The Never-Ending Fence Project

We are now in week 6 of building the fence. The same one that our contractor said would take 1 to 2 weeks to complete.

And the end is in sight but the finish is still a week or 2 out.

The little female dog we are adopting is now ours full time. And she just went into heat!

Shit!

I swore I would never go through a dog in heat again. With any luck, the fence will be finished to a degree sufficient to contain the dogs at the end of today.

If not, let the doggy sex begin!

We have an amazing spay and neuter clinic in town. It is a non-profit, free service. The awful starving, stray dog problem has been solved through the incredible efforts of this non-profit.

Our new little female will under go the knife in 2 weeks.

In the mean time, we will have to endure the powerful yearning of nature's way.

You may be asking yourself, "How in the hell can a project get delayed this long?"

I'm glad you asked.

Mainly, a lack of supervision and underestimating the amount of work.

The contractor left 2 men on the fence for 4 weeks without supervision. They sandbagged him in a big way, mainly hanging out in our garage playing video games on their phones. And the afternoon rain would send them scurrying home when a 15 minute wait would of yielded a perfectly good afternoon to work...if they only waited.

Now, after today when they will finish most of the fence, we will wait another week or 2 for the electrician to hook up the electric gate motor.

Not a big problem because we can use the gate until it is hooked up to electricity.

You are now shaking your head and wondering why we are putting an electric motor on the gate, huh?

Well, the road is steep at the gate. To get out of the truck or car and open the gate requires shutting the motor off and setting the brake. Sooner or later, the temptation to leave the motor running and use the emergency brake would be too great and an accident will surely happen.

So we will get the electric opener.

Once again I learn the lesson that nothing, and I mean nothing, happens here in a reasonable amount of time.

On another note, life is busy now. I have 3 rehearsal a week for the hootenanny and 3 Spanish lessons a week plus homework. Busy, busy.

I like it!

Life is good...in spite of the Never-Ending Fence Project.