Lament for a Lost Lanai

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       Lament For a Lost Lanai

It all began in the merry month of May, and it has been going on ever since. I am talking about painting our building. Sure, it is a big project, but so are other large buildings in the city being painting. Why,we ask, is it taking the painters so long? The answer is to be found with the guys supposed to be painting. Looking down from our empty lanai, I can very often see three men on a scaffold. Two of them are looking at their phones, and the other one is gazing at the palm trees and ducks, and thinking about lunch.

What painting that has been done is pretty good, but I am talking about painting our lanai. We have removed everything but a lounge (covered) and a mango wood chest (covered). Table, cushions,glass table top and chairs have inhabited our bed rooms since the merry month of May, as I have earlier indicated.

Living as we do in a sub-tropical climate, a lanai is very important. Dining on the lanai with the trade winds blowing is a delight. The view of the ocean is magnificent! That is, if you can use your lanai.

But there is some hope. Yesterday a guy swung over from the scaffold and painted our lanai! Hooray! I thought, but another coat of paint awaits. Patience hell, I want to drop water filled balloons down below, but I am a nice guy, so we will only grind our teeth and wait.

Why, you may ask, is a lanai such a big deal?  It is because it  adds another room to your apartment. I notice that when all these newer building were built, they added a suggestion of a lanai, which would accommodate two tiny chairs and a table.
So here we are, hanging on and hoping.

      Aloha
      Grant