15th October 2023
I have started talking to myself. It’s not a sign of madness, I sometimes need to let off steam.
I have been pushing myself recladding the shed. I had made great progress yesterday, and I had the magic ten percent left to do.
The area I had left to do was at the top, the most difficult. I had to use the step ladder to get on top of the wall then lift the step ladder on to the wall trying to find level ground. Then I had to climb up to fix more cladding. It felt like scaling Everest with a tooth brush, any health and safety officers would have a fit. That last ten percent took six hours, most of the time was spent shouting at the things I had left on the ground, if I had my Fitbit on it would have exploded.
There was joy in my heart as I fixed the last piece, climbing down for the final time felt amazing, my legs stopped shaking, I no longer thought about which part of the path I would hit.
Another Lifetime to go 