There was always another option.

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Sewage backup.  And, at least in part, that is the case.  I didn't install the inlet hoses.  And, this morning, there was a lot more water on the floor.  So.  Okay.  Now, I did get a better look at the back.  And, yes, it was dripping, definitely, from the cold water inlet.  Definitely.  But that, obviously, isn't all of it.  Today it was none of it.

Wow.  There are so many things that could be the problem.  I have finally started sorting through a few of the easier fixes.  Potential fixes.  Potential OTHER fixes.  As replacing the cold water fill hose will solve one of the problems.

I am sure there is some backup.  Last winter, the plumber had set my tub faucet to drip, so it didn't ice up, and back up for that.  It went very well, last year.  But... the drip he crated became more serious, a flow.  And there was no way to fix it.  But, finally, that too was fixed.  But, now, without a drip, I think the drain pipe is icing up again.

However, I am thinking, perhaps, to let the faucet just drip, by cracking the faucet just enough for a very light, occasional, droplet to go.  Somewhere, my drain line is too close to the cold.  And, we just went through a cold snap, a hard one.  It's up to 20 F, tonight, and got even to 28 earlier today.  Even so, I think that is the (current) problem.  Usually it doesn't get to the washing machine, but... who knows why that is doing as it is.  Bleh.

Though, here are a few other options.  Will see.  Oh, and there are smaller line inserts for in house drain pipes, even one for sink drains, and other smaller problem areas.  I have them in my basket, but will be looking at H.D., to see if I can get one before (at least) January 4th... though give or take a week given the season and amazon's current problems.  I definitely want this fixed before then.

A very long day, yesterday.

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Can't be sure when I woke, then night before.  I am thinking either around noon Thursday, or 17:00?  Anywhere in there, I suspect.  But I had made a promise.  I kept it.  Which... required me to be awake until 15:00, and then through a few more hours.  With the promise kept, I crashed very hard when I got home.  At... sometime.  Probably around 18:00.

Usually I need a longer wind-down period.  Not so much yesterday.  Just a bit of time, probably less than an hour, and I was in bed.  And I slept very well.  Not for as long as I wished.  I can't be sure when I woke, if I don't think I was able to be down to midnight.  I couldn't sleep longer, probably 22:30?  I think so.  Not much sleep, but that is the way it goes, sometimes, when I try to adjust days and nights, fail, but push through.  It'll take a few days to see if I have affected the sleep cycle.  Though, I suspect, I will need to go to bed again, before long.

I did get the washing machine hoses.  I looked for the tools.  I thought Lowe's carried them, and even saw something indicating Home Depot carried knipex branded tools.  Nope.  Neither place had, or heard of, such tools.  Are they worth it?  If you have ever used one?  And have work that they would perform well in?  Yes, yes indeed.  Having tools that slop a job is okay, mostly.  But having tools which absolutely, positively, fit, hold, work, and are strong enough to rip and tear?  Priceless.  So, to amazon, and an order.  That is my gift for doing this job, and the tools I need to do such jobs.  Not toys, precision tools.  There are more expensive, if I wanted to go flashy.  But for function?  These can't be beat, in my humble, brutal opinion.  So, yes, worth... a small pile of bills.  Two tools, though no more expensive than the big wrench set purchased and appreciate for the last job.  One of them no more than the tech, expansive, screwdriver set.  Bleh.

I purchased food, for the meeting.  Shared it out.  I don't get to eat with folk often.  So I take the opportunity when I can.  Still, there were leftovers.  A few were shared, beyond the meal, but most was sent on back with me.  So, just a bit ago, I warmed some of it up.  Not the best, but sure spendy.  Deep fried chicken, or pressure cooked, and some salads, and a minor desert.  A bit of that tonight, don't want it to go to waste, if it might well.  Ordered a bit more than necessary, as it turns.  Still, good to eat several days in a row.  Not sure if I'll eat more until "tomorrow", whatever that turns out to be.

Well?  I may try to push through.  I forgot to give a dairy list, and I might try to push through until early afternoon anyway.  I'm clean, having just showered.  I'd like to install the water hoses, see if that is the problem.  And... maybe take another shower.  Sooner or later, and perhaps shave.  I cut my beard off a few days ago.  Oh... trust me.  I know what I am doing.  I do, almost nothing, without reason.  If... that reason might, to you, well seem insane.  Assume you could even understand, if I trusted to tell you.  They say insanity is the obverse to genius.  I tell you, sometimes... it just is what it is.  Don't always believe "them".  Though, if sanity is worldly, then I am definitely insane.  *smile*  You want your world?  You can keep your world.  I shipped off a long time ago.

Good morning, good day, goodnight, or... whatever may happen, and all that jazz.

