Very Tired.

I've been up the last two nights until midnight watching baseball and it has caught up to me. So I'll try to make this quick. But that's what I always try to do and it ends up four paragraphs. Well, we almost hit a record low here on Tuesday morning when it got down to 42 degrees. The locals were all wearing winter jackets and stocking caps. It was pretty funny. The last two mornings have been about 45-50. But the high temp still gets to 70 everyday. Today was a perfect fall day. Dry air, sunny, and a very slight breeze. This is what I came to Florida for. Oh, and to "Build homes with God's people in need."

Today I worked with Kristen and 3 volunteers. One college student, Maile, who has been here every Thursday since the start of the school year so we are getting to know her and a couple of her classmates quite well. The two others were just "walkups" which as the name implies are people that just show up at the warehouse in the morning. One lady worked for a real estate developer and the other is a navy boy. Maybe they were motivated by all the free marketing we were getting during the world series. (more on that later) Well, they were all really good workers. Brian, the navy boy(25), is a pilot so I of course bombarded him with flying questions because my fear of flying causes me to want to learn as much about it as I can without actually studying it. So after I just about drove him off the worksite with my ridiculous questions he offered to take me up in a little 2 or 4 seater with him. He said that he would even let me fly while we're up there. I told him that I would probably piss my pants but I would seriously consider it since this trip down he is all about new experiences. He also plays a little golf so I told him to let me know if he ever wants to play off base. He plans to volunteer with us a couple times a week until his squadron gets back from the middle east in January because he doesn't have anything to do in the meantime.

I also bombarded Jamie with real estate questions too but she hasn't lived here that long and didn't know that much about the area in which I live. I'm thinking of buying a rundown house and trying to fix it up while I'm here and resell it. You can pick up crappy houses for $50k-$100k. The nice new or fully remodeled historic homes sell from $300-$400k but the question is how much will it cost to fix them up. I'm going to research it in the months ahead and see if I want to dive in. Let me know if you want to be an investor. I hope that isn't an illegal solicitation of funds for investment purposes.

Okay, now the Sox. As you all know by now they won the series. Not only did they win, they embarrassed the Astros (and probably the Cubs too who weren't involved which is why they should be embarrassed). I don't think I would have predicted a championship before the season but that's what happens when all pitchers live up to their potential in the same season. I can't believe Crede got screwed out of the MVP. Dye played well and got some huge hits but Crede led the way offensively and defensively throughout the entire playoffs. But that doesn't really matter. What matters is that we won. I can't believe it happened 2 months after I left. I just wish I could be at the parade tomorrow which is going to start right outside my old office window at the Commission on Jackson.

Have a great weekend. I will report on the World's Largest Cocktail Party, which takes place here this weekend, next week.