Daily - March 5, 2026
Today’s recap
Two days for this one.
Yesterday we did prep work for one of our best customers. He is having a pool installed at his house, right over the top of about 1/3 of his side grass. Since the pool, plus concrete work, is going to take up so much of the area, we have to complete rework the sprinkler system. We originally installed this system 5 years ago and we spent the day remembering how everything was run and what we will need to do to keep the system functional while the pool is being built and what we need to do later to change it around the pool when its done. Of course the entire time we were there is poured rain. But, we got it sorted and met with the pool contractor. The critical component is that the pool contractor installs a sleeve in a path we marked so we can run pipe and wire under the new concrete (when finished). This is hard because every time we have had these discussions with a hardscape contractor they never, and I mean never, actually install the sleeve even though we go over it a hundred times and explain how important it is. This time we told them and the homeowner they cannot do the concrete until we come out and install the sleeve after the grading. We will see how this goes.
Our backup plan for the van, since I explained why we can’t ask my sister for a loan, was to ask my wife’s father. I hated this from the beginning. One, it makes me look like a bad provider. Two, he’s a real fucking jackass. Not in the traditional bad dad/toxic male sense. He has been an unloving father who has ignored my wife through most of her life. When he remarried he let his new wife treat Wife horribly, allowing both physical and mental abuse. He barely even knows our kids names. Yet, he finds the time to be a great dad to Wife’s brother and his two kids he has with his new wife.
He’s a real piece of shit.
We have never, ever asked him for help. A while back Wife had a coming to Jesus talk with him and told him he was/is an awful dad. He apologized and said he wants to be better. This was his chance. Guess what?
He’s a real piece of shit.
He said no and then went on to tell Wife how he, his wife, and their two kids are going to Europe for the summer. Then said he bought one of them a car (don’t mistake kids with child, these “kids” are in their 30s and still live at home). This really tore Wife up. She was hoping she could have a real dad at some point.
Wanted to update this section. He’s not an asshole for not giving us a loan. We understand its a big ask and never expect anything from anyone. It truly is a favor we asked and totally understand if the other person says no. The reason he’s a jackass is because he was rude, demeaning, and uncaring. He was dismissive of our problems and had no interest in even providing fatherly care to Wife. It was more of an annoyance he had to speak to her.
Dinner, bedtime, and then we started watching the newest season of Night Agent.
Today my son joined me for work so we could wrap up a job we ended last year with. We were waiting for them to finish planting certain areas so we can install the drip tubing. With the three of us working we got it all done in under 4 hours. It was nice to do a job that ended early. These are also one of our best customers who had us do this install and we did the install at their previous house. We will be back at their new place at the end of the month to install a small water feature on the back patio.
Wife’s dad reached back out and asked to talk some more. He offered to loan us the money with no explanation why he said no yesterday. Wife told him to go to hell. I’m proud of her. We will figure it out on our own, we always have. This is the last time we are asking folks for help.
Home a little early and emptied my truck so I can get rock tomorrow for the other water feature we are working on (who also happen to be friends with the customer we worked with today).
I decided to take everyone out to dinner tonight. We don’t have the money for it, but we needed something nice to happen. With my dad, Wife’s dad, my health problems, and everything else going horribly wrong lately, we needed something nice. And it was. We went to a local mexican place and everyone was excited to go. Food was good and was mostly empty since we went early. I got home and took a half of a Benadryl and I seem to be doing okay. We had a nice 90 minutes as a family.
Hung out, bedtime, and then more Night Agent.
Projects
No projects today.
Daily gratitude
- Thankful for Wife. Ride or die, we do this together.
- So, so glad we staged all the parts we needed for our job today and left them at the house last winter. Made today so much easier.
- Dinner was great.
Tomorrow’s big thing(s)
Buy some rock.
Loose thoughts
Apple people when they talk about Chromebooks: 🤮
When Apple releases a Chromebook: 🤑
Oh, I can hear you and all your excuses why the Neo is different. Whatever you need to do so you can please Apple Daddy and simp for a trillion dollar corporation that bootlicks Trump.
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