Of drywall and window fittings

I love this picture of New Orleans.


I continued work with Son Servants on the same flooring, drywalling, and window fitting projects. The volunteers finished tearing up the floors today, which was quite impressive. The drywalling will probably be a long-term project, which is great, because it turns out Son Servants will be sending more folks down for the next three weeks! The window fitting is quite complicated, but with some luck, it will be done by Friday. We also scheduled some grass cutting for Friday. Busy week!

I've started compiling a list of questions that volunteers often asked me (FAQ, if you will), which is interesting work. Often the answers are so complicated that I learn a lot from researching them (for example, there about twenty responses to the question, "why did the levees break?").

Every day I'm tempted to just to stay here and keep doing my work with NENA. With all its frustrations, it gives me so much joy to accomplish things with the cooperation of the homeowners and the volunteers. I know that I have to go back to school, and I will. Ultimately, it's a blessed life I have to be able to choose between working at a job I love or going back to the college that I love. Ultimately, I know my education comes first, especially given that so much of my heart stays with my school and the people who I know there. I take comfort in the idea that I'll be back.