Wuddup week 5!

So, week 5 is here and boyyyy is it great. I love these volunteers already, mainly because they have a couple volunteers who are fresh off the boat from Ireland and therefore have AWESOME accents! I'm in charge of three roofing projects this week and one of the group leaders, Jerry, is one of the Irish volunteers. His accent is so thick I actually had to have one of the volunteers on his crew translate some of what he was saying to me! It was hysterical though and he's a really good sport about it. I love being in charge of three roofs though because a.) it keeps things consistent and b.) giving somebody a roof is one of the most gratifying things to give in my opinion. And I'm in charge of THREE!

These volunteers are reaaaally hard working too! Which is awesome, because even though it's week 5 and we still have time to finish these projects, it's also week 5 in that we only have a few weeks left and absolutely need to get them done. It was a big shocker and relief to hear that one of my crews, Oscar, had removed the existing 5 layers of shingles as well as the existing rotted decking on their roof by 11:00 THIS MORNING!! Okay, within TWO hours they did what last week's crew did in TWO DAYS. Tell me that's not amazing!



They very well may screw over our budget for the week but I'm excited because that means that we'll be able to get more work done on the home on the interior! AND remember that Lowe's scholarship I mentioned earlier? (about $2,400 donated from Lowe's) ALL of that is
going to this home! So, who cares how fast we move anyways?!

I had an office day today so I'm all energized and caught up on what I needed to get done.. I love office days. I miss my family and I need to call people so badly so I'm sorry if you're reading this and I haven't talked to you in a while, I plan on calling soon!! :) :)