This morning after breakfast we went out towards Santa Fe to visit some friends from the farmers market, Sam and Daniel, along with their son Joe Hickory, who is a year younger than Luke. It was a pretty morning – overcast and not too hot. They had a lot going on – ducks, geese, chickens, cows, sheep, and lots of plants. Luke had a great time seeing everything and meeting Joe Hickory. From there we drove to the farmers market and got a few things. Luke rode his tricycle around some also. After lunch Luke and I both tried to nap, without success. I took trash to the dump and then Luke and I messed around in the garage and covered up the water line that was dug up last weekend. He went to bed early but it took him a long time to fall asleep.

This morning at 5:45 I got a text from Eric saying that he had just run a couple of guys off the job site who looked like they were up to no good. So that was how the day started. We took Luke to his first day of preschool and he only cried a little as we left. I dropped Liz off at her office in Cool Springs, then went to Home Depot, Chick-fil-a, Lowe’s, another Home Depot, and Goodwill before returning to Liz’s office. We went to lunch at a Mediterranean place before we returned to the office. I sat in the car reading one of my books from Goodwill until it was time to go get Luke. He was in a good mood when we picked him up, and we took a scenic route home so he could see some construction equipment. I stayed at the house for a little bit before driving to Monteagle. Fortunately it didn’t look like anything had been stolen, but I took all the ladders to the cottage to be safe. Then I drove home to find everybody asleep. I might try to finish my book. It’s pretty good.

I got a slow start to the morning as we all slept in a bit and I had several things to pack up. Then the goodbyes took a while as Matt and Krystal left at the same time as I did. My first stop was Cedar Direct in Chapel Hill, where I picked up three smaller bundles of my tongue and groove pine. Fortunately I was able to unload them with my tractor at the job site. I also finished assembling my cement mixer and had my 6×6 porch posts delivered. Also a guy came out to look at doing some grading under the porches. Once he left I drove down to Hillsboro and picked up five IBC totes. I filled one halfway with water at the cottage and then took them all to the job site. I returned to the cottage during the heat of the day to do a little computer work and then returned to the houses to start pouring concrete. My new mixer did really well, although it was still a lot of work. Also I got filthy. But I finished a little before eight and then went to Piggly Wiggly for some food. I have been reading a book on my phone and trying to unwind.