Lower Stress Level Now

After a couple more hours assessing the negatives:

- Little crawlspace door looks hideous. Doesn't cover the exposed framing. Was part of the job, became extra $.
- Splotchy water sprinkles over several areas.
- Stuccoed side stairs on door side. Looks weird. Maybe better when painted, should be sand-colored to match the rest of the stairs. Will be doing that myself.
- After being reassured several times the tan color was mixed all the way thru, discovered that actually no, it's only on the top inch or two. Not a huge deal, but dislike the miscommunication/lie?
- Looks like the tops of the retaining walls not being stuccoed. Was part of the job. Not looking forward to conversation.
- Sloppy joint edges.
- Didn't spray any water all day that I saw (curing?).
- Piece of the stucco fell off. Clumsily tried to put it back. Rushed to clean it, worried it may stain the concrete.
- To top it off, I found out at end of the day, that they'd dragged the orchid cart by the none-wheeled metal bottom, to move them out of the way. Marked the driveway concrete. Grrr.

But the big picture:

- Concrete seems solidly done - no cracking, blistering, or any bad problems at the moment, but then I don't know when they'd show up.
- Correct sloping - watched the water running away from the house.
- Colors are exactly what they were supposed to be.
- Can come to terms with all above negs.

Most people will run into turbulence with a contractor. Some things are just not going to go swimmingly. No different here. Just have to stop reacting to his almost childish reactions on feedback. He expected me to be over the moon after the stamping, and when I wasn't, it felt like he just completely got demotivated and checked out mentally, instead of just taking it in stride and addressing my concerns as fixable or not. Really tired of the out-of-proportion demotivating reaction to every little question I ask, like everything is a personal insult. Grrrr.