Day 2

New Orleans Journal – Day 2

Hello everyone! Well today was a great day, in my opinion ;) We got to help on a house with another team because they were getting closer to finishing but could use a little bit of our help. The house we worked on today was a duplex for the 80 year old grandmother of a family. She had lived in this home all her life so it was pretty old. Basically the tasks that were laid before us today consisted of clearing the house of tons of debris, which is very heavy and quite messy. We also had to pull all the nails out of the walls and ceilings. It was a little muggy today, but the sun was beautiful. I enjoyed every minute of it, although not everyone enjoyed its beating rays so I can’t speak for everyone on that account J
It was fun meeting people from another team and we enjoyed the company and food of the family that we were providing for. They were very kind and made everyone on both teams sandwiches! We also have had some exciting moments such as meeting our roommates…..cockroaches! They have mainly been sighted in the kitchen so I try to put as many food items in the refrigerator as possible.
Tom also had a lovely experience on the work site when a rather larger mouse decided to fling itself onto Tom bouncing off him and scurrying off as he hit the floor……he was terrified J. Tomorrow we start on a brand new house that has never been touched so this will be very interesting. We haven’t seen an untouched house yet, only the finishing of clearing out. We can’t wait to tell you about it later! Hope everyone is well back home.
Greta Ramsay