Greetings

Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Peck Ranch - 2/10

I left my camera at our housing today.  Pity really because the snow was falling so beautifully.  Our contact wasn’t comfortable having us fell anything in the flurry so we were assigned the tetanus threatening task of dismantling a barb wire fence.  We did well.  There was a complication with the ground being frozen, which made part of the fence inaccessible.  To overcome this obstacle, I suggested that we use the fence posts we had already excavated as levers.  With my wrist flaring up I couldn’t get the tougher ones, but Dalton was a beast and tore up what I could not.  It was a great and very productive day.

I did receive a bit of bad news: my request for the up and coming Sunday off was denied.  There was confusion all around on that matter it seems.  Anyways, it wasn’t like the Fellows were trying to stick me, the contract calls for so many bodies and a replacement was impossible due to everyone being out on projects.  As a compromise they are allowing me to skip the pack in on Friday and the pack out on Sunday so I can spend a little more time with my fiancée over Valentine’s Day weekend.  My new team, team blue, was more than receptive to this idea.  So, while the news was a little sad, it warms my heart that everyone is pitching in to help me salvage what I can.


That about covers our day excluding our new German friend and some crazy bantering.  Do any of you have plans for Valentine’s Day?  …or did you, rather, as you probably won’t see this until after.  Whatever you did I hope it was fun!  Good night all!








Photos taken by me.

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