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My hole is getting pretty impressive and starting to take shape. I measured out the footprint and for the first time I got a sense of what it will look like when it’s done. It’s going to be enormous. But I also think beautiful. I think one more weekend of digging and then I’ll be ready to lay gravel. Then the part I am most worried about, compacting. Billy doesn’t think I can manage a compactor. He might be right, but if I don’t do it, I will be compacting by hand for months. And then after that, I start putting down pavers, a little at a time. That will be the moment of truth for my measuring abilities. Then seal it up, and the fun part: putting up the tent, getting seating for the fire pit, setting up plants, and otherwise making it beautiful. It’s possible I could finish in time for my birthday. If it’s not 100 degrees that day, maybe we’ll celebrate on the patio this year. We’ll see! I’m inching closer.