Charmion, is there any environmental stuff that might be impacting how you feel? The type of paint used, any glue used in the floor installation, etc? Do the air ducts in the house needing a cleaning? Dust or mold in the attic? After all of the work you have gone through, to feel puny now might mean more than just more work has made you tired. Also, please don't catch COVID.

Yesterday I worked on painting two sets of window bars, and on each window I had to shoo away a lizard that was hanging out on the screen over the lower part of the window itself. I didn't want them getting into the paint and harming themselves. It's always something!

Trying to avoid the stress of a government shutdown and keeping the PMR at bay is what I'm struggling with right now. Avoiding the hyper-focus of earlier this year has been manageable, but the news is impossible to completely ignore, and I don't want to. I am working on making my words and actions count the most then moving on to other stuff. So, this weekend I'll write another letter to my representatives before shifting gears to more painting, or maybe finally finishing the fence repair in the back yard. Working outside and listening to the world around is healthy (though last night as I painted the ice cream truck drove by - I'm glad I live in a neighborhood the ice cream truck is willing to visit, but one wonders about a mindless repetition of a tune about a cockroach to sell a dessert item.)