Straight & Square: That's a Suggestion, Right?

I've been busy today working on the railing assembly for the porches.  There's a simple template to use (although it is printed on the back of the last page of instructions and cutting it up leaves those complex instructions in pieces--a problem for another day.).

Paint, sand, and glue.

I started the project in the morning and then the idea of a snack popped in my head and I didn't return to the railing assembly for several hours and lots of 50% off Easter candy later.  This was a big mistake.  It made it nearly impossible to affix the top rail because there was no give in the lower rail's glue.  The result was a very wabi sabi porch railing.  If you look closely at the pictures, you'll see that the spacing is slightly off (I'm being generous.) Determined to avoid a similar mistake with the shorter railings I completed the task in one sitting without any Easter candy.  Like most things, it wasn't the glue or drying time contributing to the off-ness of the first set, it was operator error, as the shorter sets are also slightly askew.  Lesson learned?  Always take time for snacks.