What a lovely start to the week… A hurricane that wreaked havoc on the east coast and areas around us, but was little more than a strong fall rain storm here. I haven’t been sleeping well. I think a good part of that is my internal barometer reacting to the hurricane’s extremely low pressure. Oh well… My lack of sleep is little more than a distraction. Folks on the East Coast are dealing with far far worse.
I’ve been watching Dad the last few nice. He hasn’t been himself since his kidney’s went wonky. The last couple days he’s been a little more off than usual. People have asked why I don’t move back in with him. I think we’d kill each other to be honest. I love him dearly but there are times his ideas and mine just don’t mix. Last night was a clear example. He gets things in his head he wants to do. The problem is that sometimes he does these things without thinking them the whole way through. A mess usually follows.
He wanted to remodel his computer desk to put an addition on it. He has these extra shelves clamped to it now. The printer sits on top of this twopiece unit. The part he wanted to change was the bottom piece. Instead of unplugging and moving the printer, he unclamped the bottom unit and pulled it out. The way he had the top piece attached wasn’t solid so the weight of the printer caused it to tip forward. The printer slid forward and whacked him on the head. Fortunately, his head kept the printer from falling clear to the floor. When I called him to tell him I was on my way 
home, he sounded flustered. I’d be flustered too if a printer/scanner/fax machine bounced off my head.
After dinner, I looked at what he was planning to do. The piece he wants to put in the bottom has a door that swings open to the right. His plan would not allow the door to open the whole way. I made a couple suggestions of a setup that would be more appealing to the eye AND more functional for the door. I know this aggrevated him. He just couldn’t figure out what the problem would be with the door and why I suggested a different strategy. The second issue is the weight of what he wants to put in this thing. I tried to explain that even though the cabinet would support the weight in the back, it would have 5 inches of unsupported weight hanging in the air. I think we agreed on a solution in the end. I’ll find out if he got the idea when I see the final product. His general carpentry projects usually don’t turn out bad but you don’t usually see the number of iterations that led to that final product. Hopefully, by discussing it, we avoided a few extra saw dust piles.
I feel kind of crappy today. It started yesterday. Not sure if its just because my back is bothering me and I’m not sleeping as well as I’d like or if its something else. I guess time will tell. I don’t feel sick like I have the flu or something. It’s more like a general overall fatigue. When I feel this way, I get grumpy. During our little discussion last night, I had to fight to keep from being mean. I have a feeling I’ll face similar challenges today here in the office. I’ve got my headphones on listing to John Williams Greatest Hits. Movie themes and orchestral pieces that will hopefully calm my brain a bit.
I guess that’s all I have for now. It seems like I’m missing something that I wanted to note but for the life of me I can’t remember what it was. If I remember, I’ll update the post. If not… Then I close by wishing everyone a Happy Halloween!!
~Cappy