I woke up this morning excited to go to the office again. I was hoping for the opportunity to work at other sites today, instead of with the shed, but also for the chance to drive that stick shift half-ton again. That was really fun to me.
I ate some breakfast and did my devotions then I headed into the office. When I got to the office, I was placed at the shed site. Even though I had wanted to check out the work being done at other sites, I knew I was going to get to drive the half-ton, so I was cool with being placed at the shed site.
We got out there kind of late, because of the usual random stuff that happens every morning. But when we finally got out there, we went straight to work. Percy and one of the youth workers were going to continue the work on the roof that we had started yesterday, and I was going to start sheeting the walls with 7/16in ply wood.
Unfortunately, instead of keeping the boards flush with the foundation of the building, Percy wanted me to hang them about six inches off the ground which would cover the actual wall frame of the building but left gaps at the top and bottom of the wall. This was unusual to me, and I was distraught by the utter inefficiency of the whole process-- a job that I could have done myself, by placing the sheets in a different way, now took three people to do.
Try as I might, I couldn't think of a more efficient way to hang the sheets the way Percy wanted, so I reluctantly started the process that I knew would be ridiculously time consuming. Percy and Richard would hold a sheet, then once they finished struggling with the heavy board to get it level and at the right height above the ground, I would tack it in. I started with a couple screws just to keep it in place, then I had to put a screw every 16in down the stud and across the board. 24 screws per board is what that added up to.
I spent the rest of the day on this process, as the sun beat down on us. I really did not have any energy left by the end of my shift. I was pretty discouraged by the inefficient process and the fact that I had spent so long working on those sheets but I had very little to show for it. Oh well. At least I get to rest and forget about how annoying sheeting a wall had been today.
When I got home, I ate some food and started working on my blog. I had kind of planned on just being home for the night, but the opportunity to go down to Greg's came up and I jumped on it. I hate sitting by myself, on the computer, writing my blog. It's not that I hate writing my blog, it's that writing a blog is very anti-social and I can't stand not being social. That's probably why I always fall behind on writing these things.
Anyway, I went down to Greg's to see what he was up to, and try to work on some of my blog while I was there. I ended up finishing a couple days, but while I was writing, Greg was building custom trim for his entry way and I really wanted to learn a little bit about that, so I asked if he needed any help. He said I could cut some boards for him, which was awesome, but at the same time, depressing, because I knew that if only the office had the tools that Greg had, my job would be so much easier. Especially the shed project.
Oh well. I learned a little bit about trim while I was there, which was awesome of Greg to take the time to show me, then all of a sudden it was almost midnight and I figured I should go home and sleep a little before work tomorrow.
When I got home, Jonny was up and he was very giggly for some reason, so we hung out for a little bit and he giggled a lot. At one point he started throwing bottles of lotion and tooth paste at me. I really don't know what that was about. But it was at that point that I decided I should go to bed, before I lost an eye to a bottle of lotion.
And that's that! Thank you all so much for your support!
God bless,
Brenden
Things I learned today:
1. How to sheet a shed... The hard way.
2. Jonny likes to play dodge ball with bottles of toothpaste and lotion...
3. Acts 13.
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