I have to admit when it looked like the mixer was broken and
we might have to wait for it to be fixed a part of me thought “oh goody I can
have a rest”! Unfortunately, thanks to Mark and Brett that didn’t happen; in
fact it went from bad to worse. Brett said that today would be setting up for
Thursday, as we have our Portuguese lesson on a Wednesday, and he needed to
order more sand and cement before we could do anymore work too. So we went to
the builder’s merchant and instead of saying he would deliver this afternoon he
said “Agora” (now). Which meant that this afternoon we were down the gym/studio
and tried to finish the studio floor (the step down 6’ x 18’); it was one of
those horrible days when nothing goes right. We couldn’t level the floor, the
concrete set to quickly and it all looked a mess; we put in 13 mixes and ended
up scrapping it all flat so that we can cover it with a 2”-3” screed. So having
learnt our lesson we mixed up another two wheel-barrowfuls and constructed a
couple of rows of level mounds so that the gym floor will be easier to level.
Hoorah, we had a text from Pam and Mark “Drinks down the
bar?”; they came back to eat with us (after going home to pick up their cute
little puppy dog). They have more ‘workawayers’ arriving on Thursday.
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