TIL that battery operated fake candles' wicks burn quickly.
I didn't write this morning but I'm still committed to daily journaling. I slept well. Not perfect, but better than I did in Boulder for an array of reasons including learning, after the fact, that some meds I had are known to have insomnia as a side effect. No shit? But I had a good sleep being home with Jen and reconnecting with a greater focus and expression of gratitude that we get to have had all the time we've shared so far and hopefully at least as much ahead. My day was spent unpacking, catching up on mail, shipments, and a focus on organizing and minimizing. I want to thin out some of the cruft that's come from a year+ of being (back) in this home and all the assorted influences. I was quite proud of my idea to swap the bulbs in the motion-sensor based garage door opener for outlets, into which I plugged the full length garage lights I installed last year, enabling not only auto-on lighting in full upon entry but also auto-off. For whatever reason, the PGE data stream that's helped me reduce my PGE bill by over $200 with realtime monitoring, stopped streaming. It took a while to triage the device and then get through to PGE but I got it working again and managed to not let the imposition trigger too much frustration. We took Aqui to my mom's to visit and give her some company after she had to put down her last cat, Starsky, yesterday. It was a pleasant evening and we had lots of interesting conversations. I shared my writing aspiration and concepts and they were well received .I'm onto something good.