It may be an easy fix.

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The water inlet hoses?  One of them was definitely crusty, and leaking.  Hard water will do that.  As will a mix of metals, which it seems to have had.  I've pulled them, and will replace them.  More, I will buy two more, for backup.  

Do both need to be changed?  I prefer to do things in groups, but that depends on the price.  The reason I now suspect it is the external line hoses is because there is now water on the floor, but I haven't used the washer in several days.  I simply suspect that is the only place which would leak this long after use.  While they were dry, the suspicious one had obvious signs of having leaked.  And, that may happen when the city water is at higher pressure.  Which... probably depends on water usage, and maybe cyclical pressurization.  So... yeah.  I suspect.  Only one way to find out.  But, the hose(s) needs changed anyway.  It is definitely leaking sometimes.

Always reach for the low hanging fruit first.

A shower, now.  Then a bit more this and that.  I'll get to that when I can.

Oh, I tried cabbage by itself, and with burger.  Not terrible, but not my favorite.  So, this time, I tried it with a group of other veggies.  Cauliflower, celery, and carrots went into the last batch.  Again with butter.  Much, much better.  The combination kept the blandness at bay.  Even with butter, simple steamed cabbage is... really bland.  Great with whole meats, only so-so with burger, even with cheese and butter.

Oh, when I get out, I will look for the tools I want.  Or tool.  If it is far too expensive locally, I'll just have to wait.  I won't pay a twenty or higher premium for local.  Especially with a tool which will run.  It's not like returns are difficult on this one.  Now, whether I'll buy one or two depends on what is available, at what price.  It won't be cheaper than amazon.  But if it's close enough, I'll go for it, or two.

On to a shower.  It is staying rather cool.  After the 28, it dropped.  A lot.  Last I checked it was 9.  Though I think, the time before that, it was 2?  It may have been colder, haven't been checking all that often.  But I have been keeping the furnace up a bit for the last few days.  It's just been nasty cold.  So a shower should be a bit more reasonable.

Good day.  Get to it.  Later.

An addendum.

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Before tearing down the machine, from simply to more deeply, looking for the leak, I need to check one more thing.  I have had hard water for quite some time.  Every time I would initiate the water softener, someone would shut it down.  It's a mechanical bypass, not something the machines would do on their own.  So...

Anyway.  I have reinitiated the softener, after purging and refreshing the whole system several times.  And it is working.  Lathering everything from dish soap to hand to hair with shampoo takes a LOT less cleanser.  And it is difficult to remove?  Or seems like it.  But, it is very nice for showering, washing, and else.

However, it may be causing the water to suds up too much?  I use little soap, always have.  But... maybe not little enough.  It is laundry soap made for he machines, but still.  I'll do a bit of research regarding that.  I may have it too soft, as well.  I'll... do a bit of research on that.  

As I was gaming, I was thinking.  I am sure I have heard things about that.  I simply don't have enough experience, or data, with which to figure this out.  So, I came up with a plan of research.  It's... all... sort of make-believe.  But, it can turn to engineering, or even science if I was that bored.  Just... make it work.  That is engineering.  Actually understanding it is supposed to be science, but science has become a total whore.  For sale, and not even just to the highest bidder.  To anyone willing to put in a few dollars.  Meh.

So... there are those too.  Would rather check those out first.  Only if they fail to prove out will I begin tearing into the machine.  I have most of my laundry done, for a while, so... there is that.  Still.  I... have to push on.  If it requires some things, I have a tool I want.  A higher quality channel locks (of the jaw, tongue, and groove variety, to be specific).  Thought about ordering them through amazon, but not wanting to wait a week or three.  If I end up needing them, I'll buy them more locally.  Tools are my payoff for doing something.  Though, I don't just buy them because they are "prettier".  I buy them because they are serious upgrades in function, or offer different or more sizes that what I have, but need for the project.

So... yeah.  I'll do a bit of research today or tomorrow.  Good day, morning, goodnight?  I... don't even know which, from my end, quite yet.  A prayer and good will your way, I suppose, will have to do.

Still alive.

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Doing better?  Mostly.  Mother called this morning, or yesterday morning?  But... this morning IS yesterday morning?  Right, but... you... know what I mean?  I mean my yesterday, not day/night cycle yesterday.  Either Wednesday morning or Tuesday morning.  There you go.  She didn't want me to call back until later in the day.  I didn't see it until late enough to call, so did call.  Just... a check in.  All good.

For all my faults, I am keeping up on making the bed in the morning.  But I may stop using the electric blanket.  It... confuses me.  And, it seems to use a lot of electricity?  We'll see.  I have started keeping the computer off, most of the time.  The router too.  I can't keep it secure, it is being used excessively.  So, if It's not on, it can't be used.

