School is coming. 7 summer days remain.
And so , in a bold act of self-preservation, I have decided all that is left to do is build… a book fortress.

My cat has agreed to be “booked” into the fortress with me, as long as I bring enough stinky sardine food and his mouse pillow.
Here he is inspecting the early phase:

(Thank you to the Toronto Public Library and the Flying Dragon Bookshop – my partners in this desperate act).

What a good idea! I wish I had thought to do that before school started….