“The exhaust port is marked and locked in.” – Star Wars, A New Hope
I’ll never end an email with “Regards” again – turns out the G is pretty close on the keyboard to the T.
Things are looking up, very much. The Mrs. today looks better and more well rested than she has for the past few weeks, perhaps for the last month. It’s a good thing, and I want to thank everyone who has prayed or shared a kind word during her illness. She took a medical test today and the tech who administered it noted that The Mrs. was off the charts for someone only three days out of the hospital, which put a bit of pep in The Mrs.’ step.
As for me, I’m just a bit exhausted tonight. The way I typically do these posts now (for the last six months) is that I work on a rough draft during free time during the day and then finish it, polish it, edit it, and add memification the night before the post. I think this changed the output for the better, and I’ve certainly been going to bed earlier. I haven’t had time to draft the latest post, it’s nothing more than a Post-It® note I scribbled seven consonants on along with sixteen arrows pointing in random directions.
Not a great foundation, unless you’re doing scripts for Disney® movies.
This vacation, I had planned to do quite a few things around Stately Wilder Mansion (polishing the drywall, combing the hardwood floors), but had other, more important priorities, obviously, and am still not remotely caught up on my sleep.
My dog’s vet is also a taxidermist. Either way, I get the dog back.
While the dog didn’t eat my homework, and I have some great posts already planned for January (starting with the Civil War 2.0 Weather Report on Monday) I’m going to plead exhaustion tonight rather than put out a column that’s not the best I can do on a subject I’m passionate about.
In my life I’ve noticed (at least for me), that during times of difficulty and stress, things get simple and I’m usually very calm during the crisis – I’ve always been that way. Heck, my normal way to deal with stress is make a nice hot, steaming cup of tea and pour it into the lap of whoever is causing the stress. After the danger is in the past and I relax, that’s when I really notice that I’ve been through something. I guess we all have to pay the price. I mean, everyone except those people that visited Epstein’s Island.
So, tonight, a few more hours of sleep, and back to it.
Get some well earned rest sir. Pretty sure the ‘Crap Fest Channel’ will continue to limp along, just for aggravation.
jrg
Heh, thank you! I’m even feeling (a bit) rested.
It’s wonderful that Mrs. Wilder is improving. May that continue.
Thank you, Bob! She is improving daily. We’ll get her doing wind sprints in no time . . .
I had the best rest in ages during my bout with gallbladder surgery. No vacation can compare to the morphine derivative induced sleep lasting for days. Unfortunately for my ex-wife, the hospital chair/couch didn’t offer the same rest. Her crabbiness was noticeable for days.
Jess
I’ve tried to dial it back. On Friday evening she sent me to bed at 6pm. I needed it.
Glad to hear the Mrs is on the mend.
She is! Much better, perhaps better than she has been in years.
Glad she’s more rested and hope you can join her in that state. It’s terrible when a couple are in two different states.
I still claim that melatonin has changed my life regarding sleep quality (I take 10 mg nightly) and recommend it to you both…although there seems to be some caution now about gulping the tablets like Pez:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12743661/Experts-sound-alarm-finding-fifth-children-melatonin-sleep-despite-growing-concern-health-risks.html
https://www.foxnews.com/health/melatonin-warnings-nearly-half-parents-give-kids-help-them-sleep-experts-urge-caution
CW links coming…
Glad to hear the Mrs. is doing better. Y’all get some rest.
Done, and thank you. I slept, very, very well.
Oh, I sleep great, just didn’t have enough of it. They conked The Mrs. out pretty well with that stuff.
So glad Mrs. Wilder is on the mend, and continued prayers up. And you, sir, need to rest.
Although not having a thrice week update has created a disturbance in the Force, we will bravely soldier on. The forces of inertia and collapse will always be there for an update soon enough.
I had no idea how tired I was – probably slept 20 hours out of the next 36 after that post.
Thank you for the good news re: The Mrs. In other news, this comment is my test of my current theory of why my last few comments have been auto-rejected as “Not Acceptable.” I think “they” don’t like it when the prospective commenter is using a VPN, which I (belatedly) am doing. I just disconnected from the VPN, and will now attempt to submit the comment. Hold my beer, y’all …
I used to use NordVPN, but almost every site I wanted to use it to visit blocked it. And browsing with it was noticeably slower than not, to the point of being annoying.
Bingo. No refusal.
I use adblockerplus.com. Works great, sped up things. No more weird popups, but some websites curtail access after 3-4 article views unless I want to subscribe..
Looking forward to Monday’s post.
It’s written and scheduled . . . .