DIY Projects

It is a foggy morning in East TN and I believe it must have rained all night here as well since the deck out back still has puddles of water all over it, leaving me with 5 boards yet to cut and screw down to finish my handrails project.  It took me 3 days to get this far which I suppose someone who knew what they were doing could have done it in 1 day...  but, this is the price one pays when one gets old...  but, it is also the price that one pays when one does not do manual labor especially any form of building and/or construction.

AND...  this is the main reason why I returned to College and graduated so that I could use my degree working behind a desk with my mind rather than working somewhere else with my body, like would have been the case working on a construction site, building homes, or as a plumber, electrician, or carpenter, and...  the idea was to make enough money to hire those people to do the work that I needed done; although, now when I attempt to perform work as a carpenter, I really don't know what I am doing.

However, there are many College Graduates working behind a desk with their minds that also have taught themselves DIY projects at home that involve carpentry, plumbing and electricity because they simply wanted to know how to do that as well...  which I did not...

So...  this foggy morning and wet conditions keep me from finishing my task and I will have to wait another day or two until conditions dry out sufficiently to cut the wood and screw it in...  and, in a way I am happy because I am also experiencing extreme lower back pain from slightly bending over the cutting table and from standing in one place too long.

This lower back pain from standing started when I was in the military and on guard duty and later discovered that I have a curved spine which "acts up" when just standing around or walking slowly...  the condition must worsen with age.

DAMN I LOVE BEING OVER SIXTY...