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My recovery is rather slow. Which actually surprises me. Then again, the days I miss medicine altogether and feel better it is because I have missed all of it. Just cutting the extra means I am still dosing, which means feeling better is slower. Although, when I miss for more than, say, a day or two in a week, I end up beginning to feel bad. I won't have the sheer cliff to face either. I did find the diatomaceous earth, I did find the applicator, I did move the hose, but dinner arriving early, and being big and quite good, knocked my legs out from under me. Or, that is the excuse I will use. And, no, that... wasn't a problem at all. I was hungry. Full now, even hours later. As for gaining weight, I think the meds were knocking my so hard I wasn't voiding as often or as well. I sat nearly the whole time I managed to be awake. It wasn't food, that's for sure.
The garden and yard are getting watered. It looks like some of my peppers are setting on. They were not what I was... or, actually, I simply didn't know what I was supposed to see. I don't see any tomatoes though. And only one type of pepper seems to be setting on, either the Tai or the Serrano. The rest? I will have to hope fertilizer helps. Oh, and I really need to get back in and weed. Everything I knocked down invited ten friends to replace them. That and thinning. I think thinking first. And... I may have to resort to the hoe just to try and battle to some kind of even score before going back to hand weeding. Perhaps that is that for that at this point though. Ugh... Preen didn't really seem to help. I am thinking another application, though I ought to check on it. My mother suggested only applying it once, but... it seems to have worn off.
I am hoping I am more fully back to normal tomorrow. The goal is to get into the garden, thinning and applying diatomaceous earth, weeding, and whatever else I see the need to do, in short little work periods throughout the day as I am able. That will be the extent of my work tomorrow. I am pretty much done today. Want is there, body is not. My friend will be doing all day testing regarding his heart. He'll call me with any results, and hopefully we will plan for another day out when he is feeling up to it. I'll take the fertilizer applicator back at that time, for exchange hopefully. So many little things one has to keep on their mind, then do. And I'm retired! Ugh.
Later, perhaps good night. Not going to bed soon, just... not sure I will by blogging more. Sleep well.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Life flows again.
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Last night I forgot to take the night dose, meaning the extra dose didn't get taken either. My blood pressure was still excessively low this morning anyway. And, inexplicably, I gained five pounds since yesterday morning. My pulse is also still elevated by over 10 points. That is some serious stuff they are giving me. Looks like I am at the exact limit to what I can take. So, I have definitively decided to scrap the increase, at least for now. But I can't live like that, not living on my own. So, yeah... probably not.
I am still a bit weak today but some vitality is returning. I had wanted to find the diatomaceous earth, and put that on the root vegetables the other day but I couldn't keep with even the task of finding the stuff. After a couple of rounds of looking, though, today, with the notion that I wasn't quitting until I found it, I found it. Duh. And I then found the applicator that I had found just recently but then lost in the haze, along with the rest of the project. Yes, I am going to fill that up, use it where needed, and do some more thinning of the other bulbing ground fruits, perhaps more if I can stick with it. Of course, I have a full row to go this time so I am not sure I will get to other weeding. I'm not even sure I will be able to finish the whole row as is. While I was doing better, and am doing a bit better, even at my recent prime I have serious limits. Still, it is wonderful to be back in the garden and to be able to see seemingly simple tasks, such as tracking something down, back on the menu.
I still get hit with a shot of lightheadedness from time to time, while doing things, but it is very mild, quite temporary, and becoming rarer. Hmm, best make sure the water is ready to go again tonight. Even numbered day, so it all gets watered. I had it set up for 21:00, but I think I am going earlier tonight, 20:00, maybe 19:30. And I will try to get the side hoses started before that, stop them for the water automated water times, then finish off after they finish. I'm not quite getting enough water, and reasonably, through one faucet for the whole works. Hmm, I'll set up the side hoses as well, all of them actually. Yeah, feeling my oats again and wanting to get to it. If all goes well, I am hoping to get into the bathroom some time. Not sure that part is possible but there is a 20% chance, from now on. I want it done this week.
Well... to it. Later.
Ah, dinner is coming early. Well, okay, I can happily deal with that. The thing is I needed a shower and to dress properly. Done. Loverly to back in the game and to just do what I think, rather than have to sit about it trying to think about maybe doing it and hoping it happens in time. Showered, dressed, and ready, in less than five. Hells yeah. No more extra doses. Yum!
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Last night I forgot to take the night dose, meaning the extra dose didn't get taken either. My blood pressure was still excessively low this morning anyway. And, inexplicably, I gained five pounds since yesterday morning. My pulse is also still elevated by over 10 points. That is some serious stuff they are giving me. Looks like I am at the exact limit to what I can take. So, I have definitively decided to scrap the increase, at least for now. But I can't live like that, not living on my own. So, yeah... probably not.
I am still a bit weak today but some vitality is returning. I had wanted to find the diatomaceous earth, and put that on the root vegetables the other day but I couldn't keep with even the task of finding the stuff. After a couple of rounds of looking, though, today, with the notion that I wasn't quitting until I found it, I found it. Duh. And I then found the applicator that I had found just recently but then lost in the haze, along with the rest of the project. Yes, I am going to fill that up, use it where needed, and do some more thinning of the other bulbing ground fruits, perhaps more if I can stick with it. Of course, I have a full row to go this time so I am not sure I will get to other weeding. I'm not even sure I will be able to finish the whole row as is. While I was doing better, and am doing a bit better, even at my recent prime I have serious limits. Still, it is wonderful to be back in the garden and to be able to see seemingly simple tasks, such as tracking something down, back on the menu.
I still get hit with a shot of lightheadedness from time to time, while doing things, but it is very mild, quite temporary, and becoming rarer. Hmm, best make sure the water is ready to go again tonight. Even numbered day, so it all gets watered. I had it set up for 21:00, but I think I am going earlier tonight, 20:00, maybe 19:30. And I will try to get the side hoses started before that, stop them for the water automated water times, then finish off after they finish. I'm not quite getting enough water, and reasonably, through one faucet for the whole works. Hmm, I'll set up the side hoses as well, all of them actually. Yeah, feeling my oats again and wanting to get to it. If all goes well, I am hoping to get into the bathroom some time. Not sure that part is possible but there is a 20% chance, from now on. I want it done this week.
Well... to it. Later.
Ah, dinner is coming early. Well, okay, I can happily deal with that. The thing is I needed a shower and to dress properly. Done. Loverly to back in the game and to just do what I think, rather than have to sit about it trying to think about maybe doing it and hoping it happens in time. Showered, dressed, and ready, in less than five. Hells yeah. No more extra doses. Yum!
Let freedom ring.
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Zimmerman walks, at least so far. And well he should. That case wasn't about singular self defense, it was about being proactive in defending one's neighborhood, among other things. It was a question about whether "white" people can defend themselves from black people. It was about everything except any real legal question that the prosecutor was supposed to negotiate. It was about the morality of a generalized notion of pushing crime and criminals out and dealing with the backtalk from that. Evil doesn't just go away, it has to be pushed out. Cops not only can't do it, they won't. Quite often evil doesn't want to leave an area that is easy pickings. It has to be shoved. From what I have read, Zimmerman didn't even shove. He merely tagged and followed. The criminal seeming behavior of the dead one isn't a freedom. If I skulked around this neighborhood I live in, peaceable as it is, at night, between houses, regardless my intent, I would be confronted. And If I gave lip, or more attacked, I would be shot. That is what you do to rabid animals. I have no complaints. If he had been in the right, simply identifying himself and apologizing for behaving like a criminal would have been enough. My guess is he really was skulking, looking for anything easy. Good riddance.
The justice system has proven to be unmistakably unreliable and just plain wrong. It is what is on trial, and it lost. It could not have won that case, either way. Just that the case came to trial means the system needs to be gutted and fixed. I still remember a case in Omaha, where a woman, alone with her three small children, shot an intruder, who died. Actually I think there were two intruders, the other fled. They tried her, and they went after her for civil and criminal. They lost but they hounded her, and last I heard are still after her, for a decade and change. Gut the system, disbar prosecutors who favor evil, strip courts of jurisdiction when they are this blatantly wrong, and file civil grievances against the media that supports the tyranny of the "minority". It's time. With a black president there is no more game in the quota systems. Besides, if they are truly worth having as citizens, and have any chance at being welcomed by a civil society, they aren't going to get there by being defended, protected, coddled, and supported even, or especially, when they do the most heinous of things or get killed trying to do so. Attacking while acting criminal is evil. The hammer needs to come down hard and sure. Equality? Show me quality first.
Loverly. So far. But if Zimmerman isn't wise, and doesn't proactively go after the criminals in the DoJ, Prosecutor's office, White House, and media, they will come after him. He best lay down the law with suits and a full barrage of offensive tactics or he may yet end up in prison for defending himself and his neighborhood. Go, go, go. Get the fuckers. Nail them. Tie them up with so much of their own red tape and court defenses that they don't have the time, money, energy, or civil support to do anything but run like the shits they are. Get em'!
