It's been so hot around here that I decide to do my work (trenching for the sewer lines) at night. The ground was so hard I set the sprinkler to soak the area. It actually went pretty well though it was hard to tell how deep I was digging, till the next morning. I went in about 3 am so I could get some rest before going to Home Depot in Waco to pick up the entry door units.

I was just getting ready to leave when Charles Kasparian came back with his son (Jacob) and his big Cat backhoe. He got started straight away on the job of laying our underground electrical service. I left for Waco, but Pam told me later that he had a tough go of it all day long. About 2’ down he ran into a rock shelf with which he had to contend all day; which made the going much slower than he had anticipated.

I got to Waco about 11am and left rear 4:30 pm. All that time was spent at Home Depot just trying to get someone to get my doors (for which I had already paid) from the back of the store out to my trailer. The only reason I bring this up is because I passed Charles going home at 5:30ish and I knew he’d had a much harder day than I.

When I got home Pam told me how Jacob had worked so very hard helping out his dad all day long, and was one tired fellow at the end of the day. She said they used dishwashing detergent to help feed cable through the conduit. Now it looks like I a new roadway from the pole to the transformer.

When Cleddy and TD arrived Friday they helped off load the door unit (each weighing approx. 150#) then once the rest of the crew got here they started by running an additional C purlin across the top of the ceiling joist( a ridgebackthey called it) for added strength. I went to G’ville for some decking for them to use as a platform off of which to work (assembling the rafters).

Gary (with the shades on his hat) was back from his trip and was going strong with his sidekick David of Polk Construction. TD and Thad unloaded the wafer board then started hoisting the rafters up to David who clamped them in place while Gary and Cleddy welded them in position. With two sets of rafters in place they attached several purlinsbetween them and some angle iron to stabilize them and called it a day.

Paul Snyder came to visit and wanted to try out my four-wheeler backhoe, so I put him to work on finishing the ditch I’d started for the sewer. It started to rain(thank you Lord!!!)
We went inside; he called his brother (Kenneth) and later went over to visit with him for a while. Paul has to have his larynx removed this month, so I would ask for anyone who reads this to say a little prayer for him and his.