I found it on when I woke.  Not sure if someone was in, turned it on, or whether I crashed and left it on.  If I am almost certain I hadn't left it on.  Problematic.

Steamed cabbage and burger, again, tonight.  Not a bad meal, really.  I am into a second cabbage.  It lasted well, and might have sweetened, strangely.  Very good, both of them.  I eat the hearts, while cutting the wedges.  The first one was almost literally sweet.  This one's heart was... meh.  Plain.  But not bitter or peppery.

The floor in the wash room is getting wet.  Not sure if there is some sort of break in the drain line, or inlets, or if the water pump has failed.  Wasn't sure even how to analyze it.  I found a video.  Not the exact same one, but...  I know now where to look.  The thing has a ten year warranty.  But, if it's something easily fixable?  I don't trust the warranties.  I suspect they will still require pay, of some sort.

That was odd.

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I was informed that someone would be by, this morning, to clear the driveway.  It had become a bit snowpacked.  I can't shovel, lately.  My lawn machine isn't fitted with the scoop.  So I was sort of out of luck.  I slept a bit last night, but wanted to thank the fellow doing the clearing.  Actually, had a twentyspot for him.  Not all that much, but if you aren't expecting anything, it... can be nice.  A gesture at least.

I turned on the lights, to make it easier.  But, as I was turning on the back lights, I could see the drive.  It roughly looked like that had been cleared?  I opened up and went out.  Sure enough.  Usually I hear that.  And I only slept a few hours last night.  Difficulties doing so.

Oh well.  I guess, in this instance, it was literally only the thought that counted, and only to me.  I do try.  This time a day late but not a dollar short.  :p

I had made chili, a drier one, yesterday.  Had some left.  At that this morning.  Mostly gaming.  My heart is tired.  My body aches.  But I've certainly had worse.  I... think.  My problem is sleeping.  Too cold?  Maybe.  Or just not able to warm.  I did put one load of laundry through.  Want to take a shower, then start another as the other dries.

I even made my bed, for the second time in half a day, or something.  Trying to push days and nights back around.  They keep pushing back.  Not quite sure how to do it.  In parts?  Don't know, exactly.  Was glad to get the kids going, with the last bits of wedding gifts.  He is looking pretty good.  Not as... worn as I expected.  The young Mister has health.  And looks rightly healthy.  All good.  Then again, he is well wise for his, or even my age.  Which is why, despite any reservations I might have had, and aired, for what that mattered, in the end I easily signed off on that.  For that that was worth.  I believed he would choose very well.  Yes, I'm mean, sort of.  Honesty can be mean?  Yea.  Still, all good.

On to a shower, a bit more gaming as I dry, then on back to bed.  If I wasn't too tired, I would have more cabbage.  I had pork and cabbage yesterday.  I feared the cabbage would be too dated, but it was very good.  Almost sweet.  I want to eat the last have.  Have to steam it though, and not up to that.  Tomorrow, or... when I wake next.

Good day, morning, and goodnight.

Late, hard.

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Waking.  Headache, and else, kept me down.  Got a text.  Was by, going.  So, I texted back, and got him back.  The last of the wedding gifts went out.  And shoes I am returning were tried.  None fit.  I think, now, we pretty much wear the same size shoes.  My feet have finally decompressed, and are usually rarely 14's, usually fifteens, sometimes 16's.  Pricey, but.  Oh, and don't buy Chinese (or asian really) shoes.  Even if it says 15, it is usually more like a 13 or 14, on the smaller size.

So, now I can return some shoes.

Plus, I got some things out the door.  And have more counter space.  Oh, and as he was going, he said the only thing they didn't get, that they want/need, was a blender.  I just... happened to have an extra.  No time to dust/wash it, but it should clean up easily enough.  Glad he mentioned it.  No, he didn't expect it.  I had already meant to ask about that, and is an extra, so... perfect.  One less item collecting dust.  Actually, if I see him before too long, again, I have one other item they may or may not need.  It is... handy, very handy, for a small kitchen.  We'll see.

Having to jump and go, the aches and pains dissipated, but a new one came.  The heart got tired.  Odd how things work.  Pain, one way or the other.  But... fine.  That is my life, now.

Oh, and I finally got food going last night.  I fried the pork blades, ate one, put one up.  Later I fried the burger, putting most of it up, having some with cheese and beans, spiced to heaven (or hell if you can't take the heat), and with some of the creme fraiche.

Oh, and yes.  I will be... cutting blogging.  This is probably it for the day.  On to... whatever else today.  Ugh.

Up late.

