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Which, as it turns out with, and surprisingly, I am fine with it. I simply can't make it to town today. The late start was not helpful, but wasn't the only problem. I simply had too much to do, and much of that was more involved than I had anticipated. However, there was some good learning and good work done. More? I am not finished. The problem is that I cannot shower, and get all else arranged and loaded up, in time to make it to the UPS. While I could make the parts and grocery store, and who knows I may even go for that... or not. I hate making back to back trips to town. Though I do have a lot to do in town, so it might not be a bad plan.
Yet to do is to finish tearing down and removing the labels from the boxes as needed. Taking a shower then setting up the next batch of dishes. Then dressing and putting the boxes and styrofoam, whatever will fit, into the auto. If there is an issue with having too much, I might have a trick to turn that into one trip.
It would be good to have new bulbs in the kitchen, though who ever knows if that is the real, or only, problem. I believe, since that is a pretty dark room, only getting natural light, and weakly, in the afternoon and later... plus this area being more winter than summer by far, I will be going with full spectrum. Now, I may be able to go led. I will probably start out with a couple of sets of regular bulbs, if the system seems to work, I may purchase the led for the next change, or even sooner. At least for the kitchen that would make sense. My kitchen overheads are on full time, while I am awake. They just are, so stuff it. It really isn't for the savings, though, that I would go with leds. It's that they last much longer, and are simply much more hardy. Well, and they can be tinkered with, in theory, to change the light. Though that might be a downfall, if I can't get them full spectrum? I'll do more research and ask while there. Though all things from employees must be taken with a massive grain of salt. No hate, just truth.
I'll keep at it. I need a break after digging through most of the boxes, coming right on the heels of opening up the overhead light box in the kitchen, having to had to dig through boxes that had started being put there so as to find tools elsewhere. UGH! Hmm, maybe a salad. You know, canned tuna, if it's the better kind, might go well with salads. So would cold meat leftovers, if I had some. Bleh. I best check the meats in the fridge. I hope they aren't over-ripe. Gah! GAH!
I'll... eat something, rest, but I think I can pretty much be set up for a quick run to town tomorrow. *sigh* Later. Oh, but... more painkillers. It's just the way it's gotta be.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Ugh!
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It took a while to wake. It took a while longer to get to some tasks. The few tasks done seemed to take forever. I collected all to be returned, packaged and labeled the packages, then hit the dishes I had left soaking last night. Next, after a break... yeah, I know... shouldn't need a break but there it is... I will get a shower in, then begin breaking down boxes. Finally, I'll find a few parts I want to return, and part I need to ensure I get the right parts this time, and then begin loading it all up.
I had a list of groceries and sundry, but... can't seem to find that. Makings for mirepoix, which I know, milk if that might not have been on the list, more lettuce and good cabbage if they have it... last time it was all looking bottom-of-the barrel. Oh, and light tubes for the kitchen. Bleh, one more thing to tinker with and dismantle. At least I am tall enough that it isn't too much of a hassle. It's getting a tube in, without breaking it. Though maybe I will, while on break, do a quick check on just what numbers to look for to determine replacements for fluorescent tubes. If I learn that, and practice, maybe it will become second nature?
UGH! Life can be so hard sometimes. Nothing is easy, nothing is simple, nothing just works, or at least when I have pushed beyond my element... which often just means getting out of bed! Oh well. I will keep at it. I will never, ever, get it all done. I won't even catch up. I can see why people like to bury themselves in office work. Though, even that, in time, seen with understand, is beyond control. It is simple enough to bury oneself in, however. UGH!
Well, I best look that tube id thing up, then finish my rest period, then get going. Good day.
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It took a while to wake. It took a while longer to get to some tasks. The few tasks done seemed to take forever. I collected all to be returned, packaged and labeled the packages, then hit the dishes I had left soaking last night. Next, after a break... yeah, I know... shouldn't need a break but there it is... I will get a shower in, then begin breaking down boxes. Finally, I'll find a few parts I want to return, and part I need to ensure I get the right parts this time, and then begin loading it all up.
I had a list of groceries and sundry, but... can't seem to find that. Makings for mirepoix, which I know, milk if that might not have been on the list, more lettuce and good cabbage if they have it... last time it was all looking bottom-of-the barrel. Oh, and light tubes for the kitchen. Bleh, one more thing to tinker with and dismantle. At least I am tall enough that it isn't too much of a hassle. It's getting a tube in, without breaking it. Though maybe I will, while on break, do a quick check on just what numbers to look for to determine replacements for fluorescent tubes. If I learn that, and practice, maybe it will become second nature?
UGH! Life can be so hard sometimes. Nothing is easy, nothing is simple, nothing just works, or at least when I have pushed beyond my element... which often just means getting out of bed! Oh well. I will keep at it. I will never, ever, get it all done. I won't even catch up. I can see why people like to bury themselves in office work. Though, even that, in time, seen with understand, is beyond control. It is simple enough to bury oneself in, however. UGH!
Well, I best look that tube id thing up, then finish my rest period, then get going. Good day.
Late.
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I was up a bit late finishing things and eating. Not that late, or too late, I thought. I was wrong. Fine, fine, live and learn. And I did want to finish the things I finished, and more actually. The salad was okay, but if you have ever made your own dressing, you know that letting it sit and meld for some decent number of hours but even better overnight is the best way to go. Still, I finally made mayo and then dressing after hankering for it for... a while now. I had a plate of it this morning too. Much better.
I need to get the returns packed and ready this morning. Then grab the parts to be returned and the to be used to ensure I am getting the right pieces. I need a galvanized pipe (or fitting and length of pipe) which has a female to straight pipe, and just a short length of pipe, then a rubber fitting and the glue they use for that. The rest I should have. With pvc, you can cut it with a number of tools. Still, I want to find my cutter before I go to town. I suppose the sawsall or one of the other saws would work, but I never can get it just straight and often have the ends splinter. I finer toothed saw, I suppose, but.... I thought I WAS using such last time. *sigh*
If I can get these things figured out and arranged in a short enough order, I hope, after a shower again today, to break down a bunch of boxes and put some of those and the styrofoam in the auto for a one-way trip to recycling. Three or four itches are attempted to be scratched at once. Not sure it will work out, will see.
I've already gulped down my hand of painkillers for the morning. If all goes well I should be good for the day unless I find the strength and/or will to do work when I return. If so, probably another handful of painkillers. I have bruises everywhere. When I move I move, but walls don't always join me. And parts of this house are stone. They move even less. But muscles have been pushed, flexibility has been shoved, on top of various bruising. All good, just a note.
Well worth it. If I can do just those things, I will sleep exceedingly well tonight. If I can toss in some dishes, set up the drain, and perhaps level one of the appliances? I will be in, if not seventh, third or fourth heaven? And I will sleep well. Tomorrow will have to tend itself. Though, maybe, if the washer is up and leveled tomorrow, I might be able to do the dryer or stove depending on my pain tolerance, then finish the dishes, and then beat back some of what is encroaching on what I had finished in order to get the appliances in.
I might really be losing, but I won't give up easily. Even if it kills me. Though... I would like to see it try. Again, again, again, again, again, again. *rictus grins* Later.
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I was up a bit late finishing things and eating. Not that late, or too late, I thought. I was wrong. Fine, fine, live and learn. And I did want to finish the things I finished, and more actually. The salad was okay, but if you have ever made your own dressing, you know that letting it sit and meld for some decent number of hours but even better overnight is the best way to go. Still, I finally made mayo and then dressing after hankering for it for... a while now. I had a plate of it this morning too. Much better.
I need to get the returns packed and ready this morning. Then grab the parts to be returned and the to be used to ensure I am getting the right pieces. I need a galvanized pipe (or fitting and length of pipe) which has a female to straight pipe, and just a short length of pipe, then a rubber fitting and the glue they use for that. The rest I should have. With pvc, you can cut it with a number of tools. Still, I want to find my cutter before I go to town. I suppose the sawsall or one of the other saws would work, but I never can get it just straight and often have the ends splinter. I finer toothed saw, I suppose, but.... I thought I WAS using such last time. *sigh*
If I can get these things figured out and arranged in a short enough order, I hope, after a shower again today, to break down a bunch of boxes and put some of those and the styrofoam in the auto for a one-way trip to recycling. Three or four itches are attempted to be scratched at once. Not sure it will work out, will see.
I've already gulped down my hand of painkillers for the morning. If all goes well I should be good for the day unless I find the strength and/or will to do work when I return. If so, probably another handful of painkillers. I have bruises everywhere. When I move I move, but walls don't always join me. And parts of this house are stone. They move even less. But muscles have been pushed, flexibility has been shoved, on top of various bruising. All good, just a note.
Well worth it. If I can do just those things, I will sleep exceedingly well tonight. If I can toss in some dishes, set up the drain, and perhaps level one of the appliances? I will be in, if not seventh, third or fourth heaven? And I will sleep well. Tomorrow will have to tend itself. Though, maybe, if the washer is up and leveled tomorrow, I might be able to do the dryer or stove depending on my pain tolerance, then finish the dishes, and then beat back some of what is encroaching on what I had finished in order to get the appliances in.
I might really be losing, but I won't give up easily. Even if it kills me. Though... I would like to see it try. Again, again, again, again, again, again. *rictus grins* Later.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
What in the world takes so long!?!
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I thought making mayo, then dressing, doing a couple of trays of dishes, and cleaning the romaine would be a snap. While I didn't race through it, I didn't shirk at all. A normal pace, which was quicker than slow. Just doing that has cost me most of my evening. The only thing else I will do is finish the lettuce. I have found that keeping it in a bunch buys some time to work on it. Then it needs to be leafed out, wrapped in paper towels in groups of about that size, then put into bags. At which point it lasts, say, another three to four days or more.
Beside running out of time, I am rather tired. It didn't seem like that much work. I suppose standing, and stooping to do dishes, simply added up in taking two hours, give or take. Yeah, I'll finish with the romaine. I might even hit the last small batch of dishes. If that works, I'll put in the big batch to an overnight soak. But that's it kids.
On the other hand, I think it took every trick I have in my inventory, from painpills and twice today, to extra heat, to timing things and resting between as needed. I might be a bear, but this is hibernation season... or some shorter term equivalent. I am pushing, and it is wearing on everything. But I have to continue to do so until I can sleep with a good conscience. I am well and truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. I best figure it out or the simple stress of pushing without success will get to me just as surely as just working too long. It might even be worse, somehow. You can always stop working, but you, or I, can't always stop thinking.
Yeah, I best get those last things out of the way. Any trash I might have wanted out, if I can't do it tomorrow before they arrive that is just the way it goes. Same with recycling, if I am pretty sure I can't do that in the morning before they arrive. I would only have one bag, and a small one, to go for that, so I really don't care. I am really hoping to get any and all other trash together and out though. Ugh.
Good night.
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I thought making mayo, then dressing, doing a couple of trays of dishes, and cleaning the romaine would be a snap. While I didn't race through it, I didn't shirk at all. A normal pace, which was quicker than slow. Just doing that has cost me most of my evening. The only thing else I will do is finish the lettuce. I have found that keeping it in a bunch buys some time to work on it. Then it needs to be leafed out, wrapped in paper towels in groups of about that size, then put into bags. At which point it lasts, say, another three to four days or more.
Beside running out of time, I am rather tired. It didn't seem like that much work. I suppose standing, and stooping to do dishes, simply added up in taking two hours, give or take. Yeah, I'll finish with the romaine. I might even hit the last small batch of dishes. If that works, I'll put in the big batch to an overnight soak. But that's it kids.
On the other hand, I think it took every trick I have in my inventory, from painpills and twice today, to extra heat, to timing things and resting between as needed. I might be a bear, but this is hibernation season... or some shorter term equivalent. I am pushing, and it is wearing on everything. But I have to continue to do so until I can sleep with a good conscience. I am well and truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. I best figure it out or the simple stress of pushing without success will get to me just as surely as just working too long. It might even be worse, somehow. You can always stop working, but you, or I, can't always stop thinking.
Yeah, I best get those last things out of the way. Any trash I might have wanted out, if I can't do it tomorrow before they arrive that is just the way it goes. Same with recycling, if I am pretty sure I can't do that in the morning before they arrive. I would only have one bag, and a small one, to go for that, so I really don't care. I am really hoping to get any and all other trash together and out though. Ugh.
Good night.
It's a good thing I looked things up.
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Pvc to metal... you don't use threaded connections. They seem to be wrong, at that store, every time. It might be directed though. Which means another trip to town. I need a rubber fitting, and length of galvanized with a female end and just a short length of straight pipe to bring it away from the wall. Yeah. I can return some parts, if I'm not sure I have the receipt. Perhaps they will do an exchange. I guess he either isn't an expert, not a good one, or really doesn't want to be helpful.
I did put some dishes in. I may yet finish those two small loads, from washing perhaps twice if needed, to rinsing, to drying and putting up. Maybe. I hope so, so as to put a larger load of dishes in. I may do another run on trash, just collecting the little baskets, or parts here and there. As well as getting a couple of leftovers that are past their prime on out while I am at it. Recycling too, if there isn't much, as mentioned, I may see how much cardboard I can take apart and set out.
It's not what I wanted. It simply has to do. I wish I could do research ahead of time. But getting into the store this last time was already pushing beyond my means. Sometimes I will fall short. I also plan on making fresh mayo and another batch of ranch dressing. Though I have heard it isn't so much spices that I might have been missing, but dehydrated onion bits? I may make a small batch just with that, instead of with the pack, to compare. Yeah... whatever. I just like to cut my costs and reliances on store-bought goods.
Actually, I'll get right to that. I want a salad tonight. It's not fancy, but I have been hungering for one for a while. When shopping, I got everything but lemon juice. Tonight, I asked the neighbors, and they had some they were willing to part with! So I can get mayo and dressing going. Yeah... I'm not doing great, not getting it all, but I seem to figure out where I went wrong and fix it when I finally can. Life is hard, I seem to be weak, fall down all the time. I will keep getting up, when I can. Yeah, salad dressing and on to a bite more, then on to those other things. Good night.
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Pvc to metal... you don't use threaded connections. They seem to be wrong, at that store, every time. It might be directed though. Which means another trip to town. I need a rubber fitting, and length of galvanized with a female end and just a short length of straight pipe to bring it away from the wall. Yeah. I can return some parts, if I'm not sure I have the receipt. Perhaps they will do an exchange. I guess he either isn't an expert, not a good one, or really doesn't want to be helpful.
I did put some dishes in. I may yet finish those two small loads, from washing perhaps twice if needed, to rinsing, to drying and putting up. Maybe. I hope so, so as to put a larger load of dishes in. I may do another run on trash, just collecting the little baskets, or parts here and there. As well as getting a couple of leftovers that are past their prime on out while I am at it. Recycling too, if there isn't much, as mentioned, I may see how much cardboard I can take apart and set out.
It's not what I wanted. It simply has to do. I wish I could do research ahead of time. But getting into the store this last time was already pushing beyond my means. Sometimes I will fall short. I also plan on making fresh mayo and another batch of ranch dressing. Though I have heard it isn't so much spices that I might have been missing, but dehydrated onion bits? I may make a small batch just with that, instead of with the pack, to compare. Yeah... whatever. I just like to cut my costs and reliances on store-bought goods.
Actually, I'll get right to that. I want a salad tonight. It's not fancy, but I have been hungering for one for a while. When shopping, I got everything but lemon juice. Tonight, I asked the neighbors, and they had some they were willing to part with! So I can get mayo and dressing going. Yeah... I'm not doing great, not getting it all, but I seem to figure out where I went wrong and fix it when I finally can. Life is hard, I seem to be weak, fall down all the time. I will keep getting up, when I can. Yeah, salad dressing and on to a bite more, then on to those other things. Good night.
Nearly noon. Time to start doing something.
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Yes. I don't have much going. I don't feel it. Then again, I am not in pain. I am not exhausted. I just... don't feel anything. I may take some aspirin, turn up the furnace, get the trash together and out, then take a shower. I think I can do that before needing a break. I am feeling nominally better in that I am not hurting everywhere. If too that is just because of aspirin and is about to fail.
After those things, I'll do a bit of research regarding a specific sort of pvc, and how to connect it to metal fixtures and itself. I think I have it down, generally. It is just that sometimes specifics for a specific device or application is slightly or greatly different. Just take the time to look. It will cost you more time, overall, if you do it right, than just going for it. But one major mistake might not just cost you more time, but your life. In this case, most likely, it wouldn't cost my life. But it could leave me with a nasty lot of cleanup, the potential for mold, a machine that can't be used until all else is fixed... so, just do it right up front, as well as that is possible.
I should be able to get the drain working rather quickly, then set the washing machine up. I may try to level it. It will be the most difficult of the leveling tasks. If I can do it, I will feel much more comfortable trying the others. When I hit the next appliance, it will be the second most difficult, the range. If it goes easily enough, if I can do it without too much fuss, if I have energy left, I will start in on the laundry tonight, and just maybe give the stove a shot. Though I will set up dishes first, then consider either of those other projects.
I know have a drying rack, so if the fluff doesn't dry fast enough, I can do that until my nerves are shot, move some or all of that to the air drying rack, and continue. I am excited to see how this new machine does. It will only do smaller loads, but... that isn't all bad. It is much easier to dry on air, air dry to start, and fold and put away, smaller doses. I may have to only do a wool blanket at a time, though perhaps two will work. Dunno, will find out more through experimenting and research.
Right... about some other things? Organization is being handled, or attempted. Some of it will have to be simply done, some of it might be helped by tech. So I have been viewing videos regarding this. Oh, well, this mother seems to have gained my attention. One was just funny, though she seems rather humorous. Or is able to put it in a way that I can enjoy. This one caught my attention because sometimes I am like my own parent, and sometimes I am like the kid. Well, and it just seemed to possibly make sense, even without knowing much.
