I just had to go a page back in the journal to remind myself, too.

Very similar to the experience I had with the county, where my neighbours had a water line installed, and then I had to live with a mound of red mud along the edge of my front yard for about two months. In the end, the bastard who was supposed to finish the work smoothed it out, but filled in my ditch in the process. It appears to still work for drainage, so I'm not too upset over it. Conclusion: Don't pay your subcontractors until the work is actually finished.