what a day. the guys had to wake up at 6 just so we could eat and pile into the van to go get the girls. we then drove to the habitat build site where we were greeted by the other volunteers. we were given our work boots, safety glasses and some awesome blue and pink hard hats. Zach was lookin' good in his pink hard hat. our crew of 14 people were divided into 3 crews. framing, drywall and site clean-up. the clean up crew did stuff like hauling lumber and sorting it, removing nails from scrap wood, putting building paper on houses, putting plastic on windows and staircases, relatively simple carpentry tasks and other things. drywall crew did just that. they put up drywall on some of the more complete houses. when Tyler L was cutting the access hole to the attic, he got covered in drywall dust. he was truly Le Blanc (the white) lol. framing crew did more building tasks such as building ramps, stairs, etc. it was a great first day on the job and if the mud stays reasonable, Im sure it will only get better.
supper consisted of chili and chips at Bakers' aunts house. (not the same chilis as last night.) the food was great, the hospitality was wonderful, and all the guys watched a movie on bakers' uncles 55" tv with insane surround sound. it was so awesome. a big thank you to them. on the way back to the hotel, Zach felt the need to stop at shoppers drug mart to get some cough syrup. it ended up with almost everyone buying something. Mike and Vicheal went to Wendys instead. Mike finds it hard to find a washroom in Edmonton. we are all looking forward to tomorrow and hoping everyone else has a great ALSO experience.
your friends, Patty, Tyler and Tyler.
