It’s the 2nd day of dealing with the 2nd batch of wood for the winter. We typically get 4 cords of wood a year and this year. We had about 2 cords left over from last winter already stacked outside, so I’m trying to be creative in where I stack it this year. We just don’t have the room out there. I’m afraid that I’m going to have to stack higher than I want to (right now it’s up to my shoulders — I’m 5’9″ tall). If I go much higher it becomes unstable and the last thing I want to do is have the pile collapse on anyone.
A few people have asked “what’s in a cord of wood?” I can say cord all I want but I can’t really tell you how much wood it is. Fortunately, someone did it for me. According to that site a cord equals a stack of wood 4 ft. X 4 ft. X 8 ft. Click on that link to see what else it equals (7,500,000 toothpicks! Yipes!).
I’m sore today. I’m duck walking. I made it through my early shift and I could feel my braincells falling away. I ended up sleeping for three hours this afternoon, which I never do, and I feel like someone took a baseball bat to my lower back. Not pain as in “oh you’ve really hurt yourself” just the “you overdid it dummy” pains that I’ve never been accustomed to.
One week and I’ll be away from it all. Oh god, get me through this.
k9