12 ft 2x4 = $10
10 ft 2x4 = $8
8 ft 2x4 = $5
8 ft 4x4 = $10
4x8 3/4" = $21
Okay, so creating a 8x10 single stud frame on a 10x12' base.
External frame =
4x 10 ft (horzontal)
4x 8 ft (vertical)
4x 8 ft (depth)
Than for 8ft 2x4 studs...
On the 10 ft length = 4 studs
On the 8 ft length = 3 studs
Total studs = 14 studs.
External paneling
On the 10 ft sides, 5 total
on the 8 ft sides, 4 total
on the floor, 3 total
on the ceiling, 3 total (We could split 5 among the floor and ceiling.)
14 4x8 plywood
Internal drywall
8 ft side = 4 total
10 ft side = 5 total
ceiling = 2 total
11 4x8 drywall
Total frame cost =
(Main frame members) 4*$8 + 8*$5 + 4*$10 +
(studs) 14*$5 +
(external plywood) + 14*$20
(Internal drywall)+11*$10
=
$112 +
$70 +
$280
$110
=
$572
+$80 for door ('ll just rearrange two studs for the door frame)
Now for the base pallet.
6x 10 ft and 5x 12 ft -> 6*$8+5*$10 = $98
Total project estimates not including screws/nails/tools/etc., 572+80+98 = $750
With tax, 750*1.08 = $810
I'm uncertain how I'd add drywall to the ceiling. Screwing in 4x8 drywall panels seems like it'd be dangerous. (I wouldn't trust the heavy sheet from not suddenly falling straight down.)
Putting the drywall outside of the frame, ontop, seems possible but that seems to make it especially vulnerable to the rain and I don't know of an easy/conventional/reliable solution to address that vulnerability.
I would want to put high mass on the ceiling as that'd be one of the primary entrances for sound into the structure.
And for a driveway cover, maybe corrugated steel would be a better option. The thing about the driveway not getting water on it is that it shouldn't become sticky as hell... but, with the runoff touching its sides, the lower layers will likely saturate and the driveway would be more strongly affected by heavy objects. Not by me walking, but by a vehicle traveling over it. A vehicle wheel would likely sink in if the bottom layers softened.
Update: I'm thinking very hard about getting dessicants, lol. Because, man, when it's really humid here (Like it's been 75-80% humidity tonight), the sweat starts forming just sitting there and a fan is like the only way to keep the sweat off (Likely because it helps dry it off faster). When I get that house built, moisture control will likely be an issue when I close up the building. Heat would might also be an issue, but I figure that the volume capacity of the structure won't make temperature a problem, like it did with my 4'x4'x8' soundproof box. (8x10x8 feet is a bit larger, right? Well about 4 times larger... hopefully it shouldn't be a problem.)
Now I'm just wondering if the dessicants suck up the moisture, how do I dry the dessicants so I can reuse them? lol.
In this area, it seems that with clouds, comes humidity. I think that's why the morning time tends to be humid, because it tends to be more cloudy. But, it's been cloudy all today, so it's been humid all today and I'm especially feeling it now, lol.
With the drywall, I'll have to think about how to install the drywall so it can be easily removed for inspection. Want to make sure spiders/ants/etc aren't getting in through holes in the sealant with the paneling, especially if they start cropping up out of nowhere. The ceiling design seems like it'd be especially important to design carefully, given how it's not really easy just removing drywall off the ceiling for inspection, lol.
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After last night, I think I'm voting for some air conditioning, lol. (84F at 90% humidity is just not sleep worthy)
Thinking a metal drum filled with water, with water circulating to a water cooling device, being powered by the sun. Then the room is lightly fanned. I would want to be careful with fanning, because that does add energy/heat to the system.
It sounds like a good way to ensure a nice steady temperature that shouldn't require active refrigeration during the night. (Important, because I'm not going to be running the genny at night nor is there sun.)
I'm not really sure what kind of power of a water chiller I'd be looking at.
I would imagine it depends on the heat losses of the room.
Not really sure what kind of heat losses I'd be dealing with.
90F ambient
66F water
Seems like typical 5000 BTU ACs use about 500w (https://www.kompulsa.com/much-power-air-conditioners-consume/#power_consumption_of_5000_btu_air_conditioners), so I might need 2/3 HP. Since there'd be times when the water wasn't getting chilled, and the room would be cooler than the outside temperature nearly always, I might actually need more than 2/3HP, maybe 1HP. Those are expensive, about $1000.
https://www.amazon.com/Active-Aqua-Chiller-10-HP/dp/B008HV7VKG?th=1
Maybe I should just get a traditional air conditioner (In the $100-$200 range) and have a water drum in the room if I needed more temp stability during the night.
