Using a jackhammer is hard work. Tempest and I rented one at "The Home Depot" and went to town on the patio in our backyard. Turns out that this "breaking concrete" thing requires some effort. We want to put a series of rough, 3" cracks throughout the concrete and plant some flowering ground cover in them. It took us 3 hours to do about a quarter of the patio. Thankfully, my brother is coming tomorrow and he can supply some manpower. I wonder if people get obsessed about things like we do. After all, we did nothing in the backyard for about five months and now we're professional landscapers. I stopped by a co-worker's new house -- he moved in a few blocks from where I live. Tempest and I met his family and they are really nice. His daughter surprised me by being quite confident and funny, impressive considering she's in the fourth grade. For some reason, I found it entertaining that we were served mango slices as snack. Do get me wrong, I liked them, but it's a reminder that I don't live in New Jersey anymore, but that's not bad either.