Yay - long dry summer ahead!

If the long-range forecast is correct, the cottage will dry out, and I

can spend long sun-soaked days repainting, and long twilit evenings
lolling in the hammock and watching the owls flit among the emerging
stars.

Or -

- I could, if I can eke out enough leave days this year. Rats. I've
got 9 left - one a month until December.

I'll have to spin out a series of long weekends - perhaps padding them
with some unpaid leave through July and August?

Now - I think I'll celebrate with 30 minutes on the grass with lunch.