I had more coughing last night than I had the previous night, and I'm kind of grumpy today. Joel says that he is having more coughing too. Also, my ear is still stuffed up.

The roof repair guys came again today and power washed the roof, getting mud and stuff all over the neighbor's patio. The neighbor wasn't terribly happy about this. However, she and the repair guy seem to have worked it out. There was also a fair amount of mud that ended up in our kitchen (coming down through the attic hatch). Joel cleaned it up, while I freaked out about things being different.

I would really like to not go to pieces over every little thing. I seem to have "functional mode", in which I am capable of dealing with things at the cost of my health and future sanity, and "relaxation mode", when I am healing my body and mind but can't cope with any changes or stress. I prefer functional mode, but it is hard to get myself to be there, and I can easily damage myself that way. I'm going to try to lean toward functionality and see if I can get myself to a middle ground without damaging my health.

Today, I finished putting texture paste on all the drawers and the fronts of all the cabinet doors for the computer hutch. However, I had to mix up a new batch of texture paste, and it is grittier than the previous one, which I'm not super happy about. I think it will still work, though. I also got most of the hoodie done. The sleeves are very much like the sharp shoulders on suit jackets, which we don't love. Also, the asymmetrical design does not flatter me. However, it is nice and warm, so I will be happy to wear it. Since it isn't fantastic, though, I'll probably get to work on the other one sooner rather than later.