{"id":28590,"date":"2023-11-02T09:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=28590"},"modified":"2023-11-04T17:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T00:37:03","slug":"nov-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2023\/11\/02\/nov-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 2 That First Sip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Diamandis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Already November. Another snowstorm forecast for Saturday this one more significant. 15 to 20 CM.<\/p>\n

It’s morning here cats are fed, water on the boil for coffee. I feel exhausted, but I know there is some work to do. There is always work to do. I have a hard time keeping up.<\/p>\n

I haven’t decided what will get done but something will. Kidney pain is significant today. I do not expect anything large will get done, but small things might.<\/p>\n

The sun is poking its head out enough for me to make a little power. Not enough to fill batteries or devices. Most likely I will have to start the Gen.<\/p>\n

Soon the second LFP will arrive then I will have twice the power to use and twice to fill up.<\/p>\n

Oh water is boiled gotta go pour it over ground coffee, maybe even have some breakfast.<\/p>\n

Note to older future self. Have your morning pee before listening to coffee slowly drip through the Melita.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In seconds, the legendary first sip. That was worth carrying a full bag of cat food from the van.\u00a0 Was it worth carefully walking through hungry kittens to feed them. Always.<\/p>\n

I haven’t carried the big jug of water up to refill cat bowls almost empty. I haven’t carried gasoline up to the gen. I am only making 1.44 Amps of power from solar. It must be cloudy. I expect that to be the state of the weather for the next few days. Especially through the snowstorm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

My battery is somewhere between Calgary and here. I am hoping the power situation will be better, after I get more solar and maybe, maybe even wind power up.<\/p>\n

I moved a heavy water bottle from the van, gassed up and started the gen and did my video game penance.<\/p>\n

In my bathroom, I thought it was cute the little kittens that visited while I sat on the throne. It was a ruse. Big cats were sneaking in too, and leaving terrible things behind.<\/p>\n

I am a composter so other smells in the same room can escape me. I cleaned all that, then emptied my poo pot outside in the compost pile. As you will I even stopped for a few pictures.<\/p>\n

By the time I was reunited with my coffee still hot, thank you Amazon for selling a great coffee cup. I was soaked in sweat again. Which is crazy, I am sure it’s only 12 inside and colder outside.<\/p>\n

I am going back into Starfield.<\/p>\n

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My latest ship before paint.
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