I was at the cottage for a couple of afternoons, getting it cleaned up for the Spring. My brother plus I go to the mountains every Spring so we can fish on the first day of trout season. The water is cold plus clear in the creek, plus it is perfect for trout fishing. The first thing I needed to do was clean the fireplace so we could stay warm through the weekend. I took the wood from the hearth plus built a fire after cleaning the chimney plus the fireplace hearth. It was warm plus cheery in the cottage, even though I was there alone. When I got up in the day, I needed another log for the fireplace but there were no logs inside, or out. I didn’t want to go in the snow plus dig for logs, so I ended up going home. I really wanted to stay for the rest of the weekend, although I could not stay here if I could not keep the fireplace burning. I didn’t want to split through ice plus dig for logs, plus I didn’t want to go out in the woods to split wood. I decided to pack things up plus go back home. When my brother asked how the weekend was, I told him it went well. The people I was with and I would need to go up early on Tuesday to split wood for the fireplace, but the place was clean plus ready to be used. He laughed at my option of words. He said that in other words, I used all the wood on Tuesday night plus came home so I didn’t need to split more wood for the fireplace. I said nothing.