Ok. So Friday takes on some serious meaning when THAT was your work week. My left arm won't lift anymore after twisting up a saucer of mortar, I'm running low on ORTs and I actually had to bow out off doing a scaffold cause I really didn't think I could keep my balance from sweat loss for sure. The weekend for rest and recouping was desperately needed. And clearly instead of resting we danced our assess off, drank the nastiest African whiskey that put Chinese bai jiu to shame and played over share drinking games. I suppose exactly what r&r is meant to be after that.
You know I went through a few of our cast here yesterday and after last night realized something. Every single one of them chose to do this instead of an African safari or Mediterranean cruise. It seems like everyone here has done those too but they came here this time. Every one of them, even the 73 year old, is working their ass off; ignoring scheduled break times, skipping the bulk of lunch to get stuff done and making up for any lack of skill with perseverance and ridiculous amounts of sweat. It's humbling to say the least and has made me have massive respect for all of them.
I don't know if it's that or the fact that everyone's picking this up fast that I actually think, time wise, we're being a net positive and helping things get done faster. It helped yesterday to actually get to be on a site with a homeowner. There was something in his eyes that definitely gave me the first impression I've gotten from a local that none of this would be happening for him without habitat and it's actually changing his life. That works for me.
Apparently, this was my feel good post.
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