sunshine and chainsaws

Its been a busy few weeks here. I dont even know where to start.
My best friend ellen and her partner pat were living in calgary for the past few years, which in my opinion, is too far away for a best friend. So i started a campaign to convince her to come live in pei and id give her some land. So, finally, last monday, they made it here. Its awesome. Theyre building a house behind ours at the top of this beautiful hill, with views of the sunset. Its gorgeous. More on their house as it comes i guess.
Yesterday we got our well dug. It was really neat. I guess in pei they still use a pretty old fashioned method. Basically they take this giant, relatively blunt rod and pound it into the ground. It took hours. The end result is a 70 foot well. Pretty neat. We decided we re going to use a submersible pump and run it off of solar panels eventually, but for now, our generator. Its an expensive decision, but i think itll be worth it to have water running straight into the house.
Also this week, our driveway got finished. We have a big space at the top for parking and turning around. Its pretty rad. I probably, hopefully, wont be backing into any more trees.
As far as the extension goes, the floor is finished, and one wall is up. Slow, but steady i guess. Yesterday i spent all day thinning out part of the forest with a chainsaw to make our yard a bit larger. It looks much nicer, and theres a nice spot for our bonfire pit (the extension is getting built over the old pit).
Ellen and i also bought gym memberships this week. Its been hell. Youd think i would be in better shape what with all the building, digging, and whatnot i do in a day, but apparently not. Ive been in bed by 9 or 10 every night since we started at the gym. And im aching all over. We re on a campaign to get fit and feel healthier. Im pretty stoked about it, and ellens never been to the gym before but shes been wanting to go forever.