August 2013: Garage, August 11, 2013

I had a busy day at my parents, where I got to see all four of my nephews together for the first time (three of them live locally, but the fourth lives a state away).  That made for a long day.  Add to that the fact that my carpal tunnel wrists are still quite painful, and I really couldn't think of a lot I could do.  I did what I could, and while it wasn't a full half-hour, it was getting buggy out there, and my wrists were kinda done for. 

I have bags of soda cans (or, pop cans, depending on where you live).  I used to drink a lot of caffeine.  I cut myself off entirely, but a friend pointed out that I didn't seem too focused, so I figured I'd give caffeine a try again, although I'm trying it with liquid enhancers (MIO and the ilk), which I hope is better for my teeth than pop...  But nonetheless, I still had bags of pop cans sitting on my garage from my pop-drinking days.  I have a can crusher, but I just don't use it like I should. 

So I spent approximately 20 minutes crushing cans.  After the first ten or so, I had to do it left-handed because my right wrist immediately protested the activity.  To be honest, my left shoulder--which has always been weak--wasn't too happy with the change, but my left wrist handled the crushing a little better for a while.  I very much fear I will pay for this tonight.  But, two whole bags of cans are now crushed!

I'm really not sure where I'm going to go from here.  I'm just so defeated not being able to do this like I want to; and looking at renting pressure washers, they don't seem to have any greater PSI than mine already reportedly has, and I just can't bring myself to buy a bigger one for one use--I mean, besides the fact that I'm unemployed and can't actually pay for one!  I might have using mine, although I've moved that to Tuesday (I have something going on Monday night, so I'd rather not be wet and dirty then).  It's just so frustrating.