I wouldn't need the air conditioner during the day, but it seems like it'd be highly desireable with the summer nights here. (The climate charts were telling me 76F nights during peak summer, but it was actually 80F last night, so it was 84F in the RV. At 90% humidity, so tough to sleep in.)
And, the putting a hole in the wall for an airconditioner does seem it'd potentially cripple the soundproofing efforts.
I wonder if these airconditioners have an exhaust port so I can duct the heat outside through a less sensitive route (Like the floor)?
And, I'm not really sure what these rabbits eat. They seem to be eating my banana sticker labels just fine but completely ignoring the carrots. Maybe they haven't found them yet, I don't know...
And, 2 nights ago I saw an opossum in the middle of the road. Oh man, this confirms I'm in the South! lol.
Vultures feasting off a ran over raccoon, so, yep... those guys exist. I've never seen them before in the forest, but they're probably there. I'm thinking maybe these be the guys tearing holes in my trashbags; it seems like my 40 inch tall rabbit fence isn't really keeping these guys out... holes all over...
And, the pug search is coming up a little dry. What advertisements I see in the area, don't really seem to be pure bred pugs. They claim they are, but they have quite a snout... lol
Other listings suggest this "ugly snout" comes from a Boston Terrier ancestor, at least in a few cases. Possibly a beagle in a few cases.
I think I figured out why europeans wear clothes whereas south American tribes go around naked...
Naked is the only way to go in Hot and Humid weather, lol. Clothes are just uncomfortably wet from all the sweat.
I think that's part of the reason why there's a gay nudist campground within four miles of here...
And, I think I can deduct the pug as a guard dog expense. People seem to think they're intimidating, and one did viciously bite me when I was a wee one, so I think it's a valid deduction.
So, this project is a go and I'm greenlighting it. I'm going to construct a simple shed without the drywall, and then add drywall if deemed necessary later. While in simple shed mode, I need to "get everything figured out" in regards to whether I really want to construct a window (I probably do, lol.), how, air conditioning, making sure it's sealed up and bug proof before adding the drywall, etc.
If it turns out that I don't need the drywall for my purposes, then I won't add it.
So, next trip is going to be about gathering materials to construct the pallet and getting tools (Like a nailgun from Harbor Freight).
It's now 1:54 p.m. and kind of sunny outside. Oh yes, this is much more comforable than 80% humidity. I think I really just need to get some dessicants and bake them during the day (Maybe using a solar cooker?), and just a small fan to keep circulation going in the room. I think 80F is probably just fine at night, if it's dry enough.
Update: now 4 p.m.; this afternoon, while slapping around, the peak included a pounding sensation in my chest (Like, it was flopping around) along with this very quick transient numbness shooting down my left pinky and ring finger. The pounding sensation lasted for about 4 seconds, while the transient numbness lasted for 1-2 seconds (towards the end of the pounding).
Well that was unusual. I figured higher levels of adrenaline than normal due to poor sleep or some such.
Then I was walking around just now, for like 6 seconds, got this heavy sensation in my chest along with this sensation shooting up through my left carotid and it felt like the two were connected via a solid path of sensation. Perhaps it was cervical nerve phenomena, but yeah... I've heard similar chest sensations can be heart related and I don't think the afternoon event could be explained away via cervical phenomenon, so I'm somewhat suspicious something's been happening today. But I try not to stress about it, figure it's usually something benign I don't fully understand.
Oh man, with the recent night of high temp and high humidity, my skin is starting to break out in those staph aureus rashes. The last time I had these was when I didn't have active fan cooling in the RV and it was getting hot and humid in here, but then I got fan cooling, and the rash largely went away.
Yep, so I'm thinking dehumidifcation is definitely going to be a thing.
I wonder if my heart has been getting attacked by the bacteria in these rashes? Might explain the flareup.
Anyway, yes, I'm definitely enjoying the lower humidity now. Wow, what a difference it makes.
It appears there's long lasting chemical humidifiers that don't require an energy source (But, it appears they benefit from one, like a fan to push the air through the salts.). Apparently rock salt or calcium chloride is a good absorber of moisture, but I'm thinking I'd need good luck finding rock salt/deicing salts in Houston, lol.
And, I just remembered... with a 10' interior, and 8' length, extendable upto 15' or so, I actually need to contruct a 12' by 12' pallet for the option of creating a second frame around the first frame (The "double stud" frame technique). So, yes, I need... 14x 12ft beams (7 in each direction; 2 ft requires 2 beams, so therefore 12 ft requires (12/2+1=) 7 beams.).
And, I just verified I had the required floorspace available (I.e., no need to remove some giant ass trees, lol).
