It misted rain, and rained, all day today. We just plodded around in the mud and did the best we could.
This morning was the "Christmas breakfast" for the Site and Maintenance people. YWAM took 15 of us to Simply Bertie's restaurant for breakfast. Bertie is a really interesting lady. I'm sure she is someone who we would like to know better. I've had breakfast there before and she remembered me. We had a chance to talk some because I thought we were supposed to meet there at 7, actually we were supposed to meet at 8.
Kathy and Marie stained OSB panels today. They didn't go to breakfast with us guys. They are supposed to go out at a different time.
We guys stripped the forms off the wall we poured yesterday and poured the wall foundation that we formed yesterday. These folks put an unbelievable amount of water in their concrete. When we poured the 3' tall wall yesterday one of the guys was bailing water off the top of the concrete when the concrete level got up close to the top of the form.
This morning there was standing water in the bottom of the wall footing. I suggested that we get rid of at least some of the water before putting Sackrete in the form. I was outvoted. We put 7 bags of dry Sackrete in the bottom of the 14"wide by 5.5" deep by 17' long form trying to soak up the water. After the first 4 bags the guys were convinced that maybe we really did need to try and get some of the water out of the forms, so we started bailing. Eventually we worked 8 bags of Sackrete into the water in the forms and then mixed 7 more bags in a wheelbarrow to finish the pour.
In the afternoon we pulled 750' of fiber optic cable through an existing conduit. It is now ready for the Systems people to do the terminations.
I need to spend more time thanking God that I can lift and work with a LOT of 80# bags of Sackrete. I'm tired from the physical labor but not actually hurting from it.
Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.
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