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Zimmerman walks, at least so far. And well he should. That case wasn't about singular self defense, it was about being proactive in defending one's neighborhood, among other things. It was a question about whether "white" people can defend themselves from black people. It was about everything except any real legal question that the prosecutor was supposed to negotiate. It was about the morality of a generalized notion of pushing crime and criminals out and dealing with the backtalk from that. Evil doesn't just go away, it has to be pushed out. Cops not only can't do it, they won't. Quite often evil doesn't want to leave an area that is easy pickings. It has to be shoved. From what I have read, Zimmerman didn't even shove. He merely tagged and followed. The criminal seeming behavior of the dead one isn't a freedom. If I skulked around this neighborhood I live in, peaceable as it is, at night, between houses, regardless my intent, I would be confronted. And If I gave lip, or more attacked, I would be shot. That is what you do to rabid animals. I have no complaints. If he had been in the right, simply identifying himself and apologizing for behaving like a criminal would have been enough. My guess is he really was skulking, looking for anything easy. Good riddance.
The justice system has proven to be unmistakably unreliable and just plain wrong. It is what is on trial, and it lost. It could not have won that case, either way. Just that the case came to trial means the system needs to be gutted and fixed. I still remember a case in Omaha, where a woman, alone with her three small children, shot an intruder, who died. Actually I think there were two intruders, the other fled. They tried her, and they went after her for civil and criminal. They lost but they hounded her, and last I heard are still after her, for a decade and change. Gut the system, disbar prosecutors who favor evil, strip courts of jurisdiction when they are this blatantly wrong, and file civil grievances against the media that supports the tyranny of the "minority". It's time. With a black president there is no more game in the quota systems. Besides, if they are truly worth having as citizens, and have any chance at being welcomed by a civil society, they aren't going to get there by being defended, protected, coddled, and supported even, or especially, when they do the most heinous of things or get killed trying to do so. Attacking while acting criminal is evil. The hammer needs to come down hard and sure. Equality? Show me quality first.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Maybe just a bit too much.
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I don't know. That extra tiny dose of carvedilol (coreg is another name for it) may simply be too much. I can't believe how wiped out I am. Oh, I keep pushing to do things. That shove doesn't get me far. On very mild things, like changing the position of one set of hoses, I can push through. But that is it. Odd, I can stand up my usual fast way, but standing itself, after a fairly short time, will see me to dizziness. It isn't a loss of balance, more a loss of blood flow to the brainpan, as if under too many "g's" of force. I can walk, and be fine that way, but as with any physical exertion I wear out very quickly. A walk around my yard will see me weary. That is not even close to how things were right before I started the increased dose, even with a similarly low bp. I may have to cut it to an extra half pill every other day. It's simply too tight and I have things to do. This, however, is where Ritalin came in when it was used. Of course, I wasn't on the right medicines at the time, but they had a similar effect. Being on the right medicines, and having my own equipment to monitor my pulse while I exercise, I am hoping to get that going before long. Oh, and it looks like I have an appointment with that doc in a few weeks!
At least it seems cool today. Then again low bp probably makes one feel cooler. It has with me in the past. I looked over the garden while outside again. I don't know. Some of it will never produce, I think. As if I knew. The size, and lack of growth, though, seem very suspicious. Some of it might put a bit out. Though fertilizer, or just time, might prove me wrong. The beetles eating the leaves of the root vegetables are a golden metallic brown bug. I'll have to look those up. Although they are exactly the type of but that diatomaceous earth would work against. They burrow down into the soil, probably feeding at night. Not much else is going on, or will happen today, I suspect. Hmm, I might just get out the diatomaceous earth applicator and use that though... If I can get to it.
Oh, and I have been working on labels. I have worked my way back to January 1sth, well over 600 posts were checked. Only 3,100-3,200 to go? Ha. I won't say that wears me out, but it does test my ability to focus. Concentration is just as likely to fail in this condition as muscle. But I'll keep tinkering on that when I can.
I am playing games just to try and stay awake. Ugh, I hate this. Later.
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I don't know. That extra tiny dose of carvedilol (coreg is another name for it) may simply be too much. I can't believe how wiped out I am. Oh, I keep pushing to do things. That shove doesn't get me far. On very mild things, like changing the position of one set of hoses, I can push through. But that is it. Odd, I can stand up my usual fast way, but standing itself, after a fairly short time, will see me to dizziness. It isn't a loss of balance, more a loss of blood flow to the brainpan, as if under too many "g's" of force. I can walk, and be fine that way, but as with any physical exertion I wear out very quickly. A walk around my yard will see me weary. That is not even close to how things were right before I started the increased dose, even with a similarly low bp. I may have to cut it to an extra half pill every other day. It's simply too tight and I have things to do. This, however, is where Ritalin came in when it was used. Of course, I wasn't on the right medicines at the time, but they had a similar effect. Being on the right medicines, and having my own equipment to monitor my pulse while I exercise, I am hoping to get that going before long. Oh, and it looks like I have an appointment with that doc in a few weeks!
At least it seems cool today. Then again low bp probably makes one feel cooler. It has with me in the past. I looked over the garden while outside again. I don't know. Some of it will never produce, I think. As if I knew. The size, and lack of growth, though, seem very suspicious. Some of it might put a bit out. Though fertilizer, or just time, might prove me wrong. The beetles eating the leaves of the root vegetables are a golden metallic brown bug. I'll have to look those up. Although they are exactly the type of but that diatomaceous earth would work against. They burrow down into the soil, probably feeding at night. Not much else is going on, or will happen today, I suspect. Hmm, I might just get out the diatomaceous earth applicator and use that though... If I can get to it.
Oh, and I have been working on labels. I have worked my way back to January 1sth, well over 600 posts were checked. Only 3,100-3,200 to go? Ha. I won't say that wears me out, but it does test my ability to focus. Concentration is just as likely to fail in this condition as muscle. But I'll keep tinkering on that when I can.
I am playing games just to try and stay awake. Ugh, I hate this. Later.
Not so deeply in the cup.
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Beer sounded delicious last night. I had a notion to sip a bit deeply. Two beers. I didn't wimp out or crash on it. It just so happened that two was... good. No, I don't even feel two beers. It was the flavor. I do like my beer. Might have another couple this afternoon or evening. I've been meaning to add more beer to my diet, in small doses like that. I've been too busy with too many other things to do, buy, or places to be. I can only juggle just so much.
Sleep was good. I was up until midnight, 1:00... no, 1:30-2:00 come to think of it... but not wanting to bust my pattern, and thinking I might be able to pull it off, I set the alarm for 8:00. I hit the snooze once, but got up and turned the ugly noise machine off before it sounded again. It is a good morning. Being cooler last evening I had opened everything up and put all the fans on tornado. The wake was perfect, temp wise. And I closed everything right away, to keep what of that cool I can. Even in my room I only used the fan part of the ac, along with my other fan. I need fresh air when I sleep or I wake to a stale swamp.
I am feeling okay. But my bp is rather low again today. Not sure what is going on with diabetes. It is staying elevated. I'll keep checking and dosing. I get bored when no progress seems to be made. Like the movie Groundhog day, but unable to change the situation. I didn't like the movie, if the notion could have been good with someone who could be believed as the lead. I don't like any of the old (or newer/new) SNL casts. The whole thing was created in, for, by, and of the "me" generation and hasn't ever gone beyond it. It probably can't. An icon of excess of self. Yeah, I go against a lot of grains, so be it.
Today? Like I said, at some point, a bit more work in the garden. I will reset the hoses for a different watering past in the garden for this evening, if I will only run it, perhaps, an half hour to hour. Things are really looking better out there. Weeds are exploding, but so are the good plants. Mostly. I really do have to plant things in, say, January or February, using an interior room to keep them warm enough and lamps on timers to give them the light they need. I'll have to replant several times, as well. A minor greenhouse would be nice, but so would a billion dollars, two assistants, a chef and prep cook, and some other things I don't have. With most of the kit set up all I really need is a few more lights and maybe some bigger pots for when the things grow, or a larger trough type planter?
Mostly today is an off day. Or more, a medicine adjustment day. That stuff is just plain nasty. And I did put a pretty heavy plug in this week. Daily daily and then some. A bit of straightening and sweeping would be good here at the man-cave though. Just a touch here as I go there, a bit there, just as the day flows, not really a concerted effort per se. Yeah. Later.
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Beer sounded delicious last night. I had a notion to sip a bit deeply. Two beers. I didn't wimp out or crash on it. It just so happened that two was... good. No, I don't even feel two beers. It was the flavor. I do like my beer. Might have another couple this afternoon or evening. I've been meaning to add more beer to my diet, in small doses like that. I've been too busy with too many other things to do, buy, or places to be. I can only juggle just so much.
Sleep was good. I was up until midnight, 1:00... no, 1:30-2:00 come to think of it... but not wanting to bust my pattern, and thinking I might be able to pull it off, I set the alarm for 8:00. I hit the snooze once, but got up and turned the ugly noise machine off before it sounded again. It is a good morning. Being cooler last evening I had opened everything up and put all the fans on tornado. The wake was perfect, temp wise. And I closed everything right away, to keep what of that cool I can. Even in my room I only used the fan part of the ac, along with my other fan. I need fresh air when I sleep or I wake to a stale swamp.