Man, it looks like I'll get to say I'm a homeowner, and my home consists of one bedroom, no kitchen, no bath, lol. [But, if I can achieve a bug-proof structure, than I might start to use it as a kitchen. And wouldn't that be awesome? Get the use my stove, oven and a panoply of kitchen gadgets without reserve. I might just deploy solar panels and get a fridge and run it off the solar, and use ice to help regulate the temperatures during the cloudy days. Heck, my batteries could easily supply the needs of a refrigerator, especially if there was a solar charging input.]
I think I figured out how spiders can create webs between trees with the branches at least 3 feet apart. They jump from a higher branch, landing on the lower branch to the right, climb back up, drop straight down on a branch to the left, then they have the three points they need to create the full web. Yeah, so basically they jump.
Which means I need to take that into account with my design. They shouldn't just be able to "jump across" the electric barrier.
And the strips need to be close enough for the tiny baby ants, at least somewhere along the entrance.
If I can achieve a bug proof structure, I won't need to resort to somewhat absurd measures like putting the feet of the bed in a container of water. It's effective, but ... I'd rather not, lol.
What's with these girls that have the look of "Just give me your dick.". Maybe it's my imagination, lol.
And, I reasoned that pesticide exposure to peanuts wasn't bad because they were grown underground and incased in a protective shell but I looked at the research just to check, and it looks like I was wrong. Plenty of pesticides in non-organic peanuts. Okay, I'm banning that immediately.
And, boy, I love this super simple but not immediately obvious how to use can opener. My 'traditional can opener' from Walmart has stripped the gears, so it doesn't turn, whereas this simple one has a single gear so it's not likely to strip and once you know how to use it, it's fairly easy to use and pretty effective.
Anyway, the simple one was $1.36 or some such, and it looks like it's made almost entirely of thick sheet metal (The different parts having been cutting/bent/sheared/etc.). The three major parts are pretty much cut and shaped sheet metal, with the addition of a gear, a rivet(?) and a thin plastic spacer. Super simple.
Anyway, I was reading this one article about a women blaming "childish men" for having babies later in life. I thought that was a bit absurd, because if that were true, it should've always been true, right? There's always been 'man-babies'.
Then I saw another suggesting that more women in their 30s were having babies compared to those in their 20s.
Uh oh, why is this... a downward shift in the economy. Older folks get priority over the younger folk, and the "family sustaining incomes" have shifted down a bit since the great recession.
So, that girl blaming childish men, uh, yeah... I think it's more likely the economy. I originally said it was HER fault, and she was the irresponsible one, but... I recognize there are factors beyond our control and the economy has been a big one.
The fact that incomes have gone down, and rents have gone up, and mortgages have become more inaccessible due to increased restrictions and lower incomes, all points to lower family formation.
Anyway, it's a little interesting I'm thinking about building a house. Generally speaking, people here don't seem to live in "houses"; it's almost all trailers. The wealthier ones, however, do seem to have houses.
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Update: 10a.m. of may 19, 2017
Apparently didn't sleep well with a fan blowing air into my face one foot away. Eyes were burning, especially when air was blowing in them. Woke at 6, and fell back asleep at 8 a.m., heard gunshots at 8:50 a.m. which woke me up and the eye burning sensation is largely gone, but it seems to have been replaced with other physical symptoms. (Like, heaviness in the head upon climbing up stairs.); clearly 50 minutes wasn't enough. I'd reckon the sought amount was more like 3 hours.
Anyway, I think I'm going to start climate control in the RV starting immediately so I can at least sleep well at night. So, I'm going to get that as well as the pallet material today, lord willing. The climate was a little better last night, but still sweating and uncomfortable.
Anyway, list.
-14x 12 ft. 2x4s.
-light pajama pants
-Dessicants (Homedepot has some for RVs)
-AC (Maybe. If I do, I should get one that would also work well with the house and not cripple the sound proofing efforts.)
-28 degree framing nailer from HF [Might want to consider getting one of the extended warranties on this product considering how much I'll be using it and the reviews on HF. I figure it's still cheaper than the HD nailguns and still guarantees a year or two of service, which is where 90% of my currently planned use should take place. I'm sure I might have new plans in the future and I will have to see where I am at that time, lol.]
-30 degree paper collated round head nails from HD, 1000x.
Update: now 6:30 p.m.; Just went to harbor freight to get the nail gun, got the extended warranty (Rarely do I get the extended warranty but I foresee A LOT of future use out of this, lol.), picked up the wood from home depot along with some nails, picked up the 5k btu AC from walmart and I plan on installing it ASAP.
Tomorrow morning starts sapling clearing and pallet construction, and every free day from here on out will consist of either picking up materials or building the bedroom.
