Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 1220)
Hello Everyone!
The weather takes a dive, Snoozing the day away, Cleaning out the cabin & Some general irritability!
Alright, I am more or less on time this evening with my writing routine... given that I am starting it a whole five minutes after my designated start time. I could have started about a half an hour ago... but decided to zone out some, sip some espresso... and do a little reading online before diving in here.
Last night I zonked out early once again... and although I had some rather weird dreams I at least slept deeply... and found myself wide awake well before sunrise. In hindsight, I should have gotten out of bed then and made some espresso... but instead I pulled the blanket over me tighter, snuggled up to my boy dog... and let myself drift back off to sleep.
When I awoke again later (and actually got up and about) I could not for the life of me get warm... and wound up drifting off to sleep again after doing a wee bit of my Hive engagement routine. Honestly, much of my day was like that (where I fell asleep for a time and got up again) and each time I would go outside hoping that things had warmed up... but finding they had not I would retreat back to the cabin.
All in all, it made for a very strange day full of dreams and lots of groggy thinking... and eventually (late in the afternoon) I got so fed up with the cold that I went and retrieved the recirculating oil heater from the solar shack... so that I could warm the cabin up. Of course, as soon as the place began to get warm I drifted off to sleep for a final time... and wound up sleeping most of the afternoon away.
By the last time that I awoke, I only had about four hours of daylight left so I decided to put it to good use... and got all the dog bedding and the rug pulled out of the cabin... so that I could mop the floor again. Per usual my elder dog had made a bit of a mess... and at this point I think that I am going to look into either getting her some kind of diapers... or even those highly absorbent pads to lay on the floor.
Anyways, I have no idea why I was so 'low energy' today... but it might have to do with my body adjusting to eating a lot more food. It could also just be that I am really exhausted (both mentally and physically) given all the stuff that I have been doing... along with tirelessly trying to wrap my head around the move and the new place.
As I have said before, I really do not 'unsettle' from a place all that easily... and am way more proficient at 'settling into' a new scenario. Deep down it just frigging bugs me to no end that I have to uproot my life again, lose all the comfort and/or conveniences that I have established... and of course get all my precious routines either skewed... or entirely broken along the way.
Well, I do not have much else to report for today... and am once again not quite feeling like spelling things out. I hope that everyone is doing well... and capable of overcoming whatever challenges they are facing. Ta ta for now.
Think of it this way, it will be the last time that someone else tells you that you have to move. You just need to get through this time.
I have not had a dream that stuck with me like the one I had last night in a long time, I still can not shake it. I also woke from it way before daylight and could not go back to sleep, and I was cold, not as cold as you, but cold for me.
They make these blue pads, hospitals use them on beds, they are cheap and would be good for her to lay on at night, they might even be big enough to make a diaper from. Or you could lay a tarp on the floor if you had nothing else.`
The dog we are watching for Aynsley is slowly getting better, we no longer need to carry her outside, it takes her a lot of effort but she does manage to get up on her own and she is now putting her back leg down, she is walking with a limp but she is walking on her own.