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I've been awake for three or four hours.  Not feeling great though, and cold on top of it.  Just... saying I'm not dead.  Not much else to say, currently.  Later, or tomorrow.

Not feeling the best.

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In recovery mode.  But, that's... not a bad thing.  I may be able to get to bed early!  So, get back to days and nights almost naturally.  I'm hungry as can be.  Would really like some food.  Can't quit cook tonight.  Thinking about things.  Thinking for certain.  But, really, I don't think I can get out, or cook.

I did pull some meat out of the freezer.  Yes, the meat which had been in the fridge smelled like anchovies, set on the counter for a few days.  No, that's... not how hamburger is supposed to smell!  So, it's... gone.

Dairy arrived.  Kefir was reset.  Sassy has been fed, her litter tended, I'll probably feed her and check that one more time before bedtime.  Gaming, mostly.  Well, and catching water up.  Oh, and I did a few dishes, to keep caught up.  And have been catching up on the water supplies.  I try to keep two just of r.o. water ready, plus the carafe, plus the reservoir set.  But, with the r.o. machine off the freezer top, to do dishes, I fell behind.  I just don't have enough of a place so that everything can have it's space.  But... some of that is my limits, space limits, and some other things.

Still, the things I was behind on are becoming lessor.  Now to get some laundry caught up, and get back to cooking a bit.  I really need some real food.  Kefir, fatted coffee, these are okay.  But they just don't quite give me something to dig my teeth into, or to work at digesting.  I need meat, don't just want it... need it.  I'm not sure how long it has been, or worse... how long I have had it regularly.  I need to eat.  Sardines aren't bad, but not on a stomach empty of realer meats for too long.  I can't eat it when desperate, my stomach can't handle it, not even my favorite.

Do you know what it is to be starving, with food all around?  Trust me, it's not laziness.  So hungry I am almost ill, sick to the stomach, from just that.  Bleh.  I'll keep trying.  With clean dishes and meat thawing, life should work it's way out shortly.  I shouldn't have milk, but it's... something.  A bit low on kefir.  Three jars was too much, used the milk too fast.  We'll see about two jars.  Later.  Or, actually, goodnight.

Awake, in the out of bed way.

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I kept waking, through the morning.  Couldn't get up.  That is when I should be up, or has been that way for a while until I hit a string of roadbumps.  Around 14:30?  Something along those lines, is when I finally woke up.  Fed Sassy, first thing.  Did a few other things, but memory does not serve.  Looked for a few things.  Found one of them.

It looks like the last item for the month is out of deliver?  While a Saturday, it is Christmas season, so... maybe.  Never can be sure when amazon posts something is happening.  Either the taggers or drivers are off key from time to time.  Not complaining, just noticing.  It was a miracle, when people liked the far better than typical pay for footwork.  When they got bored, and wanted more, things changed.  Well, and as the economy caught up with stimmies, overpaid no-skills, and such.  It's all fun until someone lets all the air out of the dollar.

Anyway.  Whatever the cause, we'll see if it does arrive.  All good, this would be a rare early delivery, so I won't begrudge it in any case.  Even if it doesn't show today.

Oh, and the sun is up and out!  Blinding, out there.  So very bright.  All white, valley to mountains.  And the sun hasn't been out for weeks.  So... yeah.  Brings a tear to my eye, though... a mechanical, not emotional, thing.  I can pretend it is emotional though?  :p

Don't know what I'll get to, or into, today.  I'd like to do a few loads of laundry.  Perhaps clean the bathroom a bit.  Oh, and check meat, pull something to thaw.  Probably have to toss what is in the fridge... but I'll check it.  So hungry, but not sure I could cook today.  Hmm, maybe some steamed fresh veggies, and butter?  Not fancy, but it's... something, something.  Well, and any possible meat that might still be good.  I'll... find out soon.

A shower, at some point, as well.  Don't need one.  Still rather clean.  Want one.  Now that the water softener is running?  Showers are so much nicer.  Same with just washing the hands.  I had it on 100, set it down to 60.  Might go on down to forty.  Just to see.  At 100, it was like washing with soap, just using water.  A bit too soft.  I wonder if that affects dry skin, in truth.  I ought to do some research.

Anyway... on to looking about the web, getting a coffee, and then gaming a bit, to wake.  Good 'morning', day, and afternoon I guess.  Depends on how your day runs lately.

Just getting to bed.

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I did make the bed.  Then... got lost gaming.  If, though, too, I couldn't sleep so it really didn't matter.  If I try to sleep, when I can't sleep, it just doesn't work.  If I can stay down, I am miserable.  Staying down doesn't mean sleeping.  If I go down, get up, and repeat the cycle a few times, that gets... rough too.  No, best to sleep when I can, push a bit when possible, and slowly get days and nights back in order.

