Building the wall

For the last month or so this is what my driveway has looked like -- full of cement blocks drying in the sun. Because of new government regulations, we can no longer have our green fence that separated us from the road. Instead we've had to build a wall. At first the officials were just going to come and cut down our fence along the main road, but Dave convinced them to give us a couple of weeks to build a wall. Once that was done, they came and told us that we also had to get rid of the green fence next to the dirt road on the other side of the school. So all the workers came back and started making more bricks for the second wall. This work means piles of dirt and rock outside the school gate and in my driveway, lots of workers digging, carrying, building, etc, and more noise outside during the school day. This last week it rained during our PE time. Not only did we end up playing a type of tag game inside, we also had an audience of about 15 workers who were taking shelter on the school porch. I couldn't understand everything they said, but they sure seemed to find our game amusing. I'm glad that by the time we return from Christmas Break the wall will be finished.