Why yes, I would LOVE $2,400!

Soo this week has been going great! We have some awesome volunteers and some even awesome-er projects that require a ton of insight from our panel of construction guru's. We had Michael Clark come visit on Monday and Tuesday, and he's the ex-CEO of ASP! He's such a great guy and I loved having him come to hardware with me on Tuesday morning. Speaking of Tuesday morning, I was never so sure that everything happens for a reason. There were a few group leaders who were being very persistent that they needed some roofing tar to patch up a couple small holes, although we were a little weary because that wasn't a project we had signed and none of the staffers had looked at the roof prior to this request. I got the tar though, not without the help from the store manager. While she was getting my tar we got to talking and it turns out that she's only the manager at that Lowe's for the next few weeks but was looking for a project that she and some other volunteers from Lowe's could work on... Long story short, Lowe's is partnering with us and donating $1,200 (whole sale, aka double that in ASP money!), a crew of volunteers and media coverage!!!!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!! I'm so ecstatic because A.) we're already miserably overbudget (the budget is $550 per home per week, we're at about $780 currently), B.) the media coverage will spread awareness and hopefully generate more donors, and c.) nothing like this has ever happened before!!! Later I was talking to the group leaders at their sites and basically explaining the situation, and found out that this was both of their first years. So basically, if they hadn't decided to come on ASP, if they hadn't been so persistent about getting that roofing tar, if I hadn't chosen to walk up to the store manager for help, NONE of this would have happened! Crazy cool stuff.

Becca's been gone yesterday and she'll be flying back today, aka I've been the quasi CD! It's been pretty cool to put myself in her shoes,e ven though it's such a short period of time, because I've realized just how many decisions fall onto her shoulders. It definitely stressed me out yesterday for a little bit but everything worked out great and things are running smoothly! Successss

Today is my day off! It started at 4, and i went to our picnic, but talked about evverryyything else besides work-related stuff. Tomorrow I'm going to Buchanan County and meeting up with my staff from last year to go visit families! I'm suuuper excited!

A shleepy time she comesss