Finished!...sort of...

A few days ago, I get a text from the contractor saying "We'll be finished by Wednesday." Huh. That's in about three days and we don't have...

1. A lawn
2. A working sprinkler system
3. All the drainage finished
4. The other half of the cement patio

In total, about 25% of what was left in phase one will be finished in three days. Instead of being amazed at the intended progress, I was suddenly worried they've forgotten that they still have to finish all of that.
Oh but they did it. Lawn in one day. Cement in one day. Sprinkler and drainage last day. Wow.
Despite the fact that our sprinkler system is so complex that even our contractor wasn't quite sure he'd set up the schedule right...seriously, it uses its own satellite to determine if its raining so it doesn't have to run. This is somewhat unnecessary given the current weather situation. Regardless, it's wonderful to just have it done. Sort of. Now that phase one is complete, its really obvious just how much of the backyard is left to do.

Phase two: Coming soon summer 2014!