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Yes. I don't have much going. I don't feel it. Then again, I am not in pain. I am not exhausted. I just... don't feel anything. I may take some aspirin, turn up the furnace, get the trash together and out, then take a shower. I think I can do that before needing a break. I am feeling nominally better in that I am not hurting everywhere. If too that is just because of aspirin and is about to fail.
After those things, I'll do a bit of research regarding a specific sort of pvc, and how to connect it to metal fixtures and itself. I think I have it down, generally. It is just that sometimes specifics for a specific device or application is slightly or greatly different. Just take the time to look. It will cost you more time, overall, if you do it right, than just going for it. But one major mistake might not just cost you more time, but your life. In this case, most likely, it wouldn't cost my life. But it could leave me with a nasty lot of cleanup, the potential for mold, a machine that can't be used until all else is fixed... so, just do it right up front, as well as that is possible.
I should be able to get the drain working rather quickly, then set the washing machine up. I may try to level it. It will be the most difficult of the leveling tasks. If I can do it, I will feel much more comfortable trying the others. When I hit the next appliance, it will be the second most difficult, the range. If it goes easily enough, if I can do it without too much fuss, if I have energy left, I will start in on the laundry tonight, and just maybe give the stove a shot. Though I will set up dishes first, then consider either of those other projects.
I know have a drying rack, so if the fluff doesn't dry fast enough, I can do that until my nerves are shot, move some or all of that to the air drying rack, and continue. I am excited to see how this new machine does. It will only do smaller loads, but... that isn't all bad. It is much easier to dry on air, air dry to start, and fold and put away, smaller doses. I may have to only do a wool blanket at a time, though perhaps two will work. Dunno, will find out more through experimenting and research.
Right... about some other things? Organization is being handled, or attempted. Some of it will have to be simply done, some of it might be helped by tech. So I have been viewing videos regarding this. Oh, well, this mother seems to have gained my attention. One was just funny, though she seems rather humorous. Or is able to put it in a way that I can enjoy. This one caught my attention because sometimes I am like my own parent, and sometimes I am like the kid. Well, and it just seemed to possibly make sense, even without knowing much.
Youtube has done wrong.
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Now, actually, I have two accounts with them. More by accident than anything. My blogging account is the one that went wrong. It seems they are pushing videos I don't want to see. Is it the ones they are being bribed to push? Are they agenda videos they want on my blog? In any case, I don't care. I will simply stop using youtube on that account. If they poison the other account I will stop using them altogether. Though I may stop using videos from them on here.
Tech giants just haven't learned from this last election. Trump didn't win, we did. And we are just beginning. If you want to be a robber baron do NOT cross everybody. If nobody is in your corner, or on your side, and you are trying to screw everybody? You WILL lose. Actually, they DID lose. Not to Trump, to us. And they better play nice, because if they unleash and continue to attack, we will get a bigger fucking stick. Quietly, but surely, we will destroy them and theirs. They are on the wrong side of history and the big wave hasn't even hit yet. And Trump isn't it. Duck, bitches.
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Now, actually, I have two accounts with them. More by accident than anything. My blogging account is the one that went wrong. It seems they are pushing videos I don't want to see. Is it the ones they are being bribed to push? Are they agenda videos they want on my blog? In any case, I don't care. I will simply stop using youtube on that account. If they poison the other account I will stop using them altogether. Though I may stop using videos from them on here.
Tech giants just haven't learned from this last election. Trump didn't win, we did. And we are just beginning. If you want to be a robber baron do NOT cross everybody. If nobody is in your corner, or on your side, and you are trying to screw everybody? You WILL lose. Actually, they DID lose. Not to Trump, to us. And they better play nice, because if they unleash and continue to attack, we will get a bigger fucking stick. Quietly, but surely, we will destroy them and theirs. They are on the wrong side of history and the big wave hasn't even hit yet. And Trump isn't it. Duck, bitches.
Waking sore.
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Since this has become so regular and severe, until I heal a bit I am taking a handful of anacin per morning, and maybe a second dose later. I am tired of being that sore. Usually suffering through it fixes it fairly quickly. Perhaps when I have finished the tasks appointed and necessary, then caught the place back up, I will then take some time off and just suffer. But, for now, being stuck between the larger part of the major push and the smaller part of what is left to do, to continue I will simply have to change my methods. If the pain pills do their work, I am hoping to install the washer discharge pipe, take a shower, set up a large load of dishes and probably hit them once... though finishing them completely would be better, and then get the trash out. And, then, get to bed on time to be ready for tomorrow. To finish the shopping list and begin leveling appliances. Once those are done, moving on to evening out the cave to where it was on delivery day.
I want this all done this week, so I can take the weekend off, with a clear conscience, and decide, next week, whether to take that week off too or whether I can begin digging beyond where I got. I am on the cusp of failure or epic, for me, success. I am carving a place out of the world with a seemingly, or mostly, dead blade of flesh. It is more will than physics. I'll take what I can get. By February I hope to have the cave cleaned, the plumbing handled, and be keeping things up. Then, later, sometime this spring, get a few estimates on new kitchen flooring as I tinker in the en suite. I want that finished by fall, and the floor as soon as possible. All that and keeping the cave in decent shape.
As I do those things, I will be working with foods. From at home whole wheat processing methods, to low carb high fat (which I am still mostly on), and back to intermittent fasting and bone broth foods. I think I can. It is possible. We'll see. Painkillers, for the morning, though. No choice if I want to do more than just suffer at intentions. Pain, lately, is severe enough that it is sapping my will. I must treat it, in the short term, and as needed. Got to admit though, it is better to feel anything, even pain, than to be numb. Life, in a fallen world, is a grouping of limited choices, or options more like, not all of them in your hands to choose, not the gooder ones. Later.
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Since this has become so regular and severe, until I heal a bit I am taking a handful of anacin per morning, and maybe a second dose later. I am tired of being that sore. Usually suffering through it fixes it fairly quickly. Perhaps when I have finished the tasks appointed and necessary, then caught the place back up, I will then take some time off and just suffer. But, for now, being stuck between the larger part of the major push and the smaller part of what is left to do, to continue I will simply have to change my methods. If the pain pills do their work, I am hoping to install the washer discharge pipe, take a shower, set up a large load of dishes and probably hit them once... though finishing them completely would be better, and then get the trash out. And, then, get to bed on time to be ready for tomorrow. To finish the shopping list and begin leveling appliances. Once those are done, moving on to evening out the cave to where it was on delivery day.
I want this all done this week, so I can take the weekend off, with a clear conscience, and decide, next week, whether to take that week off too or whether I can begin digging beyond where I got. I am on the cusp of failure or epic, for me, success. I am carving a place out of the world with a seemingly, or mostly, dead blade of flesh. It is more will than physics. I'll take what I can get. By February I hope to have the cave cleaned, the plumbing handled, and be keeping things up. Then, later, sometime this spring, get a few estimates on new kitchen flooring as I tinker in the en suite. I want that finished by fall, and the floor as soon as possible. All that and keeping the cave in decent shape.
As I do those things, I will be working with foods. From at home whole wheat processing methods, to low carb high fat (which I am still mostly on), and back to intermittent fasting and bone broth foods. I think I can. It is possible. We'll see. Painkillers, for the morning, though. No choice if I want to do more than just suffer at intentions. Pain, lately, is severe enough that it is sapping my will. I must treat it, in the short term, and as needed. Got to admit though, it is better to feel anything, even pain, than to be numb. Life, in a fallen world, is a grouping of limited choices, or options more like, not all of them in your hands to choose, not the gooder ones. Later.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Not much done.
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I even crumbled and had to take a nap earlier. I couldn't get to anything major. However, I didn't collapse into a heap of sleeping bear again. I honestly didn't think I'd make it past 14:00 or 15:00. Here it is, after 19:00, and I'm still awake. It is nearing bedtime in a terrible hurry. Which, given all, I can take. I'll get back to work when I can. Today just wasn't it. I really have ripped my body apart to get to where I am. And while things are sliding, they... haven't collapsed either. Still, I have to seek windows of opportunity with all haste and perhaps, again, outside of what I think is possible. I don't want to lose my hard won gains.
Dreams. I can sense when they are probable. Maybe terrible, maybe just powerful. I will be confronting my failed corpse, and even maybe death, each in some form or other. More, she might be in there. She... wants love. But she wants to make sure whoever it is that requests it of her can face pain, death, even her. She is more terrible, in ways. Death is not an option, and she will harden any man... who becomes her other part. She doesn't even know it, few women do. But she is brutal. It has been breed into them from great pain and the harsh realities of life. Lovely, and just as painful as a rose, stem and all. Don't go in there without expecting to be crowned with thorns. Whether I remember is another thing. Might even end up with a bloody nose. Dragons, and their spawn, know when they are going home. Still... I won't complain. This is what I was made for, each and every pain develops strength.
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I even crumbled and had to take a nap earlier. I couldn't get to anything major. However, I didn't collapse into a heap of sleeping bear again. I honestly didn't think I'd make it past 14:00 or 15:00. Here it is, after 19:00, and I'm still awake. It is nearing bedtime in a terrible hurry. Which, given all, I can take. I'll get back to work when I can. Today just wasn't it. I really have ripped my body apart to get to where I am. And while things are sliding, they... haven't collapsed either. Still, I have to seek windows of opportunity with all haste and perhaps, again, outside of what I think is possible. I don't want to lose my hard won gains.
Dreams. I can sense when they are probable. Maybe terrible, maybe just powerful. I will be confronting my failed corpse, and even maybe death, each in some form or other. More, she might be in there. She... wants love. But she wants to make sure whoever it is that requests it of her can face pain, death, even her. She is more terrible, in ways. Death is not an option, and she will harden any man... who becomes her other part. She doesn't even know it, few women do. But she is brutal. It has been breed into them from great pain and the harsh realities of life. Lovely, and just as painful as a rose, stem and all. Don't go in there without expecting to be crowned with thorns. Whether I remember is another thing. Might even end up with a bloody nose. Dragons, and their spawn, know when they are going home. Still... I won't complain. This is what I was made for, each and every pain develops strength.
A bit about steak, and more.
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Okay, the new steak preparation method was put into action. I had a problem though. I had two steaks which were pretty much the same size which went into the oven at 225 F. One got to the stated goal of 125 much quicker than the other. I kept them in the oven until they split the difference, turned off the oven, and took the hotter one out to begin grilling, leaving the second one to bake just a bit longer.
Even in the 20's, or lower, I was easily able to get the charcoal chimney hot, and quickly. The cast worked well, I just just a bit more careful... which probably isn't a bad thing when working with temps like that. Being that the steaks were an inch and an half or so, I took a little more time with them. After finishing the first I started on the second one. Quite nice really, and that goes quickly. Without light I was mostly going on smell, instinct, and the weak flashlight I had with me.
I did let them rest for at least five minutes. I didn't open up both of them, just the one I ate. The other one will be warmed to be eaten with eggs tomorrow. Yeah. As to great? I just wasn't extremely happy. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad. It just wasn't even what I get at better restaurants. There was a time when I could do that. Perhaps I just, no longer, have access to that grade of steak? Maybe my taste buds are off? I can't be sure.
The fat on steaks doesn't seem as good as it used to taste, as I recall. I purchased this steak fresh, for this example, meaning at the store. If it is Mexican beef, that might be the problem. Though I am suspicious about even American beef. First, is it what they say it is or do they swap it out, selling the good stuff elsewhere, or are they breeding along government lines which precludes properly fatted beef? I just don't know anymore, can't trust anyone, no bureaucrats, especially the FDA. They have almost no oversight anymore, and with all the bigger meaner bureaucracies going so wrong, they seem to get away with anything this brownout government chooses to shove. It's all gone bad, or at least should make you nervous. Then again, so many have bought into the notion, by the government, that animal fat is bad for you, that waking people up from that is a whole other battle.
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Okay, the new steak preparation method was put into action. I had a problem though. I had two steaks which were pretty much the same size which went into the oven at 225 F. One got to the stated goal of 125 much quicker than the other. I kept them in the oven until they split the difference, turned off the oven, and took the hotter one out to begin grilling, leaving the second one to bake just a bit longer.
Even in the 20's, or lower, I was easily able to get the charcoal chimney hot, and quickly. The cast worked well, I just just a bit more careful... which probably isn't a bad thing when working with temps like that. Being that the steaks were an inch and an half or so, I took a little more time with them. After finishing the first I started on the second one. Quite nice really, and that goes quickly. Without light I was mostly going on smell, instinct, and the weak flashlight I had with me.
I did let them rest for at least five minutes. I didn't open up both of them, just the one I ate. The other one will be warmed to be eaten with eggs tomorrow. Yeah. As to great? I just wasn't extremely happy. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad. It just wasn't even what I get at better restaurants. There was a time when I could do that. Perhaps I just, no longer, have access to that grade of steak? Maybe my taste buds are off? I can't be sure.
The fat on steaks doesn't seem as good as it used to taste, as I recall. I purchased this steak fresh, for this example, meaning at the store. If it is Mexican beef, that might be the problem. Though I am suspicious about even American beef. First, is it what they say it is or do they swap it out, selling the good stuff elsewhere, or are they breeding along government lines which precludes properly fatted beef? I just don't know anymore, can't trust anyone, no bureaucrats, especially the FDA. They have almost no oversight anymore, and with all the bigger meaner bureaucracies going so wrong, they seem to get away with anything this brownout government chooses to shove. It's all gone bad, or at least should make you nervous. Then again, so many have bought into the notion, by the government, that animal fat is bad for you, that waking people up from that is a whole other battle.
Since sleep didn't happen, yet...
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I decided to research feeding and backing with sourdough starter. I have heard that it is, or can be, quite a task. Why? I didn't know. My foster mother used it up in the mountains, but it wasn't a part of my chores. She seemed stressed by it. Given what I have seen on the videos, I understand. While we had ice, that didn't last all that long. With no electricity there was no other refrigeration. So in warmer days, keeping up on the feeding and handling of sourdough could seem as much work as fiddling with an extra child.
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I decided to research feeding and backing with sourdough starter. I have heard that it is, or can be, quite a task. Why? I didn't know. My foster mother used it up in the mountains, but it wasn't a part of my chores. She seemed stressed by it. Given what I have seen on the videos, I understand. While we had ice, that didn't last all that long. With no electricity there was no other refrigeration. So in warmer days, keeping up on the feeding and handling of sourdough could seem as much work as fiddling with an extra child.
Welllll....
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I can't be sure how much longer I made it past the blog post. I only know that, at some point, everything fell. I crashed so hard and fast I probably left a crater in my bed. I woke at 10:00. Here, nearing noon, and I may crash again. I just, something is off? Am I just tired? I really can't be sure. I turned up the furnace, so it isn't being too cool. I know my body, deep inside, is exhausted. I keep using energy reserves I really don't have, or not near the surface. It is painful and tires me in such a deep and serious manner. I guess I can't complain, I have really done well and push past that up to know. A minor slip isn't an issue. I have far to go, even yet and so. And I will get back to it. If the body needs some extra sleep, over the weekend, I can do that.
I have been watching shows. Through amazon prime I can access other subscriptions. I have been testing them. The ones that have seemed reasonable, the little ones, I have used for a month or two each. Now I have canceled those and moved on to the big boys. They really just trade the same movies, mostly, back and forth. By the end of the month, or within two, I will have, pretty much, watched everything that is out there on streaming. Most of it is... not the best. There are a few shows to cut the edge a bit. A movie twice a week to twice a day on rest days and I go through them quickly. Some aren't finished. Many aren't finished. I even watch the ones I finish in segments. Some of that is me, some of that is the lack of interest in cinema. Oh, old movies I loved as a kid? Yeah, cinema usually doesn't age well... Very few are worth a second look.
I have been reviewing methods of keep the cave up, keeping a bit more on top of life, and cooking. A sort of thing I have been curious about is how to handle wheat in such a way that I might be able to have bread or rolls or such once in a while. The first step is grinding your own wheat. I have an electric grinder, and mean, in time, to get a mechanical metal one. Mixing grains is another idea... say hard winter white in the main, with a small part of rye, spelt, and another into the blend. Why? Slightly increased proteins, or for taste, or several other reasons. Then, there is treatments of the grains either before or after grinding, or even a mix of those methods. Soaking grains is one, but seems to be the least effective... soaking grains or wheat berries, some such. The other two methods do work better and are... well, I can't say they are easier, just more common.
The sourdough process is quite popular. It is probably the most popular method of handling home ground wheat. I have not done any of these, though I have partaken of these products and methods... more as a side than as a regular thing, so far. The other method, probably second in common use, is sprouting, then drying, the berries. I must admit I am curious about combining the methods. To be honest, both are a lot of work, coming from eschewing breads and before that just buying bread at the store. It's a lot of work. Either process alone has a learning curve, and then some constant upkeep, AND THEN the baking process with it's own vagaries and demands. Still... My goal, in time, is to combine these two methods, though start just with grinding and sourdough, then, after I am in that saddle well enough, to move on and add the sprouting method as well. It may end up that it doesn't make a spit of difference, one or any of it. Or one, the other, or both, may end up allowing me to have a loaf of bread or giant's paw full of rolls per week. Worth it? Only one way to find out. Here is a vid by a woman who uses both of these methods. I wish they had taste-o-rama. I am curious about that. Maybe it doesn't even taste a bit different from other breads. Though a good fresh bread is... pretty darned good.
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I can't be sure how much longer I made it past the blog post. I only know that, at some point, everything fell. I crashed so hard and fast I probably left a crater in my bed. I woke at 10:00. Here, nearing noon, and I may crash again. I just, something is off? Am I just tired? I really can't be sure. I turned up the furnace, so it isn't being too cool. I know my body, deep inside, is exhausted. I keep using energy reserves I really don't have, or not near the surface. It is painful and tires me in such a deep and serious manner. I guess I can't complain, I have really done well and push past that up to know. A minor slip isn't an issue. I have far to go, even yet and so. And I will get back to it. If the body needs some extra sleep, over the weekend, I can do that.
