by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
Dear readers:
This can be part of the most important series of articles that I have ever written.
It consists of the full documentation of yet another part of our painful SHTF event brought along by the very same gang disguised as a political party that is exporting criminals to the Western world.
A person showed interest in knowing what our days look like from the time we get up till the time we go to bed, how it compares to “before,” what caused the differences, and how we have overcome the challenges.
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Morning
I usually wake up within 6:30-7:30 AM. The morning light entering our dining room is pristine and makes me feel a kind of peace that I haven’t found anywhere else. Not when I was abroad, indeed.
I grind my coffee if I have some whole coffee beans, or if I don’t, then put a couple of spoons of the powdered stuff in my little Greek, induction-capable coffee maker. Lucky shot when I bought this: I didn’t know back then that this could be used with induction stoves. It makes me remember happier days in Isla Margarita, a great holiday destination for many Venezuelans back then.
Sometimes I check the news of a few selected places on my phone while the coffee is brewing, others I message my kid to see how he is getting ready for the day. Other times I instead prefer to read a few paragraphs of some books next to my easy chair, but as my close vision is not the same even with my reading glasses, other times I just sit in silence enjoying the peace and quiet of my house surroundings and praying for my kid to be safe and have a happy day.
It’s practically the only time of the day I have for myself, and I use it mostly to give thanks in silence for all my blessings. My parents are alive and healthy, with a few issues here and there, but they’re still active and functional. My kid is promptly becoming a great little man, sharing his thoughts and asking how things were when I was younger. These days he has been at home with me, the rest of the school year he is with Grampa and Grandma because school is cheaper there.
I usually take a couple of minutes to knead some dough for arepas or focaccia for breakfast.
At this point, I have already planned my day: what I’m going to write about, and where, and some other building, sketching, or the needed house/car/bike/generator fixing chore or some CNC carving. I am planning the lunch, and dinner, too.
Then I usually start writing, and when I get drained, I fool around on some social media or play a little. Kitchen timers are friendly devices I use all the time while cooking. Being in the kitchen at temps over 30°C or 85F quickly gets uncomfortable, so I´d rather be in my bedroom, where I have temporarily installed the AC until things get better, and after fixing the larger AC and the roof leaks in my home, “office.” The CNC equipment needs an environment as cool as possible. It has worked flawlessly even in 32-34°C but it’s not good.
And the heat is not good for the indispensable workshop large vacuum, either. When I’m doing other chores away from the AC or out of the house, my kiddo plays or watches some videos. I’m well impressed with how the house floors stay clean and tidy when you adopt the healthy habit of leaving footwear on the door and using slippers. I’ve been sweeping daily and gradually getting less and less dust out of the home and the inter-daily mopping is much easier every time, also.
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