decided to remove the 13 constant leds from the code and will wire them in a series circuit on their own to make it simpler and not stress the boards.
so will only have 2 flickering and 3 blinking leds to run all at the same time. code was updated to reflect this new change. was thinking of using a nano board but I can also program an Attiny85 which I have several as well as they are smaller.