Our lodging for this week is a house… a legitimate house. It is your typical middle to upper-middle
class structure with an unfinished/creepy basement, an upstairs, spacious
rooms, you know, the works. What stands
out to me the most is the carpeting—yeah they gave us carpeting, that will come
back to haunt them (kidding)…anyways, it reminds me of Grandpa Verleger’s house
on Houghton Lake. I’m having a hard time
coming up with a description of it. Hmm. You know how when some soils get particularly
hot and dry they kind of flake? There
are dozens upon dozens of cracks running through them making the ground look
like it is a collection of flat rocks.
It looks something like that; that or maybe looking through a clear body
of water to the depths below where the ripples are fragmenting your
vision. I like the carpeting as it is
comforting to the touch as well as the mind… all these pleasant memories
involving cardboard forts, fireworks, and so much more. This is going to be a good week.
To start our week off right we were sent to Davis Place to prepare
a field for haying. This required us to
level the area a.k.a. cut down designated trees and bushes to open the place
up. While I suggested we use the 4
loppers that Austin packed for us, after Clare asked if she could use a
chainsaw and went to town on a patch it became apparent that power equipment
was the way to go. I was trying to save
the program a couple bucks by conserving gas, but if we didn’t incorporate the
chainsaws we wouldn’t have finished by the day’s end. As it stands, we decimated the shrubbery with
time to spare.
I think I am
getting better at this whole Team Leader in Training thing… kind of a mouthful
though. Kind of feels like Assistant to
the Regional Manager. Ha. Anyhow, I still need to work on getting
around in the morning to help make sure everything is done so I’m going to call
it a little early tonight. Talk to you
all tomorrow!
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