I have been watching shows. Through amazon prime I can access other subscriptions. I have been testing them. The ones that have seemed reasonable, the little ones, I have used for a month or two each. Now I have canceled those and moved on to the big boys. They really just trade the same movies, mostly, back and forth. By the end of the month, or within two, I will have, pretty much, watched everything that is out there on streaming. Most of it is... not the best. There are a few shows to cut the edge a bit. A movie twice a week to twice a day on rest days and I go through them quickly. Some aren't finished. Many aren't finished. I even watch the ones I finish in segments. Some of that is me, some of that is the lack of interest in cinema. Oh, old movies I loved as a kid? Yeah, cinema usually doesn't age well... Very few are worth a second look.
I have been reviewing methods of keep the cave up, keeping a bit more on top of life, and cooking. A sort of thing I have been curious about is how to handle wheat in such a way that I might be able to have bread or rolls or such once in a while. The first step is grinding your own wheat. I have an electric grinder, and mean, in time, to get a mechanical metal one. Mixing grains is another idea... say hard winter white in the main, with a small part of rye, spelt, and another into the blend. Why? Slightly increased proteins, or for taste, or several other reasons. Then, there is treatments of the grains either before or after grinding, or even a mix of those methods. Soaking grains is one, but seems to be the least effective... soaking grains or wheat berries, some such. The other two methods do work better and are... well, I can't say they are easier, just more common.
The sourdough process is quite popular. It is probably the most popular method of handling home ground wheat. I have not done any of these, though I have partaken of these products and methods... more as a side than as a regular thing, so far. The other method, probably second in common use, is sprouting, then drying, the berries. I must admit I am curious about combining the methods. To be honest, both are a lot of work, coming from eschewing breads and before that just buying bread at the store. It's a lot of work. Either process alone has a learning curve, and then some constant upkeep, AND THEN the baking process with it's own vagaries and demands. Still... My goal, in time, is to combine these two methods, though start just with grinding and sourdough, then, after I am in that saddle well enough, to move on and add the sprouting method as well. It may end up that it doesn't make a spit of difference, one or any of it. Or one, the other, or both, may end up allowing me to have a loaf of bread or giant's paw full of rolls per week. Worth it? Only one way to find out. Here is a vid by a woman who uses both of these methods. I wish they had taste-o-rama. I am curious about that. Maybe it doesn't even taste a bit different from other breads. Though a good fresh bread is... pretty darned good.
Awake!
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I have been setting my alarm of late. Not just in an attempt to wake in a timely fashion, but also as a grab at sleeping long enough. It is no guarantee. It will allow me to monitor sleep, in the short range of a few days. As worn as I am I truly want a full eight hours if I can push that through. If I need ten hours I will take that. My body is tired. I need at least eight, so I plug for it. I was able to stay down until the alarm went off this morning, unlike yesterday. But I had things to do yesterday, even if that fell through.
Oh, sure, I have things to do today as well, but not by office hours of town businesses... unless I find out the UPS store operates on Saturday? Even so, it just seems different today.
My list of things to do keeps getting bigger. At least before I can take some time, real steady extended time, off. I need to clear and clean back to where I had it when the appliances arrived. I want to break boxes down, and get those and whatever styrofoam I can into the auto for my next trip in town. Boxes and styrofoam have started to retake territory, especially as I have needed to dig for tools and still receive boxes! Tribbles? I am starting to wonder. As well, just getting in to do dishes. I really... just... have to do that. The long thick rubber gloves I purchased will make that a lot easier. My hands are still a bit over-dry from extended cleaning and harsh ingredients. But those gloves make the work... nice. Dope the gloves with baking powder or soda and you don't sweat, even in hot water. Oh, and cleaning goop(tm) out of bowls and pans that have sat for too long is much easier. It's still not quite fun, but... or perhaps yet? Well, it depends on if their is a nasty odor. That is a serious killjoy.
Yeah, but, for now, just getting started on anything is becoming a brutal push. I have used up all of my natural energy. I have scrounged and manipulated for advances in energy. While I have been burning that energy, I have damaged myself... pulling and tearing muscle, bruising clean to the bone as I do things with uninhibited gusto, pushing beyond anything I have done in a very long time, and... even so... continuing, even if just in my mind, to push against the walls. I... understand my problems completely. And, as with when I was young, and drop-shipped into hell, it doesn't much concern me. I am back on duty. Curious to see if it kills me. I've always like playing with fire, that my friends is my gig.
The lobster was perfect, by the way. She, or they, had never cooked it before. They were live. I asked if they heard them scream. Sometimes yeah, sometimes nay, I guess. Not this time, I was told. It's just their shell, but it truly unnerves some folk. I should have warned. I have heard clipping the tips of the claws helps, though maybe not for that? I haven't put two and two together, through learning, before the last time I cooked them myself. Delicious. Sweet meat butter spunge lollipops. With baked mac and cheese on side, fancified, and a very nice side of green beans and onions, done just right. Once every few years is as good as I can do for a meal such as that.
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I have been setting my alarm of late. Not just in an attempt to wake in a timely fashion, but also as a grab at sleeping long enough. It is no guarantee. It will allow me to monitor sleep, in the short range of a few days. As worn as I am I truly want a full eight hours if I can push that through. If I need ten hours I will take that. My body is tired. I need at least eight, so I plug for it. I was able to stay down until the alarm went off this morning, unlike yesterday. But I had things to do yesterday, even if that fell through.
Oh, sure, I have things to do today as well, but not by office hours of town businesses... unless I find out the UPS store operates on Saturday? Even so, it just seems different today.
My list of things to do keeps getting bigger. At least before I can take some time, real steady extended time, off. I need to clear and clean back to where I had it when the appliances arrived. I want to break boxes down, and get those and whatever styrofoam I can into the auto for my next trip in town. Boxes and styrofoam have started to retake territory, especially as I have needed to dig for tools and still receive boxes! Tribbles? I am starting to wonder. As well, just getting in to do dishes. I really... just... have to do that. The long thick rubber gloves I purchased will make that a lot easier. My hands are still a bit over-dry from extended cleaning and harsh ingredients. But those gloves make the work... nice. Dope the gloves with baking powder or soda and you don't sweat, even in hot water. Oh, and cleaning goop(tm) out of bowls and pans that have sat for too long is much easier. It's still not quite fun, but... or perhaps yet? Well, it depends on if their is a nasty odor. That is a serious killjoy.
Yeah, but, for now, just getting started on anything is becoming a brutal push. I have used up all of my natural energy. I have scrounged and manipulated for advances in energy. While I have been burning that energy, I have damaged myself... pulling and tearing muscle, bruising clean to the bone as I do things with uninhibited gusto, pushing beyond anything I have done in a very long time, and... even so... continuing, even if just in my mind, to push against the walls. I... understand my problems completely. And, as with when I was young, and drop-shipped into hell, it doesn't much concern me. I am back on duty. Curious to see if it kills me. I've always like playing with fire, that my friends is my gig.
The lobster was perfect, by the way. She, or they, had never cooked it before. They were live. I asked if they heard them scream. Sometimes yeah, sometimes nay, I guess. Not this time, I was told. It's just their shell, but it truly unnerves some folk. I should have warned. I have heard clipping the tips of the claws helps, though maybe not for that? I haven't put two and two together, through learning, before the last time I cooked them myself. Delicious. Sweet meat butter spunge lollipops. With baked mac and cheese on side, fancified, and a very nice side of green beans and onions, done just right. Once every few years is as good as I can do for a meal such as that.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Still burning up.
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As I wrote, it really isn't a fever. It's more like that feeling you get when you have worked out, perhaps in the cold, a bit too long. Splotches of overheated skin, that runs a bit deeper than the top layers. I don't have nausea, or muscle tightness, or other issues that would go with the flu or a cold. I have the furnace turned down as low as I dare. Frozen pipes just don't sound fun this time of year.
I haven't been able to get to much. I think that my plans washed away with the rain and threat of a freeze, I just lost the wind from my sails. I may just go take a nap. Or not. My body is tired, but with things left to do my mind has a difficult time settling. Even when I choose not to take unnecessary risks, I really would rather be out. I can't lead my life according to feelings. It's a business, sort of, really. And, yet, a business is based not just on risk taking, but more on risk assessment. I do not wish to be stuck in town, or worse in a ditch, for something that has a bit more time. I have had to learn to be patient, I have never learned to like it. All good though. If you liked everything, where would the fun be in that!?!
On the other side, I really need to find a way to back down. But I can't quite do that until I get these jobs done. I am wearing thin, but can't relax until it is finished. So... Still, risk assessment. I may take a nap. If I can. I can get to the other stuff when I have regained my footing. The heart does feel tired but it has been much more tired before. I still think there was a time or dozen where I died for short periods, just because of the lack of treatment. Odd that I didn't stay dead. Sometimes I seemed to have fought it, others times not so much. I just think it did happen. Now, with some treatment, and knowledge, I don't get that close anymore. Probably until the final time, unless I get hit by a meteor or bus or something. But I do know that sort of sensation. It's just much milder these days, and I have been able to work through it fairly well.
Later.
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As I wrote, it really isn't a fever. It's more like that feeling you get when you have worked out, perhaps in the cold, a bit too long. Splotches of overheated skin, that runs a bit deeper than the top layers. I don't have nausea, or muscle tightness, or other issues that would go with the flu or a cold. I have the furnace turned down as low as I dare. Frozen pipes just don't sound fun this time of year.
I haven't been able to get to much. I think that my plans washed away with the rain and threat of a freeze, I just lost the wind from my sails. I may just go take a nap. Or not. My body is tired, but with things left to do my mind has a difficult time settling. Even when I choose not to take unnecessary risks, I really would rather be out. I can't lead my life according to feelings. It's a business, sort of, really. And, yet, a business is based not just on risk taking, but more on risk assessment. I do not wish to be stuck in town, or worse in a ditch, for something that has a bit more time. I have had to learn to be patient, I have never learned to like it. All good though. If you liked everything, where would the fun be in that!?!
On the other side, I really need to find a way to back down. But I can't quite do that until I get these jobs done. I am wearing thin, but can't relax until it is finished. So... Still, risk assessment. I may take a nap. If I can. I can get to the other stuff when I have regained my footing. The heart does feel tired but it has been much more tired before. I still think there was a time or dozen where I died for short periods, just because of the lack of treatment. Odd that I didn't stay dead. Sometimes I seemed to have fought it, others times not so much. I just think it did happen. Now, with some treatment, and knowledge, I don't get that close anymore. Probably until the final time, unless I get hit by a meteor or bus or something. But I do know that sort of sensation. It's just much milder these days, and I have been able to work through it fairly well.
Later.
Ah, well.
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So much for going to town. I can get everything ready. I can go on to do other things. I just will not go out there. Raining. Which is fine, except when I know it is right on the verge of freezing. Yeah no. Whether in an hour, ten minutes, or three hours, it is going to freeze. It wasn't just sprinkling, it was a hard rain. Yeah, no. Will. not. go. Can't make me. I'll put in a prayer for those poor souls who have to be out. Oh yes I will. Sure, It might not freeze for another four hours, or eight, who knows. I don't have to go out that bad. I'll survive.
I figure I will still get a shower in. Then move on to tinker with the stove. I am hoping to level it. It will be a bit of a trick to do that solo. It's not... extremely heavy. It is just, truly, a handful. How to tip it so that it is steady. Then how to get back there, where it will be placed. Or will I have to pull it out, balance it somehow, level it roughly, put it back in place, and carry on moving it back and for until settled? Ugh. It will be a lot of work, one way or another. The dryer will be easier. It, too, is rather light. But it isn't in a tight space, and on slats on top of that. The washing machine will be more difficult. While is has lots of open space, it weighs a ton. I may just do the stove, then make a stab at putting the drain pipe in, then the dryer if I have energy left, if I even get through those things.
Perhaps I could get some help leveling the washing machine. With too people it isn't that difficult. But it is time consuming, especially for three machines, one of which is in a tight space, and up on slats. When these are done, and the returns and last of my shopping is finished, I can take a break of about a week. Some small cleaning, but a clear mind that I have done... what is right, what should be done, that I have completed my promise.
Hmm, never did get a cup of joe. I think it's time. Later.
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So much for going to town. I can get everything ready. I can go on to do other things. I just will not go out there. Raining. Which is fine, except when I know it is right on the verge of freezing. Yeah no. Whether in an hour, ten minutes, or three hours, it is going to freeze. It wasn't just sprinkling, it was a hard rain. Yeah, no. Will. not. go. Can't make me. I'll put in a prayer for those poor souls who have to be out. Oh yes I will. Sure, It might not freeze for another four hours, or eight, who knows. I don't have to go out that bad. I'll survive.
I figure I will still get a shower in. Then move on to tinker with the stove. I am hoping to level it. It will be a bit of a trick to do that solo. It's not... extremely heavy. It is just, truly, a handful. How to tip it so that it is steady. Then how to get back there, where it will be placed. Or will I have to pull it out, balance it somehow, level it roughly, put it back in place, and carry on moving it back and for until settled? Ugh. It will be a lot of work, one way or another. The dryer will be easier. It, too, is rather light. But it isn't in a tight space, and on slats on top of that. The washing machine will be more difficult. While is has lots of open space, it weighs a ton. I may just do the stove, then make a stab at putting the drain pipe in, then the dryer if I have energy left, if I even get through those things.
Perhaps I could get some help leveling the washing machine. With too people it isn't that difficult. But it is time consuming, especially for three machines, one of which is in a tight space, and up on slats. When these are done, and the returns and last of my shopping is finished, I can take a break of about a week. Some small cleaning, but a clear mind that I have done... what is right, what should be done, that I have completed my promise.
Hmm, never did get a cup of joe. I think it's time. Later.
If you digitized fire?
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I've got something running through my veins, over my flesh, and right into the immortal parts. It isn't exactly shoving me to action. But that I will be doing things in my condition... I am bleeding heat like a blast furnace gone too far. I wouldn't quite call it a fever though. It's not causing me illness. Hmm, yes, electrical fire.
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I've got something running through my veins, over my flesh, and right into the immortal parts. It isn't exactly shoving me to action. But that I will be doing things in my condition... I am bleeding heat like a blast furnace gone too far. I wouldn't quite call it a fever though. It's not causing me illness. Hmm, yes, electrical fire.
Awake and feeling it.
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I suppose if I want to recover I did too much yesterday. Wonderful! No, I mean it, mostly. I woke several times in the night, then upon waking this morning, all with one similarity. It hurt. What hurt? Hmm... imagine you are a dimwit, you have a broken finger, and you use it to point out parts of your body. Yes, everything hurts. It has smoothed out a bit. As well, I am going to take some pain pills. It's just aspirin, even so I don't dose often. Certainly not every time it hurts, not even when it all hurts. Once in a while, though, a dose will do. Today is that day.
Today? I have already been working on another list. In making stock, to this point, I haven't used mirepoix. Or other aromatic combinations. Carbs was my main complaint. I have been thinking about things. First, I need more carbs than 20. I just do. I have heard 80 to 100 as a more reasoned approach. That might even be a bit tight, but it is a more reasoned, reasonable, target. I will kick the tires and see. Salads, beans (from dry), whole rice, and sour dough... especially if I grind my own wheat, or sprouted wheat. I do need more carbs, just a lid on them and the right ones. As well, I kept thinking... since the veggies are removed, just how many carbs are left in the stock? To be honest I have no clue. I am sure a bit of research would make it as clear as mud, at least initially. The thing is, both the need for, and the probably slight addition, means that mirepoix should be just fine, so I've added those for my next stock fixings. In time, my goal is to have a gallon or two of at least two types of broth always on hand... for soups, for sipping, for casseroles.
The rest is for food or cooking related, mostly. I suppose fluorescent tubes in the kitchen is cooking related, to a degree. This time I will get many of them. I'm not sure which to get though... full spectrum, or yellow, or... I will go with two sets of each, I suppose. Though I may research what others prefer. In winter it might help to have full spectrum? Some say yea, some say nay. The lamp never helped, but it was good lighting for reading. I also keep missing light olive oil. But that is actually somewhat difficult to find! It is what I prefer in my bases, such as mayo or aoli. Extra virgin has it's place, but it's really not in those things. A few other things for making homemade dressings and a grill top. Grill top?
Yep. As I move more to steak I have been reviewing methods of cooking steak. Actually, there are two different videos which I intend to use together. One would do, but they go about it using a sous-vide system. I neither have, nor will purchase, such a system. It has it's uses, but is really more useful for commercial settings. While it seems expensive, having just bought a stove I don't see much difference. It is just another system. Though, if I were to buy another major cooking system, it would either be a wood burning stove or a gas range and oven. Or... first. If I was truly wealth, before I gave it all up, I would try these various things. I just... I want to know. I am curious. Why I want a grill face will become apparent in the first video.
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I suppose if I want to recover I did too much yesterday. Wonderful! No, I mean it, mostly. I woke several times in the night, then upon waking this morning, all with one similarity. It hurt. What hurt? Hmm... imagine you are a dimwit, you have a broken finger, and you use it to point out parts of your body. Yes, everything hurts. It has smoothed out a bit. As well, I am going to take some pain pills. It's just aspirin, even so I don't dose often. Certainly not every time it hurts, not even when it all hurts. Once in a while, though, a dose will do. Today is that day.
Today? I have already been working on another list. In making stock, to this point, I haven't used mirepoix. Or other aromatic combinations. Carbs was my main complaint. I have been thinking about things. First, I need more carbs than 20. I just do. I have heard 80 to 100 as a more reasoned approach. That might even be a bit tight, but it is a more reasoned, reasonable, target. I will kick the tires and see. Salads, beans (from dry), whole rice, and sour dough... especially if I grind my own wheat, or sprouted wheat. I do need more carbs, just a lid on them and the right ones. As well, I kept thinking... since the veggies are removed, just how many carbs are left in the stock? To be honest I have no clue. I am sure a bit of research would make it as clear as mud, at least initially. The thing is, both the need for, and the probably slight addition, means that mirepoix should be just fine, so I've added those for my next stock fixings. In time, my goal is to have a gallon or two of at least two types of broth always on hand... for soups, for sipping, for casseroles.