I simply worked too hard this last few weeks.  Something has to give.  And it did.  Still, not a worry.  It's winter.  Ten snows in, here, if smaller ones.  That's winter.  I don't care what they say, or what is technical, or else.  So, in winter, and working, I can't expect much else.

First, I need to rest, and relax.  If too, keep up on showering and figure out food again.  Then, slowly, adjust my day and night around.  Bedtime, now.  So very tired, finally.  All good.  Just nearing six.  I guess it will do.  If It's a shorter sleep, that's fine.  If it's longer, I'll try to add to it, staying in longer.  Would rather a longer time down.  Not always the choice available.  Goodnight, and morning.

Better.

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Popcorn may not be real food.  Aspirin has limits.  Those are what I had, and could use.  Did.  A bit sore.  Two weeks of pushing things through has left my muscles aching.  All good, I like it when I push hard enough to hurt.  Unfortunately, it doesn't take much.  Still, bruised and a bit battered, but the aspirin has relaxed the heart and eased the other pains.  Popcorn, with real butter, helped fill my belly a bit.

Real food would have been better, but I just couldn't get to it... cook.  I have pans and pots cleaned, ready.  I just don't... have what it takes to get things cooked.  I probably have meat in the fridge.  Probably all bad.  I... just... couldn't cook, on top of what else I was doing.  So, I'll toss it, tomorrow.  And pull fresh out from the freezer to thaw.

Still, I am up to grade.  Keeping up on water, food and litter for Sassy, this and that.  Now, I just have to push days and nights back around.  I'll... do what I can.  Yes, I did tear the bed down, and reset the mattresses.  Will have to set those up before bedtime.  Hopefully shortly.  Actually, I may just go up, and get those set back up, and at least partly made.  Not sure I can push through, for long, even on such tasks.  But, getting the mattresses down and the sheets and pillows down, could be a start.  Blankets later?  Maybe some right then.  Depends on how worn I get, and how fast.

Do that, a bit of gaming, then maybe on up to bed in an hour or two?

Later, or goodnight.

Hurts.

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I've had worse.  Just a tight chest.  No, not dying.  Just... not.  Working at things for two weeks, even littler things that I did, but pushing until they were done?  When I have little to offer.  It's how it happens.  Still, aspirin.  A small handful.  It often helps.  I suspect when it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt either.  Or may help in other ways.

I did wake at 14:48 or something.  But for a few seconds.  I thought, perhaps, I had messed up.  But, no.  I also woke at 17:30, then just now at 20:00 or so.

Stripped the bed, reset the mattresses, dressed for the house, though I could drive through a drive-through, if I had money.  Just wouldn't go in anywhere.  I really don't get that.  It's an old guy thing, I guess.  I remember when people dressed properly even to go to the store?  But that was small town, not certain about bigger cities.  Flying, shopping, even going to the auto shop or the dentist.  Then, one step, or three, to go to church.  Even a doctor or lawyer visit some attention to detail was required.  Times have changed.  If I'm not sure lawyers ever quite deserved respect they got.  Maybe then?  Maybe.  Some today, if those are less likely to get the respect, oddly.  Upside down, everything.

A fatted coffee, see if there is some cheese to slice, perhaps the last few slices of deli meat?  Hungry, know it.  Just... not sure I can do much about it.  If I can get a bit in, perhaps eggs and bacon in a bit.

Oh, and I should put the last of the dishes away.  Perhaps start a load of laundry, try to get a few through, then try to be to bed by midnight?  Dunno.  Will see.  It's a bit of a rough one.  Pushed too hard.  Headache, neck ache, bones, muscles, in the shoulders.  And just so achy from being so tired.  Sleep didn't really help, it was at the wrong time, if in plenty.  Ugh.

Still?  Suffer with a smile, if at all possible.  And, I can do that.  Not walking around it, walking right through it.  Will see if aspirin will help.  But not worry if it doesn't.  On back to gaming.  While I snack?  Or... while browsing the web while waking.  Whatever.  Good evening, day, and night.

Up?

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Sort of, for a while?  Wanted to get to the post.  Been weighing on my mind.  Kept failing.  Today.  I... couldn't sleep well.  So, after a few hours down, I woke and am just waiting for them to be open and ready.  I'm not sure when they open, eight? nine?  I am sure of the latter, probably the former too.  But I just want to go once, so I'll head out around nine.

Nothing fancy.  A bulk box of facial tissues.  But, at the price, yeah.  Then I am stocked for, probably, a year or two.

After?  If I can get back to bed for a while, I will.  If not, I guess my day gets a harsh restart.  

