At 2:30AM, verified that the geothermal-Artesian-well-fed reservoir I had plugged up the outlet of the night before had not filled up too much.
Watched County road crew through my open bathroom window, working at dawn.
Texted some friends and family about the "big project" that the road crew was working on.
A couple of hours after dawn, I removed above-mentioned plug because the road crew had finished replacing the very old, badly rusted culvert under the dirt road in front of my house that the outflow from the well normally flows through 24/7/365.
I briefly spoke (more precisely attempted to "banter") with the road crew, but had no idea if they even heard some of what I said, and didn't care to find out by looking at them.
Shot video of the initial flow through the ancient, 1,000-foot long 8" ID concrete pipe that connects the well to the culvert under the road. Partly edited said video for later posting for family and friends.
Put tools away that I had used the day before to clean out the reservoir, to gain access to the end of the drainpipe that needed to be plugged.
Drank morning coffee, and took some vitamins (no idea if the vitamins are necessary- I take them based on the advice of someone whose medical advice I trust absolutely).
Texted with a friend in the east about her efforts to seek insurance and unemployment because of her physical disability.
Packed and mailed a low-value (but cool!) item I sold on eBay to the buyer in Canada (drove to the local Post Office to send it).
Experienced anxiety beyond words about how the next hours, days and months will go, due to the tenuous position in life that I find myself in.
Drank some Kratom tea to settle myself. Didn't help. I need to stop using that stuff for a while.
Ordered a "used" noise-canceling headset from Amazon. Mostly for the "typical" uses, but also curious to test whether the noise-canceling feature may be of anything like as much benefit as the Cat 4 sunglasses I've been wearing outdoors for months now.
Wrote an email to the electric utility company that I asked to install a grid power connection to the ancient total wreck of a house that I plan on (had planned on?) fixing up to be livable, perhaps for the rest of my life.
Installed a new cover from Amazon on the "swamp cooler" on the roof of the house I'm in, because the old cover disintegrated in very high winds a bit over week ago.
"scripted" how I might react to an expected set of questions about how my day went. Did very poorly at that- WAY too many variables.
Vacuumed up some debris from the kitchen floor.
Nuked some Ramen noodles because I'm not up to making anything more substantial. Felt bad about eating crap like that. Don't care that I feel bad about eating crap. Might eat more crap soon.
Asked a young local friend about his bout with COVID (he's doing only "OK").
Asked my aged parents in Florida about their bout with COVID (they're doing only "OK" after weeks of being ill).
Wrote some PMs to members on this site. Read reply from one member.
Posted a little on this site.
Played with and photographed some 40-Watt audio "Exciters" that I ordered, and which just arrived, for a "dream project" that may well never actually happen, despite my intense interest in making it so.
Texted other family and friends.
Watched LOTS of YouTube videos.
Read some web pages.
Used my voice to turn on and off some electric space heaters that keep me (just) warm enough in this ancient house with solid concrete walls.
More, as well, but I can't remember, because permutations of the whole rest of my life are flashing through my mind.
Darron
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Darron, temporary Desert Rat
11 Jan 2022, 11:05 am
