Okay, it's now the 27th of April.
And, I slept more than usual yesterday (From 11-3, and 5-9; usually it's 12-4 and 6-8.). The only thing different (AFAIK), is that I had two tacos and a wheat quesadilla last night. And this morning was a little more eventful than normal, feeling unusually slowed down in energy/thought and started getting that upper midback pain that I've known was associated with cardiac issues. And, intermittent split-second "hard to breath" sensations. It's weird how it seems like I have these morning cardiac issues the days following gluten consumption the previous night, I don't really know if it's coincidence or possibly causal. I wouldn't think that it'd be causal with the amounts I consume and the fact I usually down it with something like lemon liquid or red wine, even though much evidence suggests it plays a strong role in these kinds of problem, so I don't really know. I definitely could tell I was running low on bloodsugar, and a watermelon seemed to fix that. Recently started getting that "sweaty chill" sensation while pounding the cucumber, don't know if digestive in origin or cardiac or what. [I haven't felt that sensation for a while.]
Anyway, picked up 4x 55 gallon drums that previously had balasmic vinegar in it. In fact, it still does! Just a little bit... looks like they dumped it out and didn't clean it and just sold it as is, lol, well, at least I know it's clean! Bacteria hates vinegar.
Anyway, with the weather forecast, I think I might take one of these upto Pete's tire shop and get a water fill. Pete's dead and it's actually "Pedro's" tire shop, but I guess they didn't want to change the sign or something. Maybe they don't want to advertise the mexican presence, lol. I want to do that soon enough because, I want a shower, lol. (And, gee, now I'm wondering what happened of that shower tent I bought? Did I ever get it?).
I'm still trying to think of a usable tarp -> screen -> bucket design for rainwater collection. Seems like there should be an easy one with possibly a few easily available parts that I've yet to figure out. I thought I would go to Home Depot and peruse the pipe aisle, but with how I was feeling, I trimmed back my trip to the bare essentials (Groceries).
I see that authentic mexican quesadillas were made with corn back in the day. Well, that does make sense, yes. Maybe I'll have to start making my own mexican grub, just that no fridge makes pico de gallo and its ingredients storage difficult. Quesadillas just don't really taste that good without the "creamy jalapeno sauce" that Taco Bell uses; cheese and chicken tastes a bit bland, and green sauce does little to improve it. I'm guessing the quesadilla needed pico de gallo, which is what qdoba does, which the place I went to yesterday didn't provide. The chicken there tasted like it was cured with salt, as it tasted like corned beef. I guess that might make sense with how long I presume they might store their chicken, given how excited she seemed to be to have a customer. The mexican grocery doesn't really seem to be all that excited to have an order.
Seems like my neighbor is copying me. I said I was going to get a rabbit, and he got rabbit, lol. It looks like I'll need to rip up a part of the forest floor somewhere, embed gridding, replace the soil (or lay down sod) and then let the rabbit run in that area. I would prefer to do this in the same area I intended on staying in. Doing this should also help deter fox attacks, and I might prefer to put the chickens in this area at least during the more vulnerable hours.
Anyway, I was reading online that Oak is very drought resistant.
So, there's pines and oak in this area... oh, so that's telling me that only drought resistant trees do well here... well... I know what that means; I need to prepare for drought conditions. Saw someone plant some trees in the area (Had the stabilizing ropes and all) and it looks like they died fairly soon after (Looked fairly young). I wonder what might have killed them, my guess is insufficient water. My fear is disease. I know only a few trees are drought resistant, and that's particularly true of fruit trees, and if they neglected to water (Which is very possible), that would certainly do it.
And the local Harbor Freight opened up so now I have a harbor freight within 2 miles of one of my possible grocery stores! This is extremely nice. (There's two HEBs in the area, both 25 miles away from me. One happens to be near other stores, like Academy sports, walmart, harbor freight, etc. so It's a good choice for multi-trips. It's a little pricier on certain things, though, and they don't have everything I like, so I don't normally go that one for /only/ groceries.)
One of the Employees in Harbor Freight almost implied I was a thief by his utter of disbelief when I said I was "just looking". That guy can suck it, lol. Hey BOZO, you /just/ opened up so I'm looking around to see what kind of inventory you have in case I might want something in particular in the future, DUH! Jeez, what an idiot.
My impression of harbor freight is they're a little more expensive than walmart on certain things. But, unlike walmart, they're pretty good at concentrating all the "interesting products" in one store.
One guy was walking out with his $120 150psi 6 gallon air compressor as if he snagged a deal. Well, i can tell he hasn't been shopping around; you can get one from Home Depot for $99, and one from Amazon for $89, both high quality with excellent reviews. I think they probably all come from the same manufacturer.
And, it looks like I need to look at Tractor Supply's deals for good pricing on the fencing. Seems like they're 4 ft. 2x4 grid fencing is always "on sale", but the sale periods are always changing (The time I was there was from apr 26-30), so it looks like I'll need to keep track of them. I'll want to put in fencing after I get the back cleared and get the perimeter cleared well enough for fence installation.
Their 7 ft. t-posts were 4.99, 8 ft. t-posts was 5.99 and the 10ft t-posts were 8.99. I think I would want the tallest t-posts along the front and sides near it to give the impression of impenetrability. The rest of the perimeter can have the cheapest shorty ones, I don't really care.
And, I need to pay my real estate taxes sometime soon.