Just whining & self pity

Last weekend I was working on my house and through being a little stupid, slashed my thumb open pretty good on a sawzall blade while changing blades. So I've got 4 stitches in the base of my thumb on the palm side of my right hand (I'm a righty). This was the day after I got my kit running with duct tape and bailing twine, literally. So I ordered up some of my missing parts: Gas cap, throttle & cable, clutch lever, and an exhaust gasket. Stuff that will make my project be less janky, and more generally viable. Ordered from Dax, and apparently he ships like lightning cause it all arrived today. But I can't install anything becasue can't grip any of the tools I need to install the parts! Even simple stuff like an allen wrench or screwdriver tears up my stitches. I don't do well when a project gets going and I can't keep on it, drives me nuts. Argh! That's all, nothing to see here, carry on.

Lived in Maine my whole life. Don't know if "janky" is a regional thing, but I've always said it and heard it. I think summer folk come up here on vacation and leave their words here, we have all kinds of words that don't belong here. "Ayuh" is definitely ours though.

If my daughter were big enough to hold a wrench, you better believe she'd be out there with me. Needs a few more years for that. Hoping to raise a greasemonkey.

Hmmmm, working on 2 kinds of motor skills at once, eh? Haha. I tried that, I'm actually pretty decent with my left, but my trouble is I still need to hang on to the parts with the other hand. Made it as far as changing my clutch lever out, and sliding the new throttle onto the bar, and putting on the gas cap. The rest I need 2 paws for. I'm just biding time and learning about all the cool stuff I can do to this motor once I'm back in operation. Luckily there are some sweet photos and write ups around here to look at.