Steve and Rick did come by this afternoon, so now we have a baffle and a concrete pad.  What we don't have (yet) is water.  Tom and I were out back, awaiting its arrival at 8:51 (and with everything underground here and at the neighbor's, we can't see it coming.)  Long story short, the people upditch, who were supposed to do the gates on 35th Ave. and take water, "forgot".  That flooded the people at the end of the other line, so of course they called zanjero Terry.  So though he then went up to 35th Ave. and switched things over, it'll take at least half an hour to flow down to us.  Of course we still have to let it go on time, and means the south-facing front yard, last to get our flow, won't get much.