I would be extremely suprised if the clock is not ticking this week.

If it is not something has gone wrong. Elmer is not going to want to go to Cambridge with this undone.

If it isn't completed I think someones ears will be bleeding from him screaming at them.

The headache alone trying to smile and be polite after the 500th person asks why the clock isn't ticking is enough incentive to make sure it is done.