Song: “Combine Harvester” by The Wurzels
Mood: 6
Nightmares: 0
The power went out this afternoon and stayed off for a couple of hours. The power is on here now but a bunch of other areas still don’t have power, including the local offices that hold our ISP’s DSL kit.
So I’m reduced to using my phone to do a (very) short post. Our house has what’s basically a Faraday cage around it too, so getting a good enough signal to do this data stuff is a little dicey.
I only woke up a couple of times last night and had no nightmares so it was a pretty good night.
I tried doing the same prep I used yesterday before I did my exercises and it helped again. Im glad I tried that.
My walk went okay today. I still really dislike it but I got to the mall parking lot again and walked around it a bit before heading home.
There was a lot of construction going on a couple of houses down and they had heavy equipment and made all kinds of sound. I went outside and walked around a bit (outside twice today!) but while I could hear the equipment working, I couldn’t see where it was.
A large envelope came from the insurance company today. I figured it was probably related to the previous letter so I put it on J’s desk and tried to not think about it.
I went outside and plucked a dandelion from the front lawn. They have almost completely finished overrunning the lawn so there were plenty to pick from. I broke out the microscope and tools and went to work:
The are quite interesting. I plucked one of the yellow petals and looked at it at 100x. The curls and spikes are interesting:
I never noticed it before but dandelions have purple stems. I cut a very small and thin piece to see what the cells looked like:
Its pretty easy to see the cells and their purpleness.
The last thing I did was look at some “hair” hanging off one of the pieces I cut:
I was surprised to see that it was all discreet strands and that they have hooks too. I wonder if all the spikes/hooks are to help the seeds get caught in fur to help spread them. Maybe they anchor the seeds in the grass so they don’t blow away.
Ok… I have lots more to talk about but I have already gone on for WAAY too long.
Tomorrow is my Dr W appointment and I’m not looking forward to it at all. Not at all. I have an appointment with Dr P on Thursday, which I expect will be difficult again.
On Saturday, my parents, uncle, aunt, and cousin are stopping by on their way to the airport. They are good people and family but I’m nervous about seeing them.
Stay safe.