Cold again, warming later. National forecast has it clear for the next day or two. But it will still be damp. It got chilly last night, and was cool all day in the shade. I wore a hat and sweatshirt to work outdoors.

That’s for what little work I did. I did take in the last two sets of Christmas decorations. And I wrapped up all the extension cords and light strings I had waiting around after taking them down days ago. I also put stuff back where it belongs after the tree guys moved it all out of the way. So not a lot of work outside, but some small things got done. I don’t really decorate for St Valentine’s Day, other than some cute gnomes and a couple of indoor things for the kids.

Today I’ll keep poking at the office and house stuff. I’m going to try to get a load from storage and a few bins from the house over to the shop. I need to do a couple of listings too. And I can do a pickup but will probably wait until Tuesday so I can combine trips. I bought a couple of small things for the kids.

My buying has slowed WAY down. It’s a combination of needing less (since I’ve bought so much) and that the auctions haven’t had a ton of good stuff lately. Even the sketchy auction that looks most like some sort of money laundry is listing cheap items, and listing them individually, when it used to have a lot of big and expensive items, and case lots. I don’t think anyone is dumb enough to pay $1 plus fees for a 68c can of cat food– especially when the MSRP is in the auction listing.

It’s looking a bit like when stores would put 20 identical items on the shelves to fill in the gaps where there should be other product that they just couldn’t get. Which our HEB was doing in a couple of departments last time I was there. Not a good sign if it wasn’t just a bad timing issue, btw.

I’m interested to hear if anyone else is noticing shortages or empty shelves.

On a personal note, doctor visits have eliminated a couple of concerns, and we might have found the root cause of something that was unpleasant for me and it’s trivial to fix. We’ll know for sure in another week, and when the labs confirm it, but I was accidentally taking a massive overdose of vitamin B12. That was causing some immediate symptoms, and some long term bad effects. IDK how it happened, I think I changed brands and the one I’ve been using for several years is about 10 times stronger than the one I was taking when I started (and when I’d decided on 6 tablets.) I never noticed or did the math over until just recently when I discovered the issue.

Meds, supplements, preps, and routines all need to be periodically reviewed. It’s easy to make a mistake or fall into a habit, or to have circumstances change; and what was a good thing can become a bad thing. Or you could just be spending time, money, and resources on something that is no longer beneficial.

Stack, but also review to make sure you are still doing what you need to do.

nick