Very recently my neighbour was able to fulfil a dream and I made her joy my own. I also contributed a few photos for her memories.
But, this achievement of hers involved weeks of calculations and budgets, deals, searching for materials, sacrifices, dealing with dishonest people... until finally her ‘star’ or the Universe, as I call it, put the right person in front of her so that she could achieve her purpose.
Concrete.
Under the insolent 😅 sun, the rough part happened.
A lot of sweat and men toiling to put each element together in the appropriate measure.
They all seemed to be perfectly in sync, despite the fact that they do not form a team for these labours. They were some neighbours hired to support the work.
My respects to the boss of this construction work. A man who must be over 70 years old and whom I saw for a week with only one assistant shuttering the whole area where the concrete was to be poured.
It was hot as hell. This paper from the cement bags could easily burn in there.
While I stood on the roof looking at some details, and taking care not to slip, because I didn't really have my rubber boots on, but a pair of fragile flip-flops, I barely heard them talking. I doubt they didn't. I think, though, that I was either too concentrated or too dazed...
The whole process was being done by hand. They didn't use that contraption that whips the mixture... yes, that thing we call ‘concretera’ here: a round, hollow device that spins around while the sand, gravel, water and cement are poured inside.
We had no power (almost every day we had a 3 or 4 hour blackout)... the old man knew that such a device was going to be a nuisance and useless.
This kid was in charge of stirring, sometimes, the stew made with vegetables and various meats, which would be an important part of the lunch my neighbour planned for all the workers.
They are so funny, these little ones! They were there as the first ones to help in any way they could. Their uncles, grandfather and grandmother were all involved in the work.
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And this is my entry in the #Monomad Challenge, wishing everyone who makes it this far to keep the joy and good vibes, even if life imposes challenges.
Dreams always become a reality when there is the right disposition, the right energy. And if they are conceived from the heart, they come true even faster.
