Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 1102)
Hello Everyone!
This sleeping silliness, The perils of hyper-rationing, Some dud storms & Sorting the supplies!
Well, the sun set some time ago and I have been in slow motion as far as getting this entry started goes. I am still 'on time' with my writing routine so that is good... and I got my nightly espresso brewed beforehand... so hopefully there should not be any 'interruptions' to my routine tonight.
Recently I have had a heck of a time getting a good night's rest and last night was no exception to that... and I once again found myself wide awake in the wee hours of the morning. Being someone that can generally fall asleep anywhere at anytime just by closing my eyes and wanting to sleep... all these hours spent 'tossing and turning' before being able to fall asleep is getting annoying to say the least.
Some of it might be due to having not been eating enough food lately because on that last supply run that I did I only got a small amount of groceries. All of which was a combination of me being frugal, the store not having a number of items that I needed... and also... me wanting to expedite the trip for the sake of the person giving me a ride.
All of which lead me to doing way more 'hyper-rationing' (with the food supplies) than what I either want to be doing... or am really prepared to be doing. Given that I burned through the bulk of my 'emergency food supply' over the last year... without having the resources to replenish said supply... I get these pretty heavy bouts of food insecurity... that yeah make me ration things way more vigilantly than I really should.
I guess that I could call it all a bit of an 'overcompensation' when it comes down to it... but either way I need to frigging avoid doing it to the extremes that I am prone to with it. My only real strategy thus far is to take the time once (or twice) a week to prepare either large batches of rice, stew, pasta or something (pretty much anything) so that I can snack on it during those times... without all that anxiety getting in the way.
Anyways, the weather cleared up today and those storms last night were thankfully total 'duds' when they hit this area... and all we got from it was a bunch of rain and a few moderate wind gusts. It was pretty anticlimactic as far as storms go... but I am super glad that the worst parts of the storms missed this area altogether given how dry things have been... and how much it 'felt like' prime tornado weather.
Early in the day there was still some clinging rain showers (and the internet was a bit dodgy) so I spent until nearly noon napping before finally 'getting up' for the day. I had some small hope that I would 'get in gear' and start doing my routine chores... but during the time I had been napping... the wind picked up and the temperature dropped way more than I thought that it would... which made staying indoors seem like a better plan.
During the afternoon I got a message that I could get a ride to town today (if I needed one) so given my dwindling food supplies... I jumped on it to say the least. The selection of groceries available at the store was better than it has been the last few times I have gone... so I did my best to stock up while I could.
They even had 'normal' size bags of potatoes again... as well as rice even though they only had very small bags of it... which honestly I felt bad taking the two of them that I did because there were so few available. Like I have said before it is a rather small store that I have been doing my shopping at... and I just kinda 'take whatever I can get' and do my best not to complain overly much about what they do not have in stock at any given time.
Overall it was good to get stocked up again and also (by doing so) being able to brush aside some of the mildly depressive feelings that I tend to get around the holidays... simply by buying some fresh strawberries. I also got a few other treats for myself as well as some extra stuff just for the 'holiday meal' that I make for the dogs each year.
Alright, I best move on to doing the editing and posting lest the hour grow late before I "get 'er done" so to speak! I hope that everyone is doing well and has a nice time and if applicable... a lovely holiday.
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We have hardly any rationed food. We did over COVID but it's dwindled. If the zombies be coming I have six bags of rice, some stock and a jar of rice syrup 😂😂🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️
Yup, it seems more like the zombies should be the ones worried about becoming the food supply!
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