I shut the alarm off this morning and went to sleep for another half hour. I was up past 12 last night, so that was justifiable. About 8 I woke up, played some Minions, and did some surfing. I got up about 9 and did the pet stuff and had breakfast. It was cloudy, so I didn't hurry.
After breakfast I went outside to do some digging. I had decided to use concrete blocks for the base of the pump shelter. I figured that was the best way to make sure the base was level. Because the west side of the pump is about 6 inches lower than the east that involved some digging. I removed the stones I had placed there and started digging. The "soil" was full of rocks, so I had to use the pick to loosen it.
It started to rain lightly as I left the house. It got steadily heavier as I worked. After about half an hour It got heavy enough that I decided to quit. I put all the tools away. As I was walking back to the house the rain returned to a light drizzle. So I went back to work.
It took me almost 2 hours to dig out, level, and set a dozen concrete blocks. It rained most of the tie, but it was also in the high 80's. That made it miserable. I dug out two carts loads of dirt and rocks. I hauled them over to the berm by the basketball court. They are a lot heavier than cart loads of gravel. I was really tired when I was done.
I went inside, took a shower and had lunch. I sat and surfed for awhile to recover. Then we went to the post office, the pet store (for cat food), Home Depot (for more concrete blocks), Fireman's (to get a pickle bucket), HEB (for milk), and Circle C to run the dog. Home Depot had some concrete block adhesive that I'm going to try. I was even more tired after all of that.
When I got home I decided to get some nice grips for the Sig I just bought. It's a nice gun, but it's plain. I order some English Walnut grips that look like the stocks on our shotguns.
The evening was watching the gun shows on TV. I waited until the evening garbage run to unload the 14 concrete blocks I bought.
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