Anyway, while at home depot, this presumably homeless caucasian man was asking if I knew where to find a job (I wouldn't think he should have a problem finding one here BUT... the kind of unkempt appearance that homelessness/showerlessness/washingmachineless lifestyle gives you I feel kind of gets you stuck there, especially if you don't have to funds to acquire cleaning supplies/equipment/etc.), I said I didn't know the area that well, and he then he asked if there was anything I could spare, and I said SURE, you want some bananas? He accepted and acted like he scored the jackpot getting a free bunch of bananas. It's kind of weird thinking that a bunch of bananas would be more meaningful than $5, but I guess food is more easily immediately relatable to than money is, especially if you have a history of hunger which I'm guessing this guy might have.
Anyway, I've gotten a little more charitable than in the past. Probably mostly because I got the (future) necessities largely taken of (or so I think) whereas that didn't seem like it was true in the past. Being jobless in a desperate town kind of has a way of instilling that fear.
As far installing the AC without crippling the sound proofing efforts, I figured I would put a box around the AC that minimized sound while also not reducing airflow. I would have likely needed to do that anyway with the hoses, and the hose version only made it $150 more expensive, lol.
Anyway... I need to get to doing that...
And... I think I just figured out... that the fan is the only thing keeping from sweating because it dries it off too quickly to become sweat. With the fan off, outside or inside, I'm sweating. I wouldn't normally think that 80 degrees would make you sweat?
So I'm thinking it's the humidity that makes you sweat.
And, I got the AC, and I was looking to install it and... yep, don't really have the kind of window they're suggesting I should have, lol. So, I figured out a window on the side I'm going to remove, then I'm going to install a wooden board to secure the AC inplace, than I'm going to have to seal off the gaps somehow. I'm thinking I'm going to tape it up with some kind of solid material. Maybe some clear plastic 'fabric' from Wallie world. Still need to pick up the light pajama pants, so maybe I'll be making that trip tomorrow.
Anyway, this "perma-sweat" climate just started like a couple days ago, apparently, and I get the strange feeling it's not going away. I'm thinking it's going to get worse, lol.
During the day, the fan is a more energy effective way to stay sweat free (I think?), but come night, I think I'm going to have to use the AC. Or I'll use a dehumidifier if it proves effective.
And, this is supposed to be the busy period, but it seems like it's slowed down a bit. I'm thinking this might be the beginning of the next recession; I won't really have a good guess until next monday, and the monday after that would be the confirmation.
If this were true, I wonder if the Trump factor might be at hand here?
It's interesting, this concept of impeachment. WIth the comments that Trump has made, I get the strange feeling he wouldn't mind getting impeached. But, I would think if he really wanted to quit, it'd be easier to resign, but perhaps he doesn't want to "lose face", so he's trying to get others to impeach him. Purely hypothetical, I don't really know Trump's intents in this manner.
And, my driveway should be pretty much done, assuming the rock treatment is working. So, I could get the placement of the RV on the driveway tomorrow. Then install the AC. Place the shade cover over the RV to minimize sun heating, and away I go. I might not get to the pallet construction tomorrow since that sounds like a full load. And, it's pretty important, "getting the heat" taken of. Seems the heat is depriving me of sleep.
Don't really know why the RV seems hotter than the outside, even after fan cooling it alot and keeping the screen windows wide open. I wouldn't think it'd be retaining that much energy after the sun goes down, but it seems like I could be sleeping outside no problem, but sleep inside the RV = feels hot and sweat, lol.
The only problem with outside, right now, is that the air mattress isn't really that comfortable and I'd need a larger tent for the fullsize bed I have.
Update: next morning on may 20
Oh that figures, if I only I had waited 1 and a half months, I could've had a 10ft kayak from Tractor Supply for $180 with paddle included. But, it's probably the heavy oars, definitely don't see cupping in the paddle design, and with tax it would've been $195, so I paid $5 more for a higher quality kayak and a much higher quality oars. And, I haven't gotten to use it, yet.
Anyway, turns out that it rained today and it's threatening all day today, so putting the RV on the driveway isn't a today item. I'll still will want to install the AC and might get started on the pallet construction.
And, I don't really like this "4 hours of sleep", now it's 7 a.m., event. It makes me think I'm going to fall get sleepy sometime after 9 a.m. and sleeping in the RV is still not comfortable enough at that time, lol. And, plus, the gunfire seems to randomly happen during the day, more often in the morning it seems.
Granted, it's possible these sleep disturbances aren't related to the unusually warm summer nightime weather, and they're a sign of something else entirely. Maybe I'm getting excited about the happenings? Maybe I'm dying and I don't know it.
