March 6th

Today I was doing more pick-axeing and managed to slice off a toad's arm!! am quite upset by my maiming- I was a veggie for ten years and an animal lover! the toad was naturally quite shaken, I moved him to a nice moist, dark area in the garden. 20 mins later- he's gone. hope he manages without his arm! I spotted a second toad and re- located it before I could do any more damage. I was taught how to use a nail gun today- very exciting! Not sure at all that I should be trusted with one personally- am very clumsy at best of times, and these things basically fire out nails in an explosion- stand well back when I have one of these bad boys in my hands! About the clumsiness- managed to get my jeans tangled in some steel mesh i was carrying, I managed to stay upright (but pride not intact as mick and dad saw me- oops!am tgrying to prove that I deserve a place in a male dominated work place!) resulted in a few grazes on my legs- not bad so far! one of the skip lorry drivers confesses that he watches his language when he visits our site- see I have many uses-I have possibly created the 1st build site where F*** isn't the most frequently used word! Just when we're packing up, the skip company calls to say that 3 skip lorries are on the way- at this point we're trying to get rid of as many skips full of topsoil as poss so my dad decides we should stay. workers not impressed as pub o'clock is calling, so I decided we all needed an ice cool beer- sped off to town to fetch them. Happy workers :-)