Children: May 2006 Archives

Things have really picked up in pace over the weekend here. Just how big of a change? This big - The view of my backyard from the attic window this morning.We were left on November 3, 2005 with this for a backyard. It sat like this from November until this past weekend. Then a flurry of activity began as the weather had warmed up enough to be able to continue the construction process. These guys work fast.An electrician was scheduled for friday. He was a no show. The plaster guys were to come on Saturday. They went to the wrong job first. The water guy called he was on his way. Had to cancel. About two and a half hours later they were finished.Finally the plaster guys show up at 7:22am on a sunday morning. WTH is up with that? Where I come from no one does work on Sunday morning. It never fails to surprise how you can get just about anything done in Northern Virginia on a Sunday. Even a doctor appointment. Yes! How surreal for me. The plaster was pretty much considered dry but it is the water that actually cures it. It is all done in the same day.It took three of these beasts filled with water to fill the hole in the ground. This truck brought 5000 gallons of water. Another truck brought two loads of water at 4300 gallons a load. It takes longer than you think to empty a truck.That is somewhere in the neighborhood of 13,600 gallons of clorinated city water works water. MUCH longer.About 3 hours later the pool was finally filled. The girls sat out by the pool every minute possible anticipating the moment that would come when the pool was finally full of water. They saved everything from last summer to have on hand immediately without having to look for it.These two were bound and determined to get in as soon as the water was in. The water temperature was below 60F.Did I mention what the temperature was yesterday? Don't let all of that sunshine fool you. Official temperatureYes, you see correctly. Tomorrow I must tell you about the shoes the plaster guys wear.