While dumping the wood at the worksite, it made a loud noise, which then made me think of the neighbors hearing it. And, upon that thought apparently, my chest tightened and it seemed like my breath was threatening to escape me (Lasted for about 2 seconds). Apparently they scare me. If I reflect on the realities, within a second or two, I'm not really scared (At least not anymore), but that subconscious feeling that imposes itself in the first second apparently is.
Once I'm in a less vulnerable living situation, I should feel a little more secure. On my property and fenced in seems like a step in the right direction. An AR-15 would be an upgrade.
Once I get my person on the property, fencing happens immediately. Whether that be the RV on the property or the house, doesn't really matter. (It'll probably be the RV, lol. I'm suspecting the construction will likely take 2 weeks in full.)
Okay, got some 100% cotton flanel pajamas. Apparently polyester is bad for sweat and the shirt I usually wear attest to that (Polyester mix). Coincidentally, it was marked down to $3 by walmart. It looked like they were phasing out the item which seemed like it would've been bad for me; it was the only non-polyester pajamas there.
And, I'm thinking I need loose exercise pants/shirts. It's not like I'm really "exercising" but merely doing any kind of movement with any amount of force outside seems to cause sweat to drench. I need the 'loose' for the mosquitos, seems like they don't attack loose clothing.
And, I just figured I should cover the entire pallet with wooden board. Well, more like, I mean, let's start from a corner and cover out the pallet with plywood from there until enough area for the first planned building. So I should get enough for 12'x12', if I want to get proper 8ft. distance from drywall to drywall, otherwise, with 8'x12' coverage, I'd be nailing the walls into board, reducing the width by 4" on both sides, reducing the stud to stud width to 7' 4". Further, I'd have to reduce the beam width on to accomodate this shrinkage to fit onto the boards. So, yes, I need 12'x12' initial plywood floor coverage. So, that means, I need...
1:8x4
2:8x8
4:12x12 with missing 4x4
4.5: full 12x12
I have four full 4x8's, so it looks like I need to get another one and split it into 4x4.
I'm thinking about 10 ft. width vs 11ft width, with initial length being 8 feet, planning on upto 15 ft. The 11 ft width would require me to reduce 12 ft 2x4s with 4x of them; Seems easy enough. If I went with 11 ft., on two of the walls, I'd have to reduce the 4x8 to 3x8. Doesn't sound too expensive.
I only wanted 10 ft to fit my 10 ft kayak in there, but an extra foot might be appreciated, especially initially.
And, I figured out the pallet design. Looks like I'll need two more 12 ft. 2x4s to secure the bottom beams which I'm planning on arranging vertically to give the pallet some rigidness and height off the ground.
Anyway, need to move the 4x8s to the worksite and I should be doing that shortly. Came inside the fanned RV just to get the sweat off, lol.
Anyway, the corner post should be rigid. I was initially planning on just nailing it into the pallet, but that seems like a bad idea to rely on that for strength, lol. I guess the strength comes in when the four sides are nailed into the corner posts, turning it into a rigid box that shouldn't just fall sideways and collapse, lol. I guess I'll nail the corner posts into the pallet, and have 2x4s along the top of the corner posts joining them together and that should give it the structure it needs to nail the walls in. I'm guessing that contractors rely on multiple people to hold everything into place, so they don't need top boards securing the corner posts into place for attaching the walls.
I'm thinking I'll need a 8' 10" step ladder from wally world. Would be good for construction and might help with installing the fence. Their step ladders seem pretty affordable compared to what I've seen at Home Depot. Seems like home depot has the cheapest consumables and commodity items, but equipment tends to be expensive. It does seem to be higher quality than wallie/HF equipment, so maybe it's a good thing for the heavier users.
Okay, as of 2p.m., all the pallet lumber has been delivered to the site.
Now I just need a 4x8 cut into two 4x4 and two more 12 ft. 2x4 beams to secure the sides of the bottom vertically oriented 2x4s of the pallet. Might just do that tomorrow when I go to pick up a speed square and a free gift from harbor freight. It doesn't really seem like you can have too much tarp here, lol.
And might as well load up on the next load.
What do I have left...
four 8ft 4x4 corner posts
An 8 ft long wall needs...
8 ft. top and bottom
Five 8 ft studs
Seven 8ft 2x4s in total
A 10 ft long wall needs...
10 ft ft top and bottom
six 8 ft studs
Now for nailing the top and bottom to the studs..
I can reduce the studs to 7 ft 8", and place the 2x4 outside studs on the left and right of the top and bottom beams, effectively giving me 8ft 4" floor width and 8 ft. ceiling height. This is more work, requiring the reduction of the studs by four inches.
