August 25, 2009

Tuesday

Aug. 25, 2009

Well, I made up for yesterday. I wouldn’t give Paola the pick all morning (from 8-12:30), and went nuts. By the afternoon, I finally let her pick for a couple turns. We finished our section, but it was a bit sloped so I was assigned to level it and clean the wall that bordered one side. I made it as level and as clean as a floor, and Andrea gave me a “bene” for my work. At 5, he had to drag me away from my corner (there was still a bit more to clear), telling me “basta! Basta!” (enough! Enough!) and laughing at my protests. When I finally got up, I realized that they’d already cleaned up the rest of the trench and were taking the supplies to the shed, so I had to take my bucket of dirt to the mountain of dirt separately and take my tools to the shed separately as well. I’m exhausted, and every muscle hurts from picking or crouching, but I feel better about myself now.