I'll take a slight technical detour on this one, for discussion sake, ( though I agree with the others give it 2 weeks or so, it should be fine to continue then ).
Now the technical part; what you mixed for the bottom, you probably don't really know what strength it is, based on what you describe, I would believe that the water cement ratio, when you put the dry mix in, would be hard to control, and this will determine actual or ultimate compressive strength. The rest of the way up, as you described, should be better, more uniform and or be close to your intended design mix strength, for this application, probably not much to worry about, but this would not be acceptable for say a footing, column or pier that is required to support a more substantial load, in that instance you really need to place all the material at once, it should be monolithic, no cold joints, free of voids etc.
I think in your situation, I would have preferred a short load or a batch truck that can provide smaller quantities of material, using a higher slump, placing same should have displaced the water in what was a trench pour, no forms I assume. As soon as the material was placed that water would come right up and out. Judging by your work, you may already know these things but just in case .... :)
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