I am feeling okay. But my bp is rather low again today. Not sure what is going on with diabetes. It is staying elevated. I'll keep checking and dosing. I get bored when no progress seems to be made. Like the movie Groundhog day, but unable to change the situation. I didn't like the movie, if the notion could have been good with someone who could be believed as the lead. I don't like any of the old (or newer/new) SNL casts. The whole thing was created in, for, by, and of the "me" generation and hasn't ever gone beyond it. It probably can't. An icon of excess of self. Yeah, I go against a lot of grains, so be it.
Today? Like I said, at some point, a bit more work in the garden. I will reset the hoses for a different watering past in the garden for this evening, if I will only run it, perhaps, an half hour to hour. Things are really looking better out there. Weeds are exploding, but so are the good plants. Mostly. I really do have to plant things in, say, January or February, using an interior room to keep them warm enough and lamps on timers to give them the light they need. I'll have to replant several times, as well. A minor greenhouse would be nice, but so would a billion dollars, two assistants, a chef and prep cook, and some other things I don't have. With most of the kit set up all I really need is a few more lights and maybe some bigger pots for when the things grow, or a larger trough type planter?
Mostly today is an off day. Or more, a medicine adjustment day. That stuff is just plain nasty. And I did put a pretty heavy plug in this week. Daily daily and then some. A bit of straightening and sweeping would be good here at the man-cave though. Just a touch here as I go there, a bit there, just as the day flows, not really a concerted effort per se. Yeah. Later.
Friday, July 12, 2013
The watering system seems okay, but will need to be checked often.
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One of the sprinklers seems to stick when it gets to one side of it's sweep. Oddly, when I walk away and look at it from a distance it seems fine. It might simply be that I have too many sprinklers going at once. It is one of them that is last in line through a dual sprinkler link, and with six sprinklers going at once. And it is attached through smaller, non-contractor, hoses. Each hour I still want to move the side hoses. I plan to water every other day, skipping the grass when I can. With the odd even I don't have the option to water the lawn every third day or I would do that. Every fourth day is sort of pushing it, especially when temps get to 100. As for the garden, I think I will be hitting that a bit more, since I can, it's small, and it needs it. I can see right away that thinning the turnips, I think, has made them supersize in just the few days since I did that, and without a watering. I never did get to watering the garden the other day. Hmm, I still need to take the fertilizer device back in for exchange, I forgot that today.
So close though, to having the system just right. I may end up having to do the side watering at a different time though. Perhaps I will buy another timer, one with fittings for two hoses, and at least get one watering in the morning, very early, then move it for a later watering in the evening. I think I can get by with one move on those and still get everywhere I want, altering placements slightly each time. The grass, once watered well, seems to hold the water and stay green fairly well. So it isn't keeling over, even after my long delay. There are patches that are dry, but I'll be handling those this and next time. It's not much but it does make a difference.
That garden really is coming along. I am very pleased with it and my efforts so far. If I have the energy, tomorrow I would like to try to get out early and thin more of the other root vegetables, finish around the last plants, and then begin on general weeding. I am nearly passing out just from standing though, if after a long day. I hope it is just from the day. BP must be really low. I have concerns, and will be watching things closely. I won't be going out in too much heat until I have a better idea of things. If I pass out in heat, and stay down a bit, I could wake quite burned. I have been keeping up on water. I tried one of the water flavorings today and was pleased with it. I didn't sweat enough to mess with salt and electrolyte replacements though. Lots of water, lip balm, and showers. I ought to try that nose stuff. Dry, boy, as a bone up there.
Good night.
Later.
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One of the sprinklers seems to stick when it gets to one side of it's sweep. Oddly, when I walk away and look at it from a distance it seems fine. It might simply be that I have too many sprinklers going at once. It is one of them that is last in line through a dual sprinkler link, and with six sprinklers going at once. And it is attached through smaller, non-contractor, hoses. Each hour I still want to move the side hoses. I plan to water every other day, skipping the grass when I can. With the odd even I don't have the option to water the lawn every third day or I would do that. Every fourth day is sort of pushing it, especially when temps get to 100. As for the garden, I think I will be hitting that a bit more, since I can, it's small, and it needs it. I can see right away that thinning the turnips, I think, has made them supersize in just the few days since I did that, and without a watering. I never did get to watering the garden the other day. Hmm, I still need to take the fertilizer device back in for exchange, I forgot that today.
So close though, to having the system just right. I may end up having to do the side watering at a different time though. Perhaps I will buy another timer, one with fittings for two hoses, and at least get one watering in the morning, very early, then move it for a later watering in the evening. I think I can get by with one move on those and still get everywhere I want, altering placements slightly each time. The grass, once watered well, seems to hold the water and stay green fairly well. So it isn't keeling over, even after my long delay. There are patches that are dry, but I'll be handling those this and next time. It's not much but it does make a difference.
That garden really is coming along. I am very pleased with it and my efforts so far. If I have the energy, tomorrow I would like to try to get out early and thin more of the other root vegetables, finish around the last plants, and then begin on general weeding. I am nearly passing out just from standing though, if after a long day. I hope it is just from the day. BP must be really low. I have concerns, and will be watching things closely. I won't be going out in too much heat until I have a better idea of things. If I pass out in heat, and stay down a bit, I could wake quite burned. I have been keeping up on water. I tried one of the water flavorings today and was pleased with it. I didn't sweat enough to mess with salt and electrolyte replacements though. Lots of water, lip balm, and showers. I ought to try that nose stuff. Dry, boy, as a bone up there.
Good night.
Later.
Brutal.
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I did get out, closer to noon, or slightly after. It was supposed to only be 85 today. They are saying it only got to 87, with a dew point of 41 currently (probably lower earlier in the day?). And yet it was hot, to me. My friend wanted to stop at a pharmacy before going out, ear drops. While there I looked for, and found, the saline nose spray I have been scoping on Amazon, and eye drops. Not the bad stuff, just moisturizer/wetter. Saline with just a touch of stuff. Yeah, that might help. I don't need it regularly, but maybe on heavy garden days, even with the wrap sunglasses. Hot!
We headed up into the mountains. The first place we stopped simply had too many people/vehicles to consider shooting. Not his call but it is mine. I just won't do some things. The next place was well up, back, and away. Being partly cloudy helped. But when that sun came out it about killed me. Even at 11k-12k elevation where we were shooting, it was still rather warm at times. But when it would cool the breeze smelled of mountain air, trees, and little doses of this and that. He ran through two .22 pistols, his .380, and his .38 super. I just shot my .22 pistol and rifle. I am out of ammo as far as shooting. Until more comes in not another bullet will be shot. I'll take him, but not another bullet from my stocks.
I think I surprised him, and myself, with his .38 super. I couldn't miss with it. Actually I think I impressed him with the .380 bodyguard. I don't like that pistol much. It's a close up plug and pray, no... play to it. It has a huge trigger pull, now way to double the action since the hammer is mostly covered/hidden. And it has no real trigger break, you just have to learn where the trigger instigates the hammer and be able to hold it while you aim. I was able to do that after two bullets though, then didn't miss until the second to the last where I wasn't concentrating and the hammer landed before I was sighted in. Damn nuisance if you prefer to aim, if you ask me. Still, my shooting was impeccable today. Rifle, pistol after pistol, target after target... beautiful. I was even worn out, from the week, the medicine, the heat, even just what I had already done today. Mostly the medicine though. It is knocking the poop out of me, hard. I get winded fast and I don't recover quickly at all. I'll give it a month, that's it.
Yeah, even so, I was pleased to get out, to have my hoses set up, to get those loads of laundry through. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull it off, honestly. I may pay for it, though, too. Drinking lots of water, moving slower, sitting when I have to but pushing through when doing something to get it done... just slower... This is beastly after the success, and ease of that success, otherwise this week. Sandbagged.
Oh, I am adding labels to musical posts, so that they might be somewhat easier to find. Ones that are about my troubles also have "Doom's Consternations", haiku is it's own label, and Music is it's own label. I'll be going back and fixing any music or other links that need fixing and adding the labels. Meant to do that before, just never got to it. Got sidelined trying to label all the foolishness... Not worth it, just music or important ones. Some labels are probably going to go away. I might even figure out how to put labels up on the sidebar, just not right now. I need some R&R, and a breath of fresh nothing. Later.
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By the way, I did get the labels up. I cleansed the list and will be adding the video posts to the various sorts, such as music, movies, and whatever else seems appropriate. It's... easier than I thought once I got started. But going back through years, fixing links (if I can find them), and enlarging so they fit the screen, are perfect tasks for my current condition. While I can't do as much physical work, certainly not as quickly, my mind still seems active and functional. There is that.
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I did get out, closer to noon, or slightly after. It was supposed to only be 85 today. They are saying it only got to 87, with a dew point of 41 currently (probably lower earlier in the day?). And yet it was hot, to me. My friend wanted to stop at a pharmacy before going out, ear drops. While there I looked for, and found, the saline nose spray I have been scoping on Amazon, and eye drops. Not the bad stuff, just moisturizer/wetter. Saline with just a touch of stuff. Yeah, that might help. I don't need it regularly, but maybe on heavy garden days, even with the wrap sunglasses. Hot!
