Inside!
The chimney is taken down to just inside the kitchen attic! I love this mysterious place because it is part of the original ‘barn’ and one of the few unconverted aspects of the 1894 structure.
You can clearly see the ‘zig-zag’. Fascinating.
To my surprise, I discovered a clay flue buried in the zig-zag brick. My camera is level.
This is about half the bricks tossed onto the sunroom floor.
As with yesterday, the work was not particularly time consuming or even hard. Yet…yet…I just felt demolished after. It is as if such work abuses my soul. I cannot really explain it.
When all was cleaned up, even though it was early afternoon, I had an overwhelming desire to flee flee flee, drive home, and dive into my bed for a nap. This, I did, and fell into a deep sleep for 90 minutes. I awoke refreshed and OK with more hours to the day.
Oh, and later food helped. And wine.
And kitties.
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Perhaps working in a dusty, confined space limited your access to fresh air. That can cause light-headedness, and fatigue. The urge to leave might be your self’s way of informing you that you need to reoxygenate the brain. Maybe an N95 mask with rests for breaths of fresh air (basically leaving the work area) will minimize the feeling of.. destruction?
Hi, Leigh!
It’s not about fresh air.
I had plenty of fresh air while removing the upper chimney and had the same “my soul is abused” reaction.
Some work is like that. As I wrote, it’s hard to explain. I think we’ve all experienced this, where some situations just feel hard to our very soul.
It doesn’t matter how easy the work is. Even if it is just mental work with no physical demands you can still be tired after hours of it. There is a lot to commend the restorative powers of a nice nap.
Kitties are the best restorative.
Fascinating post! It’s intriguing and mysterious as original to 1894 barn! Love that you were able to examine this area!
Also the restorative of nap & kitties!
nap and kitties, yes! 🙂