I didn’t get much done yesterday – I was dealing with too much pain. I avoided taking the medication again so I wasn’t loopy and tired, but when the pain levels get to that point it is always difficult to concentrate. Today is better, at least better than yesterday, but the pain levels are still elevated. Frankly, the pain is as distracting (or more in some aspects) as the medication, but at least I have a clear head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did crack a jar of the pickles yesterday, and… they are disappointing. The recipe is not for truly canning, but for tsukemono<\/a><\/em> style “refrigerator pickles.” The boiling time made the cucumbers mushy – there’s a reason you leave the skin on when truly pickling. The flavor was nearly perfect, but now I have two gallons of mushy cucumbers that I need to get through as quickly as possible if I don’t want all that work to go to waste. I did save the extra brine\/sauce and have several cucumbers ripening on the vine so I’ll still get some at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyhow, like yesterday, today’s post is staying short. Even though I’m not loopy from medication, it is still hard to focus because of the pain. Thankfully, it is getting better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Song of the day: Skin o’ My Teeth<\/a> by Megadeth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I didn’t get much done yesterday – I was dealing with too much pain. I avoided taking the medication again so I wasn’t loopy and tired, but when the pain levels get to that point it is always difficult to concentrate. Today is better, at least better than yesterday, but the pain levels are still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t