The stack of rounds is slowly but surely turning into a pile of split wood, fit for the pit. Fire pit that is. This pile is much nicer than the first one which has very stinky diseased wood in it, which you can smell from about 40-50 feet away, down wind of course. I put in a full 90 minutes today. Found a good number of chunks that did not want to come apart — at all. I eventually relented from swinging my axes, and resorted to using the wedge. Whacked it so much I broke a piece of the shock absorbing cap off the mini sledge 4 lbs mallet I use. Still in working order, I do believe the cap is a cosmetic piece. At least I hope it is.
So that has been my Wednesday morning. One early morning drop off for the second last cross-country practice, then another drop off thirty minutes later for the actual start of school. A quick pit stop back at the house to grab a jacket because right degrees Celsius in indirect sunlight is actually pretty chilly. Wandered down to the farm for a breezy dog walk, and then 90+ minutes spent on the wood pile. Now I’m home, and I can turn my attention back to the house, lawn, leaves etc…
Speaking of the lawn, I need to cut the grass before the kids and I can put all of our Halloween decorations up. I bought a new light timer so I don’t have to mess with the cords by hand once it’s set (until we have a power cut that is) and we can start to gear up for spooky season once Thanksgiving is done this weekend.
Oh my! My hand is sore, I really gave the wedge what for today, and my hand is aching because of it. We had climbing last night, my youngest & I, so that usually adds to my hand/forearm tenderness, and general tiredness. Came home feeling a bit off, couldn’t stay awake through the whole Jays game, but they were down 9-6 in the middle of the eighth so I went to sleep. Slept poorly, and today I have the early stages of a sore throat, so that is where I’m at. I gave myself two good friction burns up on the climbing walls yesterday. A teenie tiny one on my left hand, and a bigger one on the inside of my left knee that I seem to bang off of everything, and it woke me up whenever I rolled over in bed and touched it. I may be cranky! Definitely not the best mood.
I don’t see myself being able to work on pile too beyond Friday. Two more days should just about finish up all the rounds that I am capable of doing manually, and without a splitter. If I had a sizeable ram I could crush the shit out of all of the available wood (excepting logs, and too long/heavy chunks). But I do not have the money to buy one, and no real need for it. If we depended on this wood for all three family units to survive each winter, then yeah! Of course, shell out the dough don’t be stupid, but this is exercise, and modest site clean up while I’m at it. A splitter might help build lifting muscles, and grip strength, but I want my arms, shoulders, core, and back, and my legs to be involved. I can’t remain pear shaped for too much longer or I’ll develope additional health issues as I age.
I’m all over the place today. The lack of sleep really does have some serious knock-on effects for me. I just can’t function with little, or no sleep. Interrupted sleep is just as bad. I put new sheets on the bed, thought that they’d be a welcome change. Nope. No better for sleeping than my raggedy old worn through sheets set. Fodder for my shop rag bag now though. The old sheets that is. I toss & turn a lot, and wear through my sheets semi regularly. The more you know!
Being physically drained from splitting wood, climbing, and dog walking isn’t giving me any better of a night’s sleep. I had high hopes that I would just crash once the lights go out, but nope. Maybe the Jays game has me on edge? We get to relive it again tonight, so there’s that to look forward to.
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