...it's good for ya!

I've been working on and off with my brother-in-law, Chris. He owns a synthetic turf business. I often help him install or run crews to install jobs. On many of the smaller residential jobs, we often do the whole thing with just the two of us. This involves tearing out the old grass or dirt or whatever and hauling it away, putting down 4 inches of gravel, compacting the gravel, rolling out, cutting and nailing down the turf, then spreading about a pound per square foot of sand and brushing the turf with a broom. While a relatively simple process, it is hard work. Often we are unable to get a truck within 100 feet of the site. This means a lot of shoveling and wheel-barrow trips. Anyway, we were having lunch today after a morning of gravel shoveling, turf-hauling and cutting. We came to the realization that we were really enjoying ourselves. Hard work outside, lunch (with a beer), then some more hard work. We made it about a 7 hour day today. We make decent money, and it's pretty healthy. Most of the time we're working in great locations. This one happens to be right on the coast with the ocean practically at our feet. We've both held jobs in offices, and various other modes of employment. While we may not want to do all of this heavy physical labor for ever, right now it's a good thing. Hard work! It's good for ya!