Working on it ...

As the third week of school draws to a close, there is still  an abundance of professional lemons in my life and role as chief lemon squeezer (dept head). With the weekend almost upon us, I've decided that what I really need to do,  therefore, is drink more gin. 

Meanwhile, "they" continue to tackle the not insignificant and long overdue challenge of stripping, treating and painting the weather boarding exterior of the 1840 Ottoman hunting lodge whose attic I call home. 

The two scenarios are not unrelated.