Floating Phil

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My landscaping project continues.

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Yea, starting this thing and no turning back now, 
 
Go time this morning, first digging up and removing the timber and then got stuck into the soil.  Digging and scraping to get the area level in preparation for the new, much larger, and a much thicker layer of stones I would like to put down.  Made a good dent in the work, for the first day, happy with my progress.
 
While this was going on, I also tried to load the trailer in such a way that off loading it would be as quick and painless as possible.  I didn’t want to load too much in the trailer either, in the event that the off loading does not go smooth at all.  The sun seems to be setting earlier and earlier now in the evenings as well, so try not to work in the dark.
 
In other news: How often do you get to meet the boss of your first real, fulltime job, again after almost 20 years? 
Well, back in 2005, I started working fulltime at a radio station in Cape Town, after finishing a year of volunteering there earlier in 2002 (I think).  I was “technical manager” but I was also the only technical person there, so hence the “manager” in my title.  Looking back, it was also my first job where I managed things, rather than people… something I am good at up to this day.  Over the next couple of years I kept very very loose contact with Anna (my boss back then) and a couple of weeks ago I sent her a copy of a photograph from the “good-old-days” after I was (and still is) sorting out some of my data.  In a strange way of luck and coincidence, she messaged me back and said they will be in Christchurch at the end of May this year, visiting some friends.  Long story short… I am excited and looking forward to meeting her and her husband at the end of this month.  I have so much to say, and ask and catchup on… almost considered making a list, LOL.    
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2 responses to “My landscaping project continues.”

  1. Die enigste probleem met die herontmoeting met ou kennisse is die skokkende realiteit van hoe die jare vir jou aangestap het en hoe vader tyd die landskap van jou voorkoms verander het.
    Vertrou dit gaan vir jou en Anna ‘n aangename herontmoeting wees.