Life comes with pain.

Rod Wave

Pain is a great distractor. It demands attention immediatly. Today it started with a random pain to my ear, then progressed to legs. Walking became difficult.

Lucky me, i have experienced all kinds of physical pain throught my entire body. There is only one answer for me. Soldier on.

My cats were fed and watered, I have one to rescue. He is stuck in the bathroom. I am making coffee right now. He will have to wait.

The first pouring just happened, steaming water poured through a bamboo filter full of last years coffee grounds. Yes they were unused.

Before that I was reaching for my coffee cup and spoon, repeating over and over my objective, while I was being attacked by  more pain. Over and over I repeated outloud, “cup and spoon”  until I achieved my goal.

Sounds silly writing about it, but I am making coffee. Eventually the pain wins, bigger tasks wait. Pain can be unrelentless.

Why the pain? Not including current maladies, I repaired and upgraded my solar system. Which included doing wiring and re-wiring in a small space.

I did cause one quick short while trying to hookup the batteries. That caused me to drop the only one in exsistence battery bolt to the floor. I couldn’t find it.

I had to remove every piece of equipment, every tool, every item. Still no bolt. There was a 1 inch hole in the floor drilled to allow cabling and power for my internet.

I went down to check sure enough there it was.  The power cord for my starlink had fallen through now too. Getting it back up there was an ordeal. So was hooking up the batteries. By the time I was done 5 hours and twenty trips up and dow stairs had taken its toll on my legs, arms, back and legs.

My solar was working again, it also seemed to make more power than usual, but it was sunny. Next week, cloudy and snow all week.