Slabtown

I entered into the weekend still fighting allergies. Three weeks now. I was getting really, really tired from spending all that energy on fighting off pollen. In fact Friday night I just plopped down and slept. The rest of the family was getting ready to play Carcassonne; I couldn't do it. I slept the clock around. First real good sleep in a week.

But I awoke inundated with allergies still. I did a little around the house, but Saturday was mostly a day to sleep, rest, and to try to stay enthusiastic about breathing.

Saturday night / Sunday morning, though, it rained a bit. Just enough to wash the pollen out of the air. I awoke feeling noticeably better. That sense of being better continued throughout the day, as C and I worked outside.

Our plans were to make the garage usable. That didn't happen. But we did tend to the new grass (it's coming up), and sculpted the pile of dirt in the back yard into a berm. Naturally, that wasn't as straightforward as one would hope. Par for the course in an old house.

See, it turned out that there's a bunch of concrete under the back corner. Looks like an oil pit for car repairs. The previous owners just bark dusted over it. No wonder the winter rains didn't drain well back there. WE scraped all the dirt off the concrete, and have been discussing how to handle the new discovery. Our current thought is to integrate the pads into our back yard decoration in some way. We'll probably fill the pit with gravel to provide drainage and to eliminate the hole altogether. Perhaps, in a while, we might install a garden tool shed over in that area. If we do, then the concrete will make the perfect slab for the foundation.