i just did my bi-weekly walk to the supermarket ~3mi each way, with my springy salomon tactical boots, carrying back about 25lb of grass fed UHT milk cartons in my backpack, and my shins are more sore than usual.

i prefer the pain on the soles of my feet than this bone/joint pain. bone pain is hell, already had more than i want in recent months in my jaw. and yes, the soles of my feet are starting to get a bit like cat/dog paws, thicker skin and a little more padding is developing, i guess it's callous... but whatever, it's natural foot padding! self-repairing, unlike the stupid shoes. maybe in a few months more i can do this barefoot, not just in barefoot shoes.

tonight i'm prepping up to brew a 3L batch of yoghurt from the milk, gonna use the waste heat from a hot bath late this evening to keep it warm for 4-6 hours at least. i'm hoping that it's gonna brew nice and sour so i can make minty ayran tomorrow, as well as trying out the salt/cacao mix with whole fresh yoghurt.

when i finally get some money coming in again i'm getting a thickly insulated styrofoam box and aquarium heater to do 24 hour yoghurt brews and get the most japan face eye scrinching sour yoghurt i can make. pure natural BCAAs and partially hydrolysed fatty acids :D