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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newt Gingrich<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freight was in. Cat food was low, some grocery items were low, no fresh fruit. Coffee was about to run out. I had to make the trip into the village, then to town.\u00a0 I was out of breath and moving slow. I picked up freight. Then did the drive to town, another half hour. I did the things I normally do.<\/p>\n

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Picked up some water and groceries, grabbed a plant-based burger and sweet potato fries and a coffee.\u00a0 I stopped to fill a couple of Jerry cans with gas. Not really filled, $50 doesn’t fill them anymore. I drove home but stopped at the village. I had new kittens and I needed a kitten-sized litter box.<\/p>\n

Oh, I did pick up a few bags of wood pellets (cat litter) while I was in town.<\/p>\n

Back at home, I snuck past the gigantic wasp nest, it was at least 14″ x 16″ in length. Gracie was put back in her home. I managed to get the garage doors closed with only one wasp interested in me.<\/p>\n

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Groceries were brought inside. Important freight brought inside. (My new LFP battery charger) Next thing, get the generator functioning. I was sure I had gasoline up there. I didn’t. Back down to the garage. My big gas can was almost empty.<\/p>\n

I knew I was too fatigued to lift a heavy can out of the van. I emptied the big can into a smaller, generator-sized can. That would have to do. I filled the gen. It was only 3\/4 full. I had to rest before hauling it outside and starting it.<\/p>\n

I hauled the groceries up the last flight of stairs. And that’s where they still are an hour later. I was still resting my back and body. I had barely made it through the day.<\/p>\n

I did hook up the new charger and I did start my Starfield download. I don’t know why it was so important to do the preload the first day it was allowed, I just knew I had to. The game isn’t playable till early September.<\/p>\n

I could see more yellow leaves on the trees as I drove home, fall was here. Farmers had already started harvesting sad-looking crops, too much smoke, too much heat not enough rain.<\/p>\n

Now I am writing to stall for more time to rest. I needed to go unpack groceries. I was so tired and hurting, I couldn’t even reach for my coffee.<\/p>\n

The great news Starfield download was almost finished. I had super high-speed today, it was downloading at 175 MBPS. 10 GB left to download in 9 minutes 44 seconds. Then I will do groceries. If I could just reach for my coffee.<\/p>\n

I did it, I had a sip of coffee. It may not sound like much to you, but today for me, everything I accomplished was extraordinary.\u00a0 I can’t remember a day I was in this much pain, and out of breath, like I am at this very moment.<\/p>\n

Oh no, my download will be done in 30 seconds. I gotta go.<\/p>\n

Groceries are unpacked, raspberries, and blackberries eaten, they go bad fast.<\/p>\n

My LFP is at 29.1 and finished charging. It’s time to find music and a quote for this post. Then it’s time to feed cats, and bring in the gen. An hour later the no-load voltage dropped to 26.5, the Internet says that is 80 percent charged. I will try again tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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