Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in the year 2008, there was a crazy girl named Shamelia who came up with this wonderful idea. "I will make you a beautiful lamp out of stained glass," she told her sister. This crazy girl was already working on a huge project, the "Fall Aspens" window. Just started it in fact, but that didn't cross her mind at the time. The sister, uh...Shmeather, said, "You don't have to make me a lamp!" To which Shamelia replied, "Yes, I do HAVE to because I WANT to. And I WILL!"
A thought later occurred to Shamelia. I am already working on this stained glass window, which has a billion pieces! I can only work on it between school, work, and the rest of my life! Instead of thinking logically and realizing that it would be quite a while before she could get to the lamp, she decided, "I will make it for your birthday Shmeather!" As I'm sure you could guess, Shamelia was nowhere near being done with the current project when Shmeather's birthday came around.
The birthday passed, then, still not thinking logically, Shamelia decided to make it for Christmas! Yes, Christmas was only 7 months away and she was still nowhere near being done with the window, but so what? Christmas came and went. And then another birthday and another Christmas. At this point Shamelia was beginning to realize her error in judgement, but there was no going back now.
About this time, she finally finished the "Fall Aspens" window. It had taken a lot longer than she thought it would, but who knew that school and work could take up so much time? It was a wonderful thing to have the window finished. Not only had it been a 2 year project and was beautiful (if I do say so myself), but NOW she could finally get started on the lamp she had so long ago promised her sister Shmeather.
She now began working on the lamp. This project was a lot smaller than the window, so she thought she could definitely get it done by her sister's next birthday. Don't ask me why Shamelia thought it had to be done for a birthday or Christmas. I guess she just thought it would be a good time. School and work still took up a good majority of Shamelia's time, however, so she did not progress on the lamp as planned. Shmeather's birthday came and went again. Then Christmas. Finally, the beginning of the year (now 2011) Shamelia was making some real progress. The lamp was almost done! But alas! The lamp, in it's final stages of being finished, broke! The disappointment! The shame! She tried to repair the lamp, but could not succeed. So, discarding the lamp, she decided to start over.
A couple of months later, Shamelia is finally making some good progress on the new and improved lamp. And now, once again, it is Shmeather's birthday in 6 days. She still has to solder the panels together and then solder those into the shape of the lamp. Do you think Shamelia will succeed? Can she complete the lamp in 6 days? Or will Shmeather have to wait until Christmas to receive it?
This is a picture of the current state of the lamp. I know it looks exactly like the first one, but I assure you, it is the new and improved version.
