick of using vinegar in the bleach dispenser, in the 'softener' dispenser, and right in with the load as it washes, has really proved quite successful.

It works on towels which have gotten a seriously sketchy, on shirts or other clothes which I wore too long and then left to become truly infused with my musk, even clothes which have gotten mold, mildew, or else, on top of the worst I could throw at them.  So... I might try the wash, with the new method, if they are a bit musky.  But they only get one run.  If that doesn't work, out they go.

I do have a new set, if need be.  Buy them, keep them in their compressed form, inside the airtight delivery, and they are quite nice when brought out for use.  They just need a little time to fluff, and a little work at getting them to do that.  But, really, just a very little bit of effort, even for me... or how I count things.

Items arrived.  Ordering a few things for a warmer winter.  The house is really doing very much better.  I am doing better, seeming to have acclimated to the low 70s very well.  I was beginning to worry that my cold resistance was completely gone, because of the carnivore diet.

That isn't the case.  My problem was that I was finally able to tolerate right into the 80s, even 90s, without much trouble.  But it took a while to get used to slightly cooler.  It's just that I was able to truly handle serious heat, but that meant coming down took some time.  I am now curious how well I can handle real cold.  I used to be able to handle down to, say, negative 40 fairly well.  Below that was... tight.  But negative forty was... while not comfortable, literally wasn't dangerous to me, when dressed correctly... if modestly for that weather, compared to most folk.

On keto, I was having some problems.  Only comfortable to zero to negative twenty.  It was odd, but I just... couldn't handle the cold like I used to be able to manage.  Now?  We'll see.  I'd like to check it, test it, push it.

I have woolen base layers, very good woolen socks, proper sock liners, correct boots, and a coat made for severe cold.  I need gloves.  And need to see if the various bits and bells to go with that are still around, and in good order.  I want to try to get out, in the winter.  If I end up going overseas, I want to remember... the cold... the mountains... and such.  At least until I can find a wife, and get us to Argentina.

But, I don't want to die doing so.  I'm also thinking of adding a silk layer.  No, silk isn't... what people think.  That's nylon.  Silk isn't... funny, or odd.  It's just like a type of wool.  By feel, at least the good stuff, for layering, if in my opinion.  Synthetic is okay, if you can wash it after one use, and use plenty of vinegar from time to time.  Cheap, too.  But doesn't hold up well.  Silk and wool will fall apart in time, but... synthetics... do okay, then just rot off the body almost.

I finished the macadamia nuts.  I... don't think I'll order those again.  I... eat far too many of them.  Can't stop.  So, yeah.  Tuna arrived today.  I have most of it in the drop in, a few in the fridge freezer, and one out thawing.  Was going to fast for several days, and will.  I just... want to try one of those tomorrow.  I'll give a few away, as well.

On with the day.  Might be crashing a bit early today.  That stupid laundry was the death of me.  Just refused to finish!  But, done.  Oh, but there are a few more boxes in.  Would like to get those broken down.  And, might hit the kitchen just a bit.

Ah, a couple of adds for my soups and stews, maybe.  Powdered shirataki mushrooms and powdered anchovies.  Odd things, to some.  But... it really adds that fifth flavor profile that shouldn't be names, but the Japanese named it anyway.  Or... stole the name from elsewhere?  Not certain, but, umami.  Yes.  There is that, and a few others.  Some which truly aren't named.  Some are to do with flavor, some are more textural?

If you love food, you... especially if you have escaped gourmand and truly found gourmet?  You... will begin knowing these things.  You will know when food is right, not just by flavor, color, density, and such, but there will be a sense.  Even if it is bad food, it can be done more correctly.  French fries are terrible for you.  But, if fried in tallow, with the starch having been removed, fried twice, at two different temperatures.  There is... something about them that is... better.  I'm not even sure you can find such food at this point in time, anywhere, maybe not even at three to five star restaurants.  They... aren't... and never were... what they seemed anyway.  Much as, when I say, Einstein wasn't Einstein?  Nothing was ever what... it was sold as.

Hungry.  But not sure I can do much about it.  Hmm, maybe a few cans of veggies?  Oh!  I did buy the mix pack of veggies.  Steaming those would be a delight, with butter.  Yes... use it all, since I don't have meat.  Add butter.  Call it good.  Later.