-My desk and my couch have switched places.
I moved that awkward, jutting-out bookshelf to the left instead of to the right of the other one.
I spent all day cleaning and reorganizing. I continue to do so, slowly clearing out the Dell of all its files. I have a ton of stuff installed on there, and I don't know what it all is; what is essential and what isn't. It will take some time yet to figure it out. I'd like to get this thing ready to sell sooner rather than later, though.
I have gotten rid of a bunch of things, with a pile of books ready to be sold, a few shirts to donate to the shelter, and my old mattress cover, which I think I'm going to trash, rather than donate, because of all the blood stains on it. Unless I can somehow freecycle it.
I'm 100% certain now that I have sprained my big toe. It was a phantom pain for a while, and my slight hypochondria caused me to consider the options of broken bones or gout; but it's just sprained. I've done enough experimenting with the Vibram Five Fingers right now; it's time to investigate tested training programs for near-barefoot running so I don't injure myself further.
Actually, the fear of gout has caused me to reconsider my diet. In order to make a slow-carb diet more palatable, I have been eating a lot of cured meats, and adding all the protein powder to that, gout is a possibility, even if it is not a very strong one. The one simple thing I can do is make sure I drink at least 2 liters of water every day I'm doing high protein intake. The second is to try to look for less fatty/processed meat-type foods and focus more on non-starchy vegetables; a decision that's endorsed by all diets known to man. I'm going to have to do a little bit of financial planning now that I've got a trip to Peru locked-down, maybe I can use the amount of money to spend as a reliable way to regulate what percentage of my diet is vegetables.
Oh, right: Peru. I spent all of Thursday evening searching for tickets to Peru, and I ended up buying an itinerary that gets me out of NM on May 27 and back on June 27 or 28. I'll be flying on Taca airlines out of LAX. I have a list of things to do ASAP in reference to this trip: decide how and when I'm getting to LA; reserve a spot on the Inca Trail; check up on vaccinations; and, for the linguist in me, brush up on my Spanish and gather what Quechua I can.
I've decided I'd like to focus on one homesteading project at a time; right now that's the Dell. However, I'm going to continue to focus on Peru due to the time constraints. Planning this trip thrills me; I can't wait to go. It will be my first time to South America, the Southern Hemisphere and a Spanish-speaking foreign country. (Of course you all realize, the country where I live is actually a Spanish-speaking country.)
A comment on homesteading. I was thinking about the definition of that word today. As it's used popularly, it means living self-sufficiently. I am making microscopic steps in that direction. However, I find that definition too limiting for what the word actually means to me. I can't expound on that in full right now, but I can say this: I am making the space around me more of a home. I am working to understand what it means to feel at home; what the impediments are on the inside. This is my project; this is the urban homesteading I practice.
Enjoy the evening, all.
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