Livin' on the Yuletide edge, baby

On occasion, the headmaster has attempted to get the oil tank down to the very bottom before filling it. He takes it as a personal challenge - how low can he go? Last year, he caved at 1/8^th of a tank.

In this, his second winter at the helm, he boasts of a better grasp of the oil gauge's accuracy. And he believes he can virtually take it to fumes. On this Christmas Eve morning, the gauge reads almost 1/16^th of a tank. The oil company cannot deliver until the afternoon of the 26^th, at the very earliest. The weather calls for near-freezing temperatures overnight, with rain likely. The firewood is all soaking wet. The Headmistress has no idea he is conducting this experiment.

Can't you feel the excitement building?! Fasten your seatbelts - this one could get rough.



postscript - The Academy regrets the possibility that a headmaster may be harmed in the making of this blog entry.