{"id":11327,"date":"2024-10-23T04:25:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=11327"},"modified":"2024-10-23T00:17:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:17:57","slug":"wed-oct-23-2024-i-almost-got-serious-for-a-second-there-then-i-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2024\/10\/23\/wed-oct-23-2024-i-almost-got-serious-for-a-second-there-then-i-didnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. Oct. 23, 2024 &#8211; I almost got serious for a second there, then I didn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cool and comfortable, then warmer.  Humidity has been lower, which makes even 80F nice, but every now and then the afternoon will be a little more &#8220;close&#8221; and I know the humidity is back up to swamp levels.   We still have several days of clear in the forecast, and that&#8217;s starting to be a problem.   I noticed some trees were looking pretty stressed due to the long time since our last rain storm.<\/p>\n<p>People are getting stressed too.  There is a drought of opportunity and of money.  Stuff is going in some of my auctions for half what it would have brought a year ago.  Feels like everyone is pausing and kinda holding their breath&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nI did a few of my smaller tasks yesterday.  Did a pickup that was several auctions worth of stuff.  Mostly for the BOL, but a few things for home.   Then there was a lot of driving kids around.   And dinner and domestic bliss.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;ll do several pickups.  Unfortunately they are on the four corners of Houston metro.  More driving than I&#8217;d like, with more space in between stops, but stuff didn&#8217;t work out.  <\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t seen the possum or the rats in the attic in the last few days.   Maybe I got them for a while.  Still need to re-bait the outdoor boxes, and I need to spray for insects too.  Tiny ants are plaguing us this month.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got stacking to do too.  Several of my water storage jugs need to be replaced, fuel needs to be rotated, rehabilitated, and food needs to be re-stocked.  I know I&#8217;ve got at least on water filter somewhere that needs a rebuild kit.  I&#8217;ve got the gennie project to finish&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lots to do, and the year is running out.   All my meatspace and social things need doing too.  Busy.  No time for slacking.   <\/p>\n<p>But it is time for stacking!   <\/p>\n<p>nick <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool and comfortable, then warmer.  Humidity has been lower, which makes even 80F nice, but every now and then the afternoon will be a little more &#8220;close&#8221; and I know the humidity is back up to swamp levels.   We still have several days of clear in the forecast, and that&#8217;s starting to be a problem.   I noticed some trees were looking pretty stressed due to the long time since our last rain storm.<\/p>\n<p>People are getting stressed too.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2024\/10\/23\/wed-oct-23-2024-i-almost-got-serious-for-a-second-there-then-i-didnt\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Wed. Oct. 23, 2024 &#8211; I almost got serious for a second there, then I didn&#8217;t &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-march-to-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11328,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11327\/revisions\/11328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}