We headed up into the mountains. The first place we stopped simply had too many people/vehicles to consider shooting. Not his call but it is mine. I just won't do some things. The next place was well up, back, and away. Being partly cloudy helped. But when that sun came out it about killed me. Even at 11k-12k elevation where we were shooting, it was still rather warm at times. But when it would cool the breeze smelled of mountain air, trees, and little doses of this and that. He ran through two .22 pistols, his .380, and his .38 super. I just shot my .22 pistol and rifle. I am out of ammo as far as shooting. Until more comes in not another bullet will be shot. I'll take him, but not another bullet from my stocks.
I think I surprised him, and myself, with his .38 super. I couldn't miss with it. Actually I think I impressed him with the .380 bodyguard. I don't like that pistol much. It's a close up plug and pray, no... play to it. It has a huge trigger pull, now way to double the action since the hammer is mostly covered/hidden. And it has no real trigger break, you just have to learn where the trigger instigates the hammer and be able to hold it while you aim. I was able to do that after two bullets though, then didn't miss until the second to the last where I wasn't concentrating and the hammer landed before I was sighted in. Damn nuisance if you prefer to aim, if you ask me. Still, my shooting was impeccable today. Rifle, pistol after pistol, target after target... beautiful. I was even worn out, from the week, the medicine, the heat, even just what I had already done today. Mostly the medicine though. It is knocking the poop out of me, hard. I get winded fast and I don't recover quickly at all. I'll give it a month, that's it.
Yeah, even so, I was pleased to get out, to have my hoses set up, to get those loads of laundry through. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull it off, honestly. I may pay for it, though, too. Drinking lots of water, moving slower, sitting when I have to but pushing through when doing something to get it done... just slower... This is beastly after the success, and ease of that success, otherwise this week. Sandbagged.
Oh, I am adding labels to musical posts, so that they might be somewhat easier to find. Ones that are about my troubles also have "Doom's Consternations", haiku is it's own label, and Music is it's own label. I'll be going back and fixing any music or other links that need fixing and adding the labels. Meant to do that before, just never got to it. Got sidelined trying to label all the foolishness... Not worth it, just music or important ones. Some labels are probably going to go away. I might even figure out how to put labels up on the sidebar, just not right now. I need some R&R, and a breath of fresh nothing. Later.
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By the way, I did get the labels up. I cleansed the list and will be adding the video posts to the various sorts, such as music, movies, and whatever else seems appropriate. It's... easier than I thought once I got started. But going back through years, fixing links (if I can find them), and enlarging so they fit the screen, are perfect tasks for my current condition. While I can't do as much physical work, certainly not as quickly, my mind still seems active and functional. There is that.
Yeah, well, new medicine load stinks.
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Just an extra half tab of that stuff is beating me into the dirt. I am glad I started increasing at half a tab. Can't trust doctors. And, honestly, if that ends up shutting me down I will not only not dose up I will also drop that extra tab already added. Moving the hoses around beat me into the dirt. Well, sure, 75' and 100' rubber hoses are heavy but this was different. This wasn't tired or out of energy, this was nearly passing out. Oh, I'll keep taking them as is for a the week and a half or two remaining. And I might even give it another two weeks. But if at the end the medicine is keeping me from functioning I end them. That is how I roll. I won't be trucked down. From what I have seen I am still suspicious that my health is not as much of a concern for them as is shutting me down. Don't trust. Will use to my advantage. Period.
Yeah, that means swimming is out of contention. Oh, sure, it might just be that I have worked a bit too hard this week. It might be the sun being under cover. It might just be the beginning of a natural low. But I don't think so. We will see what we will see.
Hmm, best get a shower in, then look for the bits for the target. I did finish a couple of loads of laundry already as well. I do have to grin though. Even having the bottom fall out I have done more, just so far, than I have often done on "good days". Throw in the shooting, and perhaps an exchange on the fertilizer nozzle, and I will have done two days worth of work. Oh, best fill the canteen. I have empty smaller metal canteens in the vehicle. Too small for what I want in the way of metal canteens, plus they don't have carriers. I suppose I could fix the carrier thing, just not the size thing. Still, good for filling with some water and flavoring so I don't taint my canteen whole cloth.
Yeah, wow. I am sure hoping the medicine settles down. I always go through some adjustments with changes though. I guess I just haven't felt this rough that easily for a long time. Bleh. Yeah, a little angry. I was getting things done. They just sandbagged me again. We will see, yes we will... Precious. :p Later.
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Just an extra half tab of that stuff is beating me into the dirt. I am glad I started increasing at half a tab. Can't trust doctors. And, honestly, if that ends up shutting me down I will not only not dose up I will also drop that extra tab already added. Moving the hoses around beat me into the dirt. Well, sure, 75' and 100' rubber hoses are heavy but this was different. This wasn't tired or out of energy, this was nearly passing out. Oh, I'll keep taking them as is for a the week and a half or two remaining. And I might even give it another two weeks. But if at the end the medicine is keeping me from functioning I end them. That is how I roll. I won't be trucked down. From what I have seen I am still suspicious that my health is not as much of a concern for them as is shutting me down. Don't trust. Will use to my advantage. Period.
Yeah, that means swimming is out of contention. Oh, sure, it might just be that I have worked a bit too hard this week. It might be the sun being under cover. It might just be the beginning of a natural low. But I don't think so. We will see what we will see.
Hmm, best get a shower in, then look for the bits for the target. I did finish a couple of loads of laundry already as well. I do have to grin though. Even having the bottom fall out I have done more, just so far, than I have often done on "good days". Throw in the shooting, and perhaps an exchange on the fertilizer nozzle, and I will have done two days worth of work. Oh, best fill the canteen. I have empty smaller metal canteens in the vehicle. Too small for what I want in the way of metal canteens, plus they don't have carriers. I suppose I could fix the carrier thing, just not the size thing. Still, good for filling with some water and flavoring so I don't taint my canteen whole cloth.
Yeah, wow. I am sure hoping the medicine settles down. I always go through some adjustments with changes though. I guess I just haven't felt this rough that easily for a long time. Bleh. Yeah, a little angry. I was getting things done. They just sandbagged me again. We will see, yes we will... Precious. :p Later.
That went better than hoped, if not what planned.
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I wasn't sure about today, with the change in whether potentially being a factor that could muck things up, with the possibility I have been pushing a bit hard, and the notion that sometimes I still fall all sort of weighing in I wasn't sure what today was going to look like. When I have those fears, I also have to wonder if I create that problem even if it would not otherwise have occurred save that I thought it. I can't say about the other times, I can say my fears have nothing to do with reality, and what I had feared seems untrue. I am ready to role and much earlier this morning.
To bed by... I don't know, 22:30-23:30. Down hard, fast, deep, but clean and well. I think the little vagrants I allow to cohabit are waking me right around 4:00. Meh, I relieve my bladder and just go back to bed. It sure beats, when I was first on water pills, when everything was out of whack, using the facilities as often as five or six times a night. While it, and they, seemed to interrupt my sleep, for some reason that never really bothered me... usually. This morning I am sure of it. Sassy was right by my bedroom door when I came out. If it is Sam I can't always tell, because she will sneak away and won't ping (meow at my voice) her position when she wakes me (caught her), or really any time. Sam is guilt free, fancy free, and quite stealthy, Sassy is such a sneak nerd. They know they don't get fed for two hours after I wake, and that when I get up to go I never feed them, that isn't considered "up". Not sure why they wake me? Lonely? "Telling" on the other? Want out for Sam? Dunno. No advantage.
Sleep was really good. Down until 4:00, then back to bed. I had hoped to wake at 6:00, set the alarm for 8:00, finally woke at 6:30 or a bit before. Stats done, medicines taken, feeling a bit sore from yesterday. While I can stretch out, I can get down and up, three to four hours of it has be just a bit pinched. No problems there, I will have to push on all fronts, break the rust, push the muscles, and then climb. It's a deep hole I've been living in. I am just a bit worried about the carvedilol. My blood pressure is already down to 118/74 or something, and that's with half the extra dose they want to load. The pulse regulation won't matter if bp drops to that or below and doesn't spring back a bit. Still, like I said, feeling pretty good given everything. And that's why I am half-dosing the extra up front. I'm no longer theirs to command. I take their advice and check the results in steps and my way. It works.
Oh, right, I wanted to be awake a little earlier today so I have a chance to get a phone call or two and swimming in before heading out. It is partly to mostly cloudy again today. The sun is peaking out. But if today was anything like yesterday, and it is supposed to be, it should be cooler, darker, and with a reasonable chance of a very light rain. We don't get much from it, but some cooling. I went without ac last night for sleep. I thought about going without the fan, but with the door closed that didn't work.
Oh, I know why I hit it early and why I wanted to rise. I want to do a load of wash, and have it done by the time I go swimming. A load which will include my trunks. Yeah, I best get to that. It should be done by 9:00-9:30 if I start now. Actually I was hoping, if I got up at 8:00 as a worst case (of which I was only hopeful) that I would have the laundry done by 10:00 or 11:00. Yeah, I'm... ahead of that ball today. Plus, by the time I would be waking, assuming I remembered that, I might also get in some calls. Now I can make calls about the time I would have been waking and be putting the laundry in the dryer. I'll take it.
