Day Three....

began with a sense of knowing what we are doing and a great determination to get a lot of work done. With the insulation finished, there was lots more drywalling and painting today.
















Our homeowner, Leaster Archie, stopped in for another visit before heading home to get some sleep. See, she's been in nursing care for hospitals and long term care facilities for 29 years now, and tomorrow is her anniversary! She works the 11 PM -7 AM shift and has seen her institution grow through the years.






The students leave a little extra love behind the walls...



Teams have formed and folks are working well together. I was painting the exterior of the house today with Amanda and Ashley. We were all a bit dubious of working so high up on the scaffolding and the ladders on the platforms. As Amanda said, "You can tell where I painted, because the lines are wavy [from being nervous]"






Eric and Marc made a lot of progress inside with the bathroom.














Here is where one of the bedrooms began yesterday....












and how we left it today. It's coming along nicely!

We'll be heading off to the Division Street house tomorrow since it is so much further behind and it's looking to rain on Thursday and Friday. We'll come back to finish what we can for Ms. Archie then, since most of the work is inside and we won't get soaked.



With the baggage issues settled, Megan kept things interesting by climbing one of the amazing oak trees... and making the [fortunately brief!] acquaintance of a local group of fire ants. She reacted quickly and we managed to get her all taken care of, but not without a few welts on her right forearm.





And we finished off the evening with a trip for ice cream. Unfortunately, the usual place has closed since our last visit, but we found another spot. It was sub-par, so we'll need to find another locale when we can. But we also had a stop over along the beach where we watched the moon rise over the Gulf and turn from a vibrant reddish to a creamy hue as it danced through the clouds. We were surprised to see the tide pools along the coastline, though it was difficult to observe much in the darkness.

Another very late night for me. If I don't manage an update tomorrow, it's because I fell over asleep!