No food or water yesterday.

Today I was given $4 by a spic woman. In accord with Jesus' okay I promptly spent all of it on a vanilla ice cream cone and a dollar menu Coke where I got two refills at McDonald's. I was actually three cents short on the Coke and the employees were annoying, lacking English skills, and even gave me some flack. I got what I needed out of it though.

Later in the day I ran across a bag of apples and two cans of Coke in the street. I passed on those. For the last two days the Russian AI system has been 'behaving' items to me to test my level of discipline.

The plan currently is not to eat or drink until midnight on election night UNLESS I am given money or given food. That sort of thing. Apparently my body needs to be acclimated to the new reality - so presumably I will be able to go without water for longer periods soon.

Or maybe not.

But I'm going to find out. And will continue to update.

The want vs. need dichotomy is key here. So far I have not experienced any real thirst but I have experienced some lack of balance in standing/walking. I'm told this is just growing pains.