So, yeah, a few phone calls, on for optometry (is it?), one to reschedule the diabetes clinic, then on to swimming and then a shoot. I haven't put the target pieces together but that will happen in a bit. Then on to a shoot. I am hoping to be out by between 10:00 and 11:00. If I can find all the target bits I will suggest my friend bring the pistols he wants to aim in. I have sand filled hand rests as well. I don't allow shooting off or on my vehicle though. I'm not like that. I suspect I can figure something out though. Should be good.
I was worried about a misfire today. Really worried. Looks like that won't be a problem. Heck, I might even get the hoses together and functionally set for tonight. I have to take it down for mowing tomorrow though. Not a problem. The lawn has to be watered tonight, a good long watering. I've missed two cycles. I can only do what I can do.
Later.
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I wasn't sure about today, with the change in whether potentially being a factor that could muck things up, with the possibility I have been pushing a bit hard, and the notion that sometimes I still fall all sort of weighing in I wasn't sure what today was going to look like. When I have those fears, I also have to wonder if I create that problem even if it would not otherwise have occurred save that I thought it. I can't say about the other times, I can say my fears have nothing to do with reality, and what I had feared seems untrue. I am ready to role and much earlier this morning.
To bed by... I don't know, 22:30-23:30. Down hard, fast, deep, but clean and well. I think the little vagrants I allow to cohabit are waking me right around 4:00. Meh, I relieve my bladder and just go back to bed. It sure beats, when I was first on water pills, when everything was out of whack, using the facilities as often as five or six times a night. While it, and they, seemed to interrupt my sleep, for some reason that never really bothered me... usually. This morning I am sure of it. Sassy was right by my bedroom door when I came out. If it is Sam I can't always tell, because she will sneak away and won't ping (meow at my voice) her position when she wakes me (caught her), or really any time. Sam is guilt free, fancy free, and quite stealthy, Sassy is such a sneak nerd. They know they don't get fed for two hours after I wake, and that when I get up to go I never feed them, that isn't considered "up". Not sure why they wake me? Lonely? "Telling" on the other? Want out for Sam? Dunno. No advantage.
Sleep was really good. Down until 4:00, then back to bed. I had hoped to wake at 6:00, set the alarm for 8:00, finally woke at 6:30 or a bit before. Stats done, medicines taken, feeling a bit sore from yesterday. While I can stretch out, I can get down and up, three to four hours of it has be just a bit pinched. No problems there, I will have to push on all fronts, break the rust, push the muscles, and then climb. It's a deep hole I've been living in. I am just a bit worried about the carvedilol. My blood pressure is already down to 118/74 or something, and that's with half the extra dose they want to load. The pulse regulation won't matter if bp drops to that or below and doesn't spring back a bit. Still, like I said, feeling pretty good given everything. And that's why I am half-dosing the extra up front. I'm no longer theirs to command. I take their advice and check the results in steps and my way. It works.
Oh, right, I wanted to be awake a little earlier today so I have a chance to get a phone call or two and swimming in before heading out. It is partly to mostly cloudy again today. The sun is peaking out. But if today was anything like yesterday, and it is supposed to be, it should be cooler, darker, and with a reasonable chance of a very light rain. We don't get much from it, but some cooling. I went without ac last night for sleep. I thought about going without the fan, but with the door closed that didn't work.
Oh, I know why I hit it early and why I wanted to rise. I want to do a load of wash, and have it done by the time I go swimming. A load which will include my trunks. Yeah, I best get to that. It should be done by 9:00-9:30 if I start now. Actually I was hoping, if I got up at 8:00 as a worst case (of which I was only hopeful) that I would have the laundry done by 10:00 or 11:00. Yeah, I'm... ahead of that ball today. Plus, by the time I would be waking, assuming I remembered that, I might also get in some calls. Now I can make calls about the time I would have been waking and be putting the laundry in the dryer. I'll take it.
So, yeah, a few phone calls, on for optometry (is it?), one to reschedule the diabetes clinic, then on to swimming and then a shoot. I haven't put the target pieces together but that will happen in a bit. Then on to a shoot. I am hoping to be out by between 10:00 and 11:00. If I can find all the target bits I will suggest my friend bring the pistols he wants to aim in. I have sand filled hand rests as well. I don't allow shooting off or on my vehicle though. I'm not like that. I suspect I can figure something out though. Should be good.
I was worried about a misfire today. Really worried. Looks like that won't be a problem. Heck, I might even get the hoses together and functionally set for tonight. I have to take it down for mowing tomorrow though. Not a problem. The lawn has to be watered tonight, a good long watering. I've missed two cycles. I can only do what I can do.
Later.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Ugh! I've pushed, perhaps the rest of the day off.
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It is cloudy, thick and dark. It really might rain, though I am not holding my breath. I don't know if it is all the effort put out this week catching up to me or merely the sky going dark, but I am done for the day. A bit of reading, perhaps some gaming, another meal later on, nothing fancy but not bad. And I did get a couple of sessions in the garden earlier. By the way, after sitting, mostly, for decades, I am impressed with how limber I still am. Oh, I learned to kneel for Church, actually after some effort and discomfort. But kneeling in the garden is a full out sort. Having to figure out where to put the legs, and just being able to get up, should have been tricky. I do it as if I had been doing it my whole life. Yeah, I wear carpenter's knee pads while out there, but that doesn't alter that I shouldn't be that flexible. It doesn't ease the discomfort either, for all that long. Still, they are better than nothing.
I am a bit tired. It might be that extra carvedilol though, or the sun being hidden. But a restful day isn't unreasonable to ask. And I am planning on swimming, attempting to exchange the fertilizer sprayer tomorrow, then go shooting. A bit more restful than two in the garden, one working with hoses, and other such doings. I'll know tomorrow morning if I have pushed too hard. Oh, I'll still do what I am planning, I might just be slower at it. It's been a darned fine week though. I just won't complain about a few things not quite getting done, or needing an afternoon off.
I do wonder if, even with the light stuff I am doing, whether I will begin losing weight. I don't think most of you quite yet understand. I spend... 70% of my time in this chair, waking time. That's down from the high 90's though, of just even two years ago. Before that I was in bed, or mostly asleep, in the high 90's of all my time, for decades. Not from want, it was the last thing I wanted. Not even completely from need, though there was extreme exhaustion. Just as much from confusion. I couldn't think myself out of bed, or the chair, and to a degree that still exists. What I am doing is, to me, almost a miracle, like walking at all after breaking your back and given a grim prognosis. Only, for most of that time, I didn't know why. In truth, I still don't know all of it. But with the physical being tended, it seems, the will can focus and I can move again. Loverly. Now to keep it up, and increase it, and deal with the downs when they hit.
I tell you, if I wake up either the world will change or it won't matter. Depends on if I wish to get involved. Can't say which way that will go. It depends on you, mostly. Later.
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It is cloudy, thick and dark. It really might rain, though I am not holding my breath. I don't know if it is all the effort put out this week catching up to me or merely the sky going dark, but I am done for the day. A bit of reading, perhaps some gaming, another meal later on, nothing fancy but not bad. And I did get a couple of sessions in the garden earlier. By the way, after sitting, mostly, for decades, I am impressed with how limber I still am. Oh, I learned to kneel for Church, actually after some effort and discomfort. But kneeling in the garden is a full out sort. Having to figure out where to put the legs, and just being able to get up, should have been tricky. I do it as if I had been doing it my whole life. Yeah, I wear carpenter's knee pads while out there, but that doesn't alter that I shouldn't be that flexible. It doesn't ease the discomfort either, for all that long. Still, they are better than nothing.
I am a bit tired. It might be that extra carvedilol though, or the sun being hidden. But a restful day isn't unreasonable to ask. And I am planning on swimming, attempting to exchange the fertilizer sprayer tomorrow, then go shooting. A bit more restful than two in the garden, one working with hoses, and other such doings. I'll know tomorrow morning if I have pushed too hard. Oh, I'll still do what I am planning, I might just be slower at it. It's been a darned fine week though. I just won't complain about a few things not quite getting done, or needing an afternoon off.
I do wonder if, even with the light stuff I am doing, whether I will begin losing weight. I don't think most of you quite yet understand. I spend... 70% of my time in this chair, waking time. That's down from the high 90's though, of just even two years ago. Before that I was in bed, or mostly asleep, in the high 90's of all my time, for decades. Not from want, it was the last thing I wanted. Not even completely from need, though there was extreme exhaustion. Just as much from confusion. I couldn't think myself out of bed, or the chair, and to a degree that still exists. What I am doing is, to me, almost a miracle, like walking at all after breaking your back and given a grim prognosis. Only, for most of that time, I didn't know why. In truth, I still don't know all of it. But with the physical being tended, it seems, the will can focus and I can move again. Loverly. Now to keep it up, and increase it, and deal with the downs when they hit.
I tell you, if I wake up either the world will change or it won't matter. Depends on if I wish to get involved. Can't say which way that will go. It depends on you, mostly. Later.
Oh, right... Back to plumbing?
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I am getting there. That might actually go forward today, since it is cool and I have the time. Maybe. But as I consider it, I had some questions. One of the things, after the bathroom is completed, that I want to do is to change all of the water cutoff valves, begin considering installing a pre water softener extension 't' to begin creating another outdoor faucet, this one on the garage side... for washing the car, perhaps for watering, and just to have an extra source of water for outdoors. I just think it should be there.