The rest is for food or cooking related, mostly. I suppose fluorescent tubes in the kitchen is cooking related, to a degree. This time I will get many of them. I'm not sure which to get though... full spectrum, or yellow, or... I will go with two sets of each, I suppose. Though I may research what others prefer. In winter it might help to have full spectrum? Some say yea, some say nay. The lamp never helped, but it was good lighting for reading. I also keep missing light olive oil. But that is actually somewhat difficult to find! It is what I prefer in my bases, such as mayo or aoli. Extra virgin has it's place, but it's really not in those things. A few other things for making homemade dressings and a grill top. Grill top?
Yep. As I move more to steak I have been reviewing methods of cooking steak. Actually, there are two different videos which I intend to use together. One would do, but they go about it using a sous-vide system. I neither have, nor will purchase, such a system. It has it's uses, but is really more useful for commercial settings. While it seems expensive, having just bought a stove I don't see much difference. It is just another system. Though, if I were to buy another major cooking system, it would either be a wood burning stove or a gas range and oven. Or... first. If I was truly wealth, before I gave it all up, I would try these various things. I just... I want to know. I am curious. Why I want a grill face will become apparent in the first video.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
What could be done was done.
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The post office, a meal, envelopes for returning items, the hardware store and a chat with the guy in appliances. How to level appliances was the question. I have never done that. A way. But, doing it solo is going to be the trick. Being larger than usual helps, but just. It may or may not be possible. I have an idea of how to do it, some levels, and the parts for the washing machine drainpipe. Then on to groceries. That'll do, if it wasn't all.
I simply could not finish off and take care of returns. It would have meant finding scissors to cut the labels, and tape... both were at home. At least I remembered, and filled, the list I had written. Always seems that something is forgotten. I just wasn't interested, perhaps even able, to push on through with that. I can't this afternoon either. Perhaps when I wake I will be able to get everything packaged, labeled, and ready to go. There was something else I wanted to do while in town, but what? I need gas, but I thought there was something else.
Yeah, it wore me down. Which is fine. I want it to do that. It would be nice if I would recoup a little faster though, and not quite fall so hard when I push after falling. Ugh. Oh, but... I don't know. Sometimes I have such a good day, meeting quite friendly women. Today I had a splendid day that way. Why? Does it mean anything? Was I reading correctly? I'll tell you, I think so. Heck, granny, aunty, and niece all... well... And they weren't bad, for their perspective. Even had a little cross jealousy kill looks going on when they realized the others where doing similar. Maybe they were just killing time goofing with an ogre. A tall dame out there, and some others. Some not so much, some quite... friendly. I do enjoy.
I took what was offered and ran with it. I'll make it back in tomorrow, probably. I need to get that stuff moving back. And I want gas in the tank, especially in winter. I can get to the drain pipe any time. I have to be in town, at exact hours, to return things. Ugh... I am terribly shot. I think I'll be heading to bed very shortly. Good afternoon and good night.
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The post office, a meal, envelopes for returning items, the hardware store and a chat with the guy in appliances. How to level appliances was the question. I have never done that. A way. But, doing it solo is going to be the trick. Being larger than usual helps, but just. It may or may not be possible. I have an idea of how to do it, some levels, and the parts for the washing machine drainpipe. Then on to groceries. That'll do, if it wasn't all.
I simply could not finish off and take care of returns. It would have meant finding scissors to cut the labels, and tape... both were at home. At least I remembered, and filled, the list I had written. Always seems that something is forgotten. I just wasn't interested, perhaps even able, to push on through with that. I can't this afternoon either. Perhaps when I wake I will be able to get everything packaged, labeled, and ready to go. There was something else I wanted to do while in town, but what? I need gas, but I thought there was something else.
Yeah, it wore me down. Which is fine. I want it to do that. It would be nice if I would recoup a little faster though, and not quite fall so hard when I push after falling. Ugh. Oh, but... I don't know. Sometimes I have such a good day, meeting quite friendly women. Today I had a splendid day that way. Why? Does it mean anything? Was I reading correctly? I'll tell you, I think so. Heck, granny, aunty, and niece all... well... And they weren't bad, for their perspective. Even had a little cross jealousy kill looks going on when they realized the others where doing similar. Maybe they were just killing time goofing with an ogre. A tall dame out there, and some others. Some not so much, some quite... friendly. I do enjoy.
I took what was offered and ran with it. I'll make it back in tomorrow, probably. I need to get that stuff moving back. And I want gas in the tank, especially in winter. I can get to the drain pipe any time. I have to be in town, at exact hours, to return things. Ugh... I am terribly shot. I think I'll be heading to bed very shortly. Good afternoon and good night.
Getting there.
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Getting everything in order is tricky. I'm just not back in shape. Still, when given a hand up, I'll take it. I've been offered several recently. I'll take it. First things first, I wrote a list of things needed or wanted. Grocery and hardware included. I've been checking it since, adding a few items so far. If I am in town, and remember something else, I'll add it even then. I have the returns together and ready, though I will need shipping slips for some of them. Yeah, we will see.
I remember to print the return materials out. Took a shower and dressed. I keep checking outside to see if anything else has started. It's that time of year, and that sort of weather. The post office will be visited first. If they have shipping sleeves I'll buy some there. I know I have at least one package, or group of packages really, in. Maybe more.
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Getting everything in order is tricky. I'm just not back in shape. Still, when given a hand up, I'll take it. I've been offered several recently. I'll take it. First things first, I wrote a list of things needed or wanted. Grocery and hardware included. I've been checking it since, adding a few items so far. If I am in town, and remember something else, I'll add it even then. I have the returns together and ready, though I will need shipping slips for some of them. Yeah, we will see.
I remember to print the return materials out. Took a shower and dressed. I keep checking outside to see if anything else has started. It's that time of year, and that sort of weather. The post office will be visited first. If they have shipping sleeves I'll buy some there. I know I have at least one package, or group of packages really, in. Maybe more.
Food notions.
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With a stove back in availability, and limits on what is available this morning, along with some youtube views, I decided to try fish broth. Banito flakes, several types of seaweed for various stages, heated water, fermented bean paste, and a bit of time... well and some specialty tools... produced breakfast. Tasty? Not so much. It is rich, it tastes like fermented fish, it is thick, but it is, has to be, and acquired taste. I added a bit of whole cream, which did cut it a bit. Even so, between being an acquired taste and all else, I wasn't able to consume much. And, yet, I will, most likely, try to consume this a few times a week, as an alternative to regular bone broth. Here is one way to do it. I added a certain type of seaweed for brewing, but not eating, miso. Then I added another type of seaweed that is for flavor and consumption (if I ended up straining it out, I just couldn't do it). All else was the same. I am thinking, if I cut out the seaweed, and work on the amound of chips, I can probably make it much milder, at least for the start so as to build up tolerance.
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With a stove back in availability, and limits on what is available this morning, along with some youtube views, I decided to try fish broth. Banito flakes, several types of seaweed for various stages, heated water, fermented bean paste, and a bit of time... well and some specialty tools... produced breakfast. Tasty? Not so much. It is rich, it tastes like fermented fish, it is thick, but it is, has to be, and acquired taste. I added a bit of whole cream, which did cut it a bit. Even so, between being an acquired taste and all else, I wasn't able to consume much. And, yet, I will, most likely, try to consume this a few times a week, as an alternative to regular bone broth. Here is one way to do it. I added a certain type of seaweed for brewing, but not eating, miso. Then I added another type of seaweed that is for flavor and consumption (if I ended up straining it out, I just couldn't do it). All else was the same. I am thinking, if I cut out the seaweed, and work on the amound of chips, I can probably make it much milder, at least for the start so as to build up tolerance.
Waking up sore.
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Things have improved. It has been that I would wake up sore, be sore off and on through the day, then as bedtime arrived I would become pained again. I am down to, mostly, waking up sore.
Even so, I wanted to see if it was still snowing. If it wasn't, I wanted to see how much snow had fallen to prep for shoveling shortly. It... was gone? Had it melted? The snow seemed to remain elsewhere. I couldn't... focus, at first. So I had to look front, then out the back door. Someone(s) had shoveled. I must admit to being quite grateful.
I won't waste the hand up. A shower is my next thing. That might help with the pain. Some painkillers right now, as well. Some tea, cold. For whatever reason, at 66F in here, I am almost too warm. I think as my body builds muscle from what I have torn my body heats excessively. I am guessing I tore things all over my body in my haste. My biceps, which I had thought I got to 15 sometime back, but hadn't... and admitted it? Are now nearly 16 inches. Pretty anemic, but compared to a bit over 14, it's improvement. No, I haven't been working out, not even the hand exercises, not for months. Hey! I actually DO have 16" guns. *grins*
The goal of the shower is to be ready to roll into town this morning. Parts to buy, groceries too, and returns. I have four things to send back through the line. I think, from now on, when I buy eggs for mayo, I am only buying a small pack. Those eggs don't seem to last well in the fridge, as do my usual eggs. They just don't. I like having eggs that will last two to four weeks, in the fridge. I really want and need the freshest for raw egg applications, but I don't need that for everything. I may wrap those in clear foil, both type, to see if that helps, as well. My fridge has the smells of a decade or two of use, and refrigerators are what they are... they smell. I may move to buying a new one every four to five years. Used vehicles, new fridges... that's a change.
Hmm... Oh, and I think I may order some ribeyes. That'll probably be my main meal meat three to four times a week. A thick cut, say inch and an half. Meat doesn't seem to last well in the freezer. The pork did though. Lamb won't last long enough to test. But beef goes a bit off a bit quicker, or this seemed to do so. I think I'll go with half a beef, and make sure to give a decent amount of that away. Four to six months is about as long as I like beef in the freezer, if this is normal. Then again, my taste buds are very off. Not sure what is up with that. Gum might be... doing something weird.
Oh, and hush. I am not complaining, casting aspersions, or any such. I am just saying what is on my mind. I might be right, I might be wrong, I might be singular. I simply... don't always know. Which... is part of why I write, to figure things out, get feedback, ruminate. If I have a... beef with you? *cough* You will know it. And... I don't even have a beef with the guy who forgot to get the parts for the appliances needed for installation. Oh, I am sure he knew. I just suspect it was company policy not to help in that manner. Job openings are tight, so you do what you are supposed to do. Like it? Who wakes up on any morning, cleans, dresses, and goes out into the cold, because they like it. Food, family, if there is some desire it is run over by the needs of a family, trampled into duty, and much more rigorous for it. I don't hate a man for... reality. Though, perhaps, it was an oversight. I'm just not buying that. I just, as mentioned, at this point, don't mind.
Well, perhaps some waking, a few painpills, and... I don't know. A shower as soon as I can. No breakfast. I will let someone make that for me in town. It's been a while since I stopped in to several places. I may stop in to one of my old haunts this morning, or go to a new one. Dunno. Later. And... thanks for the shoveling. That sure opened some doors for me.
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Things have improved. It has been that I would wake up sore, be sore off and on through the day, then as bedtime arrived I would become pained again. I am down to, mostly, waking up sore.
Even so, I wanted to see if it was still snowing. If it wasn't, I wanted to see how much snow had fallen to prep for shoveling shortly. It... was gone? Had it melted? The snow seemed to remain elsewhere. I couldn't... focus, at first. So I had to look front, then out the back door. Someone(s) had shoveled. I must admit to being quite grateful.
I won't waste the hand up. A shower is my next thing. That might help with the pain. Some painkillers right now, as well. Some tea, cold. For whatever reason, at 66F in here, I am almost too warm. I think as my body builds muscle from what I have torn my body heats excessively. I am guessing I tore things all over my body in my haste. My biceps, which I had thought I got to 15 sometime back, but hadn't... and admitted it? Are now nearly 16 inches. Pretty anemic, but compared to a bit over 14, it's improvement. No, I haven't been working out, not even the hand exercises, not for months. Hey! I actually DO have 16" guns. *grins*
The goal of the shower is to be ready to roll into town this morning. Parts to buy, groceries too, and returns. I have four things to send back through the line. I think, from now on, when I buy eggs for mayo, I am only buying a small pack. Those eggs don't seem to last well in the fridge, as do my usual eggs. They just don't. I like having eggs that will last two to four weeks, in the fridge. I really want and need the freshest for raw egg applications, but I don't need that for everything. I may wrap those in clear foil, both type, to see if that helps, as well. My fridge has the smells of a decade or two of use, and refrigerators are what they are... they smell. I may move to buying a new one every four to five years. Used vehicles, new fridges... that's a change.
Hmm... Oh, and I think I may order some ribeyes. That'll probably be my main meal meat three to four times a week. A thick cut, say inch and an half. Meat doesn't seem to last well in the freezer. The pork did though. Lamb won't last long enough to test. But beef goes a bit off a bit quicker, or this seemed to do so. I think I'll go with half a beef, and make sure to give a decent amount of that away. Four to six months is about as long as I like beef in the freezer, if this is normal. Then again, my taste buds are very off. Not sure what is up with that. Gum might be... doing something weird.
Oh, and hush. I am not complaining, casting aspersions, or any such. I am just saying what is on my mind. I might be right, I might be wrong, I might be singular. I simply... don't always know. Which... is part of why I write, to figure things out, get feedback, ruminate. If I have a... beef with you? *cough* You will know it. And... I don't even have a beef with the guy who forgot to get the parts for the appliances needed for installation. Oh, I am sure he knew. I just suspect it was company policy not to help in that manner. Job openings are tight, so you do what you are supposed to do. Like it? Who wakes up on any morning, cleans, dresses, and goes out into the cold, because they like it. Food, family, if there is some desire it is run over by the needs of a family, trampled into duty, and much more rigorous for it. I don't hate a man for... reality. Though, perhaps, it was an oversight. I'm just not buying that. I just, as mentioned, at this point, don't mind.
Well, perhaps some waking, a few painpills, and... I don't know. A shower as soon as I can. No breakfast. I will let someone make that for me in town. It's been a while since I stopped in to several places. I may stop in to one of my old haunts this morning, or go to a new one. Dunno. Later. And... thanks for the shoveling. That sure opened some doors for me.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Longer than I expected, shorter than hoped.
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It is nearly 16:00, an hour and change short. All good. The oatmeal didn't crash me, it's just time, and change. I couldn't really taste the oatmeal but I can sense it. I didn't need to eat much of it. A potent food, more so when soaked beforehand. I haven't looked to see how much snow came down, if it stuck, if it's still falling. I just... haven't. I will, as I go to bed. I haven't showered either. I just... it's not pain, or exhaustion, or... just a malaise. More, I think, of spirit than of flesh. It'll improve before long. The flesh is on it's ways to being better.
Have a good rest of the day. I sure wish I could be awake along with you. So it goes. Good night.
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It is nearly 16:00, an hour and change short. All good. The oatmeal didn't crash me, it's just time, and change. I couldn't really taste the oatmeal but I can sense it. I didn't need to eat much of it. A potent food, more so when soaked beforehand. I haven't looked to see how much snow came down, if it stuck, if it's still falling. I just... haven't. I will, as I go to bed. I haven't showered either. I just... it's not pain, or exhaustion, or... just a malaise. More, I think, of spirit than of flesh. It'll improve before long. The flesh is on it's ways to being better.
Have a good rest of the day. I sure wish I could be awake along with you. So it goes. Good night.
It looks to be snowing again.
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Oh, well, yes. A little disappointing. And yet not really. Shoveling isn't really a problem. If all else fails I am set to wait things out in here, if I don't see that being the problem. If I am stuck here, it is more due to simply still being a bit drained. It is just that I hate to watch the work I did undone.
I still haven't gotten a shower in. I'm beginning to slow down. I may go to bed in several hours, or sooner. It's not a terrible exhaustion I face, just... It's nearing my bedtime. I would like to push until 17:00, I just am not sure I have that in me. I have oatmeal soaking, and may have that for dinner. Along with cream and maybe one of the sugar substitutes.
It's so odd. So very hungry and yet not really able to eat. If you can't taste food you just don't want to eat it. I may turn to steaks as a more common food. Along with salads, plus several other things. Hamburger... I just... it's okay but it gets very old very fast. I need to add a bit more been, rice, and some other things into my diet. But those have to be kept to, say, a cup every other day. It's difficult to cook so little, to be honest. Cooking more is a temptation. Hmm... I'll think about this.
Later, or perhaps, more like probably, good night. If I eat the oats and that gets to me, I may go down fast.
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Oh, well, yes. A little disappointing. And yet not really. Shoveling isn't really a problem. If all else fails I am set to wait things out in here, if I don't see that being the problem. If I am stuck here, it is more due to simply still being a bit drained. It is just that I hate to watch the work I did undone.
I still haven't gotten a shower in. I'm beginning to slow down. I may go to bed in several hours, or sooner. It's not a terrible exhaustion I face, just... It's nearing my bedtime. I would like to push until 17:00, I just am not sure I have that in me. I have oatmeal soaking, and may have that for dinner. Along with cream and maybe one of the sugar substitutes.
It's so odd. So very hungry and yet not really able to eat. If you can't taste food you just don't want to eat it. I may turn to steaks as a more common food. Along with salads, plus several other things. Hamburger... I just... it's okay but it gets very old very fast. I need to add a bit more been, rice, and some other things into my diet. But those have to be kept to, say, a cup every other day. It's difficult to cook so little, to be honest. Cooking more is a temptation. Hmm... I'll think about this.
Later, or perhaps, more like probably, good night. If I eat the oats and that gets to me, I may go down fast.
No nap, feeling a bit better, and snow removal.
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While I was hoping for the middle, as beat up as I have been it was just a hope. A far-flung one, sent on the slimmest of prayers or maybe not even a prayer. God knows I hurt, He also understands physics, my lack of fitness, my illness, and the rest. No, I wasn't going to ask for something improbable. Still, here it is, mostly. And why I didn't nap, or collapse, sometime between waking and now I can't say. As rough as it was there, off and on, for most of the earlier morning, I just... almost noon and I will probably be up until early evening.
