Hey, MOM, they're resurfacing the street in front of my house. It's really noisy out there, and liable to be stinky, but at least I saw what they were up to before I pulled into my driveway. I parked up the block on a side street so I won't get my nice white truck all dirty with their road tar. (This way, if I ever get around to washing the dirt off, it won't leave behind conspicuous dark spots of oil.)

I will have to walk across the street, or maybe walk on the grass down to the bridge and then cross and walk up the other side so I don't get this stuff on my shoes also.

Trouble with the higher crown they're putting on the street, when we get heavy rains I'll get more water washing up on my front lawn and flower beds. (I am at a T intersection, and when the downhill flow from the stem of the T hits the cross bar, at my yard, the stem water pushes the crossbar water out of the street up onto the lawn.) I guess I'll have to go put in some kind of edging or build up a small berm at the curb. I've been thinking about doing that anyway, but this may be the road "improvement" that pushes me to do it.