The case of the missing hole

Hey everybody. We had a mystery on our hands today. I drove by the lot at 11:30 this morning and I was pleased to see that they had started to dig a large hole. There was a man in the hole that I assumed was the excavator operator. I got out of the car and said "Good Morning, what are you looking for down there?" He said, "Nothing, I just had to pee!" So I guess the positive way to look at it was that our hole was christened but I'm really glad I didn't get there any sooner! There was a long copper pipe in the bottom of the hole and the man said that it was the water line and the plumber had connected it. We looked up and saw the city inspector coming to check it out so I left feeling like things were progressing right along, everyone seemed to be working expeditiously etc. I thought Harrison would love to see the big hole and we might even get to watch the excavator in action so I drove by again at 3:00 after I picked Harry up from preschool. You can imagine my surprise when there was not only no excavator operator, but there was no hole! Mind you I had called Dad, Bob, Brian and told them that there was action at the lot and they should drive by! I was confused, Harrison was bummed and I looked like a big liar! I called the project manager and she said they just hooked up the water and the sewer today and hopefully tomorrow they will dig. So I have to redeem myself so people will stop thinking I'm nuts for being all excited about flat dirt. I hope to have a great big house shaped hole soon! Warm weather is promised for the week so we may see the 1 foot of remaining frost dwindle. Have a super day! E