What a long, hot day.  It started with Mike digging holes for the plants early in the morning.  I decided to take the day off work and we both headed “down the hill” to pickup up some much needed irrigation supplies.  A good wine friend referred us to Hydroscape in Escondido.  I hate to shop “off the hill” but we are really on a tight budget with this project and I did my shopping around and was able to find some super prices.  We got 3,000 ft of drip line, pressure compensating emitters, couplings, etc. Had lunch in Escondido and anxiously returned home to get working again. Mike managed to dig 225 holes in 100 degree heat!  I got the easy job of going behind him and filling each hole with water (while getting a suntan of course).  The heat was making us cranky so I took a break and went into town to get some Tecate.  That seemed to take the pressure off a bit.  J By 4pm we were beat.  Mom and Jeff stopped by to marvel at our progress and have a few beers with us.  The following morning we noticed our holes were “off balance”.  Uggghhh!  Too many Tecates during the day I guess.  Poor Mike.  He’s such a professional and wanted it done right. So he remarked the holes that were off center and re-dug them to make them perfect.  And so he did.  When I got home from work he had completed all 451 holes (perfectly aligned) and started sawing off the tops of the galvanized endposts to make them all even.  Time for dinner and check in tomorrow!