12/9/19
(Above: Sunset over the old farm.)
Active Summary: Today began with a beef pasture check. From there, I proceeded to tend to a variety of tasks including: straightening/fastening the hot-water line beneath the kitchen counter*, replacing the fluorescent ballast in the Master Blend freezer room, neatening up the tool room a little bit more**, weeding the garden, and performing almost an hour’s worth of creative writing.
(6:17 PM Update:) Once again, there was much cattle activity this afternoon, and at the end, Padre and I drove through the beef herd, watching as they cavorted around and on top of a new pile of straw bedding.
I peered beneath the kitchen sink for the first time in a couple weeks yesterday and was startled by the warp present in this piece of CPVC. I decided that I would fix it the next morning (this morning). 
Though the pipe still exhibits a curve, it can no longer bend near as far as it was. 
All lights in the Master Blend freezer room are now operational. 
Cows playing in a bedding pile beneath the moonrise.
TIL: I learned how to replace a fluorescent ballast today. The most difficult portion was removing the washer-nut that held the mechanism in place, as it was a metric measurement (10mm) for which I could not quickly find the appropriate tools. To add to this, the washer-nut had to be twisted off in a clockwise fashion. Other than that, I simply followed the color codes. I connected the old black and white wires to the new black and white wires, and I attached the old red and blue wires to the new red and blue wires. The only odd part was that I had to attach two blue wires coming from the ballast to a single old blue wire. At first I was not certain if that was the correct way of doing it, but the light now works better than all the others (quieter and more steady glow) and just to ensure it would remain as such, I bound all of the ‘joins’ together with a hefty amount of electrical tape.
Commentary: Quite a variety of activities took place today, and many more have yet to be accomplished. As far as highlights, though, I should probably mention the fluorescent ballast replacement this morning. Before Jacobhouse, I likely would not have even considered performing such a task as retro-fitting an ancient piece of electronic hardware, but today I did so without a second thought. All I had to do was simply ensure that the proper circuit breaker was off before matching the ‘pretty colors’ when it came to rewiring.
And speaking of pretty colors, here is a panorama of today’s sunset:
Final Note: I believe there shall be more toolroom-work in the morning. This will likely include finding containers into which I can sort varying tools and then performing that said organization.
*To do this, I screwed a small piece of 2×4 to a slightly larger piece of ½” plywood. I next fastened the two combined pieces to the wall of Jacobhouse (right beside the hot water heater) via self-tapping screws. Then, to straighten and hold the hot water line in place, I wrapped a tiny section of garden hose around the CPVC line to act as a protective sheath and then utilized a ¾” conduit bracket to hold the pipe in place.
**Found another complete and untouched screwdriver set.