Saturday:
I got up at 6:35 AM when the guy delivering our mountain of rock called to say he would be at our house in 15 minutes. Mark had to install our new basement window well before we started loading in the rock so I used that time to get out to a garden center. I bought some hanging baskets and a few other things. I was home before 10 AM and the temp outside was already feeling hot and brutal in the sun. Mark and I spent all day shoveling rock and sand – 72 wheel barrels full to be exact – and started filling in our mud pit patio. Guess what... 72 wheel barrels wasn’t enough rock to completely cover the mud pit so now I have half rock and half mud. We will have to wait until this weekend to get more rock so that means another Saturday on fun shovelling is in my future. Our air conditioner was still unhooked from when the patio concrete was removed. Funny how that is... we call the AC dude to unhook the AC and he comes that same day. We call the AC dude to reconnect it and he never shows up. Insert your faveorite curse word here.
Sunday:
Wanted to ride in the truck with AC so I went with Mark to Home Depot to rent an industrial landscape compactor, bought the dirt to get the raised veggie planter rolling, weeded, watched Mark work the magic on the rock with the rented compactor, spruced up my succulent garden, and planted some stuff out front. Then at about 6 PM I got a text message from my mom that said “Call Me!!”. Ok, my mom does NOT know how to send a TM so this is bad. I call her phone and my mom’s neighbor answers and says she is in an ambulance with my mom. I quickly clean myself up and Mark and I drive to the Hospital and find my mom in the ER. She worked in her yard all day planting flowers, didn’t eat, didn’t drink enough water, and collapsed with heat exhaustion. They pumped her full of fluids and now she is fine. Got home at almost midnight. I am SOOOOO tired.
Monday:
It rained...a lot. I cleaned the house and did oh so many loads of laundry. My muscles were sore and tired. I fell asleep Monday night (early) the moment my head hit the pillow. What an awesome weekend.
Now for the answers to your frequently asked questions:
A: NO. The pool is not open. We open the pool ourselves and cannot dedicate two days to it while we are rebuilding a patio. The pool also cannot be opened until the mud pit next to it is covered with rock.
A: NO. I did not get any vegetables planted last weekend.
A: YES! Someone finally did come last night to hook up our AC!
Things are coming along slowly.
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