All but ready for cement

 A day later than expected but here I am with another update, and again I'm pretty tired so having a four day period to cover means this may be a short one. Onwards!

Playing in her tent

Sat on the trolley at the shops

With all the drawings she did with Mummy

Sunday night Sunset

Another blurry Oriole

So. The weekend. Saturday was Daddy Day as always and after play time for a bit I went with Rosie into town to try and get some storage for the balcony, and also to look for edging for the slope off the patio. The storage was a success but the curb stone not so much. The rest of the weekend was a lot of pool time, including the neighbours joining us which was lovely, and art time with Rosie's new easel, and then a lovely sunset. Yesterday we had a call early from Bekir that he wasn't coming in so no workmen for the day and the only picture I took was of an oriole that was flying around the patio - there are loads this year and I have now seen and not just heard them a fair few times.

Bekir laying out the center line

Very hot work for Halil

More shovelling

Now making sure the ramp is ready

At the yard of the cement block factory

Hot hot hot today

And so to today, which started off with me feeling rested after a good night sleep. It was hot today, and Bekir and Halil were working hard in the sun to finish off the final tasks before the cement pour. This involved laying the centre wooden strip across both sections and putting the metal grid down and it took them most of the day, working steadily but understandably not moving fast. I was baking working in the shade! The cement lorry was not available for Wednesday so will not be coming until Thursday and by the end of the day they had all but done everything. I headed out with Bekir to get edging stones and after visiting the factory (who didn't want to sell such a small quantity) we found what we needed in the normal shop. It was 40 degrees down in the yard, and 38 outside the Old School. Hot indeed.

Tomorrow I hope that they are able to work inside for most of the day as it isn't good working in such heat, even with regular breaks and ice creams. Thanks for reading.