Or I can leave teh studs at 8 ft, and place the outer 2x4 studs between the top and bottom beams, effectively giving me an 8 ft. floor width, and an 8ft 4" ceiling height. This is the easiest option. This also seems like you wouldn't need to get 8 ft 4" long pieces of 2x4s for the ceiling beams. (I assume you need beams for the ceiling to hold the ceiling panels up.)
I thought it was funny someone was saying their ceiling height was exactly 100 inches (8ft 4") and she had absolutely no idea how it got such a ridiculous number, lol. Well, I have a good clue now. (I had this hunch at the beginning, noticing that 4" was a multiple of the 2" in a 2x4.)
Still haven't made a definitive case for a plumb. But a speed square looks rather handy for getting boards down to a needed length which I have a feeling I will have a need for.
It's kind of funny, it seems like it's been 2 months since the last time "tornado weather" rolled on through. I wonder if that kind of weather only happens in March here... (I wouldn't normally think so)
Anyway, tonight, I'm going to blast the fan at full to get the temperature equalized with the outside, than I'm going to lock it up and using this tiny 6" clip fan I got to push the air into the dehydrater bucket, hoping it should rapidly dehumidify the air. I'm hoping it will make a measurable difference in sleeping comfort.
Anyway, said it was going to rain today, so I'm not doing construction. Got some untreated pallets that I need to protect, and I should get another large tarp to cover the entire project as it gets going.
Update: 5:25 p.m. didn't rain today. Will do the AC install tomorrow and get the pallet built tomorrow among other things, apparently won't rain.
And, I thought through the pallet design and realized I didn't need the top layer as the boards will provide that functionality. So, now I have 5 extra 12 ft. 2x4s. I'm voting to reduce 4' of them to 11' and make the room 11'x8'. And, this is where I could use a speedsquare.
Anyway, looking back, this is actually relatively spacious compared to previous arrangements, especially the military dorms back in Charleston, SC. And, it's especially spacious compared to the houses this guy is making for the homeless in LA. He calls them $1400 houses, but they're 6 foot tall, 4'x8' and I'm just like yeah, I don't really believe the materials are actually $1400. Maybe he's including labor...
One thing I don't really have in the RV is space. All my business equipment is taking up all the available space and even the floorspace.
Just walking outside at 8:20 p.m., it's now getting dark and I saw the resident rabbit hop out from the middle of the road as I walked by and he went to the side to go munch on the grass. Apparently they eat green stuff. It's curious, he lets me get like 2 feet away from him (But no closer), I think he must've been born not too long ago and hasn't quite learned to fear humans. This is kind of cool, having a rabbit that hasn't learned to fear people and lets me get close to him. I'm thinking the rabbits start to become active around twilight, though I've seen this particular rabbit at all hours of the day.
So my under forearms have been itchy and have red spots all over it and it seemed to be spreading.
I thought it was because of sweating and bacteria (staph aureus), and so I'm washing hands pretty regularly.
But... wikipedia thinks differently...
Brachioradial pruritus (BRP) is a localized pruritus of the dorsolateral aspect of the arm. BRP is an enigmatic condition with a controversial cause; some authors consider BRP to be a photodermatosis, whereas other authors attribute BRP to compression of cervical nerve roots.
BRP may be attributed to a neuropathy, such as chronic cervical radiculopathy. The possibility of an underlying neuropathy should be considered in the evaluation and treatment of all patients with BRP.
The main cause of BRP is not known, but there is evidence to suggest that BRP may arise in the nervous system. Cervical spine disease may be an important contributing factor.
Patients with BRP may have underlying cervical spine pathology. Whether this association is causal or coincidental remains to be determined.
There is controversy regarding the cause of brachioradial pruritus: is it caused by a nerve compression in the cervical spine or is it caused by a prolonged exposure to sunlight?
In many patients, itching of the arms or shoulders is seasonal. Some patients reported neck pain.
OK, so, it's seasonal in many cases and this...
The condition is becoming increasingly common, presenting in patients who are usually fair skinned and middle aged and indulge in golf, tennis, outdoor table tennis, sailing, or other leisure outdoor activities in sunny climates.[1]:64[2]:402
Okay, I would highly suspect the sunlight factor over cervical diseases. Especially since I've /never/ seen this before until this summer in Houston, telling me it's definitely caused by "the climate" somehow. And, sun->sweat is probably the link to sweat.
If I were to guess... I'd think that white people weren't designed for outdoor exposure at the 30 degree parallel (The list of outdoor activities makes me think of Florida... which is even lower...), and they were really meant for the 45 degree parallel. It's just surprised me that "parallel incompatibility" would cause an itchy inflamed skin disorder?
