Back to where we started...sorta. Hah.

Song of the day: “Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat.

I was right on the dot this morning. I’ve noticed that the eyes half-stock thing bothers me the most when I oversleep. Pity too, since sleeping that extra half hour is soooo nice. Hah.

Anyway, in light of the friendly rejection letter yesterday, we decided to break the usual routine a little and do some rereading of “Saving Nina” just to see if everything was right. We went over what are known to be common errors. Nothing major, not even a typo, just sentences that were set up in a certain way and could be altered, if so desired…it wasn’t so we left it alone. Hah.

Anyway, we had a friend visiting today, so there was a cozy chat, some coffee and then it was out into the yard to resume work on the last wall…oh wait, it isn’t; as soon as temperatures begin to drop (a month from now, tops) we’re going to have to work on the veranda supports. What with the dead cacti below it, there might be a chance that the old wall (it was there before we moved here) won’t hold. We’re going to need to put in a new one in front of it.

Anyways, we work on the wall, fill up the empty void behind it, and then top it off with a thick layer of concrete and flat rocks. Soon we have a small bench-like terrace…the dogs jump on top of it constantly, of course…and this massive pillar (under the fence pole) that leans against the rock wall.

The support properly done, we start back on the missing section, and by the time the afternoon draws to an end, we’re back on the level we were prior to the unfortunate crashing. That done, I head up to the carport where big brother is welding one of the wheelbarrows that broke a few days ago.

Soon thereafter, we head out with grandpa to get a new batch of reed, along with wooden beams of a fallen tree trunk we practically fall over. It makes for two nice poles that are going to come in handy, in the near future.
Once back home, with dinner behind us, I do the Blog, of course and then the evening is rapidly drawing to an end. Yep, I’m definitely up for an early night…especially not now that I’m going to try to prevent sleeping in. *sigh*

Strangely enough, I’m not even minding the fact that we’ve decided to do a loose reread of “Saving Nina” before we’ll resume sending it out again. Hah.