7:45 – Begin excavating around some sprinkler lines
9:00 – Begin to wonder where the dude is who said he’d help today
9:30 – Dude arrives. Tell him I’m going to Home Despot to pick up some things
10:00 – Get back from Home Despot. Realize I got the wrong thing.
10:30 – Cut the sprinkler lines. Re-route them. Much better now.
11:00 – New driveway is formed up.
11:45 – Arrive with a yard of concrete. Text good friend neighbor who knows concrete.
12:15 – Send dude to go get another yard.
12:40 – Dude arrives with second yard
1:00 – Yard is dumped
1:30 – New driveway is skreeted, troweled and edged.
2:30 – We put in a seam down the middle, but the concrete we poured earliest has begun to set up already because of the heat. The seam will not take without rocks coming out. This is what the pros call “blowing up.” I am fine with the seam looking bad.
3:00 – I begin to brush the concrete. The areas that had set up look awesome. The areas in the shade are still covered in “cream” (the moisture that works its way to the top of the concrete).
3:29 – Dude leaves. I thank him profusely. This was a bit of an exchange. I gave him the brick from my patio; he bought one of the yards of concrete and helped out all day.
3:30 – Decide to got to dinner and Harry Potter with neighbor and his daughter.
4:45 – Arrive at the restaurant. Neighbor is running late.
5:00 – Swap tickets from 5:50 showing to 6:45
5:45 – Neighbor arrives
6:15 – Dinner is consumed.
6:45 – Harry Potter is being watched.
9:20 – Arrive home to find that someone (Molly?) has pooped in the floor. She’s had an upset stomach for a day or so as the result of a bone I gave her, and we were gone much longer than we’d anticipated, so we’re not mad.
11:00 – Begin watching an episode of The Shield.
I’m exhausted.