It's be telling if it was mostly the east coast and not the west coast... would likely indicate humidity being a factor.
Google tells me florida is affected just like Calfornia, so humidity it likely not a factor. Mainly sunlight. 30 degrees + white people = skin disorder. Fudge... lol.
There goes my "living in the tropics" dreams, lol. I guess the tropics isn't meant for white people, lol.
I don't think these people have ruled out the involvement of sweat... "sunny climates" can also probably be considered "sweaty climates", lol.
And coconut oil... maybe I'll try that for my forearms...
Seems like some cases are genuine staph infections, which I'm suspecting.
And, yes, it seems you can immediately taste the difference between organic peanut butter and regular peanut butter. The regular peanut butter had hints of bitterness/metallic or something, and the organic peanut butter literally tastes like peanut-flavored butter.
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update 4:40 a.m., May 21
Fell asleep at 11:30 p.m. (A little earlier than usual, falling asleep earlier than usual seems linked to cardio events)
Woke up two hours later with this kind of severe chest pain (It went away when I woke up/got up), breathing in quickly produced anxiety, EKG trace which I took 20 seconds later showed fast heartrate (100 bpm), but intact EKG trace although a few beats looked weird. My guess is a PVC or some such. There was a spontaneous strong pain in my left hand (middle left wrist, bottom of palm) that felt particularly serious; like, not just a pain that felt strong, but a strong pain that also came with a feeling like something was really wrong.
Initial suspicion was cardiac, but later guess was neuromuscular with all the loadbearing backandneck bending I did try to get the van unlocked yesterday and transporting the plywood into place. Might've loosened joints, leading to nerve impingement.
But, I went to sleep at 2 a.m. and woke up at 4:20 a.m., and noticed that was quite a palpitation there and my eyes seem to be unusually sleepy(They aren't anymore as of 4:45 a.m.), and I got so easily lightheaded while in bed. So, the cardiac guess seems to be a good one.
Anyway, this was possibly caused by not eating enough. I eat and the food tastes good, but for some reason, my body feels like it doesn't really want it. But, perhaps that was a sign of another underlying problem that was triggered by the workload earlier today. Maybe. It doesn't seem like carrying plywood is particularly arduous for the average Joe. I saw a woman carrying one on youtube earlier tonight. But, it did seem to impact my appetite.
left hand seems number than right, so maybe a nerve impingement.
Update: Woke up at 7:45 a.m. after falling asleep sometime after 5.
Even though I haven't been able to capture one of those unusual spontaneous traces... I think I can recall the shape of it.
With my current knowledge...
completely negative R wave, extremely high T wave
or tiny R WAVE, extremely negative S Wave, Tall T wave.
If it's the latter, it's indicative of MI, STEMI or similar etiologies. It's just rather odd it'd be "spontaneous" and surrounded by a bunch of healthy traces.
I can't say I have much clinical experience, so my insight is limited here, but I can think of.
Coronary artery vasospasm
But, my impression of that disorder is that it stays closed for at least a couple minutes.
The other possibility is that arterial diameter fluctuates over time (Due to cortisol, due to insufficient sleep, food, emotional/physical stress,etc.), which due to some existing CAD and/or maybe the diameter is just too small to begin with, induces a spontaneous blockage causing a fleeting MI due to temporary LAD occlusion.
Is it serious? Kind of looks like it. Maybe not immediately... Maybe not in the next year or two... But, looks like it could be serious much sooner than I might otherwise wish.
It was feeling pretty serious this morning, though I wasn't immediately convinced it was.
http://hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/2014/12/transient-st-elevation-rules-out-for-mi.html
This place is calling it Transient STEMI or Unstable Angina. But, even in this particular patients case, the trace lasted for longer than one consecutive beat (My guess would be at least 10.).
Anyway, if this is true, Unstable Angina, this is not one of the better diseases to have.
Update: 2:43 p.m., after looking into PVCs and PACs, It appears that could be either though I get the feeling it's closer to a PVC than a PAC (I'm just recalling from memory, so I can't be sure what it really looked like.).
So, there's a chance it wasn't serious cardiac phenomenon.
I remember in the distant past that if I had really did some impact exercises, like running or bicycling, or lifting heavy objects, I'd often get back pain while laying down. I'm thinking that must be what it was, because I was carrying the 4x8s a good 100 feet or so, and the back pain was referred to the connected ribs, making it seem like chest pain. That'd explain why it wasn't felt after getting up. It's kind of odd that it suddenly surfaced last night, when I've never experienced in the last 200 days or so, but carrying the 4x8s that amount of distance was a bit beyond normal effort levels, so it's plausible it broke some kind of threshold.
So, doesn't look as bad now as it seemed then.
