Monday 20
7:15 – 9:35 AM: fast walked 7.4 miles, over into Page’s Flats, second half in 4 inches of slushy snow
Bad positional vertigo, loud ringing in the ears, hernias strained, inflamed bronchial
10:30 AM: 6 slices salami, 2 slices cheese, 2 smoked salmon pieces [6 ounces total]
6:00 – 11:00 PM: dinner and dominos with the nice neighbors: 5 lite beers, 2 shots whiskey, 1 slice meatloaf, I chicken tender, 2 cups coleslaw
Tuesday 21
Woke up coughing up puss with a fever, dizzy, tired, stupid
11:00-12:00: chores
12:00 PM: cup of pulled beef, 2 garlic cloves, to slices fresh ginger, 2 tablespoons horseradish
6:30 PM: cup of chili, with cheese, sour cream, raw onion and pork rinds, 1 lite beer, 2 teaspoons horseradish
Wednesday 22
Dogs woke me up, knocking on the trailer, pissed that I won’t go walking in the rain…
8:00-9:00 AM: chores
11:00 AM: 1 slice cheese, 6 slices salami, 2 cloves garlic, 2 slices ginger
1:00-2:00 PM: split wood
6:45 PM: cup of shepherd’s pie, ¼ ounce pork rinds, 3 lite beers
Thursday 23
Slept 11 hours vertigo-ear-ringing severe, eye seizure, just writing
10:00-10:30 AM: chores
11:00 AM: 4 strawberries, ¼ ounce pork rinds
7:00 PM: 2 cups cabbage, 2 cups cauliflower, 1 cup pulled pork, 4 lite beers
Friday 24
The dogs looked at me like I was a bitch so I’m taking them for a run…
12:35-2:34: 7.4 miles into the watershed. Amos flushed out 2 blacktail deer. Vertigo was not unmanageable, sprained right ankle
2:35-3:00: Firewood, trash sweep
6:30 PM: 3 sausages, 3 lite beers, 2 cups salmon-olive-artichoke-pasta salad
Saturday 25
9:00 AM: 2 eggs, 5 slices bacon
12:20-2:55 PM: hiked a total 8 miles over the mountain and back, strained right knee, vertigo stable
3:30 PM: 1 cup beef and gravy, 2 cup mixed pasta, salmon, celery, olive, artichoke, caper [fed most all the pasta to the chickens]
7:00 PM: ¼ ounce pork rinds, 2 lite beer
Sunday 26
Knee and ankle are throbbing, feet sore from breaking in new boots, so will forgo hiking
8:30 AM: butter in my coffee
9:00-10:30: split firewood, sweep, feed chickens
10:45 AM: 2 cups of the pasta salad with the pasta
2:45 PM: 3 sausages, 4 cups of raw vegetables: cabbage, carrots, radishes, celery, onion with creamy dressing
8:00-10:00 PM: 1 ounce pork rinds, 5 light beers and 1 real beer