I noticed the snow out there earlier this morning. I looked at it, then looked away, and then left the notion of the whole idea. Being as rough as I was, seeing more work literally piling up was just too much. As it neared 11:00 though I thought, perhaps, I could shovel then make it to the post office at least. I suppose, technically, I could. But I want a shower before I go out again. I need a shower. Which precludes the post office. Now I might well be able to make it to town, later, for shopping and parts, or not. I don't know. I, again, would have to get a shower in. Actually getting a shower is my primary next step... after a bit of a break.
Shoveling didn't even bother me. I did it all in one go, just breaking a few beads of sweat not even at the end but right as I was sitting to begin this post. Yeah. Pretty cool actually. I don't think that is normal. There are men my age who don't have any illness who can't do this. It wasn't the heaviest snow, or the deepest, but it is a long wide drive with a small walk as well. Add that to what else I have been doing and it really is something. Yeah, a shower.
I made eggs this morning. They just didn't taste good. They should be fresh enough. It just didn't seem to matter. I cooked them right. Perhaps I simply don't have much taste for food these days. I did eat, probably, about an egg and maybe a fifth of a cup of cheese. The rest I simply tossed. Nothing seems to taste good. I have meat thawing, but, to be honest, not even that tastes good. It seems more solid, so... fills me better? I still can't eat all that much. Not even the lamb chops have much going for them. There are benefits, I certainly won't eat too much. But I do need food. Hmm, I may see if the lettuce is any good and if so have some of that. If the lamb chops are thawed, that would go very well with the salad. Later.
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While I was hoping for the middle, as beat up as I have been it was just a hope. A far-flung one, sent on the slimmest of prayers or maybe not even a prayer. God knows I hurt, He also understands physics, my lack of fitness, my illness, and the rest. No, I wasn't going to ask for something improbable. Still, here it is, mostly. And why I didn't nap, or collapse, sometime between waking and now I can't say. As rough as it was there, off and on, for most of the earlier morning, I just... almost noon and I will probably be up until early evening.
I noticed the snow out there earlier this morning. I looked at it, then looked away, and then left the notion of the whole idea. Being as rough as I was, seeing more work literally piling up was just too much. As it neared 11:00 though I thought, perhaps, I could shovel then make it to the post office at least. I suppose, technically, I could. But I want a shower before I go out again. I need a shower. Which precludes the post office. Now I might well be able to make it to town, later, for shopping and parts, or not. I don't know. I, again, would have to get a shower in. Actually getting a shower is my primary next step... after a bit of a break.
Shoveling didn't even bother me. I did it all in one go, just breaking a few beads of sweat not even at the end but right as I was sitting to begin this post. Yeah. Pretty cool actually. I don't think that is normal. There are men my age who don't have any illness who can't do this. It wasn't the heaviest snow, or the deepest, but it is a long wide drive with a small walk as well. Add that to what else I have been doing and it really is something. Yeah, a shower.
I made eggs this morning. They just didn't taste good. They should be fresh enough. It just didn't seem to matter. I cooked them right. Perhaps I simply don't have much taste for food these days. I did eat, probably, about an egg and maybe a fifth of a cup of cheese. The rest I simply tossed. Nothing seems to taste good. I have meat thawing, but, to be honest, not even that tastes good. It seems more solid, so... fills me better? I still can't eat all that much. Not even the lamb chops have much going for them. There are benefits, I certainly won't eat too much. But I do need food. Hmm, I may see if the lettuce is any good and if so have some of that. If the lamb chops are thawed, that would go very well with the salad. Later.
Strange dreams.
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She asked me to let her go. I told her that I have no claim or promise from her. It seems, to her mind, I do. I told her I could not relinquish my want of her, or love for her as it stands, because it is real. Wise? What love IS wise? There is a wisdom in love, a right love, but it mostly isn't ours to own or claim. As a woman who is beautiful, if she lords it over others, she loses some of the content of that. As with a man who is strong who boasts it may reduce himself to that. The wisdom of love is something of the divine. It can be enjoyed, or endured, just not claimed. No, there was nothing I could do for her. And, should I believe she might be willing, or interested, I would pursue. I just don't see that.
Then I was at church. Some of the women were not happy to see me. Feminism had corrupted much. Whispers behind my back, one of them snidely asked how vegetarianism was going for me. It was an anti-virtue signaling marker rather than anything to do with a diet I obviously do not entertain, let alone support for others. Then I saw some woman, partially dressed in vestments, and I through sheer presence frowned on the event and disapproved. The corruption of Vatican II will fall or the church will dissipate. It's not so much a choice of the church as a matter of reality. Women cannot be priests. Abortion is always evil. Some things just are the way they are. I am hated by the feminists in the church, and because of their influence, I do not go often. I still need to begin attending some things, but not in places where feminism has been allowed to fester, or even is allowed serious say. Don't even point fingers.
To be honest I am not sure if anything has changed. If a great calamity still occurs, perhaps the reins are in better hands. Time will tell. You cannot create a fraudulent economy, then keep it going so far beyond functional truth and for so long without a major failure. It isn't just the US, the whole world has colluded in order to keep the rich rich and the poor in place, even creating more poor so as to balance that against the extremely wealthy. It not only won't, it can't work. Though, as with all hard things, the sooner the better. But those who will lose, and that is the ones in charge to now, do not wish to lose. Then again, nobody wants to lose, even if all they get is redistribution and low-rent quota positions. Oh, have no worries, I will lose more than most. Just, possibly, everything. Still, I know it has to happen.
Hmm? Some pain pills, maybe some gaming if I can't get back to sleep right away, then sleep when it can be had again. I have truly ripped muscle, stressed bone, and am now paying the price. I haven't done this good in decades. But I do need to rest. Later.
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She asked me to let her go. I told her that I have no claim or promise from her. It seems, to her mind, I do. I told her I could not relinquish my want of her, or love for her as it stands, because it is real. Wise? What love IS wise? There is a wisdom in love, a right love, but it mostly isn't ours to own or claim. As a woman who is beautiful, if she lords it over others, she loses some of the content of that. As with a man who is strong who boasts it may reduce himself to that. The wisdom of love is something of the divine. It can be enjoyed, or endured, just not claimed. No, there was nothing I could do for her. And, should I believe she might be willing, or interested, I would pursue. I just don't see that.
Then I was at church. Some of the women were not happy to see me. Feminism had corrupted much. Whispers behind my back, one of them snidely asked how vegetarianism was going for me. It was an anti-virtue signaling marker rather than anything to do with a diet I obviously do not entertain, let alone support for others. Then I saw some woman, partially dressed in vestments, and I through sheer presence frowned on the event and disapproved. The corruption of Vatican II will fall or the church will dissipate. It's not so much a choice of the church as a matter of reality. Women cannot be priests. Abortion is always evil. Some things just are the way they are. I am hated by the feminists in the church, and because of their influence, I do not go often. I still need to begin attending some things, but not in places where feminism has been allowed to fester, or even is allowed serious say. Don't even point fingers.
To be honest I am not sure if anything has changed. If a great calamity still occurs, perhaps the reins are in better hands. Time will tell. You cannot create a fraudulent economy, then keep it going so far beyond functional truth and for so long without a major failure. It isn't just the US, the whole world has colluded in order to keep the rich rich and the poor in place, even creating more poor so as to balance that against the extremely wealthy. It not only won't, it can't work. Though, as with all hard things, the sooner the better. But those who will lose, and that is the ones in charge to now, do not wish to lose. Then again, nobody wants to lose, even if all they get is redistribution and low-rent quota positions. Oh, have no worries, I will lose more than most. Just, possibly, everything. Still, I know it has to happen.
Hmm? Some pain pills, maybe some gaming if I can't get back to sleep right away, then sleep when it can be had again. I have truly ripped muscle, stressed bone, and am now paying the price. I haven't done this good in decades. But I do need to rest. Later.
Serious pain.
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Pushing that far in I knew the extraction would be uncomfortable. I am not at all surprised, after resting for days, to just now be hitting my stride in the extraction of pains. Arms and chest and legs, like after the first week of football practice. I had worse, I just can't remember those things. Boot camp was actually worse, but not all physical. It was the regimen, the hours, with the physical added in as a component and not the heaviest component by far, so there was no real recovery, in that, for me.
I have set up the bed so that it is warm enough, and more. That should help with recovery. Until last night, or the night before, I can't recall, I had been sleeping with just a cover sheet and two blankets. I never was warm at night. I think that was setting recovery back. All I added was a heavy top cover-blanket but it worked. Now I have to add and remove layers through the night, but I do get warm and stay warm. I believe recovery will be quicker now. And I should sleep more deeply.
I need to begin cooking again. I have had this and that to get by eating. It's getting long in the tooth or is simply gone now. So, back to it. I don't know if I said, but I won't be using my cast iron on the stovetop anymore. I will use it in the oven. The problem is oil seeps to the outside and bottom of the pan, making it almost impossible to cook cleanly. Which is fine. I have several good stainless and 'teflon' type pans for regular use. To be honest I don't think they are as good as cast iron, much more difficult to cook with, harder to truly keep clean, but they aren't messy to the stove to cook with. Thing is, if these pans get a scratch in them, you really have to change them out. That is some seriously bad to eat stuff that scrapes off. I can test out, more thoroughly, the high carbon pans though. If they work like cast, as has been suggested, but don't bleed out oil, they might work better.
For right now, mostly, other than cooking as required, I am still down for the count. Another day or two and I hope I can begin doing more. I need to make some returns, get the washing machine going, and buy groceries... before everything closes down for Christmas. Ugh. I want to go back to bed but I am not sure I can. A few more hours would get me in line to maybe work back to a regular day schedule. Oh, and I need to go to the post office, which is doable even if I do nothing else as to getting out. Later.
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Pushing that far in I knew the extraction would be uncomfortable. I am not at all surprised, after resting for days, to just now be hitting my stride in the extraction of pains. Arms and chest and legs, like after the first week of football practice. I had worse, I just can't remember those things. Boot camp was actually worse, but not all physical. It was the regimen, the hours, with the physical added in as a component and not the heaviest component by far, so there was no real recovery, in that, for me.
I have set up the bed so that it is warm enough, and more. That should help with recovery. Until last night, or the night before, I can't recall, I had been sleeping with just a cover sheet and two blankets. I never was warm at night. I think that was setting recovery back. All I added was a heavy top cover-blanket but it worked. Now I have to add and remove layers through the night, but I do get warm and stay warm. I believe recovery will be quicker now. And I should sleep more deeply.
I need to begin cooking again. I have had this and that to get by eating. It's getting long in the tooth or is simply gone now. So, back to it. I don't know if I said, but I won't be using my cast iron on the stovetop anymore. I will use it in the oven. The problem is oil seeps to the outside and bottom of the pan, making it almost impossible to cook cleanly. Which is fine. I have several good stainless and 'teflon' type pans for regular use. To be honest I don't think they are as good as cast iron, much more difficult to cook with, harder to truly keep clean, but they aren't messy to the stove to cook with. Thing is, if these pans get a scratch in them, you really have to change them out. That is some seriously bad to eat stuff that scrapes off. I can test out, more thoroughly, the high carbon pans though. If they work like cast, as has been suggested, but don't bleed out oil, they might work better.
For right now, mostly, other than cooking as required, I am still down for the count. Another day or two and I hope I can begin doing more. I need to make some returns, get the washing machine going, and buy groceries... before everything closes down for Christmas. Ugh. I want to go back to bed but I am not sure I can. A few more hours would get me in line to maybe work back to a regular day schedule. Oh, and I need to go to the post office, which is doable even if I do nothing else as to getting out. Later.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Should, could, would, won't.
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I am, at times, baffled as whether to post or not. Oh, yes, I really go back and forth. A recent post has been put up, taken down, and repeatedly. I have decided to just leave it up, finally. If I am still not sure I should.
It is about time for a nap. Or more. Some items have arrived which make eating certain seafood much simpler. I have taken enough for my use out and left the others for a visitor. In case I am not awake later, or tomorrow, or whenever. Lobster is on the way, I suspect. I haven't received a notification, but that stuff is sent and is supposed to make it in a day or less, if all is accounted. We will see. It's not an every year thing. Not even a once a year thing. It is just a thing.
I am still tired, deep down. I think the cool is adding to it. Which is fine, mostly. I have the time to rest. I have some items to buy, some returns to make, and groceries to pick up. Soon, I hope. Tonight, tomorrow, the next day, I just don't know. I have tried warming the cave, but it just... When I am this tired I may not be able to break through the cool. I'll keep at it.
Yes, nap or sleep time. I have done what little I can. I sure hope to get going on the drain as I would really like to get going on the laundry, then the rest of the cave. I am excited to finish up my bedroom, redo the spare bedroom, arrange the rest of my clothes that are still to be washed, then hit the kitchen, bathroom, and then living room. I am hoping to have most of it done by New Years. At worst by February. While I have a hog coming in then, I would like to get a plumber in as well.
I want to have all mechanical, plumbing, and minor electrical problems solved by next December, then begin deciding about whether the kitchen floor is next, or whether I should spend the money to get the en suite done... if I really can't get in and get going on that. Bleh. I have some hope that I can get the en suite myself. The kitchen floor, though, I don't think so. Even if I go with rubber matting or some other easy to do, but good on the feet and leg material, that can be rolled out. I may need sub-floor replacement on some of it. Yeah... Anyway... I'll be keeping at it, when I can get back to it and when I can keep at it.
Later.
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I am, at times, baffled as whether to post or not. Oh, yes, I really go back and forth. A recent post has been put up, taken down, and repeatedly. I have decided to just leave it up, finally. If I am still not sure I should.
It is about time for a nap. Or more. Some items have arrived which make eating certain seafood much simpler. I have taken enough for my use out and left the others for a visitor. In case I am not awake later, or tomorrow, or whenever. Lobster is on the way, I suspect. I haven't received a notification, but that stuff is sent and is supposed to make it in a day or less, if all is accounted. We will see. It's not an every year thing. Not even a once a year thing. It is just a thing.
I am still tired, deep down. I think the cool is adding to it. Which is fine, mostly. I have the time to rest. I have some items to buy, some returns to make, and groceries to pick up. Soon, I hope. Tonight, tomorrow, the next day, I just don't know. I have tried warming the cave, but it just... When I am this tired I may not be able to break through the cool. I'll keep at it.
Yes, nap or sleep time. I have done what little I can. I sure hope to get going on the drain as I would really like to get going on the laundry, then the rest of the cave. I am excited to finish up my bedroom, redo the spare bedroom, arrange the rest of my clothes that are still to be washed, then hit the kitchen, bathroom, and then living room. I am hoping to have most of it done by New Years. At worst by February. While I have a hog coming in then, I would like to get a plumber in as well.
I want to have all mechanical, plumbing, and minor electrical problems solved by next December, then begin deciding about whether the kitchen floor is next, or whether I should spend the money to get the en suite done... if I really can't get in and get going on that. Bleh. I have some hope that I can get the en suite myself. The kitchen floor, though, I don't think so. Even if I go with rubber matting or some other easy to do, but good on the feet and leg material, that can be rolled out. I may need sub-floor replacement on some of it. Yeah... Anyway... I'll be keeping at it, when I can get back to it and when I can keep at it.
Later.
Wear black much?
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He asked as if it didn't need answered. He asked whether I had been wearing it since a young child. He simply doesn't understand. I wear black often, these days, if more as a lark. And... even he should know. Yeah, he has to know. I've told him if he doesn't want to see, don't look. And yet he sees, which means he looks.
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He asked as if it didn't need answered. He asked whether I had been wearing it since a young child. He simply doesn't understand. I wear black often, these days, if more as a lark. And... even he should know. Yeah, he has to know. I've told him if he doesn't want to see, don't look. And yet he sees, which means he looks.
Back to sleeping as needed.
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Much sleep is needed. All good. Plus, I am pretty sure, I will soon be back to it. Not heavy, hard, and fast, but a reasonable pace, and very possibly starting to day though may not until tomorrow. The first task I will do, when I begin, is to go to town and find the parts I need, do a bit of shopping, and begin again from there.
My body isn't sore so much as tight. It feels more like setting concrete than iron, at the moment. But I remember this from during football practices, and later, during times when I would come off easy periods. Most people don't ever actually work to the point where they take a break and come back to it like this. Then again, in part I am doing this because I have been doing so little for so long. That I recognize it, though, that is the tell.
I hope to work this to where I have some level of functional fitness. I'm not looking for a return to the fitness I had in the service, or even high school sports fitness. I simply have no need of that much. It was a bear to keep up, costs a lot in food, and all such. Still, I want to be in much better shape. I am getting there. I just don't know where the limits, or possibilities begin and end. Sometimes I don't have as much of a choice, either. Though I am learning to push through hard times, and make it on through to some point as needed beyond where I thought I could go.
My stove is not balanced. I will be looking at how to do that. It really isn't easy to do, definitely not alone. I may have to see if I can set it up for easy work, have everything ready, then ask someone for a hand. I will need to do the same with the washer and dryer. Yes, it... makes a difference. Just for cooking, having the fat leave one part of the pan untouched is a bad thing and annoying.
Still, for now, and until I am better, if I need sleep I will have sleep. I might even toss in extra sleep just because I think it could be useful. Waking just before two could turn into a very long day. A nap might be good in six hours or so, for example. Want it or not, of mind, I think my body might just take it, knowing what else I have planned.
I hate doing little, but for now I don't have all that much choice. Hmm, back to reading maybe? I need to find something more for when I can do little. I have even considered legos, or other such. Especially a motorized kit I can make more than one project through. Though, sometimes, when this tired, even using the mind is too taxing. Reading, for example, can be too much, or in the past. I'll think on it. Later.
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Much sleep is needed. All good. Plus, I am pretty sure, I will soon be back to it. Not heavy, hard, and fast, but a reasonable pace, and very possibly starting to day though may not until tomorrow. The first task I will do, when I begin, is to go to town and find the parts I need, do a bit of shopping, and begin again from there.
