More organization

I have started getting a bit more organized. I know, I should be much further along than I am. 

Part of it is that I have been working a lot. Barely a day off. When I have a day off it has been typically after an evening shift, one day off and then working the morning shift the next day. So I go to sleep late and have to get to sleep early. By the time I'm off I'm exhausted.

I've also had to deal with trimming the cannabis I have in the workshop. Not all that easy. 

I had some old metal frame chairs I was going to dismantle and sell the metal. I got tired of having them around and decided to just put them out for anyone to take. Plus an old ceiling fan, bean bag chair and a few other things. Including a working electric heater that needs a new switch. Someone should be happy to take at least some of that stuff. If they turn around and sell it that's no problem. Some people sell scrap metal for a living or extra income. I hope it helps someone. 

Got the furnace hooked up today. Night temps are dropping. Happy to say it started right up after I cleaned the filter. First try. Usually takes a few cycles.

Jury is still a bit out on the new job. Partly because the schedule but I asked to be moved to the evening shift permanently and they said yes. The rest of the current schedule is all evenings and then I begin all evenings next schedule. So no more mornings. The bouncing back and forth was a physical stress I can't handle quite as well any more. Never been a morning person. Few weeks I will have to bounce between units but then settle in to one unit. I also can't stand the day shift because too much noise, too much chaos and too many politics. All things I cannot stand. I like order. 

Only a week until a friend and fellow political activist comes to visit for a few days. Trying to get the house in better order before then. Aside from just getting things easier to fix up and make it easier to pack at a later date. Looks like Alabama looks more certain all the time. At least for now. That picture could change. Look how fast things happened with daughter leaving. 

I sent her a card and gift card for her birthday. Plus the national parks pass. More likely they will use it before it expires than I would. I'm sure there are national parks close to them. Maybe it will also motivate the adults to get out and do more. They like to stay home a lot. Though they did take daughter to the beach not long ago. She was happy. I have to give her a call on video chat tomorrow.

I actually seem to be (tentatively) reaching actual remission of my UC. Symptoms have decreased a lot. Some issues I will not go into. Just say much better. My energy is increasing. Part of what remains is my own motivation and consistent activity level. That will improve after the election because I will spend less time online. I will still be an activist but on more focused issues.

Going good

Things are going pretty good.

Kind of an odd situation. I oriented three days on the floor at the new job. Wed, Thur and Sat. Then had formal orientation yesterday and today. Bit backward for normal orientation but that's okay.

One more day of orientation and I have my own shift starting Friday.

Got to do a video chat with daughter this past Sunday. She says she is enjoying doing home schooling. Got to go see the local zoo.

I am kind of worried about her. She's been moved around from one place to another too much. It's affecting her. Every time she makes friends, she's moving again. I think that's a big reason she is okay doing home schooling and then going back to school next year, for her first year of high school. She figures by then it will be more concrete that they are going to stay there. Until that is decided, I have the feeling she is going to avoid making friends. Can't blame her. 

I'm in much the same emotional place. Going to avoid making close friendships until I know if I will be moving to AL. Just mostly work, renovate the house and maybe go to karaoke and the gym once in a while.

I am going to do a really good job fixing up the house. Not the exact same way I was going to. But I will incorporate some versions of things I was going to do to begin with. Build a waterfall in the back yard, probably a smaller one in the front. That will help increase the property value. So will a lot of the work I've done in the yard. Shelves I've installed. Rewiring. The irrigation well. Exterior electrical outlets. Fruit trees. 

Just sad that it looks like daughter and I will not be picking the fruit ourselves. Or sitting by the fountain. That's okay. I will try and buy a house in AL, plant new fruit trees and build a fountain or two there. New garden, new flowers. Maybe she will have a child someday and I can sit by the fountain and pick fruit with both of them. Or she will stay with me for a while during college or something. Worth hoping for.