It doesn’t feel like it but the porch is getting done.  I put the primer on this morning.  If I stick with my plan it will be done by Sunday. It should improve my overall mood, feng shui, and possibly be instrumental in world peace. Okay, that last might be a bit of a stretch but if I can forget about it for a few years it will feel that good.  Nothing much else has gone on all week – I didn’t get as much gardening done as I’d hoped or fixed the dishwasher yet. However, there are no rules that it can’t happen next week.

Now that the second half of the year has commenced I feel like earlier efforts should start paying off soon.  That’s ‘should’ as in it would only be fair, not as in ‘very likely’.  I think that gap between cause and effect has to be the hardest in any new venture but giving up would be like putting down a really good book three chapters before the end. When I look over the last six months it’s amazing how much I’ve learned, gotten done, and put off. It reminds me of the old Chinese fortune curse ‘may you live in interesting times!’

I’m looking forward to a quiet 4th in the backyard with a book and a drink.  There are all kinds of independence to celebrate! Next week will be back to work on the other projects and the garden while I think about what kind of year-long project I could initiate and if I really want to. I keep seeing news stories on similar projects so some part of me is keen on the idea…

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