More progress was made on Sunday on the construction of the greenhouse. I had the support structures and general frames complete by late afternoon. However, the wind kicked up more and more as I kept working and I reached a point where I had to either finish it that day (unlikely) or leave it with the clear panels in but sans roof and door and upper windows. I thought it would be structurally smarter to leave the open framework over the windy evening, and continue with the panels the next day when the weather was projected to be calmer.
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| (The ladder proved useful after all) |
I therefore arose this morning, took the dog to daycare, and spent an hour putting the panels in and preparing the upper framework and panes for the front. Then I went to work, had a full day there, and came home to continue with the project for the remaining probably 45 minutes of daylight, succeeding in assembling and securing the full front minus the door and doing some prep work for the next step. So it's still not done and I
really would like to have it completed by Wednesday evening when I'm expecting a friend to arrive from out of town. Since she's staying until Friday I won't have much time after Wednesday afternoon in which to give it my attention. That being said, I have a really full day at work tomorrow since I agreed to teach an extra class lesson for a colleague over what would be my lunch break and office hours, so I feel permitted to leave a little early after my last class ends at 3:30pm. I can work from then until a wee bit before 6pm when the dog needs picked up. Maybe I can complete it in that time.
I've been throwing myself into gardening mode in large part because I just acquired the house last summer and this is my first opportunity to do so. It's also due to it being winter and if I can't see nice gardens then I can at least plan one. Truly though, it's probably in no small part a distraction from all of the things I can't change. A friend of mine was telling me recently that his wife was considered "advanced maternal age" at 35, and I'm well beyond that. Given that my BF is constantly away touring and quite a bit younger than me I really just need to face facts about how motherhood is not going to be a part of my life. But hey, my brother and his wife are making me guardian of their future someday children (should something, God-forbid, happen to them), so someone thinks I wouldn't entirely suck as a parent.
Then again, I did eat applesauce for lunch and chased it with a single peanut butter cup before coming home to consume leftover pizza. Not so great decisions there. It'll be the fruit, veg, and cheese platter for a snack later. On the other hand, I did manage not to spend any money whatsoever today including foregoing coffee. You win some, you lose some; you hope it all balances out in the end.
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