I got up when the alarm went off, but I stayed in bed and played Minions for over an hour. Then I got up, did the pet stuff, had breakfast, and did some surfing.
Originally I was going to take the day off, but I decided to start applying mortar to the pump shelter foundation. I was tired of worrying that it wasn't going to be very easy. I got the Lowe's bucket from the back porch and another bucket that has been out by the back fence for years. I filled the Lowe's bucket with water and used the other one to mix the mortar. That bucket had been in the sun too long. Pieces were always breaking off.
Mixing and applying the mortar turned out to be pretty easy. It was almost fun. It took a little more than an hour to do the two sides that I'd put up leveling strings for. When I started it was 83 degrees with 83% humidity. So I was soaked with sweat when done. I'd also acquired several new mosquito bites. I couldn't do any more because I need longer stakes to anchor the leveling lines for the other two sides. Also, I was running out of mortar mix.
So I cleaned everything off and threw away the trashed the bucket. Then I went inside and took a shower. After the shower I did a little surfing until Ellen's pump started to run dry. We got in the car and went to the doctor's.
After the doctor we went to the yuppie grocery. I also stopped and picked up another pair of summer shoes. My current ones are wearing out. When did I get to the point that I was OK with buying $100 shoes? The next stop was the Thai place for a late lunch. We were both really hungry.
The last two stops were Home Depot (for mortar mix, a bucket, and two pieces of rebar) and the post office. It was after 4 when we got home.
The rest of the day was surfing and TV for me. Ellen went to a pistol shooting class.
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