Christmas break

We are officially on Christmas break.   Mostly that means we don't get to school by 9 am this week.  We are still going in to do work, although the numbers are dwindling.  People are going home to be with family or to warm sunny places.    I will head down to Boston tomorrow morning to be reunited with Joanna and her family.  She is currently somewhere in the sky between Khartoum and Amsterdam.   I should be in bed but I've got a little cold that is keeping me awake (I know, oh you poor baby).   It was only a matter of time before I got some bug - we've had pinkeye, two colds, some flu-ey thing and/or food poisoning roll through the classroom.  Yes, a break will be nice!
Here's the status of my project:  The lower drawer is cut out, dovetailed, and the inside shellacked.  The bottom of it is cut almost to thickness and will now rest for a few days to see if it is going to cup or not.   Upon return I will cut it to thickness and size and finish the outside of it.  I have only just started to work the dovetails on the top drawer and included a "design opportunity" in it.  That means I made a mistake when laying them out and now have to figure a clever way to cover it up.  It's minor and on the inside but once you open that drawer you will see it.  When you make a blind dovetail, you create a web on the front side (see photo from last post or so where the drawer is slightly pulled out) and in planning for that, I didn't fully consider which side - front or side? - carries the groove that the bottom slides into.  The answer would be the side, but only after I finished with a tiny little peekaboo hole did I learn this.  I'm thinking a tiny slice of purple heart will look dashing in there!
I've also more or less finished the frame and panel of the door, just have to size it up a little to fit perfectly in the space.
So these are the things I am thinking about at 1am when I should be sleeping.  Now when I get up, do I sneak into school for a couple hours or go swimming?  Stay tuned....