I'm back Baby.

Well, back to work today after a quick weekend trip to see an old, old friend from DC. I'm flying more now down here then in my last year at the Commission. The airport is so easy to get in and out of down here, it makes it tempting to take trips. Only a half hour this time from my door to my gate. It was a beautiful fall weekend in DC. I checked out the new WWII memorial. It is nice but they didn't have the fountains running so I didn't get the full effect.

Work is going well. The weeks seem to fly by. I can already tell the year is going to be over before I know it. I better keep taking weekend trips around the region while I'm here. I've been doing a lot of punchlist work in the past few weeks. They must have figured out that I'm a little detail oriented which works well with punch. Unfortunatly the homeowners that I lead don't seem to be quite so detail oriented. They are a lot like college kids, in that, like a college class, they are constantly trying to get you to wrap things up early and still give them full credit for the day. That annoyed me in school and I still find it annoying. I mean, they're getting a deal of a lifetime on the house yet few put in an honest full days work. Granted many of them have to work a shift after a full day with us but it is only 300 total hours. Well, today I lead 5 homeowners and two of them worked hard for the full day and the other 3 did a decent job.

Tomorrow, I'm going to be siding for second week in a row with the Wednesday gang. The Wednesday gang are a group of retired men who come out and volunteer every Wednesday. These guys know what they're doing. They probably think of me like I think of many of the homeowners. Last week there was about 15 of them and had the house completely sided by 11 a.m. The toughest part of the day is towing the trailer to the site and backing it onto the lot.

I'm watching "My Name is Earl" right now. I love Jason Lee. He's the best.

Everybody cheer for the Cardinals because I would like to see nothing more than to see the Sox vs. Cards in the World Series to stick it to the pathetic Cubs fans.

Keep an eye on Wilma. We might get soaked down here.

To answer Niez's question, none of the homeowners show any apparent signs of drug use. They are screened pretty thoroughly before being selected as a recipient of a Habitat house and I think apparent drug use would eliminate them from consideration. However, I think the boyfriend of one of the homeowners may be a drug dealer. They live together, she's getting a Habitat house because she's poor and he's driving a Lincoln Navigator. Something doesn't quite seem right there.

Take care of yourselves.