The Floor!

Today we finished three weeks of work and we poured the floor for the second story.
I am sore. We "Hondo" mixed enough cement to pour a 2.5 inch deep floor - 10 feet above the ground. Hondo mixed concrete is done on the ground. You start with 2 wheelbarrows of sand, add one wheel barrow of gravel, then throw on a 100 pound of cement. You then mix all of the pile up into a small mountain. Then we make a volcano and add water to the middle portion. Normally we only mix one bag at a time however, in order to make enough for the floor, we mixed two piles of 4 bags each. We had also added 7 extra men to our crew today so that we could get this job done without going to see Jesus (in person) today. Even with 12 people working, we were all pretty much toasted from this job. It is done!
Next we will begin the finish work on the bottom floor. This will prepare the area with plumbing, electricity, etc. This work will give us about 3 days for the new concrete to dry and begin to cure.
All in all, we expect to be laying block on the second story by the end of this week. This should put us in a position to close in the project by the end of next week. Stay tuned!
Well, it is almost 10:PM here and I'm tired. I will get you another update in a day or two.
Be a blessing to somebody today!
Marc