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I am getting there. That might actually go forward today, since it is cool and I have the time. Maybe. But as I consider it, I had some questions. One of the things, after the bathroom is completed, that I want to do is to change all of the water cutoff valves, begin considering installing a pre water softener extension 't' to begin creating another outdoor faucet, this one on the garage side... for washing the car, perhaps for watering, and just to have an extra source of water for outdoors. I just think it should be there.
Is it really going to rain?
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We could use it, so no complaints. I guess I am just a bit surprised. My mind is probably stuck on last year, a very dry year. Bad things stick in the mind, taint the picture, I suppose.
Of course, as I headed out to work on the garden? The sun came out in one spot on the sky and hit my like a laser beam. So, back in, sunglasses on, then back out. I only thinned the... hrmm... one of the half rows of root vegetables. The other aren't ready at all. I did a lot of minor weeding, too, while at it. Mostly piddly stuff, but it does get bigger quickly. I found the fertilizer and the nozzle attachment, but I have the wrong attachment, it is only for wet fertilizer. I have powdered... I am hoping the store will allow a simple exchange. Sam has been absolutely loving me being out there. Pest, but... I'll give her some time. She is owed. I may go back out later today to finish aerating the last of the plants and do extra weeding.
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We could use it, so no complaints. I guess I am just a bit surprised. My mind is probably stuck on last year, a very dry year. Bad things stick in the mind, taint the picture, I suppose.
Of course, as I headed out to work on the garden? The sun came out in one spot on the sky and hit my like a laser beam. So, back in, sunglasses on, then back out. I only thinned the... hrmm... one of the half rows of root vegetables. The other aren't ready at all. I did a lot of minor weeding, too, while at it. Mostly piddly stuff, but it does get bigger quickly. I found the fertilizer and the nozzle attachment, but I have the wrong attachment, it is only for wet fertilizer. I have powdered... I am hoping the store will allow a simple exchange. Sam has been absolutely loving me being out there. Pest, but... I'll give her some time. She is owed. I may go back out later today to finish aerating the last of the plants and do extra weeding.
Oh, uhrm, math. A little thing but...
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SiteMeter must need a medication change. It suggests I average 70 visits a day but suggest I only get 500 visits a month. Really? One of us is lousy at math. On top of that, the stats for the last two months have disappeared, it shows zero visits for May and July. Something really weird is going on with them. Their daily readings are more in line with Blogger. As for G.A., I have pretty much given up on them. I have received more comments from different viewers than they suggest even visited on some days, especially during haiku contests. I would not call them accurate, or even close. On top of that they don't count foreign visitors. Up to a quarter of my visitors are foreign. Without receiving spam lately either. They are mostly Russian, with a smattering from Britain and a few other places commonly, along with some rare outliers.
But, come on. With 70 visits a day, how can they suggest I only receive 500 visits a month? It's not like I'm dumping on them, I'm merely wondering how an average, from their count, can produce a total like that. New math? Oh, I don't care. I don't write the blog for visitors. I've been adding a bit more music, since it seems popular, but that's about the extent of my involvement. I haven't even tried to monetize, with a 'gimme money bro' cup, advertising, or anything else. I don't want it to affect my writing, and it would. Don't feed wild animals! They become used to it, dependent on it, bitchy when they don't get their tips. I've seen folk seemingly sell their soul for what probably only amounts to a few dollars. Really? Well, okay, but not my gig.
Ranting? Like a raver! Well, not really. Just trying to figure out how 1.9k to 2.1k is reduced to 500, or less. And why my stats are disappearing. It isn't just the last few months. The monthly view only shows this last week with everything before it going to zero, in spite of the running average. SiteMeter must have some serious issues. Oh well. Another case of liberalism, government intrusion, something else?
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SiteMeter must need a medication change. It suggests I average 70 visits a day but suggest I only get 500 visits a month. Really? One of us is lousy at math. On top of that, the stats for the last two months have disappeared, it shows zero visits for May and July. Something really weird is going on with them. Their daily readings are more in line with Blogger. As for G.A., I have pretty much given up on them. I have received more comments from different viewers than they suggest even visited on some days, especially during haiku contests. I would not call them accurate, or even close. On top of that they don't count foreign visitors. Up to a quarter of my visitors are foreign. Without receiving spam lately either. They are mostly Russian, with a smattering from Britain and a few other places commonly, along with some rare outliers.
But, come on. With 70 visits a day, how can they suggest I only receive 500 visits a month? It's not like I'm dumping on them, I'm merely wondering how an average, from their count, can produce a total like that. New math? Oh, I don't care. I don't write the blog for visitors. I've been adding a bit more music, since it seems popular, but that's about the extent of my involvement. I haven't even tried to monetize, with a 'gimme money bro' cup, advertising, or anything else. I don't want it to affect my writing, and it would. Don't feed wild animals! They become used to it, dependent on it, bitchy when they don't get their tips. I've seen folk seemingly sell their soul for what probably only amounts to a few dollars. Really? Well, okay, but not my gig.
Ranting? Like a raver! Well, not really. Just trying to figure out how 1.9k to 2.1k is reduced to 500, or less. And why my stats are disappearing. It isn't just the last few months. The monthly view only shows this last week with everything before it going to zero, in spite of the running average. SiteMeter must have some serious issues. Oh well. Another case of liberalism, government intrusion, something else?
Morning routines.
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I have started weight and blood sugar testing to the stats. Yeah, but having been off medication for the latter for a while, and with the new medicine on track, a minimum of daily checking is necessary. It takes a bit to get everything going. Stats are green across the board, the latter of the two new ones is coming into right ranges easily. Finally, everything is being tended. My first extra dose of carvedilol went down last night, and I think without too much fuss.
It is overcast this morning. Fine by me. I could use a cool morning in the garden. The goal is to be out there by 10:00. I would love to wake just a bit earlier and be out there by 8:00. Not impossible, just not a reasonable thing for today. An extra shower did probably help me get to bed last night, but not until midnight. So an 8:00 waking after, for me, a long hard hot day was... good, very good.
Yeah, turnips, kohlrabi need to be thinned, first thing, this morning. The other tubers aren't big enough to be thinned yet, they are slower growing. They might not make it this year, though I think they can handle hard frosts so might just be later. Time will tell. If that goes well enough I will then get to more weeding/aerating/troughing though only a few more plants need that. So, I may end up just weeding larger and larger areas around the plants which are being encroached. That, however, will become a full time job by itself I think. Next year I may buy mats which keep that down. Just enough for between rows and right outside the rows. They may make it easier/cleaner to kneel, walk, and otherwise work the plants, too. Hopefully they last a few years... if you buy the right type. Oh, I best set up the new water hoses and sprinklers.
I am impressed. While I haven't been staying exactly on everything, and am really just getting to it, nothing was really needed until recently. The weeds sort of popped really quickly. Oh, I do need to add fertilizer to the water, probably just the spray nozzle, adding that individually. I need to read the instructions. Yeah, I'll fertilize, if it ends up helping. It's simply not an issue hereabouts. Let those who wish for organics do as they wish, I will do as I will. I'm not a masochist or purite. Something is eating holes in the leaves of the root vegetables. I do believe an application of diatomaceous earth is in order, as a first option, but not last if it doesn't seem effective. I could use the coffee grounds I saved, but that is probably better suited to the bigger, more singular, plants if they are under attack, since it doesn't go on the plants, but around them... and as such preserves the blossoms for pollination. Yeah, something like that. As if I really knew. I'll learn, or... not?
Rest was good, if not quite as good as yesterday. I did push, and that is the price. That I still woke, and am ready to work again, is enough. And it really was a resting sleep. I just can't complain. I may be able, finally, to keep things going. To actually, again, after a bit of an interruption, start planning and doing, every day. Which means weekends will be "off", but only from work. I am hoping, if I get things going well enough, to use weekends to find hiking trails, go fishing, anything that keeps me active but changes the tempo of my activity. Oh, some work will have to continue, but not at the same pace or regularity. I might even be able to do laundry and cave tending more heavily on the weekends, to earn my pass to more enjoyable activities. I will see as time passes what works. I haven't really been to this kind of point in a while. Even my best times so far, in the more recent history, haven't ever quite seen me to short and medium term life planning that I can depend on. It's a new thing, if that is where I am actually at. A month will let me know, the summer will hammer it home, the nature and length of my next fall will adjust outlook up or down.
Yeah, well... tinkertime until 10:00... or 11:00. Bleh. Later.
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I have started weight and blood sugar testing to the stats. Yeah, but having been off medication for the latter for a while, and with the new medicine on track, a minimum of daily checking is necessary. It takes a bit to get everything going. Stats are green across the board, the latter of the two new ones is coming into right ranges easily. Finally, everything is being tended. My first extra dose of carvedilol went down last night, and I think without too much fuss.
It is overcast this morning. Fine by me. I could use a cool morning in the garden. The goal is to be out there by 10:00. I would love to wake just a bit earlier and be out there by 8:00. Not impossible, just not a reasonable thing for today. An extra shower did probably help me get to bed last night, but not until midnight. So an 8:00 waking after, for me, a long hard hot day was... good, very good.