My body isn't sore so much as tight. It feels more like setting concrete than iron, at the moment. But I remember this from during football practices, and later, during times when I would come off easy periods. Most people don't ever actually work to the point where they take a break and come back to it like this. Then again, in part I am doing this because I have been doing so little for so long. That I recognize it, though, that is the tell.
I hope to work this to where I have some level of functional fitness. I'm not looking for a return to the fitness I had in the service, or even high school sports fitness. I simply have no need of that much. It was a bear to keep up, costs a lot in food, and all such. Still, I want to be in much better shape. I am getting there. I just don't know where the limits, or possibilities begin and end. Sometimes I don't have as much of a choice, either. Though I am learning to push through hard times, and make it on through to some point as needed beyond where I thought I could go.
My stove is not balanced. I will be looking at how to do that. It really isn't easy to do, definitely not alone. I may have to see if I can set it up for easy work, have everything ready, then ask someone for a hand. I will need to do the same with the washer and dryer. Yes, it... makes a difference. Just for cooking, having the fat leave one part of the pan untouched is a bad thing and annoying.
Still, for now, and until I am better, if I need sleep I will have sleep. I might even toss in extra sleep just because I think it could be useful. Waking just before two could turn into a very long day. A nap might be good in six hours or so, for example. Want it or not, of mind, I think my body might just take it, knowing what else I have planned.
I hate doing little, but for now I don't have all that much choice. Hmm, back to reading maybe? I need to find something more for when I can do little. I have even considered legos, or other such. Especially a motorized kit I can make more than one project through. Though, sometimes, when this tired, even using the mind is too taxing. Reading, for example, can be too much, or in the past. I'll think on it. Later.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sleeping as needed.
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I pushed a little hard. So, now, I sleep when my body wants to rest. I went down around noon. I thought I might be able to just pull off a nap. Not so much. A call saying dinner was arriving woke me at about 19:00. At about 21:00 I do believe I'll have a big glass of water and go on back to bed. Turkey was quite good. Some can cook turkey right, some can't. This was right. Moist, done, tasty.
My arms arrived, as well as a few other items. I am well pleased. If there is anything else I purchase yet, it might be a normal sized katana, which would be, for me, a bo katana. Probably. Though such a purchase is probably years off. The dagger is shorter than I thought it would be, and yet quite meaty. It is as good a high-choked war hammer as it is a cutting weapon or sword locking arm. And she looks good. Looks are a part of it.
Yeah, bedtime, again. I don't mind. I pushed a bit much. I will rest until I am rested, I guess. Good night.
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I pushed a little hard. So, now, I sleep when my body wants to rest. I went down around noon. I thought I might be able to just pull off a nap. Not so much. A call saying dinner was arriving woke me at about 19:00. At about 21:00 I do believe I'll have a big glass of water and go on back to bed. Turkey was quite good. Some can cook turkey right, some can't. This was right. Moist, done, tasty.
My arms arrived, as well as a few other items. I am well pleased. If there is anything else I purchase yet, it might be a normal sized katana, which would be, for me, a bo katana. Probably. Though such a purchase is probably years off. The dagger is shorter than I thought it would be, and yet quite meaty. It is as good a high-choked war hammer as it is a cutting weapon or sword locking arm. And she looks good. Looks are a part of it.
Yeah, bedtime, again. I don't mind. I pushed a bit much. I will rest until I am rested, I guess. Good night.
Yeah? Yeah.
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Still ticklishly foolishly tired, a bit sore, and stiff here and there. I went there, stepped over the line, and kept going until I remembered as close to the infinite as a creature of flesh can. Chose against that path again... that is closed to me, as a lifestyle, now. At least I know I can visit if need be. Love can require that, for many reasons, but as moments not as whole truths. Women can't live there, men just have to do what it takes, sometimes.
My neighbor stopped in last night. He wanted to see the new cool tools. He seemed pleased. I told him of my hangup, and that I was just too tired to quite do even that one step, quite yet. He tinkered with one part, and got it off easily. Suggested, if I had a plumbers wrench he would get that last part off. I only had to move empty boxes, and was well worth it. He took the drain assembly off. As such, I will go to town and figure this out for final today. I think I just need a black pvc 1 1/2" female to female or female to straight line connector. Whichever they might have. I'll grab more teflon tape (plumber's tape), I know I have it, but not where. I won't want to be held back by that... unless I find some on the way out the door.
Yeah, just a touch of help at just the right time and I am sort of back on track. I won't do much more, but if I can get this arranged, then working, I will start doing small loads of laundry. Two things to help with laundry... two? three I mean... are in the basket. For larger loads of woolens, silks, and some synthetics, if I do larger batches air drying some in the dryer and hanging some would split the difference. As well, I have seen those devices they use to help fold clothes faster. Some things I want are more difficult. But I have been slowly creating systems and purchasing devices that make my wishes easier to work. With this, I can fold all my t-shirts, quickly and neatly. I am slow and not good at it by hand. And, even if the hanger is only good for socks, that is a very handy thing. Then I will be less intimidated by doing a large batch of various socks. Wool or compression or silk or synth liners... I have a lot of socks and they don't take to heat well, or even dry well even on fluff.
I probably won't have those in until next month. And, other than, perhaps, getting the washer online and functioning, then using it and the dryer, I won't be doing a lot of other work for the rest of this week. I do have trash, and I think recycling, to get out this morning. And I will do that, plus keep up on the cave otherwise. But not much more, not until I have rested up a bit. Even so, it is wonderful to walk around in a much cleaner and becoming neater cave... home. It eases a body exhausted by making it so. Once I get there, I need to try to find help it keeping it that way. Ugh.
Later.
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Still ticklishly foolishly tired, a bit sore, and stiff here and there. I went there, stepped over the line, and kept going until I remembered as close to the infinite as a creature of flesh can. Chose against that path again... that is closed to me, as a lifestyle, now. At least I know I can visit if need be. Love can require that, for many reasons, but as moments not as whole truths. Women can't live there, men just have to do what it takes, sometimes.
My neighbor stopped in last night. He wanted to see the new cool tools. He seemed pleased. I told him of my hangup, and that I was just too tired to quite do even that one step, quite yet. He tinkered with one part, and got it off easily. Suggested, if I had a plumbers wrench he would get that last part off. I only had to move empty boxes, and was well worth it. He took the drain assembly off. As such, I will go to town and figure this out for final today. I think I just need a black pvc 1 1/2" female to female or female to straight line connector. Whichever they might have. I'll grab more teflon tape (plumber's tape), I know I have it, but not where. I won't want to be held back by that... unless I find some on the way out the door.
Yeah, just a touch of help at just the right time and I am sort of back on track. I won't do much more, but if I can get this arranged, then working, I will start doing small loads of laundry. Two things to help with laundry... two? three I mean... are in the basket. For larger loads of woolens, silks, and some synthetics, if I do larger batches air drying some in the dryer and hanging some would split the difference. As well, I have seen those devices they use to help fold clothes faster. Some things I want are more difficult. But I have been slowly creating systems and purchasing devices that make my wishes easier to work. With this, I can fold all my t-shirts, quickly and neatly. I am slow and not good at it by hand. And, even if the hanger is only good for socks, that is a very handy thing. Then I will be less intimidated by doing a large batch of various socks. Wool or compression or silk or synth liners... I have a lot of socks and they don't take to heat well, or even dry well even on fluff.
I probably won't have those in until next month. And, other than, perhaps, getting the washer online and functioning, then using it and the dryer, I won't be doing a lot of other work for the rest of this week. I do have trash, and I think recycling, to get out this morning. And I will do that, plus keep up on the cave otherwise. But not much more, not until I have rested up a bit. Even so, it is wonderful to walk around in a much cleaner and becoming neater cave... home. It eases a body exhausted by making it so. Once I get there, I need to try to find help it keeping it that way. Ugh.
Later.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Nothing fancy.
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I can't remember when I woke. And while I have very lightly tinkered, and gotten a shower in, I haven't done much. Resting, mostly. More rest is needed than what I can do in a short space. Though, walking around the house from time to time, to see the appliances in place and mostly set up, to see the clean open spaces, and to plot my next moves, and imagine more, that has been my day.
It snowed last night. I think last night. In any case I was hoping the sun would take care of it. That is just what happened. My hope was a weak one. Hoping for something that is unlikely, or seems as if it would be unlikely, is... just hope. Sometimes it works out, as it has. I simply wasn't sure I could have gotten out and worked on the driveway. I am done, shot, zapped, sapped, tired, sore, and rough.
I will stay up until mid-evening. I would like to get the trash out, then to the curb. Recycling this week too I think. Not much more will be done. I won't get to the drain pipe today. I will get to it when I can. Rest is terribly needed. I have done what I could. With all of my normal clothes washed and up I have bought some time before the washing machine is truly needed. I doubt if I will be to it even by the middle of the week. I really need rest, away from heavy work. Though I will attempt to stabilize sleep.
I do need new tube fluorescent bulbs for the kitchen. I'm still not sure which are best, though full spectrum might be good, for winter. I haven't figured out the markings on fluorescents though. I probably should take one in to town with me. I really don't like this sort of lighting just for that reason. I'm not even sure if there are codes that are easily recognizable, like the length x diameter or circumference, then of course there are the various brightnesses or "temperatures" or such. You know, I may look that up, to see if that has been standardized, and perhaps which bulbs are more preferred per application? There might be something, if the subjective always plays a roll. I like to try the various things out myself, but they can sometimes have too many variables for me to reasonably afford to try them all, or at least quickly.
Hmm? Oh, right, rambling. Later. Or good night. I am not sure I'll be back on yet tonight. Sleep well if not, I am pretty sure I will.
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I can't remember when I woke. And while I have very lightly tinkered, and gotten a shower in, I haven't done much. Resting, mostly. More rest is needed than what I can do in a short space. Though, walking around the house from time to time, to see the appliances in place and mostly set up, to see the clean open spaces, and to plot my next moves, and imagine more, that has been my day.
It snowed last night. I think last night. In any case I was hoping the sun would take care of it. That is just what happened. My hope was a weak one. Hoping for something that is unlikely, or seems as if it would be unlikely, is... just hope. Sometimes it works out, as it has. I simply wasn't sure I could have gotten out and worked on the driveway. I am done, shot, zapped, sapped, tired, sore, and rough.
I will stay up until mid-evening. I would like to get the trash out, then to the curb. Recycling this week too I think. Not much more will be done. I won't get to the drain pipe today. I will get to it when I can. Rest is terribly needed. I have done what I could. With all of my normal clothes washed and up I have bought some time before the washing machine is truly needed. I doubt if I will be to it even by the middle of the week. I really need rest, away from heavy work. Though I will attempt to stabilize sleep.
I do need new tube fluorescent bulbs for the kitchen. I'm still not sure which are best, though full spectrum might be good, for winter. I haven't figured out the markings on fluorescents though. I probably should take one in to town with me. I really don't like this sort of lighting just for that reason. I'm not even sure if there are codes that are easily recognizable, like the length x diameter or circumference, then of course there are the various brightnesses or "temperatures" or such. You know, I may look that up, to see if that has been standardized, and perhaps which bulbs are more preferred per application? There might be something, if the subjective always plays a roll. I like to try the various things out myself, but they can sometimes have too many variables for me to reasonably afford to try them all, or at least quickly.
Hmm? Oh, right, rambling. Later. Or good night. I am not sure I'll be back on yet tonight. Sleep well if not, I am pretty sure I will.
The future.
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While I can't forget the past I can and have moved on. Leaving behind what needs to be left, taking and cleaning, as much as that is possible, what is worth keeping. Life and love are dirty things. Dealing with hunger, not too much feeding, not to little, of all appetites, is the better of ways, the more sure of ways. All other paths have prices which lead to excesses. And, yet, even well timed and managed hungers... lead to dark things and places, even when that is right. A first child, and witnessing it, changes everything.
On my mind. The last set from looking through the door to a part of life most don't even know exists. Remembering how love was, why it was what it was, and some other things. As that door is remembered, and relinquished for the most part, further and, to a degree new, understandings are presented. Yes, as I have worked, and now as I rest, she clouds my thoughts and perhaps I seed her will. Difficult to know, but I think so. She is afraid, but then, who isn't. Better to be with one who knows enough to honestly fear than to be with a heedless fool who will be in over his depth in short order. Just admit that from the start and... take a breath when possible, take a nap when needed, and do what you can when and how you may, together or alone as it must be.
Yeah, she is on my mind in ways I know and new ways. I'm just pleased she is just as terrified as I am. It tickles my heart to be in trepidation in unison. Yes, a bunch of songs just, sort of, hit it. There might be an order. They might be in some order. But I don't claim they are in the right order or any such. It's... in there. Look or don't, as you please. Ugh, but women do it to me.
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While I can't forget the past I can and have moved on. Leaving behind what needs to be left, taking and cleaning, as much as that is possible, what is worth keeping. Life and love are dirty things. Dealing with hunger, not too much feeding, not to little, of all appetites, is the better of ways, the more sure of ways. All other paths have prices which lead to excesses. And, yet, even well timed and managed hungers... lead to dark things and places, even when that is right. A first child, and witnessing it, changes everything.
On my mind. The last set from looking through the door to a part of life most don't even know exists. Remembering how love was, why it was what it was, and some other things. As that door is remembered, and relinquished for the most part, further and, to a degree new, understandings are presented. Yes, as I have worked, and now as I rest, she clouds my thoughts and perhaps I seed her will. Difficult to know, but I think so. She is afraid, but then, who isn't. Better to be with one who knows enough to honestly fear than to be with a heedless fool who will be in over his depth in short order. Just admit that from the start and... take a breath when possible, take a nap when needed, and do what you can when and how you may, together or alone as it must be.
Yeah, she is on my mind in ways I know and new ways. I'm just pleased she is just as terrified as I am. It tickles my heart to be in trepidation in unison. Yes, a bunch of songs just, sort of, hit it. There might be an order. They might be in some order. But I don't claim they are in the right order or any such. It's... in there. Look or don't, as you please. Ugh, but women do it to me.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Normal pain time.
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It has taken three sleep cycles, I think, to come back down from some strange physical high. A high in which I couldn't really feel pain well, or rightly. I don't think that is a danger, at all. It's just, for so very long I have been unable to achieve that. I doubt if, with the heart, I can maintain it. But that is, as I remember it, for myself, the sweet-spot of physical manipulation to get into... a sort of fitness most will never know. That is the door. Beyond that door there be dragons. Go beyond, and live there. But it isn't just physical. It is mental and spiritual. It is dangerous too. For many it is a place to escape God, and anything else that isn't simple, physical. Though some do maintain a relationship with God, it's more difficult to live how God wants it. I remember this door. I never thought I would see it again.
Having stepped back and down, and then rested a bit, slept more, I am beginning to be able to feel simple physical pains in the real world again. I am satisfied with that. I have had doctors suggest that I don't need to carry on as I was. They have no clue what they are discussing. I am not close to what I was. Not of mind or body. I may be well above my station due to condition, but that still isn't the same. And that is at this point, my momentary high point since being ill. I am just now looking at the entrance to that other place and I know I can't ever go back there. They simply have no understanding. I do, now, finally, again.
That I am seeing this, though, means... there is more room for Alaska. It is more possible. I will keep doing as I am doing. Packing, cleaning, sorting, tossing, storing, then doing it again and again until I have what I want to take with. Kits kept in storage, on either side of my range... just what I need for a couple of weeks if all else fails, but hunting and fishing for much of my food. Resting up when able and needed, hunting and fishing and handling that food when I must. No rent, plumbing problems, neighbor issues, and thieves would have to take it off my back... if there are probably some who would. Though meth-heads and such won't be quite as common. Even living near mostly decent folk, a lone lion can't cover all his range all of the time, especially an older one.
Yeah, today it is beginning to hurt. Another dose of painpills and more of a restful day. I may well attempt to remove the washing machine drain pipe, get a better look, but I am all but certain what I have won't do. Perhaps if I was willing to tear out the drywall, if even then only maybe. Then again, if not, the fix should be simple enough... just a female connect to the wall connect and a female to the male for the rest of the black pvc system. Even if a little piping is needed, I have more than enough. But, either way, not today... other than to take the thing apart and see how I can rig it otherwise. Monday, maybe Tuesday, and I'll finish that up... whenever I can motate without having to hesitate. Later.
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It has taken three sleep cycles, I think, to come back down from some strange physical high. A high in which I couldn't really feel pain well, or rightly. I don't think that is a danger, at all. It's just, for so very long I have been unable to achieve that. I doubt if, with the heart, I can maintain it. But that is, as I remember it, for myself, the sweet-spot of physical manipulation to get into... a sort of fitness most will never know. That is the door. Beyond that door there be dragons. Go beyond, and live there. But it isn't just physical. It is mental and spiritual. It is dangerous too. For many it is a place to escape God, and anything else that isn't simple, physical. Though some do maintain a relationship with God, it's more difficult to live how God wants it. I remember this door. I never thought I would see it again.
Having stepped back and down, and then rested a bit, slept more, I am beginning to be able to feel simple physical pains in the real world again. I am satisfied with that. I have had doctors suggest that I don't need to carry on as I was. They have no clue what they are discussing. I am not close to what I was. Not of mind or body. I may be well above my station due to condition, but that still isn't the same. And that is at this point, my momentary high point since being ill. I am just now looking at the entrance to that other place and I know I can't ever go back there. They simply have no understanding. I do, now, finally, again.
That I am seeing this, though, means... there is more room for Alaska. It is more possible. I will keep doing as I am doing. Packing, cleaning, sorting, tossing, storing, then doing it again and again until I have what I want to take with. Kits kept in storage, on either side of my range... just what I need for a couple of weeks if all else fails, but hunting and fishing for much of my food. Resting up when able and needed, hunting and fishing and handling that food when I must. No rent, plumbing problems, neighbor issues, and thieves would have to take it off my back... if there are probably some who would. Though meth-heads and such won't be quite as common. Even living near mostly decent folk, a lone lion can't cover all his range all of the time, especially an older one.
