Limestone Screening

The ground has settled around the areas where we had the foundations excavated and waterproofed, and somehow water is still getting in here and there, through the waterproofing, the cement wall, the spray-foam insulation, and the vapour barrier. So we've ordered a truckload of limestone screening, and I will spend the next couple of days schlepping it to build up the sunken areas and slant the ground away from the building. Won't be pretty, but it's a temporary fix until we can do actual hardscaping. 

The tricky bit is that it's been raining for a few days, and the screening arrived damp. I'm hoping it doesn't compact itself into cement before I can spread the pile around.

So much of my life seems to revolve around hauling aggregates in buckets and wheelbarrows. I'll tell you, though, these days I much prefer hard physical labour to sitting at a computer screen. You can actually see what you're accomplishing, and you feel deliciously tired afterward, every muscle used and appreciated. Then you feel you deserve to sit on the couch and watch Netflix with a bowl of popcorn, and you don't feel guilty about it because of the calories you just burned. You don't burn many calories sitting at a desk and wiggling your fingers.