Update: Mission 037

I missed the 20 May deadline to get the Buckwell to get the drawings into council, to keep me on track to get the extension built at number 14. It could still happen, but I'm realistic that one missed mini deadline makes the chances slimmer of making the big deadline.

And now there is one other thing that might cause the mission to fall over.

The Buckwell read the blog.

The Buckwell never reads the blog. But several days ago, he read the newest entry, then decided to go for the back issues. I tried to distract him with a glass of whiskey and a plate of cheese, but he was having none of it. He read back, and back, until he got to Mission 037.

He said nothing while he read. Instead, he just smirked a little, and raised his eyebrows in a sort of a "we'll see, shall we", expression. Then, when he finished, he looked over at me on the sofa, where I was busy pretending to read a book, and trying desperately to make out that I did not care that he was reading the blog, and even if he did, then if I did not acknowledge that he'd read the blog, then he would not comment and forget about the blog, and I could continue my machinations to see it through to its deadline.

He looked at me with a faint smile. "That's funny," he said.
"But is it realistic?" I asked.
"Maybe," he said.

I got my hopes up - perhaps my extension mission was not dead in the water!

But it is now several days later, and the extension drawings are still in a pile gathering dust...