Halfway There

            I’m halfway through my time here at Re-Member, which is really weird to think about. The group of volunteers this past week was awesome. I had several really good conversations with a number of them and enjoyed their company very much.

            On the day I was in the workshop we needed to complete 6 bunk beds; we ended up completing 8 ½ bunks, allowing us to deliver beds the following day. The delivery day was interesting in itself because on the second to last delivery we were looking for house #60 when we were supposed to be looking for #90, but we got there eventually.

            I got to go on tour on Wednesday, which ended up being ok. Since I’ve been on it a number of times already it was a little boring, but I did enjoy that there were different people giving the tour at Red Cloud Indian School and that we went up to Red Cloud’s grave.

            On Thursday I was supposed to deliver bunk beds again, but since I had already done it once this week (and twice last week), Marissa offered to switch with me (which I was extremely grateful for); instead I got to work on a skirting job, where it was the goal to start and finish it on the same day. We were very successful and finished the entire job by 2:45pm (our work day typically goes until 4). The best part of the day was when David hit me in the head with a measuring tape; in all actually he was trying to toss it to Jordan and it didn’t quiet make it’s target.

            We ended up going horseback riding again, and this time my horse was a lot more cooperative, though the heat limited how fast we could go. Afterwards a few of us went up to Rapid City for dinner and drinks, which was a lot of fun.

            So far I’m loving my time at Re-Member and know that these next 2 weeks are going to fly by.