After spending six weeks in Texas working with the Fuller Center, one would think that I picked up a slew of construction skills and knowledge, however one would be wrong. Sure, I learned a bit about drywall installation, tiling and floors, but I somehow didn't feel that I learned that much. That could also just be my discrediting my own abilities, who knows. Like I said, I wasn't initially excited to be building homes in the cold, but I kept my fingers crossed and hoped for the best. Compared to the Fuller Center, I knew that our work with Habitat would be vastly different in one key regard, organization. While in Texas, I often wondered what the team would be doing on a day to day basis, I knew that this time around I'd have a little more direction. Every week our first day of work would start with an all staff construction meeting, discussing the progress from the prior week and a rough layout of plans for the week to come. This was like music to my (Type A) ears, actual organisation and plans, things were looking up for this project.
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After the whirlwind that was round 1 everyone was given a break, 10 days to do with as they pleased. While I would have been perfectly content staying on campus, enjoying the quiet, I was overdue for a holiday at home, after being away for so many. It was nice to be home, I caught up on a lot of sleep and spent time with family, but after a few days I began to grow bored. The longer I sat around 'relaxing' the less I wanted to head back to NCCC, instead I started looking up flights to Europe and Asia, despite knowing that I would go back to Colorado. The day I left campus I decided to change my return flight, combing back on New Years Eve to hang out with a few new pals, rather than scrambling to find plans at home. My flight arrived late, so our plans were also a bit ad hoc, but I was happy to be back in my element. I relished the two days I had on campus with only a few others back, but that quiet quickly disappeared.
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A Year of ServiceMy life, being anything but predictable, has taken another turn. Rather than moving to Jeju, South Korea - my original plan for Fall '18, I'm going to test drive Denver, CO and its surroundings, an area people just keep telling me "I'd love". Archives
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