Yeah, turnips, kohlrabi need to be thinned, first thing, this morning. The other tubers aren't big enough to be thinned yet, they are slower growing. They might not make it this year, though I think they can handle hard frosts so might just be later. Time will tell. If that goes well enough I will then get to more weeding/aerating/troughing though only a few more plants need that. So, I may end up just weeding larger and larger areas around the plants which are being encroached. That, however, will become a full time job by itself I think. Next year I may buy mats which keep that down. Just enough for between rows and right outside the rows. They may make it easier/cleaner to kneel, walk, and otherwise work the plants, too. Hopefully they last a few years... if you buy the right type. Oh, I best set up the new water hoses and sprinklers.
I am impressed. While I haven't been staying exactly on everything, and am really just getting to it, nothing was really needed until recently. The weeds sort of popped really quickly. Oh, I do need to add fertilizer to the water, probably just the spray nozzle, adding that individually. I need to read the instructions. Yeah, I'll fertilize, if it ends up helping. It's simply not an issue hereabouts. Let those who wish for organics do as they wish, I will do as I will. I'm not a masochist or purite. Something is eating holes in the leaves of the root vegetables. I do believe an application of diatomaceous earth is in order, as a first option, but not last if it doesn't seem effective. I could use the coffee grounds I saved, but that is probably better suited to the bigger, more singular, plants if they are under attack, since it doesn't go on the plants, but around them... and as such preserves the blossoms for pollination. Yeah, something like that. As if I really knew. I'll learn, or... not?
Rest was good, if not quite as good as yesterday. I did push, and that is the price. That I still woke, and am ready to work again, is enough. And it really was a resting sleep. I just can't complain. I may be able, finally, to keep things going. To actually, again, after a bit of an interruption, start planning and doing, every day. Which means weekends will be "off", but only from work. I am hoping, if I get things going well enough, to use weekends to find hiking trails, go fishing, anything that keeps me active but changes the tempo of my activity. Oh, some work will have to continue, but not at the same pace or regularity. I might even be able to do laundry and cave tending more heavily on the weekends, to earn my pass to more enjoyable activities. I will see as time passes what works. I haven't really been to this kind of point in a while. Even my best times so far, in the more recent history, haven't ever quite seen me to short and medium term life planning that I can depend on. It's a new thing, if that is where I am actually at. A month will let me know, the summer will hammer it home, the nature and length of my next fall will adjust outlook up or down.
Yeah, well... tinkertime until 10:00... or 11:00. Bleh. Later.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Oh, that is that for that.
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No, I won't get the second sprinkler system set up and going tonight. Too tired. I've pushed it. Up at 8:00, in the garden from 9:45 to noon. A trip to town. A bit of tinkering after I got back then another trip to town. It was 100 again today. Yeah, no. Headache. Should just push on but I don't want to overdo more than I have. Limits.
Sprinklers, plus an extra, milk, water additives of two sorts to try out. One type is just a flavoring, the other is an actual electrolyte/salt replacement. After my difficulties with carb loading/diabetes problems with dry mixes, I decided to go with something that just flavored the water. Had to be careful though to. Many of them are "energy" drink mixes. I just don't want that. Don't know what is in it, don't want to upset balances with an unknown. Oh, and a couple of pair of wrap sunglasses. One just dark, the other reddish... never tried that before, just curious.
Ouch, but I do have a good headache going. It's minor, so far, which is why I am stopping. A few aspirin, a little bit of a cool down, maybe a quick shower, then it's bedtime. I did forget to call for an eye doctor visit. And I haven't rescheduled the diabetes clinic yet. They have it set for about when I will be heading to, or at, Burning Man. If it isn't that important to them to have it sooner, then we can make it later. And, of course, I didn't set up the new hoses for watering, thus didn't water the grass, again. Hey kids, I'm licking through the layers for the bubble gum on the pop as fast as I can.
With shooting on Friday, I may just try to head in even earlier and swim. It all depends. Tomorrow? Back in the garden, readjusting hoses, setting up the new ones, and otherwise taking it easy. A phone call or two as well. Oh but what a splendid week so far. I'm thinking insulin is doing the trick. Perhaps it is putting the kidney function back in order as well. I had stopped all diabetes medicine but the syringes never came, so I was free floating in that regard. I just get stuck, sometimes, and... wait longer rather than call. Ugh. Surprised those waits haven't killed me yet. Oh, right, I finally filled the medicine set with the extra carvedilol, nights only. I have decided it will take more than a week to adjust. I will reconsider the next time I fill the thing, in about 12 days, 13 including today. Yeah, it's... all... coming along nicely. Not perfectly, not without bumps and hiccups, not cleanly or exactly as I want it, but about as good as can possibly be believed and then some. It's life, don't you know!
Later... No, probably good night. Sleep well, I know I will.
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No, I won't get the second sprinkler system set up and going tonight. Too tired. I've pushed it. Up at 8:00, in the garden from 9:45 to noon. A trip to town. A bit of tinkering after I got back then another trip to town. It was 100 again today. Yeah, no. Headache. Should just push on but I don't want to overdo more than I have. Limits.
Sprinklers, plus an extra, milk, water additives of two sorts to try out. One type is just a flavoring, the other is an actual electrolyte/salt replacement. After my difficulties with carb loading/diabetes problems with dry mixes, I decided to go with something that just flavored the water. Had to be careful though to. Many of them are "energy" drink mixes. I just don't want that. Don't know what is in it, don't want to upset balances with an unknown. Oh, and a couple of pair of wrap sunglasses. One just dark, the other reddish... never tried that before, just curious.
Ouch, but I do have a good headache going. It's minor, so far, which is why I am stopping. A few aspirin, a little bit of a cool down, maybe a quick shower, then it's bedtime. I did forget to call for an eye doctor visit. And I haven't rescheduled the diabetes clinic yet. They have it set for about when I will be heading to, or at, Burning Man. If it isn't that important to them to have it sooner, then we can make it later. And, of course, I didn't set up the new hoses for watering, thus didn't water the grass, again. Hey kids, I'm licking through the layers for the bubble gum on the pop as fast as I can.
With shooting on Friday, I may just try to head in even earlier and swim. It all depends. Tomorrow? Back in the garden, readjusting hoses, setting up the new ones, and otherwise taking it easy. A phone call or two as well. Oh but what a splendid week so far. I'm thinking insulin is doing the trick. Perhaps it is putting the kidney function back in order as well. I had stopped all diabetes medicine but the syringes never came, so I was free floating in that regard. I just get stuck, sometimes, and... wait longer rather than call. Ugh. Surprised those waits haven't killed me yet. Oh, right, I finally filled the medicine set with the extra carvedilol, nights only. I have decided it will take more than a week to adjust. I will reconsider the next time I fill the thing, in about 12 days, 13 including today. Yeah, it's... all... coming along nicely. Not perfectly, not without bumps and hiccups, not cleanly or exactly as I want it, but about as good as can possibly be believed and then some. It's life, don't you know!
Later... No, probably good night. Sleep well, I know I will.
Just so much...
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I did make it to town. The exchange went well. Instead of another 75' hose, I found a 100' hose! The other store didn't have them, not that I saw. Oh I bet that is loverly to tow around. But! It is the red and black D.C. had mention. Same brand/style/class/material/fittings as the 50' and 75' hoses. I suppose they only do red/black on the 100' (and longer if they make them, I suspect). So, I am good for hoses. Now I need to see if the new timer works. Bleh. Then, if it does, set up the front watering system, then... Gah! I forgot the sprinklers! Gah! I may just go back into to town, after supper arrives, and get those. Hmm, that will give me time, in any case, to test the timer. I can take it back if need be. Three more sprinklers and my system will be complete.
I then went and picked up the soaps I wanted. No shopping because I planned to do that with my friend. I got to his place, called to see what he was doing. Unfortunately he was at the doctors, talking about the valve replacement. He asked me to call back in an hour, which was fine, but I was done. I couldn't wait for another hour, then try to get out. Too hot, too much, too long. So, back to the cave. Hmm, since I am going back out in a bit, I may have to call him and see if he wants to do a quick shopping trip, or even just go along for the express ride.
It's been a beautiful day! Work in the garden, tinkering with the waterworks, a little shopping and driving. Hmm, best hit the water up. A couple of sodas a day won't cut it. That's just for flavor. However, the next time I go shopping I will be looking for salt replacement dry powder that comes in straws, or at least discreet packages. One of those a day, when working through the heat, and maybe an extra one to add to the canteen, just for a touch of flavor. Portable, small, eminently giftable, actually healthful, and tasty.
Loverly, folks, I'm telling you. My friend called back himself. Filled me in on the details. I may have to go see him, as the surgery will be in SLC if he doesn't know when quite yet. It means something when a friend shows up in those places. Especially when that friend is allergic to f#%*)@% hospitals. Especially anywhere near the killing and dying sections. Still, that's what friends do, if they can. We will see. He suggests Friday would be the day to go, but early. I asked 8:00, 10:00, noon? Noon at the latest he says. So, okay. I need to get a haircut, a third way between now and the Burning Man 'do', a near mohawk. Thick though, three to four times as thick as 'usual'. And only with a high and tight, not skin bare right yet. I need time to... adjust. That and some shopping should fill out Friday.
