7.27.2008

July 18th (again excerpt from a letter)

So today wasn't quite as interesting a day as yesterday, but it *was* a Friday, which is a good thing in and of itself. Got up for work in time, the bikeride was much nicer then yesterday, being early in the morning again. Saw Max on the way to work, didn't beat him today (he's figured out a faster route using the highway...cheater...but made decent time anyways. We had a great team panelizing in the morning, and had gotten 10 panels done before our first break (which is very good time) when Brett decided we had to align all the panel already in place, so we spent the rest of the day with Elijah and Max shouting command at the other 12 of us, as we attempted to move segments of 10 panels bolted together into a structure about 40 feet wide, 50 feet long, adn weighing close to a ton. Oh, and it's about a foot and a half off the ground, so lifting it is incredibly good for our backs, and very easy. Needless to say about the seven hundred and 83rd time Elijah called out "You moved it too far, nudge it a quarter inch back south!" tempers were slightly frayed, which was not aided by the arrival of the pizza car half an hour late (we always get pizza on fridays). It was rather strange to observe people though, especailly how easily their attitudes and reactions changed. One minute, McGarry was cursing the "stupid pizza driver, his only job is to get us our pizza here at 11:45, in his air-conditioned car *grumblegrumblegrumble*" and five minutes later was shouting, "Hey! He even honked so we knew we could come in from the field! The Pizza Guy is awesome!"
Fortuantely, it never got too bad, even after lifting and shoving for 6 hours, because it was a friday, which makes everyone happier.
And I got my paycheck from last week, and paid the next two months rent, which made me happy.

Oh, and when I got back to the Ferriers, I made a much better smoothie than yesterday, almost a slushie. Instead of the amazing conglomeration of ingredients from yesterday, I stayed a bit simpler, and put in a grapefruit, a peach, a few slices of watermelon, and lots of ice. This tasted a bit sour because of the grapefruit, which I've decided is better eaten on it's own, but a touch of cane sugar (couldn't find any honey or molasses) remedied that, and it was very watery and refreshing. :)

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