Ok, yesterday I doubled check my first aid supplies and realized that I practically have all the necessary supplies. From bandages, both rubbing alcohol and peroxide for cleaning wounds, cleaning surrenders, and pressure wraps. All I’m really missing are gauze, and more surgical tape.

I just finished getting a small set of gauze from Dollar Tree, so that covers the emergency basis. But I will need to get a larger supply for long term supplies. Plus at least 2 boxes of gloves.

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Which reminds me I have to resupply my tool kit. From electrical tape, masking tape, duck tape, and different types of wrenches. I know I currently won’t be able to get all the power tools I need, but the manual tools I can gather slowly.

Plus, I need to take a grand work through of the apartment for all the appliances and pipe work.

I know I can easily do tech support for the appliances, but at least knowing the layout of the electrical and pipes will help me communicate with manager if something breaks down.

I still found it fun how when the election got surprised by my knowledge of electrical dos and don’t. Especially when it came to the water heater.

That’s the only thing I can be grateful for my old man for. Since I enjoyed learning all about these things because he’s job was fixing all sorts of problems from plumbing to electrical at the church and contented schools. I did after all grew up in his shop and just enjoyed all sorts of tools and learning how things worked.

It’s kinda why I was known in the family to be tech support for everything, from fixing hardware and software. And dad trusted me whenever he did work around the house or when he goes shopping for tools, since I was the only one who understood.

I take great pride in understanding how to do things myself because it’s a skill that I purposely did. And I take great pride that even my brother trusted me with his tools, and value my thoughts on tech.

Which I found funny how much I was like the males in my family and fam gets so surprised when I came out as trans. So much pushback growing up for me to do what is socially acceptable as female. But I think my baseline personality is what made it somewhat easier for fam to get I’m not female.

I say somewhat because they still have trouble adjusting. Especially in the way I look and my sexual orientation.

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This took one hell of a turn but ok lol.