Urgk.

[oloriel]

After last week's frost this week temperatures have risen above 0°C again, hurrah. The frost reminded us, however, that we have to get the concrete poured fast, seeing how it cannot set at temperatures below +5°C and it needs several days to set so one night's frost would be enough to ruin the whole thing. (What does the water in the concrete do in a frosty night? Yep, Applied Physics again...)

In other words, we are in a hurry.

Fortunately the floor of the stable is, as of noon today, ready for the concrete-pouring, and tomorrow there will be a ready-mixed concrete lorry (for once, no mixing the concrete pail by pail!).

Of course, the lorry cannot drive on sand, so the plaster in the yard had to be replaced at least temporarily.

So I replaced the plaster. It's quarrystone, so every stone has a different size and fit. I had to puzzle my way across the yard, so to say.

It wasn't even much - six square meters or something - and I didn't even do it properly. Took more than five hours. Started at 3, finished at 8:30.

That's especially fun when it's late October and the sun sets at 6:30.

Buggre alle thys for a larke. My lower back is killing me. My knees are killing me. My eyes are killing me. My wrists are killing me. I suspect I may be developing tendosynovitis now, too.
Also, feeling cold.

*flops down*

For some reason I kept hearing the Korobushka in my head.
The Korobushka is an Eastern European folk dance. The melody is more commonly known as "the Tetris melody".

Edit: Still feeling cold despite blazing fire in fireplace. Suspect there may be more than tendosynovitis involved. Great.

Comments

[fusselbiene.livejournal.com]

"For some reason I kept hearing the Korobushka in my head."
It's the Korobeiniki, I believe. ^^

Whenever I do work that has to do something with arranging/ re-arranging stuff I keep hearing the Tetris-song in my head for days. Good for you if you got rid of it right after plastering. ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Same difference. Both names exist and signify the same theme, I learned it under the name of Korobushka. ;)

Who says I got rid of it?