Changing kefir resets, from three jars to two, a day.  Either that, or I will have to order more milk.  Just not willing to go with four gallons a week.  Yea, I burn through three gallons pretty easily.  For a while, initially, that was too much.  Then the kefir colonies strengthened.  Now I can get a reset every twelve to eighteen hours, with just a few tablespoons of the grains.  With three jars, I was having to stretch the milk, so ending up with more curds and whey, which I... don't prefer.  Ugh... getting these things to balance out, when everything runs on a bit of a curve, has been frustrating.  Still not sure I have it.  Working on it though.  Ugh!

How many days has it been dark, now, in a row?  A week?  Two?  It seems like a long time.  Oddly, it isn't throwing me too far off.  Sure, I am tired, and achy with not all that much work.  But, off meds, that's the way of things.  And, usually, much worse.  Perhaps the meds have helped the heart and else in a more permanent way?  Or, maybe, it just allowed Atlas time to shift the world on my shoulders, and get used to the grist mill of life.  And maybe knowing what is really wrong allowed me a... chance to alter my perspective?  I think it's a number of things.  Though, how long or short that will do is a whole other thing.

In a foreign country, such as Argentina or Cambodia, I could afford medical.  I just don't have what I would want, need, yet, to get there.  With the house having become unsellable at the price I would sell, I'm sort of stuck here.  Dreamed of selling up, for a premium, last night.  And moving out.  Just a dream.  A good one, as it turned out.  As mentioned, I can't afford an American wife.  And... I found one down there.  A few kids, too.  Those dreams seem so long.  Weird, when waking just a few hours after having gone to bed, to realize twenty years hasn't passed.  I'm not twenty or thirty years older.  I don't have a wife and kids.  Crazy how real that seems.

Well... going to research a few things on the new game.  Then get to the post and then back on to bed... I hope.  Goodnight, again.

On to bed.

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Starting a new game, sort of dug in.  I'll set the alarm for eight and ten, see if it's possible.  For now, on to bed.  Oh, and I did get a shower.  Part of why I am still awake is I was waiting for hair to dry a bit better.  Just wouldn't dry!  Bleh.  All good, I suppose.  Ready for bed now?  should sleep well.  If I can wake well, and early enough, I will.

I was able to get out.  Earlier.  Hoping it doesn't snow more though.  Then gain, if it snows more, not sure anyone will be out for anything?  We'll see.

Goodnight.  Sleep well.  A few prayers going out.

Eh?

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Still haven't showered.  About to.  Did get a fatted coffee going.  Can't even drink it very fast.  Been nursing it for... an hour?  Vodka would fix that!  But... bring it's own problems.  No, I'll... just go slow.

A few things are missing, that I have been looking for the last few days.  Irritating, how that can go.  I did find some of the things.  The instapot, and accessories for it.  I had forgotten about the accessories.  Thankfully they were right there with it.  As mentioned, they won't really help with the 8 quart.  Just won't fit.  So no use to keep.  And, yes, having two pots with that thing really helps make a variety of meals in a week... if you... can do even that.  

A roast one day, a chicken stew the next, and that will get you through the week.  Sure, leftovers suck to eat (sometimes, often).  But, with the price of food of late, I have learned to eat the suck.  Meh.  Actually, I've just learned to eat less.  Would rather go without than eat that much.  Especially when even meat quality is going down the shitter.  There is a limit to the price I'll pay for what is turning out to often be inedible.  I won't go too heavily into canned food, that's... what they do with what they should be tossing?  Bleh.

Still, the idea is sound, if you can find good meat.  Did we just all get exported to North Korea?  I swear, things are really a problem, and it is so as a decision of big money, big governments, and churches/faiths of all sorts.  One thing or another will give.  There is only one group they are trying to eliminate.  Then again, even arabs will be in trouble if there are no buyers for their oil.  But africans, wherever they are?  Who will feed them?  Everyone looks at the little picture, or just themselves, theirs.  There is... the whole of the story to see.  Meh.  It'll work itself out, or not.

Oh, on to a shower.  Then a bit of gaming.  New game though.  I dumped Witcher 3.  It is unplayable in it's current form.  I can be one-shotted, coming out of a scripted event, on a mission that is five levels below my current level, before I can even raise defenses or move?  Right.  No.  The game is broken.  I'll look at other games.  Though, I have to admit, I am really looking forward to the ssd.  That should cut startups, game loads, and transitions by... a significant amount.  Well, so they say.  We'll see.  May try Mass Affect.

Trying it first, with the current hdd, will give me a better comparison, for when I get the ssd installed and running.  Got a serious deal.  That's always a bit spooky.  So, I have incentive to get it in, and going, well before the return date occurs.  One of the things I am looking for is a usb drive.  They aren't that expensive, these days.  But I don't want to buy more. 

