After a rousing breakfast, we jumped in the vans and headed off to the low-income apartments. It was pretty chilly outside, so everyone wanted to get his or her assignments, get inside, and stay warm. We divided up the tasks, including dry walling, painting, general clean up, mudding, and landscaping. The tasks grew increasingly difficult, and the drywall teams worked on holes in warped ceilings and in a skewed under-the-stairs cupboard. Different people worked on different types of projects allowing those of us who had gained proficiency in certain fields to lead the way for others.
Brian and Gen worked on patching a three by four foot hole inconveniently placed on the ceiling in a corner. There were two lips around the edge of the hole that we thought we would hypothetically use to rest the new drywall patch. Unfortunately, the task of fitting the new drywall proved impossible while tensions rose. As soon as we calmed down, we decided that we would only use one lip and cut the other off. We then managed to place our masterpiece on the ceiling while balancing on scaffolding. Once completed, Ed gave us a chance to work with mud, a molding paste with a white hew used to smooth rough surfaces such as screws and cracks. This was really exciting for Gen, since she was familiar with the paste from art projects. Brian was willing to try it and concluded that it was annoying.
Once our nine to five shift ended, we voted on our evening activities. We choose to view a seven forty showing of the new Harry Potter movie at the theater in the Coral Ridge mall roughly ten minutes away. The devout Potter fans could not stop talking about it afterwards.
See you soon!
Gen and Brian
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