Thursday, October 29, 2009 - Surprise, Surprise, Surpirse

I told myself before I met the day this morning that I just wasn't up for any surprises today. Guess what? Today was full of surprises, but not the kind of put-me-in-the-dumps surprises I have had all month long. No, I had surprises like being blocked in by work trucks at 7:00 am. Surprises like the laborers saying the working conditions were not ideal, but they were going to build our cinderblock walls today. I was surprised when I learned the workers were on the job past 4:00 pm, meaning they even worked through the afternoon rain showers. But most of all, I was surprised by the progress they made; the first visible sign of a house addition being built. Granted, they are only about two-thirds of the way through with it, and they haven't yet begun to tie it to the existing house or waterproofing it. This means, however, that we are close to pouring more concrete and then framing out the space...hammers and nails. The yard, driveway, and patio have been declared disaster areas, the year-old fence is missing a twelve-foot span, but the project is coming to life. Let's keep moving, let's keep moving...