Yeah, today it is beginning to hurt. Another dose of painpills and more of a restful day. I may well attempt to remove the washing machine drain pipe, get a better look, but I am all but certain what I have won't do. Perhaps if I was willing to tear out the drywall, if even then only maybe. Then again, if not, the fix should be simple enough... just a female connect to the wall connect and a female to the male for the rest of the black pvc system. Even if a little piping is needed, I have more than enough. But, either way, not today... other than to take the thing apart and see how I can rig it otherwise. Monday, maybe Tuesday, and I'll finish that up... whenever I can motate without having to hesitate. Later.
I am keeping at it.
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I really don't feel like it. But then who does, or when do I? It's not about that.
I got the floor "dried off". Really, it was clean water, no soap, the clothes weren't all that dirty, at all, just water. It was sitting in a small part of the floor. Pooled. Definitely not a flat or even floor. Doesn't really show, and in this case was a boon. Keeping the mop and mop caddie ultra clean means a bit of hot water, in situations like this, and I'm right to it. The hot water will keep the mop cleaner, and will allow the mop to absorb when dry. And, once mostly dry, and just doing a last run with a hot mop, it means the floor will dry fast. That all done, the caddie and mop have been cleaned out and put up to dry themselves.
When it is dry I will get in and figure out the drain. Today, tomorrow, soon. I got a message from my phone company. It suggested I am either way ahead or way behind on my bill. I have been meaning to quit them anyway. I'll keep my mother on, but that's it, whichever way it goes. I have that on automatic pay, but they seem to force my bank to stop the payments sometimes. I'm just not sure. If I had some serious money I would go after not just the companies, but the banks that do their bidding and cause problems. Even if that isn't the case, it has been the case before. I tried to call my mother, and some others, but I don't seem to be able to talk. So... I'm guessing I am probably in arrears. If I am ahead and they have been screwing with my phone? Then again, like I said, I think I am going to end my phone service with them... for myself.
Oh, and I waxed the top of my stove right off the bat, before it's first stove-top use. Just get it ready. There is special stuff just for it, a type of wax. Or so they say. But it sure reminds me of car wax. I had it from my old stove. When I used the oven, there was some smoke in there. I looked for anything that might be left in, but I didn't see anything, and it mostly cleared off after a bit. I really didn't like that, and I still wonder if there was something in there that was supposed to be removed.
Oh well. I do think I am pretty much done for the day. My heart is tired. It gets like this sometimes. Not always because of work, it just happens. Given it's condition I really can't complain if, after such use, it has a minor complaint. Later or... maybe good night.
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I really don't feel like it. But then who does, or when do I? It's not about that.
I got the floor "dried off". Really, it was clean water, no soap, the clothes weren't all that dirty, at all, just water. It was sitting in a small part of the floor. Pooled. Definitely not a flat or even floor. Doesn't really show, and in this case was a boon. Keeping the mop and mop caddie ultra clean means a bit of hot water, in situations like this, and I'm right to it. The hot water will keep the mop cleaner, and will allow the mop to absorb when dry. And, once mostly dry, and just doing a last run with a hot mop, it means the floor will dry fast. That all done, the caddie and mop have been cleaned out and put up to dry themselves.
When it is dry I will get in and figure out the drain. Today, tomorrow, soon. I got a message from my phone company. It suggested I am either way ahead or way behind on my bill. I have been meaning to quit them anyway. I'll keep my mother on, but that's it, whichever way it goes. I have that on automatic pay, but they seem to force my bank to stop the payments sometimes. I'm just not sure. If I had some serious money I would go after not just the companies, but the banks that do their bidding and cause problems. Even if that isn't the case, it has been the case before. I tried to call my mother, and some others, but I don't seem to be able to talk. So... I'm guessing I am probably in arrears. If I am ahead and they have been screwing with my phone? Then again, like I said, I think I am going to end my phone service with them... for myself.
Oh, and I waxed the top of my stove right off the bat, before it's first stove-top use. Just get it ready. There is special stuff just for it, a type of wax. Or so they say. But it sure reminds me of car wax. I had it from my old stove. When I used the oven, there was some smoke in there. I looked for anything that might be left in, but I didn't see anything, and it mostly cleared off after a bit. I really didn't like that, and I still wonder if there was something in there that was supposed to be removed.
Oh well. I do think I am pretty much done for the day. My heart is tired. It gets like this sometimes. Not always because of work, it just happens. Given it's condition I really can't complain if, after such use, it has a minor complaint. Later or... maybe good night.
Yeah, the dryer too.
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Not bad. A lot of bending and flexing to get this one. the flexible exhaust hose simply did not want to go onto the exit pipe, to the outside. This and that, a mistake, a bit of cutting, and more tinkering then it finally went into place. I think. Yeah, I tightened the screw band on and it seems to have held? Getting the flex hose onto the dryer outlet itself was simple. The three cord was a breeze. I plugged it in, put the clothes in on more dry, fluff, and... I'll know before long.
There is water on the floor in there, from running the washing machine with the cracked drain pipe. I wanted to make sure it worked, and that they hadn't jiggabooed it or such. So just a bit of mopping, then a very hot rinse, and that should be that. But it does mean I won't be messing with the drain until that dries. Well, it means I could do it a bit later, but I am using it as an excuse to push it off until "tomorrow"... whenever that turns out to be, and probably not in the bright and early, for whatever that even means as my schedule sits.
Oh, and I did run rolls through the oven. I was curious. I might run some cinnamon buns through. Just... because. I never use those pop-rolls, bought them just for this actually. Yeah... cinnamon rolls while I rest for the remainder of the day. Perhaps a shower yet today. I'd love to set up dishes, but I don't want anything getting in the way of getting the laundry room back into operation. So those will just have to wait. If I open up the drain and this stuff doesn't work, I'll have to plug that up with a cloth or something... Yeah, vent gasses can be deadly... plus they just stink for those of us who don't die well.
Later.
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Not bad. A lot of bending and flexing to get this one. the flexible exhaust hose simply did not want to go onto the exit pipe, to the outside. This and that, a mistake, a bit of cutting, and more tinkering then it finally went into place. I think. Yeah, I tightened the screw band on and it seems to have held? Getting the flex hose onto the dryer outlet itself was simple. The three cord was a breeze. I plugged it in, put the clothes in on more dry, fluff, and... I'll know before long.
There is water on the floor in there, from running the washing machine with the cracked drain pipe. I wanted to make sure it worked, and that they hadn't jiggabooed it or such. So just a bit of mopping, then a very hot rinse, and that should be that. But it does mean I won't be messing with the drain until that dries. Well, it means I could do it a bit later, but I am using it as an excuse to push it off until "tomorrow"... whenever that turns out to be, and probably not in the bright and early, for whatever that even means as my schedule sits.
Oh, and I did run rolls through the oven. I was curious. I might run some cinnamon buns through. Just... because. I never use those pop-rolls, bought them just for this actually. Yeah... cinnamon rolls while I rest for the remainder of the day. Perhaps a shower yet today. I'd love to set up dishes, but I don't want anything getting in the way of getting the laundry room back into operation. So those will just have to wait. If I open up the drain and this stuff doesn't work, I'll have to plug that up with a cloth or something... Yeah, vent gasses can be deadly... plus they just stink for those of us who don't die well.
Later.
Every single syllable?
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Well, maybe not. The power cord tensioner set and the anti-tip system are not installed. I don't know about the tensioner on the previous stove, but the anti-tip device was not installed. Yeah, yeah, I'll keep the stuff just in case or for the next owners. No, it didn't just whiz-bang as I thought it would. An error code, first thing, of course. I went through the drill. Push every button, and more than once, just not in groups. Just... trust me on the latter part. Don't. I didn't. Then flipping the potential breakers. Finally I just unplugged and plugged it back in. Cha-ching. I then set the clock, checked the light, looked it over. The surface burners were working already, so I didn't check them again. Four burners, one is multi-sized... or two of them... plus a warming spot. The oven is HUGE, and the glass on it is... nearly the whole door! I love that. I hadn't really noticed in the store, with so much going on. Done! I might even cook something... or later. A salad though.
I am... feeling okay. Or feeling nothing? I am not sure which and it doesn't seem to matter. The next project will be the dryer. I have to connect the back exhaust hose and the power cord, then put it where I want and where it will fit. Oh, and I will dry the clothes I "washed" I didn't use any soap, so I'll just fluff them dry. I usually don't heat dry things, or not much, not often, and rarely from start to stop. Then, either yet "today", or sometime tomorrow, I'll begin tinkering with the drain for the washer. If it all goes together, I will begin washing the special items that need cold, delicate, and/or wool settings. One thing down, two to go.
Hey, what do you know, my first appliance install works, mostly. It's little, but in the big dark world, alone and for the first time, living on the brink of death in the mouth of exhaustion, it's... something. Yes, something to eat. Salad, cheese, and salami, a glass of milk or tea, or both. I have been cutting down on fluids, using a quart instead of half gallon drinking glass... helps, a bit. Later.
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Well, maybe not. The power cord tensioner set and the anti-tip system are not installed. I don't know about the tensioner on the previous stove, but the anti-tip device was not installed. Yeah, yeah, I'll keep the stuff just in case or for the next owners. No, it didn't just whiz-bang as I thought it would. An error code, first thing, of course. I went through the drill. Push every button, and more than once, just not in groups. Just... trust me on the latter part. Don't. I didn't. Then flipping the potential breakers. Finally I just unplugged and plugged it back in. Cha-ching. I then set the clock, checked the light, looked it over. The surface burners were working already, so I didn't check them again. Four burners, one is multi-sized... or two of them... plus a warming spot. The oven is HUGE, and the glass on it is... nearly the whole door! I love that. I hadn't really noticed in the store, with so much going on. Done! I might even cook something... or later. A salad though.
I am... feeling okay. Or feeling nothing? I am not sure which and it doesn't seem to matter. The next project will be the dryer. I have to connect the back exhaust hose and the power cord, then put it where I want and where it will fit. Oh, and I will dry the clothes I "washed" I didn't use any soap, so I'll just fluff them dry. I usually don't heat dry things, or not much, not often, and rarely from start to stop. Then, either yet "today", or sometime tomorrow, I'll begin tinkering with the drain for the washer. If it all goes together, I will begin washing the special items that need cold, delicate, and/or wool settings. One thing down, two to go.
Hey, what do you know, my first appliance install works, mostly. It's little, but in the big dark world, alone and for the first time, living on the brink of death in the mouth of exhaustion, it's... something. Yes, something to eat. Salad, cheese, and salami, a glass of milk or tea, or both. I have been cutting down on fluids, using a quart instead of half gallon drinking glass... helps, a bit. Later.
Hmm? Is feeling no pain also really feeling better?
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The painkillers did their job. Mostly. While most of the pain is gone, I still feel compressed, as if my skin is too tight... pretty much everywhere. My shoulders have just a bit of ache to them, and my legs and back, I suspect, if I bend or while getting up, especially if I do with my normal 'in a hurry' mode, will offer a twinge here and there. Better than before, by far. But does that mean I can do much? I don't know. Not yet.
I will turn the furnace up. While 66 is quite good, for me, on a rest day, I am not sure but that it will make the pain worse, and making doing any work more difficult and painful. Since I am hoping to do a few things, or even hoping the warmth will allow me to heal and rest better, I might as well turn the heat up just a bit. Then bask in the warmth, perhaps get a very needed shower in, and then see about the stove. That, I am hoping, will be an immediate shoe-in. Nothing like success to breed success. I have some things I'd like to cook as well. Hmm... might have a salad while I am warming. Food helps and I am out of chicken. I do have salami and cheese, though, too. Yeah.
I would like to find my levels. I have two, I believe. A small one and a larger one... if I haven't seen the larger one in a very long time. I have stacked boxes in the exit hallway, in front of the tools. I don't think I would be willing to move, then replace or break those boxes down... not quite yet. So that may just have to wait. I may do a small search, in case one of them is out and about somewhere though. I have a Christmas decoration to put up as well as the appliances to level. Ugh but it gets messy trying to do a bit too much all at once. Still... it's sort of fun to get in way too deep and then go for it! I may not be a devil dog, but I earned the respect of a few of them. And not the friendlier of the lot. Which... was how I preferred. It's not about being mean, it's about doing what has to be done and the price that sometimes can cost. I don't like those who can't or won't, including myself. After three attempts to dump the trash, though... even I had to relent. Respect is earned, and my life, itself, earned it. Which led to understanding a bit about God.
Well... some heat, a shower maybe in a bit, a few shows or gaming, some food, then perhaps some work. I really am done in, but that's... not going to get it done and it has to be done. Later.
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The painkillers did their job. Mostly. While most of the pain is gone, I still feel compressed, as if my skin is too tight... pretty much everywhere. My shoulders have just a bit of ache to them, and my legs and back, I suspect, if I bend or while getting up, especially if I do with my normal 'in a hurry' mode, will offer a twinge here and there. Better than before, by far. But does that mean I can do much? I don't know. Not yet.
I will turn the furnace up. While 66 is quite good, for me, on a rest day, I am not sure but that it will make the pain worse, and making doing any work more difficult and painful. Since I am hoping to do a few things, or even hoping the warmth will allow me to heal and rest better, I might as well turn the heat up just a bit. Then bask in the warmth, perhaps get a very needed shower in, and then see about the stove. That, I am hoping, will be an immediate shoe-in. Nothing like success to breed success. I have some things I'd like to cook as well. Hmm... might have a salad while I am warming. Food helps and I am out of chicken. I do have salami and cheese, though, too. Yeah.
I would like to find my levels. I have two, I believe. A small one and a larger one... if I haven't seen the larger one in a very long time. I have stacked boxes in the exit hallway, in front of the tools. I don't think I would be willing to move, then replace or break those boxes down... not quite yet. So that may just have to wait. I may do a small search, in case one of them is out and about somewhere though. I have a Christmas decoration to put up as well as the appliances to level. Ugh but it gets messy trying to do a bit too much all at once. Still... it's sort of fun to get in way too deep and then go for it! I may not be a devil dog, but I earned the respect of a few of them. And not the friendlier of the lot. Which... was how I preferred. It's not about being mean, it's about doing what has to be done and the price that sometimes can cost. I don't like those who can't or won't, including myself. After three attempts to dump the trash, though... even I had to relent. Respect is earned, and my life, itself, earned it. Which led to understanding a bit about God.
Well... some heat, a shower maybe in a bit, a few shows or gaming, some food, then perhaps some work. I really am done in, but that's... not going to get it done and it has to be done. Later.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Mild shakes.
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Not directly from pain, thankfully. I think I have mild shakes from nerve abuse. Too much pain traffic over time. While my will is good my body is mostly dead. Usually it simply doesn't comply with my will. I guess this is what happens when it does comply over it's objections. Though that might not be a bad thing. It, I have suggested, is the answer. I tried to use medication, which got one doctor fired and another hid from me, denied medications which were sent anyway, and... I am doing, without medication if at a lower level, what that medicine was allowing me to do. There is simply a cost.
I don't know if I can keep it up. I have been using anacin, but not even daily. I use it as often as I have posted, give or take. A few times a week, if I have to push a little more over severe exhaustion or oddly, as today, on rest days. Though I am not sure this will be a rest day. I am definitely hoping to get the stove together and put in place, as well as the dryer. And, if nothing else, I would like to at least remove the old washer drain pipe and begin examining the options and potential for the items I have at filling that role, and what might replace them if they don't work. Just... not right here, right now, right up front after waking. Oh, and a shower.
If the drain doesn't work, I won't be going in today. Monday at the earliest. Given more time, the washing machine did spin out. I thought it was finished, then moved it to what I thought would simply spin it out but it turned out to be different wash session, or perpetual soak and spin cycle? I don't know. In any case, given enough time, it does spin down. I wasn't watching the actual time, so perhaps I was just in too much of a hurry. These machines take a long time to do their thing. Which might be fine. One of my resolutions is to do more smaller loads, to keep up rather than to have to do massive loads.
Again, where does it hurt? Everywhere. There are bones that hurt. How is that even possible? My lower internals hurt. It's not so much organs, though, perhaps, just my intestines for some reason? Maybe it's the muscles that ring that, or the muscles have squished as I have pushed, pulled, lifted, lowered, and done steps? All good. This means I have worked, and it means good things. At least I think so. What a miracle if everything worked and it all fits together though. A few days to a week off, mostly, and then back to sorting my home. I'm telling you, just as is you might be amazed. That was a lot of work just so far.
Later.
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Not directly from pain, thankfully. I think I have mild shakes from nerve abuse. Too much pain traffic over time. While my will is good my body is mostly dead. Usually it simply doesn't comply with my will. I guess this is what happens when it does comply over it's objections. Though that might not be a bad thing. It, I have suggested, is the answer. I tried to use medication, which got one doctor fired and another hid from me, denied medications which were sent anyway, and... I am doing, without medication if at a lower level, what that medicine was allowing me to do. There is simply a cost.
I don't know if I can keep it up. I have been using anacin, but not even daily. I use it as often as I have posted, give or take. A few times a week, if I have to push a little more over severe exhaustion or oddly, as today, on rest days. Though I am not sure this will be a rest day. I am definitely hoping to get the stove together and put in place, as well as the dryer. And, if nothing else, I would like to at least remove the old washer drain pipe and begin examining the options and potential for the items I have at filling that role, and what might replace them if they don't work. Just... not right here, right now, right up front after waking. Oh, and a shower.
If the drain doesn't work, I won't be going in today. Monday at the earliest. Given more time, the washing machine did spin out. I thought it was finished, then moved it to what I thought would simply spin it out but it turned out to be different wash session, or perpetual soak and spin cycle? I don't know. In any case, given enough time, it does spin down. I wasn't watching the actual time, so perhaps I was just in too much of a hurry. These machines take a long time to do their thing. Which might be fine. One of my resolutions is to do more smaller loads, to keep up rather than to have to do massive loads.
