Last week the men who've been renovating our building for the last 11 months wrapped our windows in plastic. So we've gone from not being able to use our balcony to not being able to see it. Or, of course, anything else beyond the glass. The temptation is to spend a lot of time outside; yesterday we went out for lunch; later in the afternoon I read by the pool. We've been told the wrapping my last two weeks, at the end of which, hopefully, we'll have a painted a newly railinged balcony. But considering the speed at which the work has progressed so far I won't be surprised if we experience our first Christmas as shut-ins.