Yes, on to a shower, then a bit of gaming as I dry.  Goodnight.

Supper, anyway.

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Made it out.  Just fast food.  Not proper, I suppose.  But it is what I could do, between need, want, and ability, that was that.  When I got there, I reached for my wallet.  Not... with me.  I felt like weeping.  Tired, hungry, cold... but, no.  Then I remembered.  I... had a few dollars here and there.  Pulled enough for a meal.  Check.

Now just trying to figure out how to get a shower going.  Seems easy enough.  It's not.  Tired.  At least pain seems to have passed.  Even the headache is finished.  Still, a bit hungry.  Though, as before, can't really do much about it.  A fatted coffee will do, have to do.

Back to gaming.  But, I realize they have zapped a bunch of things.  Healing rates, refresh rates for casting signs, a bunch of things have been zapped to hell.  It made an already difficult game much more difficult game.  Currently playing on the hardest settings.  They even made a side game more difficult.  Had been playing on the medium setting.  That became difficult.  So I went to the easy setting.  But?  That made it worse.  Their settings are broken.  Can't be sure what to do, only that the game has become a lot more difficult.  I have learned how to survive, but when it takes five minutes to beat a simple mob at my level?  They have messed up terribly.  The whole thing, if I had to guess, is to turn this single player into another turd of a multiplayer.  And, this is some sort of "balancing" thing.  They just cut a lot of their standard players.  But, they don't care, there are a lot more cucky multiplayers who just want to die, stupidly, over and over, for nothing really.

Coffee, and see if I can sort this game out.  If it were a choice to accept the download, that would be one thing.  But, it will download and install in the background any time you turn your back.  I didn't realize this was happening, was watching a show.  Assholes.  Later.  Or... probably goodnight.  If I can sleep in the next few hours, I will.

Dishes mostly done.

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The last batch and an half are done.  Most of the rest are completed, including being put up.  I washed the instapot, and some of the extras.  The extra seals and relief valve will be sitting for a while, so they'll need to clean those when that time comes.  But, all ready to go.

No I just have to catch my breath, rest a bit, then get a shower going.  Nothing fancy.  Would like to eat.  May get out to order something.  I just don't have it in me to cook, but food would be really good.  Two ounces of cheese and two ounces of salami, soup, popcorn, and fatted coffees, for the last three or four days.  I... want something more.  I can't do much else without getting out.

The headache has eased.  Didn't do anything for it, just... wasn't thinking about what might be done to fix it.  Heart is still a bit tired feeling.  It won't get better.  Off medicine, it's just a quicker slow coast to the finish line.  Still, may well take another twenty five to thirty years.  Just the way of it.

I haven't worked on the rubik's cube, other than just keeping what I have.  Practice, from time to time.  It takes between 1:45 and 2:30, usually, to finish a messed up box.  I see one area I would like to work on specifically.  I know what needs to be done, just not quite yet how to do it.  I think it was in a video I presented.  Thing is, I have to be in a right condition to sort out what is being shown, when it will work... work best... and a bit of how it works.

I think, before I get to that, I will work on tearing down boxes in this room.  Actually, now, all over the house.  Ugh.  Still, all good.  Things to do this next week.  Would like to get to confession, so as to be ready for events coming up.  I have been poor at getting going.  But, doing better in winter than usual.  By a lot.  Not all that active, but not nearly dirt napping.  Meh.  I'm not sleeping extremely long hours, and only waiver in my schedule when I push a bit too hard.  Not bad, really, not bad at all.  Just... not superior.  Yet.  I think I might have picked up a bit.

Hopefully to bed in time to get up, to be at the post, on time.  It's been rough, trying to get through.  But... that isn't too uncommon, for winter.  Or high summer.  It was 22 F out there, last I looked.  So, not too terrible.  And, not too bad, as winter goes.  We have snow, which will help.

The state capital seems to be having trouble.  As the Great Salt Lake evaporates, toxins dumped there, and naturally occurring, are rising into the dust.  Heavy metals and else.  As is, nine percent of the lake bed is exposed.  More is occurring.  And with water shortages?  Some by drought, some from ag, and actually not all that much by consumer use.  If you look at it, whether here or Cali, residential use is a rather small part of it.  If larger metros are their own thing, a bit different.  Growing in deserts, from Utah to Arizona, to Nevada, and Southern California, plus massive metros in the deserts.

They keep suggesting making more reservoirs.  But, I think, they realized the cost of that.  It would, most likely, increase the speed at which the GSL is disappearing.  And, when it is gone, so too, in very short order, will be SLC.  Don't need, can't use, that salty water.  But it keeps the dust from making the whole place a toxic waste sight, that won't improve for centuries.  Damned if you do, damned if you don't.  No, I don't have a solution.  There simply may not be a solution, at this point?  They will do something, even if that is doing nothing.  And, what happens, will happen.