Again, where does it hurt? Everywhere. There are bones that hurt. How is that even possible? My lower internals hurt. It's not so much organs, though, perhaps, just my intestines for some reason? Maybe it's the muscles that ring that, or the muscles have squished as I have pushed, pulled, lifted, lowered, and done steps? All good. This means I have worked, and it means good things. At least I think so. What a miracle if everything worked and it all fits together though. A few days to a week off, mostly, and then back to sorting my home. I'm telling you, just as is you might be amazed. That was a lot of work just so far.
Later.
Wisdom.
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Choosing when to do, or not do, something. Is it a need or a want. Is it safe. How much do you have to honestly put into the effort.
Wise or not I made the trip and did my best to purchase the right products. I am sure of the wiring (unless something was mislabled). I am pretty sure the dryer hose will work. I didn't, technically, need it. I, however, did not wish to risk that the non-flexible exit pipe would be at the right height for the new dryer. Probably. Not willing to bet on probably. As well, I hated that every time I moved the dryer I had to wiggle back, when putting it back in place, in order to reconnect. I like having some lag space, for occasional cleaning and retrieval of dropped items.
As to the drain, that is a whole different matter. What is installed is not recommended for precisely the reason it is being replaced. That sort blows out. Now, as to whether what I purchased will work? That remains to be seen. I can hope, and I will move heaven and earth to find out, at least when I can get to it. Like or not, finished or not, I am absolutely finished for now. I can't do another thing. I couldn't even get a shower in before heading to town. After a day or two of pretty steady effort, two snow shovelings, two sweepings, vacuuming, up all night(s?), pushing, pulling, and making sure it all happened... I am done for a while. If I get a window, I will attempt things. The stove first, as that is almost a shoein. The dryer next, as while that is a bit of a mixed martial arts, with electrical and simply mechanical, it is most likely just going to happen. The washer, however... that is last. All that is involved with it is the drain piping. But that is probably going to be a wash. Maybe it will all work as it was supposed to work, according to the guy at the store. He actually does know what he is talking about, it's just that in a non-standard, even for a pro, all guesses can be off. I'll... that'll be my last job. If it fails I will disconnect it all and take it in. It might be a simple fix, but better to take it all in than dick around for days. Do what it takes to do it right then be done with it.
It was snowing, then raining. The roads, simply, were questionable. I did go slower. Four-wheel drive does no good if you hit all ice. It was possible. It seemed to be, for the most part, good. I just, it was a bit milder white-knuckle driving. I kept extra attention to anything that might be wrong. Moments of terror. I used to think it was that I realized I was losing control. I realize, now, that it isn't that. It is simply the dawning that I don't have control. Most people don't, perhaps won't, maybe can't, put it that way. I have learned to... understand. Oh, and amen. Truly. When I realized what I do, I am more thankful than ever to a loving God. For fate, alone, is not only not on our side, fate despises us.
On to bed, if I can. So off, so hurt, so empty, so loud, so soft, so hard. I will try to rest, sleep, and do so until I can limp around a bit. Then more until I can walk. Even then, I need some time, if I can get it. Some serious down time. Good night and day and maybe week.
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Choosing when to do, or not do, something. Is it a need or a want. Is it safe. How much do you have to honestly put into the effort.
Wise or not I made the trip and did my best to purchase the right products. I am sure of the wiring (unless something was mislabled). I am pretty sure the dryer hose will work. I didn't, technically, need it. I, however, did not wish to risk that the non-flexible exit pipe would be at the right height for the new dryer. Probably. Not willing to bet on probably. As well, I hated that every time I moved the dryer I had to wiggle back, when putting it back in place, in order to reconnect. I like having some lag space, for occasional cleaning and retrieval of dropped items.
As to the drain, that is a whole different matter. What is installed is not recommended for precisely the reason it is being replaced. That sort blows out. Now, as to whether what I purchased will work? That remains to be seen. I can hope, and I will move heaven and earth to find out, at least when I can get to it. Like or not, finished or not, I am absolutely finished for now. I can't do another thing. I couldn't even get a shower in before heading to town. After a day or two of pretty steady effort, two snow shovelings, two sweepings, vacuuming, up all night(s?), pushing, pulling, and making sure it all happened... I am done for a while. If I get a window, I will attempt things. The stove first, as that is almost a shoein. The dryer next, as while that is a bit of a mixed martial arts, with electrical and simply mechanical, it is most likely just going to happen. The washer, however... that is last. All that is involved with it is the drain piping. But that is probably going to be a wash. Maybe it will all work as it was supposed to work, according to the guy at the store. He actually does know what he is talking about, it's just that in a non-standard, even for a pro, all guesses can be off. I'll... that'll be my last job. If it fails I will disconnect it all and take it in. It might be a simple fix, but better to take it all in than dick around for days. Do what it takes to do it right then be done with it.
It was snowing, then raining. The roads, simply, were questionable. I did go slower. Four-wheel drive does no good if you hit all ice. It was possible. It seemed to be, for the most part, good. I just, it was a bit milder white-knuckle driving. I kept extra attention to anything that might be wrong. Moments of terror. I used to think it was that I realized I was losing control. I realize, now, that it isn't that. It is simply the dawning that I don't have control. Most people don't, perhaps won't, maybe can't, put it that way. I have learned to... understand. Oh, and amen. Truly. When I realized what I do, I am more thankful than ever to a loving God. For fate, alone, is not only not on our side, fate despises us.
On to bed, if I can. So off, so hurt, so empty, so loud, so soft, so hard. I will try to rest, sleep, and do so until I can limp around a bit. Then more until I can walk. Even then, I need some time, if I can get it. Some serious down time. Good night and day and maybe week.
In but incomplete.
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Being the first time I have purchased new appliances I did not know the dryer and the stove purchases did not include the plug. As well, the drain pipe I asked they bring was also not sent. It wasn't a trick or an oversight, either. I know darned well that the store doesn't want these guys hooking things up, or at least not for some of us. Which means nothing is level. I did get them to hook the washing machine up. It was either that or it was going back with them and they'd be talking to whoever about whatever. I wasn't even going to negotiate. It seems to run a cold cycle.
They were in early, right after I cleared the snow the final time. I got to the post office right after that. For some reason the package notification which had been in my box was removed this morning. It just doesn't make sense that the notification would be removed while I still had packages to pick up.
The delivery guys did suggest I get a different type of water hoses, and I probably will. Since I have to go in for plugs anyway. Yeah, I can't quit until I am done. I'll look on youtube, see how it's supposed to go, do some reading elsewhere, and hopefully have everything plugged in and running by this afternoon. Once I get it all going I'll take a well needed rest.
I am holding off until the cold wash finishes. I want to remove the drain pipe so as to get an exact replacement. The main part is good, it's just the cheap pseudo-metal or plastic u-part that is probably bad. It might just be loose, though I will still replace it. I just don't trust it at this point. I wish it would hurry up and finish.
Later.
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Being the first time I have purchased new appliances I did not know the dryer and the stove purchases did not include the plug. As well, the drain pipe I asked they bring was also not sent. It wasn't a trick or an oversight, either. I know darned well that the store doesn't want these guys hooking things up, or at least not for some of us. Which means nothing is level. I did get them to hook the washing machine up. It was either that or it was going back with them and they'd be talking to whoever about whatever. I wasn't even going to negotiate. It seems to run a cold cycle.
They were in early, right after I cleared the snow the final time. I got to the post office right after that. For some reason the package notification which had been in my box was removed this morning. It just doesn't make sense that the notification would be removed while I still had packages to pick up.
The delivery guys did suggest I get a different type of water hoses, and I probably will. Since I have to go in for plugs anyway. Yeah, I can't quit until I am done. I'll look on youtube, see how it's supposed to go, do some reading elsewhere, and hopefully have everything plugged in and running by this afternoon. Once I get it all going I'll take a well needed rest.
I am holding off until the cold wash finishes. I want to remove the drain pipe so as to get an exact replacement. The main part is good, it's just the cheap pseudo-metal or plastic u-part that is probably bad. It might just be loose, though I will still replace it. I just don't trust it at this point. I wish it would hurry up and finish.
Later.
How much does it hurt?
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Plenty, and pretty much everywhere. Again. I did a bit of vacuuming this morning. And I will be going out to sweep one last time. I think it has finally stopped snowing. To be honest though, the only think I would have done differently was not sweeping when I did. I would have skipped that and swept this morning. I am glad I shoveled twice. While it took twice as long it was less than half the work. All at once that would have been just a lot more than simply double the effort. I know because I did a short little bit on the back sidewalk, with a full depth, all combined, and it was rough.
The phone is charged. I will keep it, literally, on me. Sometimes either it doesn't ring or I don't hear it. I have both a ring tone and vibrate on, and still miss it? I honestly think it doesn't always ring through right, somehow. I honestly wonder if the SJW workers at big tech companies screw with people. Or they are so busy trying to correct us that they don't do what they are supposed to do. Perhaps a mix of those things. Then again, not sure I can always trust family. Especially those who have converged. They are like all others of their type. Cowardly backstabbing monsters when they "feel" offended, or can't handle the truth.
I can't wait to get this all over, so I can crash for a few days, or as needed. I have pushed beyond... I don't even know. I am hoping, though, to sweep the drive again, take a shower, then make it to the post office. They are supposed to be calling to set things up sometime. I have no idea when they will be calling or what time they might be arriving, two different things, hopefully with some distance. Then again, if they called, then arrived, that would actually be fine. I would just have to figure out the post office later or another day. I am sure I can sweep everything in time. Just a bit of snow landed after my last effort. Just enough to make it, potentially, slick in the worst way.
Later.
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Plenty, and pretty much everywhere. Again. I did a bit of vacuuming this morning. And I will be going out to sweep one last time. I think it has finally stopped snowing. To be honest though, the only think I would have done differently was not sweeping when I did. I would have skipped that and swept this morning. I am glad I shoveled twice. While it took twice as long it was less than half the work. All at once that would have been just a lot more than simply double the effort. I know because I did a short little bit on the back sidewalk, with a full depth, all combined, and it was rough.
The phone is charged. I will keep it, literally, on me. Sometimes either it doesn't ring or I don't hear it. I have both a ring tone and vibrate on, and still miss it? I honestly think it doesn't always ring through right, somehow. I honestly wonder if the SJW workers at big tech companies screw with people. Or they are so busy trying to correct us that they don't do what they are supposed to do. Perhaps a mix of those things. Then again, not sure I can always trust family. Especially those who have converged. They are like all others of their type. Cowardly backstabbing monsters when they "feel" offended, or can't handle the truth.
I can't wait to get this all over, so I can crash for a few days, or as needed. I have pushed beyond... I don't even know. I am hoping, though, to sweep the drive again, take a shower, then make it to the post office. They are supposed to be calling to set things up sometime. I have no idea when they will be calling or what time they might be arriving, two different things, hopefully with some distance. Then again, if they called, then arrived, that would actually be fine. I would just have to figure out the post office later or another day. I am sure I can sweep everything in time. Just a bit of snow landed after my last effort. Just enough to make it, potentially, slick in the worst way.
Later.
Snow stopped.
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Or so it seemed a few hours ago. Yes, I am sore. I am tired. I feel bruised and my body is generally unhappy. Still, with the snow done I wanted to hit it. I shoveled again. At least an inch, or so it seemed, maybe two. While that did okay, it just didn't seem good enough so I decided to sweep, using a big, wide, utility push broom. Wow, that is more difficult than shoveling. Which doesn't make sense. I have two-thirds of the drive done, and the sidewalk that would be used is done, short as it is.
Not bad but I am really pushing things. I will need a break when this is done. I don't care if it takes a week for me to make sense of the world in a bodily way again. Though if I can get back to it even sooner, that is fine. Thing is I will let it happen on it's own, and simply won't shove, push, or attempt to work past it. I will rest as I need. I don't mind doing little things, small batches of laundry, batches of dishes, a bit of cooking, if I can. If not I will find a way around any or all of those.
Then again, the shoveling wasn't much of a job. The sweeping was, though maybe I was just wearing down? I had shoveled everything twice already tonight. I was handling the cold without issue, at least with the gloves to keep my hands off the cold shovel. I am tired, but... not as bad as I thought I might end up. Stiff and sore, but not really adding much to that? I don't know. All good though.
I've had a bit of a break. So I think I will head out and finish the last bit of the drive. Sweeping it really gets the last bit of clinking snow, mostly. I am sure having a well cleaned driveway will be welcome. The only really heavy item is the washer, probably. Still, it gets messy having to work through snow, sludge, and ice. Sometimes it isn't even possible. Later.
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Or so it seemed a few hours ago. Yes, I am sore. I am tired. I feel bruised and my body is generally unhappy. Still, with the snow done I wanted to hit it. I shoveled again. At least an inch, or so it seemed, maybe two. While that did okay, it just didn't seem good enough so I decided to sweep, using a big, wide, utility push broom. Wow, that is more difficult than shoveling. Which doesn't make sense. I have two-thirds of the drive done, and the sidewalk that would be used is done, short as it is.
Not bad but I am really pushing things. I will need a break when this is done. I don't care if it takes a week for me to make sense of the world in a bodily way again. Though if I can get back to it even sooner, that is fine. Thing is I will let it happen on it's own, and simply won't shove, push, or attempt to work past it. I will rest as I need. I don't mind doing little things, small batches of laundry, batches of dishes, a bit of cooking, if I can. If not I will find a way around any or all of those.
Then again, the shoveling wasn't much of a job. The sweeping was, though maybe I was just wearing down? I had shoveled everything twice already tonight. I was handling the cold without issue, at least with the gloves to keep my hands off the cold shovel. I am tired, but... not as bad as I thought I might end up. Stiff and sore, but not really adding much to that? I don't know. All good though.
I've had a bit of a break. So I think I will head out and finish the last bit of the drive. Sweeping it really gets the last bit of clinking snow, mostly. I am sure having a well cleaned driveway will be welcome. The only really heavy item is the washer, probably. Still, it gets messy having to work through snow, sludge, and ice. Sometimes it isn't even possible. Later.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Oh my word!
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I was only able to stay awake until about 8:00. I thought a nap, perhaps, and waking before the post office closed, might be in the works. Nope! I slept until 19:00 this evening. I woke several times through the sleep, to go to the bathroom. I hurt so much each time that I tried to make consciousness as brief as possible and attempted to forget as much as I could. At some point, perhaps even before I crashed, I realized it had snowed. I couldn't tell how much. Oh, and I had a package I hadn't been expecting... forgot about I suppose. Good think I looked, and good thing it showed up so early, before the second bedtime, or it would have frozen.
I was sore all morning, then slept and woke in pain. When I woke this evening, I was terribly sore still. I... must admit. I was afraid of shoveling. Still, out I went. I did find gloves this time, winter gloves. Work gloves are not really good for this. These are cheap winter gloves, but good enough.
It was work, sort of. To be honest, something has changed. Shoveling snow, at least what I have, isn't what I would now call work. If it is really heavy, deep, or both, sure. It might get that way. But at, probably, two, maybe three, inches, I was doing it fairly easily. The real work was more standing and pushing an aching sore and stiff body. That was the real work. I got through it all in one go. Thing is it is still snowing. If it stops before long I will sweep if what is there is light enough. If not I will have to shovel again.
The way I am feeling, I do not know that I will be awake all that long again. I need to make sure my cellphone is charged, and within hearing, for the delivery tomorrow. I have no idea when they are supposed to arrive. Though, with the sleep I have been getting, I should be able to at least be up, dressed, and direct the installation and check the systems. If the washer doesn't have cold runs, it goes back with them. And I want everything leveled. Period. I hated having a stove on which the pan was at enough of an angle that all the fats could go to one side! If I had known the stove was that light, though, I might have asked someone to help. I just thought it would be heavy as the dickens. I might even be able to do it alone, with a... little thinking and right action. Still, I don't want to have to mess with that on my own, or ask others for help.
Who knows. If I am able to stay awake for a while, I might do some work. Later.
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I was only able to stay awake until about 8:00. I thought a nap, perhaps, and waking before the post office closed, might be in the works. Nope! I slept until 19:00 this evening. I woke several times through the sleep, to go to the bathroom. I hurt so much each time that I tried to make consciousness as brief as possible and attempted to forget as much as I could. At some point, perhaps even before I crashed, I realized it had snowed. I couldn't tell how much. Oh, and I had a package I hadn't been expecting... forgot about I suppose. Good think I looked, and good thing it showed up so early, before the second bedtime, or it would have frozen.
I was sore all morning, then slept and woke in pain. When I woke this evening, I was terribly sore still. I... must admit. I was afraid of shoveling. Still, out I went. I did find gloves this time, winter gloves. Work gloves are not really good for this. These are cheap winter gloves, but good enough.
It was work, sort of. To be honest, something has changed. Shoveling snow, at least what I have, isn't what I would now call work. If it is really heavy, deep, or both, sure. It might get that way. But at, probably, two, maybe three, inches, I was doing it fairly easily. The real work was more standing and pushing an aching sore and stiff body. That was the real work. I got through it all in one go. Thing is it is still snowing. If it stops before long I will sweep if what is there is light enough. If not I will have to shovel again.
The way I am feeling, I do not know that I will be awake all that long again. I need to make sure my cellphone is charged, and within hearing, for the delivery tomorrow. I have no idea when they are supposed to arrive. Though, with the sleep I have been getting, I should be able to at least be up, dressed, and direct the installation and check the systems. If the washer doesn't have cold runs, it goes back with them. And I want everything leveled. Period. I hated having a stove on which the pan was at enough of an angle that all the fats could go to one side! If I had known the stove was that light, though, I might have asked someone to help. I just thought it would be heavy as the dickens. I might even be able to do it alone, with a... little thinking and right action. Still, I don't want to have to mess with that on my own, or ask others for help.
Who knows. If I am able to stay awake for a while, I might do some work. Later.
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