Changing of the Guard

We have a long retaining wall at the top of the hill in our back yard. It was an extension of the original small one that held up the ground by the edge of our original patio. One board in the wall had rotted out. My brother took me in his truck to Lowe's. I got a new piece of lumber to replace it.

Today I had a lunch meeting. So, I ate early. After the meeting, I ran a long running job at work. Then I went out. I dug up the dirt in front of the damaged board. It was tough as it was laced with gravel. And it was on top of a wire mesh. I got the new board in.

Then I had to take some breaks. I back filled the hole in front of the board with fresh gravel. Then I took the gravel I dug up and put it along a trench behind the fence. I picked up the plywood and lumber that held the gravel I dug up. Then I finally got rid of some of the trash from the project.

My boss was out of the office. But his boss, and some people on the new team were trying to get me to join a meeting. I had missed it by two hours. I told my boss' boss that I went to the lunch meeting. Then I was away from my laptop. Oh well.