The wasp was just minding its own business while getting a drink from the wood in the log I had on the log-splitter. I put my hand on top of it, so it had me dead to rights. It had not gone looking for trouble. Neither had I, to be fair, but I was the one that seemed to be on the attack. So, it stung me on the wedding ring finger. It was not hard to quickly tell what I had done wrong. I grabbed my finger and tried to cut of the circulation to the rest of my hand, because after all, I did not want a swollen hand. I thought that if I could stop the venom from spreading, I might not swell up all over my hand and arm, as I am prone to doing when these things happen. I don’t know if that is what helped, or if it was just a little sting, but I put on some Campho Phenique and it turned out pretty good in the end, for a wasp sting.
I managed to split most of what we brought home from our last trip to get firewood. I also cleaned up the logs hidden in the tall grass on the south side of the Service Yard, yesterday. I still have a good-sized pile on the north side to work through.
I have not been working hard in the Service Yard for reasons. The main one is that a saw gets dull slowly. Like a frog boiling, it takes too long to realize what is going wrong. So I got out the little electric grinder for the first time yesterday and sharpened the teeth. Then I cut the rakes down a little deeper than I usually would. That saw now eats its way through the wood! It is a lot more dangerous on the end of the bar as far as kickback goes, so care must be taken. But the cuts are much quicker now. I think it will not be hard to finish the woodpile now. Just got to find all the wood in the tall grass! I think when I do, I will have enough for this winter, and anything we go get now will be a start to next. Although, there is the fireplace use to account for if Missus is going to burn extra. And I need to account for how much of our wood this year is poplar and might burn quicker than other woods usually do.
Lastly to consider is that with the saw cutting so much faster now, the trips to go get wood ought to be a lot more profitable, and the cooling weather will certainly also help.
Lastly also to consider is that I still have permits to go into the mountains and take maple wood. I really need to go get the maple wood!