With some help, I made progress yesterday putting the finishing touches on an unexpected project that has occupied my time and mind for the better part of two weeks.

It has been trying, dirty work. Each step of the way I have looked for quick solutions, shortcuts, and methods that more easily fit into my limited experience with this sort of construction.

Yes, throughout the project, I was continually searching for an easier way. Sometimes the work has to simply get done, and I was trying to find simple, less complex, swifter ways of hastening the pace.

I wasn’t being lazy; I would call it efficient. At times, efficiency takes its time.

Still, the work got done.

Progress is not always easy.

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