Okay, thanks H Dean. At least I know I'm on to something here that I hope will be constructive for me. Now comes the real challenge of how to fix it.

Remind me to avoid in the future trying to write a first person present tense story when wishing to include information from the recent past. That is so much easier to do with a third person perspective. Either that or give me some real good pointers for how to avoid this mess in the future.

Hey, at least I really enjoy the whole writing process. I am definitely here to learn, though, so come what may, I want to become a better writer. Like I wrote in my original query about the writer's block, I have rather little experience writing fiction, so maybe this is just something I will need to learn how to overcome by trial and error.