Monday afternoon we got another good chunk of work done. I can say that I have a lot more motivation in the mornings – I think it’s the two-hour break in between work sessions when I’ll get really tired. But we went back to the site and got some quality work done.
Tuesday was a really awesome day. My team went back out to the site and got a whole lot of work done. I ran a lot of wheelbarrows and built a ramp. As team leader I do a lot of this-and-that – just sort of roam the site and do a little bit of everything. The morning was extremely hot with absolutely no cloud coverage. But my team worked through the heat and we had some nice water breaks under the shade of a huge mango tree. I returned in the afternoon actually feeling pretty good (I had a little nap at lunch). Again, the team worked really hard and we got another big portion of the slab cleared. There were some kids around in the afternoon – usually I don’t allow kids on my site – but for a couple reasons (there were only four kids, it’s a huge site so they could be out of the way, and they really wanted to help out) I parked a wheel barrow on the opposite side of the slab as we were working and let them fill the barrow. They loved it. The afternoon flew by and next thing we were loading the tools on the tap-tap. Talking about time flying by I just want to mention that at no point in my life has time seemed to pass so quickly. Days can sometimes seem long, but the weeks absolutely fly by. It’s like a time vacuum here or something.
So after dinner there was another rousing game of soccer in the back yard. I think I might be getting a little be better but maybe not. The nice thing about the game is that I can just sort of blend in and do what I can, typically sparing myself from embarrassment. The game was a low scoring affair – one to one. These daily soccer games are such an awesome way to spend quality time with our local volunteers. I really think it’s instrumental in helping to maintain cohesiveness between the local and international volunteers. And everybody has fun. We then had our nightly meeting, of course. Afterwards I sat down and talked to a new volunteer named Jason who is from Scotland. It was funny because I was sitting in the courtyard thinking about how cool things were (temperature wise). We had just got a little rain and things felt great. For a little reality check, I asked Jason how he felt – he said it felt hot and muggy. It’s amazing how much you adapt to the climate here, especially not having AC and all.
Today was another day of kick-ass work. My team went out and did a ton of work in the morning and in the afternoon. What’s so nice about this site is that there is a lot of continuity – the people who are working with me on it come back every day because they, too, want to finish it. So we work really well together at this point. As I announced at the meeting this evening when I was giving my report – we are on track to finish the site tomorrow! I’m seriously going to be so happy when it’s done.
Happy hump day.
Love,
Daniel
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