500 pounds of rock, one bruised fingernail, one beautiful sound

[sergebroom]

I took a day off from office life yesterday, which is why I worked home nearly non-stop from 7am until 8pm. First, I removed one last bush, and took its sad remains along with the other deracinated bushes to the dump. On the way back, I picked up 20 more of those 25-pound bricks. The rest of the day was spent taking down the retaining wall I had set up a few days ago, because watering resulted in liquid seeping thru. After rebuilding it with a plastic tarp between the bricks and the soil, I began work on another flower bed's retaining wall. By supper time, I was done, and happy with the results, except for the time I pinched one fingertip with a brick. Sue congratulated me, but of course had to point out that the second flower bed was now much bigger than she had plants for, to which I replied I was sure she'd find a way to fill it up. Like Nature, my wife abhors a vacuum. Anyway, by 8pm, a few plants having been put into the ground, and a big heap of dirt having been relocated, I was able to call it a day. And went to bed until about 6:30am, which is way oversleeping for yours truly.

I did get a break during the day, when our new dishwasher was installed. What a beautiful sound, one I had not heard in months of manual dishwashing.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I hope the finger isn't hurting too much. My nephrologist, for some reason, recommends grapeseed extract as an analgesic.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Well, tissue regeneration technology is still primitive. I'm glad it doesn't hurt much.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Nah. It was a bit tender at first, and there is a dark spot under the base of the nail, but that's it. The experience was nothing like 5 years ago when I somehow managed to close my car's door onto the tip of my little finger. That, to say the least, was painful after I yanked my finger out. The next day, the pain was still unpleasant and my fingertip was swollen, so I went to Urgent Care, in case my finger was fractured. It turned out that the pain was because of the liquid buildup uner the nail. The doc punctured the nail with a sharp needle and things felt much better after that. Sure, my fingernail eventually fell off, but it grew back. Kind of like what happens to Wolverine, but much more slowly.