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I did make it to town. The exchange went well. Instead of another 75' hose, I found a 100' hose! The other store didn't have them, not that I saw. Oh I bet that is loverly to tow around. But! It is the red and black D.C. had mention. Same brand/style/class/material/fittings as the 50' and 75' hoses. I suppose they only do red/black on the 100' (and longer if they make them, I suspect). So, I am good for hoses. Now I need to see if the new timer works. Bleh. Then, if it does, set up the front watering system, then... Gah! I forgot the sprinklers! Gah! I may just go back into to town, after supper arrives, and get those. Hmm, that will give me time, in any case, to test the timer. I can take it back if need be. Three more sprinklers and my system will be complete.
I then went and picked up the soaps I wanted. No shopping because I planned to do that with my friend. I got to his place, called to see what he was doing. Unfortunately he was at the doctors, talking about the valve replacement. He asked me to call back in an hour, which was fine, but I was done. I couldn't wait for another hour, then try to get out. Too hot, too much, too long. So, back to the cave. Hmm, since I am going back out in a bit, I may have to call him and see if he wants to do a quick shopping trip, or even just go along for the express ride.
It's been a beautiful day! Work in the garden, tinkering with the waterworks, a little shopping and driving. Hmm, best hit the water up. A couple of sodas a day won't cut it. That's just for flavor. However, the next time I go shopping I will be looking for salt replacement dry powder that comes in straws, or at least discreet packages. One of those a day, when working through the heat, and maybe an extra one to add to the canteen, just for a touch of flavor. Portable, small, eminently giftable, actually healthful, and tasty.
Loverly, folks, I'm telling you. My friend called back himself. Filled me in on the details. I may have to go see him, as the surgery will be in SLC if he doesn't know when quite yet. It means something when a friend shows up in those places. Especially when that friend is allergic to f#%*)@% hospitals. Especially anywhere near the killing and dying sections. Still, that's what friends do, if they can. We will see. He suggests Friday would be the day to go, but early. I asked 8:00, 10:00, noon? Noon at the latest he says. So, okay. I need to get a haircut, a third way between now and the Burning Man 'do', a near mohawk. Thick though, three to four times as thick as 'usual'. And only with a high and tight, not skin bare right yet. I need time to... adjust. That and some shopping should fill out Friday.
It's taking the ipod forever to charge.
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Showered, dried, need to put a load of laundry over to the dryer, check the last timer, urhm... dress first I suppose... then head to town. My swim kit is geared and ready, save for the ipod. Yeah, working on it. Saw a neat little vid. Interesting so I thought to share it out.
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Showered, dried, need to put a load of laundry over to the dryer, check the last timer, urhm... dress first I suppose... then head to town. My swim kit is geared and ready, save for the ipod. Yeah, working on it. Saw a neat little vid. Interesting so I thought to share it out.
An hour becomes two, and with decent change.
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Aerating and weeding went as planned, mostly. I started on one, but found that mixing them would see what I needed weeded happen, make weeding easier, and get the aerating going right off. I also moved the hoses for a new watering position for tonight. Yeah, well, three days in the garden is, essentially, all of my experience. It takes time. Sure, you could tell me but it has to make sense to me. I went from hoeing (useless or quite close to it, unless you merely loosen the soil and come back for the weeds, and roots really), to trying to simply pull, to today using that little hand rake/claw to loosen then pull weeds, while aerating. That might be called... exponential growth through reason? Not bad for a dead guy.
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Aerating and weeding went as planned, mostly. I started on one, but found that mixing them would see what I needed weeded happen, make weeding easier, and get the aerating going right off. I also moved the hoses for a new watering position for tonight. Yeah, well, three days in the garden is, essentially, all of my experience. It takes time. Sure, you could tell me but it has to make sense to me. I went from hoeing (useless or quite close to it, unless you merely loosen the soil and come back for the weeds, and roots really), to trying to simply pull, to today using that little hand rake/claw to loosen then pull weeds, while aerating. That might be called... exponential growth through reason? Not bad for a dead guy.
One of the best nights of sleep I can remember, ever.
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I have no recall even if I dreamed (sure, they say you dream frequently and often, and every time you sleep, first I don't trust they and second so what/shut up). Slipping into sleep was like the notion of slipping into silk garments and the feel through the wear (if the reality is sadly much less than the notion in my option). I did wake at 4:00, and used the opportunity to empty my bladder. It wasn't a natural wake, noises which never registered or, after waking me, were repeated. It might even have been the cats. I was able to seemlessly return to bed and sleep. Waking almost exactly at 8:00, as I had hoped based on bedtime, though 6:00 and 7:00 would have been within the target range. I'm sort of easy that way, though I know my preferences aren't always possible. My body just doesn't always have it to give.
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I have no recall even if I dreamed (sure, they say you dream frequently and often, and every time you sleep, first I don't trust they and second so what/shut up). Slipping into sleep was like the notion of slipping into silk garments and the feel through the wear (if the reality is sadly much less than the notion in my option). I did wake at 4:00, and used the opportunity to empty my bladder. It wasn't a natural wake, noises which never registered or, after waking me, were repeated. It might even have been the cats. I was able to seemlessly return to bed and sleep. Waking almost exactly at 8:00, as I had hoped based on bedtime, though 6:00 and 7:00 would have been within the target range. I'm sort of easy that way, though I know my preferences aren't always possible. My body just doesn't always have it to give.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Not a marathon, not even up to a sports practice, but it was enough.
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Weeding is easy enough work, unless you have been sitting for decades. Don't even look at me like I made that kind of choice. Given the opportunity, I take it. Just as with gardening this year. I honestly wasn't sure I was quite up to the task. I'm still not convinced that I am. I suppose I will know as other problems crop up, or should I fail to water and get no crop. Actually, I should say, there is a decent chance that I will get no crop, or little, even if I do everything (else) correct. I planted seeds to late. So, okay, I've already messed up. Potentially fatally, as far as production value. Still, the hope is that I keep up as well as possible and produce whatever is possible.
Yes, that was a lot of work, for me. Five hours in the heat. No real serious physical aspect, other than bending at the waste, but that is my weak spot. I do fear my knees. But they are only weak with great distance at speed it seems. Though in truth they only hurt, should I be in shape to use them. They won't give out or in or fail some other way. Another reason to prefer swimming. The high was 94, dew point is currently 48. As for feel? It felt medium to high intensity. I won't say I liked working in it, only that I could and did.
I set the timer up, programmed everything, then hooked it in. It did not work. From the start it simply failed. One return. I'll try the other. If it fails I will take them back and look at another store. Oh well. I am manually timing the watering. It is about done for the night, as am I. I can't believe how painful my eyes are. Yeah, it's been a while since I've been in that kind of heat. Oh, right, in the morning tomorrow, before I go in if I am going in, I need to see up an appointment with the eye doctor. I'm glad I stopped and got the paperwork for that. I will see if he can offer a script for contacts as well, even if I have to kick in something.
Hmm, and for those of you who are dumping BSA? There is an option. They will be accepting former boy scouts as soon as September, I believe the article indicated. The king is dead, hail and long live the king. They did it to themselves. May those leaders rot in hell for trying to debauch children and destroying an organization I have fond childhood memories regarding. Seriously. Then again I don't have to hope. They might repent, but... hubris is one of the most difficult things to survive.
Good night.
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Weeding is easy enough work, unless you have been sitting for decades. Don't even look at me like I made that kind of choice. Given the opportunity, I take it. Just as with gardening this year. I honestly wasn't sure I was quite up to the task. I'm still not convinced that I am. I suppose I will know as other problems crop up, or should I fail to water and get no crop. Actually, I should say, there is a decent chance that I will get no crop, or little, even if I do everything (else) correct. I planted seeds to late. So, okay, I've already messed up. Potentially fatally, as far as production value. Still, the hope is that I keep up as well as possible and produce whatever is possible.
Yes, that was a lot of work, for me. Five hours in the heat. No real serious physical aspect, other than bending at the waste, but that is my weak spot. I do fear my knees. But they are only weak with great distance at speed it seems. Though in truth they only hurt, should I be in shape to use them. They won't give out or in or fail some other way. Another reason to prefer swimming. The high was 94, dew point is currently 48. As for feel? It felt medium to high intensity. I won't say I liked working in it, only that I could and did.
I set the timer up, programmed everything, then hooked it in. It did not work. From the start it simply failed. One return. I'll try the other. If it fails I will take them back and look at another store. Oh well. I am manually timing the watering. It is about done for the night, as am I. I can't believe how painful my eyes are. Yeah, it's been a while since I've been in that kind of heat. Oh, right, in the morning tomorrow, before I go in if I am going in, I need to see up an appointment with the eye doctor. I'm glad I stopped and got the paperwork for that. I will see if he can offer a script for contacts as well, even if I have to kick in something.
Hmm, and for those of you who are dumping BSA? There is an option. They will be accepting former boy scouts as soon as September, I believe the article indicated. The king is dead, hail and long live the king. They did it to themselves. May those leaders rot in hell for trying to debauch children and destroying an organization I have fond childhood memories regarding. Seriously. Then again I don't have to hope. They might repent, but... hubris is one of the most difficult things to survive.
Good night.
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