Thursday, May 19 - In San Diego

 A typical gray morning.

Amy is working from home and Penny is staying home. Penny is very hyper over the foundation guys working under the house. They finished up the rebar for the foundation and Trent from SD Engineering came over in the afternoon to inspect and verify that it was ok. Then they finished putting the forms on the outside.

Another very busy and exhausting day.

I put up the broom and mop rack in La Casita to help organize her tools.

When Amy was here a year ago, she picked up some driftwood at Indian Lake which we brought back when we drove out last August. We had intended to help hang it from here ceiling as a support for hanging plants but didn't manage to fit this in during the 3 trips there afterwards. I bought some strong hangers at Home Depot and was able to get them installed in Amy's ceiling. Two went nicely into the joists in the new part of the house. In the original part of the house I couldn't find the joists due to sheetrock over plaster over lath but the toggle supports should be strong enough.

Then back to backfilling around the sump pump pit and the new crawlspace opening. The dirt that we had dug out is almost rock hard after drying out and needed to be loosened with a pickaxe. 

Amy, Anna and I all went out to Ponce's for a farewell dinner.













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