Working Woman

I'm so thankful for a job when I go home.

School let out for the summer on August 11, and after road-tripping with some friends for a week, I wandered to Indiana by August 20. Then I started working for Treasure Homes construction, and the Oudman family. It was great. What other job is so flexible, pays well, and allows you to hang out with your parents (esp., in my case, Dad) all day? I think it's a sweet deal. I get to work off some of the desk pudge I accumulate during school terms, and my mind stops feeling frayed and mushy. All in all, it's a great set-up, and I'm very thankful to my employers for the opportunity to work hard.

Over the past two weeks, I spent 110 hours cleaning the house, framing, building a deck, installing cabinets, and doing sundry tasks. It was very good. Plus, deciding what to wear each day was a lot less of a hassle than it usually is.

Rocking the carpenter jeans, standing by the work van with my trusty tape measure. The bandage on my arm was from giving blood, not a work wound. I still have all my fingers and toes, in case you were wondering.

Indiana is HOT! As in, over 70% humidity and 85-90+ degrees F, so you gotta find shade where it's available. This day it happened to be in the shadow of a port-o-pot where I ate my granola bar mid-morning.