Today is Wednesday. I know this because I gathered trash for pickup. Days can blend together when you are disconnected from a regularly paying gig. This is not to say that there are no deadlines. Tomorrow's forecast includes rain. That means we needed to get the deck completed so we can pick currants and make jelly while it rains. This is the deck five days ago:

Just getting the deck to this stage entailed a lot of work!  Michael making progress on Saturday, June 25th. — Just getting the deck to this stage entailed a lot of work! Michael making progress on Saturday, June 25th.

Then I lost my Supreme Court case on Monday (disappointing but not surprising) which meant I needed a distraction. Physical labor is good for that. So I cut boards and Michael installed them and this is the deck today, Wednesday, June 29th:

All the floorboards in!  Rails and bracing will come later. — All the floorboards in! Rails and bracing will come later.

So we toasted the new deck and are off to gather wood for the rocket stove, so we can send the broilers to freezer camp on Friday.

The deck allows us to put in the door, and the door allows us to put in windows. Everything in its time.