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I get through one issue--only to find another. I tried to register my truck online--and discovered that it required a smog check. Not just any smog check--but a check at a STAR check station. It appears that the age of my vehicle requires that it undergo more rigorous testing--and more expensive testing. I located a STAR station--and it passed the test but it cost me in personal energy points.

I left that facility--and had a tasty lunch at the Indian buffet. That grounded me--so much so that I fell asleep when I returned home. According to my FitBit--I slept a total of 10+ hours last night and today. I don't feel like I've slept that much--I napped after a light dinner and have just now emerged with enough clarity to make this post.

The Diet Coke toilet experiment did not work--the lime deposits in the toilet bowl were unfazed by the diet soda bath. I went to a hardware store and picked up a chemical that supposedly removes the deposits--we shall see. Toilets are tougher than they look--for good reason but doesn't fully justify why the buildups are so persistent.

I'm fallen way behind with watching my favorite TV episodes--I just watched the current Survivor installment. I feel unmoored--adrift and out of control. I'm losing track of things--and feeling overwhelmed with what are truly only minor issues (toilet, email hack, truck repairs, and so on). There are myriad more important things that I should be attending to--but I'm bouncing around like a ping pong ball, from one trivial thing to another.

There's a dance tomorrow--to which I'm going in lieu of going to the family Mother's Day event. I feel a bit bad about missing the get together--but I know that dancing will be better for me. Monday the truck will undergo another repair--replacing the radiator. I have to keep my truck (or some vehicle) working--otherwise I'd sink into a pit if I could not get out and about.