Jessica Alfieri

writes everything you see here.

• Counting jackhammers, not sheep

  

  Sorry about the Union Square Live outage.  In its place, enjoy these guys drilling new fence-post holes.

  

  And a new sprinkler to water the dirt?  How cute.

  

  Playing on the bobcat.  Filling new fence-post holes.

  

  It looks like we’re going to regain about three feet of pedestrian highway.

  But I can’t stand stuff like this.  Layers and layers of setup work on top of the real work’s timeline mean that we won’t have this park back for what feels like five days past forever.

  Why are we moving this fence three feet?  Just finish the whole project and forget the temporary blacktop, please.

  

  Also, I’ve really fallen out of love with the jackhammerers that wake me at 6:00.  Yeah, I realize it’s not a peach for them either, but at least (presumably) when they’re home sleeping, they’re actually sleeping.  (I miss that.)

  By now, I’m trained enough to know that my sleep will be disturbed, which means that all night, I’m waiting for it.  Sort of like trying to write anything longer than this, and suspecting the entire time that I’m about to be interrupted.  Can’t concentrate.

  Maybe the answer is sleep productivity counseling.  43 pillows?

  Aug 7, 2008 construction jackhammer New York Union Square Park

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