Day job

Iv dug up the old patio at the back of the house and ordered a few tons of sand some cement and new paving slabs for all the old and new area to be done
The lorry with the sand and bags of cement tuned up on Wednesday morning before my wasted trip to the hospital  and the driver backed his large lorry in ok without to much trouble
The paving slabs were due Thursday so im up early only to find i have no milk, so i nip around the corner to get some and on the way back i meet the lorry with the slabs just coming out of out road end, have you just delivered my slabs i say, no i cannot get in theres cars all over the place, load of bollocks i tell him those cars are always there and the dustbin lorries go up there twice a week and i had sand delivered yesterday with a lot bigger lorry than your, ill go and back you in
So i walked up to the house and waited for him
And im still bloody waiting he F   d off 
got on to Jewsons we will bring them in the morning its now 19 00 still no slabs and iv been on their back all day, theres not just a few £2ooo worths, theres lorry drivers and theres lorry drivers

Took up the old block paving and cleaned all the weeds out the relayed them all, ill be slabbing over the top of them
 
 
Its a fairly large area that i have to do
Iv just barrowed in 3 ton of sharp sand and the cement to go with it
Still waiting for the slabs, bastards
As part of this job iv had to dismantle the small shed i built 6 years ago, it housed the mower and other bits like the concrete mixer
So the mower is no residing in my man cave and iv a new bench in there
 
 
 

Ill give you all 3 guesses and they all begin with no 
I keep telling myself your not going to do it, im not honestly IM NOT, HONEST

Progessing PAINFULLY slow with the day job, iv barrowed 3 ton of sand and 1/2 ton of cement plus about half of the slabs 140 of them from the front to the back of the house
Now im laying the slabs onto sand and cement mixed, hard back breaking work for an crippled 85 year old, and my son the lazy $%£&*) sits the other side of the patio window playing on his phone, words fail me, cannot believe a son of mine could be so lazy and thats the best word i have for him, its not as if he works, from morning till night he sits there
 
 
 
 
Thats one of the 4 settees hes ruined, worn out in 8 years and iv got to move it tomorrow

Hey there old man, from a younger (slightly) one. You are quite a rarity.
 I am much less active than you 'cos I lost the built in drive to do.
So  respect to you.

I applaud your effort on such a massive task. Its a good deal more than I would like to tackle now but have done in the past!  
Just be aware of your limitations and act accordingly..
   

The neck brace is a constant now except when in bed, but my neck kept waking me in bed last night, it seems to be getting worse
Richard came to the patio window yesterday and told me the step i was working on was out of square, im afraid i lost it and the words were unbecoming of a gentleman lol

Iv used all the 3 ton's of sharp sand and just had another 2 tons and the cement dropped off so that is my job for today barrowing it all to the back of house
Iv already been borrowing slabs to the back while waiting for the lorry with the sand, problem is im not allowed to make any noise as her indoors is still n bed and get a bit ratty if woken
Ask me how i know

On the subject of 'day jobs'  when we moved in the structural survey noted that the so-called firewall between the two houses had some serious gaps and should be filled in to limit risk if the adjacent house caught fire.  I have been collecting bricks for some time and to clear them from the back garden lugged them up into the attic.  Then finally decided to learn how to mix up mortar and looked closely and decided I would want to slice some of the brick so as to better fit into the jagged top of the wall.

Two sessions and the gaps are now substantially filled.  No way to get bricks tight against the roof so there might be a bit of a spill-over if the worst happened.  Got better at it as I progressed, rather rough but should slow down the flames.  And it opened up a bit more space in the man-cave.  Below is the before and after....