No new deck pictures today. Matt took some last night, but I don't have them, and I opted to hit the snooze on the alarm for an extra half-hour this morning, so once I finally got up, things were a little rushed.

But progress was made, nonetheless.

It's not going to be done this weekend, not by a long shot, but maybe by next weekend.

After which Matt and I will need to buy a couple of gallons of wood treatment and spend a day or so re-acquainting ourselves with our old friend, Manuel.

And then we can start to plan our deckwarming party. Whoo!

Penny was up last night for two solid hours. I'm getting a little tired of this. The antibiotic needs to kick in soon, or something.

On the plus side, it seems as if her, ah, bowel distress the other night wasn't caused by the antibiotic - at least, not solely, because it did not return yesterday or last night. Thank goodness.

And she actually ate last night, which is almost always a good indicator of how she's feeling.

Now, if I can just get her to stay asleep once I put her down...

--Liz