Andy, Orlando and his helper spent two long days — from 6 am to 6 pm — this weekend working on the road. Part of the road needed a much bigger piece of equipment than they had been using, so they hoped to finish everything for the year. It wasn’t to be.
The track hoe was great for digging and moving big rocks, but it wasn’t nearly as good for smoothing the road afterwards. It only went a mile an hour, so it took two hours the first day to get from where it was parked to where they started work. They’ll have at least one more weekend of work, with a smaller and more agile piece of equipment.
How was your weekend?
How was MY weekend, Jean? Over by the looks of it. Which is no bad thing since I tend to meander at a leisurely pace on a Saturday/Sunday. Ingrained by my upbringing. One of the reasons I never go shopping on a Sunday. Sacrilege. Day of rest and all that.
You mentioned you and your husband having retired at a (relatively) young age. Oh the luxury of it! Live now, repent later is all I can say on my behalf. Wonder if that makes the actual day of the week immaterial or whether you still observe certain rituals. Other than that: It’s amazing what will catch our interest, make us work (build a road) when, in theory, some of us (like you) don’t have to. Some time ago you mentioned Andy planting trees (cherry if memory serves me right). Stuck with me. I think it quite wonderful, and showing such spirit, to make an effort for a future the bounty of which one may not live to see.
U
The great joy of being retired is we get to choose the projects we work on and we get to choose our own hours. Every day is a weekend — we don’t work, we play. Even though not everyone would make the same choices.
It’s fun to watch things grow, and Andy is ever the optimist when he comes to his fruit trees. He expects to see some fruit in two years. I wouldn’t bet the rent on it, but I wish him luck.
one mile an hour !!!!
astounding information. gives me all new respect for our road builders here . . .
and why i won’t chime in anymore when people groan . . .
“WHAT’S taking them so long???!!!”
for what you’ve already spent in time and money perhaps you could have had a professional asphalt crew come in and black top that thang! LOLOL.
yes. “thang” on purpose. because i’m sure that was a totally ignorant remark! 😀
There are over 70 more pictures of the weekend at http://www.flickr.com/photos/8185675@N07/ — if you were so foolish as to look at them all. 🙂
We’re hoping the improvements to the roads will be enough to keep them from washing out in the future. Only time will tell. I will let you know!
The activity is so impressive and rather scary near the road’s edge! Wow. I wouldn’t mind borrowing that equipment for one hour!
Busy weekend washing walls, prepping for winter and hanging heavier curtains. Keeping busy so negative attitude stays away. As a wise person once said: “Move a muscle, remove a thought,” or something like that. (And thanks for your recent email… I’m doing better.)
I’m glad you’re feeling better. As you know, I was concerned. I agree about physical activity, both that and having mentally challenging projects to immerse myself in are crucial to my happiness.
Spring sprung here in the weekend!
Saturday, was the last school boys soccer match of the season, and M and his team mates were up against the top team. They didn’t expect to win, they didn’t expect to have a fair/balanced game BUT they played a respectable game losing 2-1 BUT they didn’t let the other team run all over them; hence it was balanced. Each week, the coach names “player of the day” and they get a certificate and I believe a discounted food item somewhere. Well J had a lot of trouble finding “player of the day” because they all played well. At the conclusion, some lads ended up with a certificate anyway because there were some left over…
The game was played in the Northern region of the North Shore – so it was a long trip for me who lives in the Western region of the City.
Sunday, I had got behind with catching up with a friend – so it was coffee and muffin at the Mall in one of the mini cafes they have there. I somehow managed a free coffee, according to my new electronic coffee card, even though I have never used it. I think it had something to do with registering on-line…I had still been using the paper stamped card up until then! Plus I spent a bit of time musing on matters…and taking a day off; as it had been a very busy writing/research week.
Like Ursula: I do not see the weekend as necessarily a separate day of the week – as more than often I have something scheduled into those days as well…
I don’t have much on in my schedule for the next 2 weeks as there are no university classes to attend; although do have some more writing to attend to – tidying up the essay due on the 17th!
It must be nice having a break from classes so you can get caught up on other things. And I’m glad Spring has come for you.
Saturday went in a rush with flying up to Delhi and catching up with preparations at my host’s place. Sunday was spent with my niece and her family and also a short visit to an aging uncle and aunt who were able to fill me in with all Delhi gossip. That is something like visiting a Washington member of the establishment for Indians! The evening and night was again spent preparing for the big day on Monday.
I hope it was pleasant rather than hectic.