I have been learning to sleep more the last couple of weeks. I have been stuck on a four to five hour sleep schedule for so very long. While on pain pills, the medication kept me from sleeping well. Without the medication, pain wakes me up after a very few seemingly short hours.
  I have had this deep tiredness that I just kept pushing through. I was explaining it to Vivian, and although she says she enjoys me getting up in the morning and making coffee/getting breakfast ready....I was told to take a couple of weeks to try catching up on my sleep. It is helping, but I am still tired.
  Remember this guy working to get all those knots worked out of my back?

I think that all those knots were protecting my back(the injury) in a weird kind of way. I seem to hurt myself a little easier now. My guess is that now I need to concentrate on building up my core muscles.
  So...while I was all knotted up and on pain pills my first two summers working on Mary Lee, I got away with doing things I really should not have. Because there is no question, things I did then, I would have trouble repeating right now.
   Just thinking out loud. I will never stop pushing forward.

On the lighter side. I decided to rebuild the paint mixer I had rebuilt.

It needed to be a little longer. But most importantly. I had a sewing machine motor I wanted to use. Sewing machine motor was too fast. It needed to be slowed down.
 So I bought some 1/4 inch bar, a couple of needed pulleys. Some brass bushings for the bars to spin in and built a new box.

It works very well. The gearing is almost exactly right.

And this is the inside.
  You can see the little rubber wheels I used on the bars. Why not just use a voltage regulator on the sewing motor?

I did. When slowed down enough it would get hot. The little internal fan would not keep it cool enough for extended tumbling. You might be asking yourself why I don't just use a drill and paddle to stir paint? Take to hardware store and have it mixed?
  
Paddle is a mess that needs cleaned. Hardware store is not always handy. I can turn this on and the paint, or whatever, is ready when I am. I can take out a half dozen screws and store it in a small space. I can also use this to tumble rocks or to clean brass for reloading and shooting. Should last a long time.
   Cost. I had motor, but you can find one for $20. Including bars, bushings and rubbers. Also pulleys. Maybe $80 if you also buy motor. Cheapest tumbler harbor freight carries will run you over $90 to take it home(with sales tax) and you will never put a gallon of paint on it to mix. Maybe $150 will buy one big enough? Maybe?

Jon, Vivian's son, is now into playoffs with soccer. Single elimination. They won the first game last night.

This clip is from the last regular season game.

Not his most impressive, but the only goal of his we caught on camera.
  I may not get the clip to download right.

So will insert picture.

Jon is in background. His team mate Chris is giving the ball serious attention.

Of course we have the proud soccer Mom.

Vivian is emotional about "Soccer Mom Season" coming to a close. She has done it since he was five.
 Long season. Thirteen years.

And we got a selfie at the last regular season game.

I watched two seasons with her.
I had not watched high school sports since I played basketball in high school. I had never really watched soccer. I have to admit, I enjoyed it.

It has made me ponder what I missed by not having kids of my own.

But no complaints, life has been good to me :-)