Still, getting the soft chest ache with some simultaneous anxiety after thinking of a scenario where a 'hostile thought' was being communicated, has me a little on gaurd. Especially since it seems like the phenomena is a bit stronger/frequent than normal during simulcra erotica.
It seemed like I was missing something this morning, despite getting what seemed to be enough sleep. I didn't seek out a close-as-possible parking spot like I usually do, instead parking pretty darn far away, and that wasn't intentional.
And, it looks like the new neighbors are here. They appear to be a young mexican family playing their mariachi music somewhat loudly in the back of their truck.
After "moving in", will they be playing this music loudly during the day? The night?
If so, I may want to move the designated build site a little further from their property. There is a noticeable difference in volume at the edge furthest from them.
I want to make sure I know the build site before assembling the pallet because once it's assembled, it doesn't appear it's moving too far, lol.
Found another site though it appears more sun hits the forest floor there (There's more plants there.). I'm planning on covering it with tarp anyhow, just of note.
Anyway, this guy talking about being a freak about his heart with his "Tiniest bit of fluttering during orgasm", I'm like lol. If he's experienced what I've experienced, I would assume he'd be more than just freaking out, lol.
Anyway, it appears there's a resident here who probably used to live here but it looks like they moved somewhere else by now (They're a bit older). It's interesting because it looks like they did what I'm planning on doing, building a small house.
Anyway, I'm planning on buying materials as I need them. Having extra unused materials hanging around is an unnecessary theft risk and I don't just happen to have a temporary construction fence, lol. So, that's why I decided to forgo getting frame materials, as I still have to build the pallet.
And, I'm definitely going to keep the double frame technique open as a possibility. Neighbors don't seem to be quiet people right now. Someone already yelled at them to "knock it off!" and they didn't do anything about it. Likely por que ellos no hablan inglis. (Because they don't speak english) O ellos son pollas.
I think I'm erring on moving the build site further from them. The new location should be good, because it should give me a good view of the entire backyard (Good for keeping pests out of my garden; target practice from my window.)
It'd be nice if I could ask them "Are you always going to be this loud?" but my Spanish isn't that advanced.
Because the original site is a pretty sweet location, and I'd hate to move if they're going to be quiet people once moved in. It seems they are burning debris at the moment, and I could understand how much more boring it'd be without their favorite music.
I saw that Home Depot sold 12'x3' pallets for $10. Looked interesting, but it didn't look strong enough for the heavier things (Like houses). Adding a few more beams would likely make it strong enough.
I should have a better chance to make the current design extendable into a roman courtyard style building with the new build location. The other location is somewhat of a stretch. For the roman courtyard, one side of the building should be 10-13 feet from the property line, as the total structure would be 50 feet wide.
(I actually wonder if I'd really need a 30x30 garden... Maybe a 20x20 would be fine...)
I don't think drywall would be very roman in style, but I don't really think I /need/ strict adherence to the old design materials. Just the architectural idea of putting a garden courtyard in the middle of the complex. I would like the exterior to be more "authentic"; I don't really think plywood is very convincing, but I could be wrong with the right cover materials, which I assume you could put over the plywood.
And, I just determined I need to chop down the large trees from the backyard before building up the frame. I probably should do it before building up the pallet. Wouldn't want any 100 foot trees falling on the structure /right/ away, lol. So, yes, I need to be clearing out the backyard. And, I've never chopped down an exceedingly large tree like the ones back there... so I don't really know if my techniques will work on this large of a tree. I assume they would, and I would definitely be using a chainsaw for this, because my axe isn't large enough to do it quickly enough. Anyway, I guess I need to focus on clearing out the backyard now and downing the trees before building the house, lol.
So efforts are getting shifted to clearing out the back, which is what I was doing, lol.
If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect that the natural aphrodisaics have a way of boosting seed production.
Update: 9:20 p.m.; something feels weird, I just don't know what exactly. Seems like carbs are upping my anxiety level, which isn't normally how it's supposed to be... so maybe I'm over-carbing. I don't know. Seems like walking helps cool it down. Suspecting high sugar levels might be boosting anxiety, somehow. Taking the axe to the trees in the back might've upped my cortisol levels. Seems like how I take physical work affects the cortisol levels. If I'm just normal and relaxed, great, if I'm putting some oomph into it because my neighbors are pissing me off, there goes the cortisol. I guess it's equivalent to yelling in anger.
And, the palpitations have been picking up. And, that one as I walked past my fan felt /sore/. I see the usual "I get them all the time and they are meaningless" jazz, but, this is like the first time it's happened, and it happened the day after this morning, which is also the first time that happened, lol. So, I'm thinking like... uh... this isn't 'normal', lol.
