Hello Everyone!
Being up all night, Binge watching a survival show, Leaving the water system offline & Cleaning the pseudo-kitchen!
Alright, I am slightly behind schedule on beginning my writing routine this evening... but it is kind of par for the course today... so I am not going to get too hung up on it all. Since I have been running a bit late the last few days with it... I know that over the coming days I need to begin correcting my schedule... but overall I do not think that it is all that big of a deal.
My sleep cycle got even more skewed last night... because I binged out watching an entire season of a 'survival oriented reality show' and wound up not falling fully asleep until after dawn. As to whether the show was really worth watching... I would per usual leave that up to folks own discretion... but overall it really highlights the true dynamics of what plays out in a group setting where lots of money is on the line.
In short, there are always going to be those kinds of folks that will 'do anything for money' but the vast majority of folks (in my perspective) just are not that unscrupulous, immoral or outright unhinged. Having been through enough 'survival scenarios' I know the kind of true grit that it takes to remain ethical... and not undermine my personal integrity no matter the hazards, dangers or deprivations involved... so kudos to those who remained true to themselves in that manner.
Anyways, I did try to go to sleep throughout the night (even while the show was on) but having let my sleep cycle get skewed over the previous two days... I knew that I was fighting a losing battle on that front. Thankfully, when I did finally get to sleep it was after I had tended to all the critters... and therefore I was able to sleep quite soundly.
I did get up a few times throughout the day to let the dogs in and out... and to do some minimal engagement on Hive... but overall I did not get 'up and about' until very late in the afternoon. Which was fine and all because I did not have any huge itinerary for the day... and only needed a few hours to do the things that I wanted to do.
Although I was planning on getting the water system brought back online (to fill some water jugs) I wound up blowing that off altogether. Mainly I put that task off because the wind was gusting super hard... and it was biting cold outside... but I also realized that I had a few jugs of water stored in the refrigerator that I had forgotten about... so bringing the system back online was no longer a necessity.
What I wound up doing instead was cleaning up my little 'kitchen' area and getting as much stuff out of the way as I could to help accommodate getting the mattress out the door... so that I could give it a good freeze tonight. My plan was to also take the mattress out during the daytime today... and clean everything but I let myself fizzle out on doing it... because having the door open that long (with all the high winds) would have turned the place into an icebox.
I did however hang my blankets out on the dog yard fence... so that the high winds would clean them out some... and also just air them out given how much me and the dogs have been cooped up indoors of late. At some point soon I really need to give them a good washing... but I really dislike the idea of going without them for a few days as they dry out.
Well, I have stared at the blinking cursor long enough now... to realize that I am all out of the 'words that I have in me for the day' to contribute to this entry. I hope that everyone is doing well... and not over-romanticizing 'living on the fringe of society' along with all the challenges and hardships that doing so truly presents.
Ta ta for now.
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