Today’s episode consisted of feeding some bits of grass & other plant debris to a small & perfectly safe electric mulching machine. It has to be perfectly safe, so I could pass out using it & not hurt myself.
After much less than an hour of doing this minor task, I was completely frazzled: sore back, slightly wobbly limbs, tired, all of the hallmark reminders that I’m physically damaged.
I kept getting the thing jammed up, too, a sign that I can’t even cut stuff to bits with any talent any more, which is definitely not typical of the prior me. Glad I’d fixed up a customer’s machine in the morning, because if I’d tried to do it in the afternoon, I’d have failed. Miserably.
Note to self: distrust cars by default. Even J Random Peaceful Driver might have malice tucked away in his (or her) furry little heart.
The thing about taking a head injury isn’t so much a focus on having a single big fault to complain about as having dozens of little, annoying things popping up constantly, for years.
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It sounds like whining — & really it is — but the pain & tiredness are hardly voluntary, either. And it can slice off a day or half a day without warning.
Do take extra care around cars. Being in one will hardly protect you, either. The things move fast & hit hard & no matter how certain you are of what they’re going to do, they’re being driven by people whose brains are differently informed to yours.