Some Things of Note

This past week, the team moved on from the pool to working at the the Hummel Shelter, an outdoor building with about a dozen picnic tables in it that the VPRD rents out for events like family reunions or birthday parties. Our task is to scrape, power wash, and paint the structure. Here's Greg using the power washer to pretend he is in a scene from the movie Scarface.

Sam playing with a baby bird that fell out of it's nest.


Me rockin' some new $5 aviators while weed-eating.


Gaby and Phil digging holes for a new gate. As it happens, Phil's leg fit in the hole.


Hillary and Christina weeding/modeling the Hannah Montana backpacks they recently purchased at Walmart.


After a long day of work Friday a few of us decided to check out the bowling alley on campus. For some reason the TL's hadn't been "trained" on this piece of machinery until now, but I was able to get the how-to this week so we could use it. Turns out it's just operated by one button! Gaby and Drew gave it a shot. Drew's technique? For starters you wear socks with slippers for good traction. Be sure to have your ipod headphones in. Also before bowling, consume a hearty meal of pork and beans with homemade mac and cheese. (I helped with the latter) He said something about the pork being so good, it would be considered "3rd level ham." I'm not sure what this means, but it sounds genius.


I'd also like to give a quick shout-out to my teammate Diana who is sick with mono this week. Bummer. Drew's thoughts on this, you ask? Well, he doesn't know how mono gets transmitted, but if it's anything like pink eye, it's bad. In fact, "If you make eye contact with somebody that's got pink eye, you're ruined, you got it. If somebody got pink eye, you're not supposed to look at them. If you do, your life is ruined. That's the truth." Did I mention that Drew is hilarious? Feel better soon, Diana!