| Re: Friday Chat 05.13.11 |
Subject: Re: Friday Chat 05.13.11 by Matatk on 2011/5/13 11:35:53 Good Morning CGs! Tommy, I didn't realize it was that day until you mentioned it. Eh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th I figured it was based on some 900 year old pagan ritual like many other weird holidays/superstitions...nope, this one is just dumb. Well, success.....the concrete is poured! It got pushed back a few hours (like every job with my neighbor, because he's always so busy with his *own* work, so I caaaaaan't complain). I started by moving 30 bags of 60 lb concrete into the back yard. Holy crap that was tough. Halfway through we realized that wasn't enough and I had to run to Menard's and buy another 20 bags. So I moved 3000 lbs of concrete yesterday! I was the "labor" in the skilled labor part of concrete. We mixed it in a wheelbarrow three bags at a time and poured it while he set it up and smoothed it. Took about 3-4 hours. I thought we were done at 8 pm, but he informed me we had to wait for the top to cure so he could do the edges and smooth then brush the top. So that wasn't done until 11:00 last night! After we poured it, though, my wife made us dinner....then his wife made us dinner. Ha. Can't piss off either one so we ate both. But we were starving after all the manual labor, so it was ok. And I am happy as a clam that it's done. Of course, once I got finished, the baby had been up and crying for 2 hours. He's got a cold/flu of some type and he's miserable. I took him downstairs and rocked with him a bit, the only way he'd stop crying was being held up. Fed him some milk and he was finally ready for sleep around midnight. So that's when daddy went to sleep, too. Got up this morning and had to untarp the concrete (was supposed to rain) and move the car seats, do a few other little chores. I'm ready to go, though! I hope I don't crash and burn later. Hope everyone has a great day! Matthew |
