~Wednesday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: Building character while building walls Today, for posterity, I captured a list of challenges that we had on this trip, specifically up to today: We arrived to a driving rain and tornado warnings that made our 20-minute drive to the place we were staying take an hour … Read more
~Tuesday~ We had two blog entries for our team today: One with the animals today, and starting Habitat service tomorrow Our Tuesday’s safari pics as promised
~Monday~ We had three blog entries for our team today: Penned by yours truly: Monday brings Katrina artifacts, rebuilding, and beads! Penned by one of our students: More Monday: lessons of life Penned by one of our students: One more Monday minute: Here with amazing people We went on a swamp tour today and at … Read more
~Sunday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: A Katrina-focused Sunday amidst a Mardi Gras backdrop. Some observations and memories that I captured, but did not put in the team blog: I stuck my head in the second bedroom, where 10 people were sleeping, turned on that light and said, “It’s 8:30 and we’re trying … Read more
~Saturday~ I can’t keep up both my personal blog and the team blog while I’m on this trip, so each of my daily entries will just point to the team’s blog update for that day. See the team’s blog for today’s entry: Gulf Coast team arrives safely in New Orleans and Saturday Evening: shopping, dining, … Read more
~Friday~ Uncharacteristically, I woke up in the middle of the night. It was just before 3:00, and about a minute after I woke up there was this loud pop outside and then my power blinked off and back on. It was just long enough to reset my clock, whose 72-point font was blinking a bright … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was up at 6:00 this morning, because I got to bed at a reasonable hour in a rare occurrence. And I was quite productive before heading to work: scanning the cover of a Tour de Friends booklet that contains the AIDS chain that I want to get a tattoo of, scanning the sequence … Read more
~Wednesday~ I caught the Wolfline #1 Avent Ferry bus, to which I ran from my parking spot to catch. Although it was only the second stop, all of the seats were already taken and there were already students standing in the aisle. That’s just crazy. I had a glorious work day of no meetings. I … Read more
~Tuesday~ I drove over to Avent Ferry and Gorman to catch the Wolfline #1 Avent Ferry bus down to the Mission Valley Shopping Center stop, which is across the street from the building I’ll be taking a training class in all day today and tomorrow. Fortunately, I left enough time to endure the unbelievable 20 … Read more
~Friday~ I caught the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus to the Student Health Services stop on Dan Allen Drive. A couple of stops later, two young ladies boarded and took seats next to me, and one of them smelled like she had marinated in Sweet Honesty perfume, if that’s still around. From the Student Health … Read more