Chapter 165: Day 164

Day 164,

I dreamt last night.  I don’t remember what of, only that it was more pleasant than not.  It’s reassuring to know that I’m not cursed to have only nightmares, even if I don’t seem to be blessed with the memory of the brighter dreams.

It feels silly now that I let myself get worked up about this.  As it so often does with this sort of thing.

 

I found myself temporarily distracted from the extrapolated census project.  In an instance of poor impulse control I began sketching ideas for umbrella designs.  Hindered as I am by a lack of aptitude for either drawing or mechanical engineering, my fixation on the concept and desire to get something both reasonable and presentable to whatever Village artisan might make the vision a reality took me late into the night.  It was not until tiredness and hunger from accidentally skipping dinner finally caught up with me that I realized how long I had been going at it.

I still can’t say I’m fully satisfied with any of it.  Also, while a cloth-stretched-over-a-frame design makes sense, for some reason I can’t get the idea of a series of overlapping wooden slats out of my head.  I’m sure that would be terribly, impractically heavy though, and would risk warping over time from water.  Then again, I imagine anything made here is going to wind up heavier than what I am envisioning from my past life’s world.

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