depending on our new internet availability, I may or may not be able to post for a few days

The rest of this week was interesting. there was a leak in one of the finished houses, from three years ago. So when our construction supervisor saw it, he decided that the whole bathroom had to go, and the adjacent bedroom's carpet had to be taken out, and the bedroom's walls retextured and painted.
but i had fun demolishing.
the next day was at another site, with U-dub Seattle, doing the PEX (water) and gas lines. I learned that the gas line "dope" never hardens, so when there's a leak, which there was, all you have to do is spray soapy water on the joints, and watch for bubbles. and then tighten, or add more dope.

I'm moving to Sacramento on Monday, so I no longer have to commute from davis!

what did I learn today? we stretched the chain-link fence. And attached it. I used the nail gun a bit on the wooden fence. I'm getting the hang of tying up the string to make the boards level along the fence. I was told that the fence we built was worth 1000 in materials, and 1000 in labor. I'm never paying that much for a fence!

All I can say about yesterday is that I will definitely know how to build a fence by the end of July.

Today was a lot of driving. Doing nothing really. We went to a fence supplier, Home Depot, a door supplier, the office. I saw a lot of big pick-up trucks.
Then, we painted some doors.

The dedications were so nice. I especially remember walking in the third house, after the dedication, and seeing the homeowner and her extended family walking around in it. She was so proud. I could imagine them all getting together there, and living there for a long time.

Today we did some more roofing. We'll be at this site for the rest of the week.
Roofing, siding. I think that's it.

Today there were a lot of volunteers. I think a few of them thought I was a volunteer too, and might have thought I was being one of those bossy volunteers (I dislike those people as well) so I understand. The house is done inside, and very clean, so I hope no more people walk through it. We just have to build one more fence in back. The homeowner came by and said she wanted one. The dedication is next saturday. It's supposed to be like a party, I'm pretty excited.

Today was Catholic University's last day, I was actually sad. They worked really hard. We got the sod in. The woman who's supposed to move in came by and visited. It has been a good week.

We're supposed to finish these two houses (on the same lot) by Friday, because they're being dedicated soon, so it's been exciting seeing things come together. Mostly landscaping now. We have to do the front but not the back. Tomorrow, we might put down some sod. Today and yesterday was a lot of grading of the front yards, which I find satisfying for some reason. Also putting up the last of the fences. The Catholic University kids were there today, still working hard.

Today was the first day of collegiate challenge. For the next few weeks, we'll have colleges volunteer, for a week at a time each. The first one was called Catholic College from Washington DC. They worked pretty hard. Sometimes when there's that many people at a site, it's hard to really get stuff done, but a lot of stuff ends up getting done because there's so many people! Tomorrow will be crazy because NCCC is coming back! Their scheduled project was cancelled, so they're spending some more time with us. With the college, that means there are about 30 volunteers a day.