Rain on my parade

Projects, I have a few, but then, too few to mention. But that’s mostly because the most important ones have been stalled for the past couple weeks. I knew that could happen because this is a La Niña year (technically, it’s part of the “El Niño-Southern Oscillation”, or ENSO), and that can mean a lot of rain—and it did, and still is.

I made a mental list of the “must do” things and the “would be nice to get done” things. It turns out, the only true “must do” thing was clearing off the patio for the installation of the cover. I wanted to clear out the weeds around the patio, and also re-paint the exterior of the house facing the patio, but the patio rood won’t interfere with either of those.

However, it would be helpful to be able to prepare the new (technically old…) spot for the VegePod raised planter. I’ll need to move it off the patio so it still gets full sunshine, but if the weather doesn’t allow me to get that done before the roof is installed, I can just move it onto the lawn with the other patio furniture—and hopefully it won’d sink into the lawn too much…

So, all the outside projects I need to do can wait for some stable weather, even if I’d rather get them done. That also means the rain delays aren’t as frustrating as they might’ve been otherwise. Besides, there are four public holidays this time of year, including Christmas, so not all of the delays were wet and windy (not even metaphorically).

One way or another, I’ll get those projects completed—at some point, weather permitting. I have no excuse reason for not working on inside projects, though. Maybe I just needed a rest? All things in their own time.