The good news is that I’m right on schedule. I finished a 5,000-word section tonight, shrinking it to just under 3,000 words. My word counter says I have 11,000 words to go over the next four days, which means I’m about two-thirds done.
The bad news is that we have a mysterious, small leak dripping water from the porch ceiling just above the front door of our house, and the contractor working on the house we’re trying to sell reports that there is standing water under that house. It looks like someone will be buying a sump pump tomorrow, somewhat ahead of schedule. And I don’t think the porch leak will go away by itself either.