Bloody hell.

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I decided a few days ago I was gong to build my mum an outter decking area for her to sit outside.

I've spent the past 3-4 days non stop fixated in designing, marking out and redesigning 3-4 different foundations that would hold up the decking,(has to be raised at the bottom by a few feet).

Atleast three days straight. In the past 2-3 hours alone I've deisgned a completely new foundation and support system to spread the weight, calculated every bit of concrete, sand, stone, wood. It's now 4:10am, I haven't slept yet, and in less than 3 hours I'm going to wake my sister for work then start digging the foundations with a pick axe.

.... there is no hope in hell this can be normal can it?

Well, if you feel good while doing this, it's fine, I think.

That is perfectly normal I think.

I don't see a problem.

More sleep is always a good thing though....

It's only a problem, if you make it a problem.

You're expecting normalcy on WRONG PLANET? :roll::lol:


Dream on.

Wouldn't be normal for me. I doubt I could even be able to be trusted USING power tools for anything! Not that I won't know how it works, I just wouldn't know what to make with them.

Here's a short but true story that just might reconcile you:
My grandfather was a building engineer (for all I know not an Aspie), and when the family moved to a new house, he began laying plans for a terrace in a corner of the garden: He drew, calculated, planned etc. so maticulously you'd think he was designing a critical part of a nuclear power plant!

At some point, his daughter (a.k.a. my mom) took a quick glance at the plans and drawings on grandfather's desk, end exclaimed something to the effect that "It looks like a stopping-site for buses or trolleys" -- from then on, that terrace was always referred to as the "stopping site" (in danish: "stoppestedet"). Later on she even managed to acquire a sign plate like the ones used by the trams then in service in Copenhagen, and placed it at the "stoppested" in the corner of the garden.

That was about a half century ago, but grandfather did a good job; it's still there today, visible on Google's map...!

To get out of the "humdrum", take a look at what you've designed: If it's more or less guaranteed to hold up even should your mother one day approach the five hundred pound mark or move a lot of furniture or other heavy stuff out there, get it over with and start building the thing.

get the horses, lets help him out!! get my ax lets go into the woods!

That's my favourite saying.

i just made it up, because im blackmetal. but ok