I have been working on another project. It has taken me many days, and I have put my blood, sweat, and tears into this.
Allow me to explain.
At first (and for quite a while) I had put none of these things in. I had not cut myself, cried, or even sweated. It was about 18 degrees where I did a good portion of my work, so it was too cold to sweat. I was being very careful, so I had not cut myself. Crying... Do I even need to give a reason for not crying?
The first to come was tears. I was in the cold weather, so I had to wear something over my face (a scarf) to cover my nose and mouth from getting too cold, making me retire early. I would breathe and my glasses would fog up. I took them off. Sawdust... so... much... sawdust... In my entire life if you combined the amount of sawdust that I have gotten in my eyes, it would not have even been half of what I got from the initial encounter during this project. Not even fine sawdust, big ass chunks of wood pelting my eyes! It scratched my eyes and I had to rinse my eyes out a few different times.
The next was sweat. I was in a heated garage and I wore a long-sleeved shirt and a flannel jacket. I got too warm. Much too warm...
Blood was the last to come. On Saturday I stabbed myself in the left thumb. I may or may not have hit the bone, I'm not sure, but I am leaning more towards may have hit the bone. I was using a wood carving knife with my right hand and holding the wood with my left hand (the table was shaped too awkwardly for clamps to work) and I hit a particularly hard patch of wood. The knife slipped because I was pressing with much force and I stabbed myself on the knuckle at the base of my left thumb. Enter blood. Shortly after this incident, I got a blister from using the knives in the palm of my right hand.
My back is sore from leaning over my work and my head is swimming from the combination of the lack of sleep and the glossy seal. I will be waking up at 3:45 to sand the project and apply another coat of the glossy seal, but then it will be finished. Pictures will come shortly after.
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