Scattered Thoughts . . .

As I suspected, I only needed a few short hours to finish up the trash shed project.  I completed the entire project early this morning when I installed some pavers and gravel inside the shed.  I had one small issue yesterday.  After all the torrential rain we had the other day and through the night, all the bare, unstained wood was swollen.  The wood was so swollen that I had difficulty opening the doors...  the wood latches were swollen shut...  the wooden tongue between the doors was swollen and jammed into the mating groove on the opposite door... it was difficult opening that brand new shed!   I disassembled most of those swollen parts, sanded them down and then reinstalled them.  They are now slightly tight (because they are still slightly wet and swollen) but easy to operate.  Since then, I've installed the roof and stained everything so it should not swell up like that again.   Here is a shot of it from behind showing the new roof and looking toward our house...

It has been about 50-50 between my health taking a priority and the trash shed project taking priority.  Sometimes my mast cell disease is the culprit, sometimes it is my head injury.  I can't believe that I am still having issues with my head injury.  It is still a bit painful...  I get some numbness...  I get some tingling...  I get dizziness...  I get pain in my ear and it feels like my ear is twice its normal size...  and I still get some transient cognitive issues.   This afternoon, after working on the shed this morning until the rains arrived again, the partial numbness, tingling, and pressure on the top of my head returned yet again.  It doesn't take much, even today, for my head to remind me that I am still dealing with a mild but lingering TBI.   The other day I even had that earache come back again.  It wasn't as pronounced as it was a couple of weeks ago but it was still a nagging reminder of the head injury. Anyway, between rainy days and health problems, I