So, rain, and snowpack, and cutting...  They are cutting water use, mostly to residential.  I'm not sure about ag, but haven't heard... thought not one way or the other.  Though I see corn grown, and wheat.  Can't be too cut?  Twenty year droughts?  They have had those a few times, even in modern times.  Have there been longer droughts in modern times?  Most I have heard were two decades, or so.  It happens.

On the good side, even if it is failing, finally, the damns really did help cover through a lot of years without water.  The reservoir system did well.  Further, the only reason it is on the brink is because someone decided not to cut water usage, believing it would last forever, I guess?  Cutting ag?  Prices would go up, usage would go down.  Less waste in the stores?  Fewer foods that aren't healthy for us?  Not a totally bad thing.  I have certainly cut my consumption, and changed it.  If not in the best way.  Then again, the food they are offering is of vastly lower quality.  I'm not sure what I am eating, even when eating meat and veggies which are supposed to be raw.  Rawish?

Just... thinking.  Not much to do about anything.  This will fix itself.  Useless eaters, like bureaucrats and myself, will be... managed, one way or the other.  No choices.  Hope they choose wisely, though that won't necessarily include sparing me, mind you.  When it comes down to getting enough food for everyone, and there isn't enough food, choices will be made at many levels.  From neighbors making choices, to local governments, on up.  It won't always be fair.  Definitely watching.  If... everyone has to sleep.  

I'll hope to get a shower, and food, before long.  Later. 

Horribe.

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I pushed, when I could.  Too late and too far, all said and done.  Waking around 14:00.  Sassy came up, on her own, got me going.  Fed first thing, for her efforts.

Terrible headache.  Heart is tired.  Still, I have things to do.  I put up the dishes to be put up.  Then reset the dishes in the last to batches.  Closing in on a shower.  Of course, I missed the post office hours.  But, tomorrow.

I'll get things done, maybe do a load of laundry, then rest today.  It isn't just what was done, it was pushing through the day to try to get to it, more than the work, that got to me.  I was awake until... 4:30?  I just couldn't work fast enough.

I'd like to eat today, but I'm... just... not up to eating, or cooking, or... else.  Maybe there is something easy enough?  Hmm, bacon and eggs, just those, might work.  Still snowed in out there.  Should be able to get out tomorrow?  We'll see.  The UPS truck just drop up the drive, which is fine.  But that was a few days ago.  We have had at least two snows since his last visit?  His footprints are almost not visible.  We'll see.  No way I can shovel, and the scoop isn't on the lawn tractor.

Well... on to something.  Probably just resting for a bit, then dishes a bit after that.  Gaming between.  Later.

Slowly.

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I finally finished clearing the freezertop.  Then washed it.  Putting a few dishes in for a soapy soak while at it.  Had to take a break.  Did so.  Now to get to the dishes, so as to get to a shower.

Well, and I pulled the instapot.  It looks like it is the one they wanted, too.  Plus, there were some extra parts.  An extra pot, which is useless for an eight quart.  Plus, a few extras beyond that.  Dusty, but I'll get to that as I do dishes.

I may be able to finish off the dishes, and get to a shower.  As slow as I am moving, may have to just try to stay up to get to the post today.  If I sleep, I'll miss it.  They are only open until noon, or so.  Getting to things.  I guess.  Just, as mentioned, slowly.  Just to get into a shower will be worth it.  And, maybe fore a few days.  With dishes pretty much tended for a while.  Ugh.

Not bad.  Yes, I have been taking care of Sassy.  She has been extra hungry, but I can't give her more food.  And she just won't eat extra hard food.  Probably doesn't sit well with her.  

The game wasn't completely broken, but they did jank it up pretty badly.  They aren't good at what they are paid to do.  If... that might be the whole thing, these days.  Though, when your main effort is to hire based on equity, anything that was supposed to be done goes by the wayside.  And... you get what you get.  Every.  Single.  Time.  Then again, I think they did that to make people so mad we wouldn't notice they were trying to steal data from our gameplay.  Not sure why they really want it, it isn't for improvement.  Probably just another way to get into our business.  Who knows what they really can access, when given "permission".  Then again, I have serious doubts if they won't take the information anyway.  Companies, these days, as always, really have no morals, ethics, and don't abide laws... pretty much with the permission of modern governments, for their share of the take.  What, 10% for the big guy?  Right.

Bleh.  A bit of online browsing, then I'll get started on dishes.  A few small batches at a time, I suppose.  Later.