Usually during the week, the intensity of physical work makes it difficult to even think about writing, though now that I've caught yet another case of Covid, I feel too crummy to work but I can at least think enough to write, so let's make some lemonade out of those bitter lemons.
To go off on a brief tangent, the whole "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" saying is kind of funny. I mean, it is a highly subjective and contingent statement: lemons are actually pretty great, and though you might not necessarily want to eat one straight, they're wonderful for cooking, brewing, flavoring, cleaning, and all sorts of other things. On the other hand, lemonade can be a nice refreshment, but a little more limited in its culinary and brewing applications, to name a few things.
However, the juxtaposition of two contrasting moments in a process of transformation given a specific intention - lemons into lemonade through the desire for a sweet refreshment - turns a subjective statement into a functional one that works across many different situations that have the general "making the best of things" condition to them. Everyone knows what the saying means and how it is supposed to be used and doesn't question it in terms of preference.
