Thursday, July 5, 2007

siding, sure.

Not often enough, we spend a day building with a local Habitat for Humanity group instead of biking. Our last build day was in Harrisburg, PA with one of the most organized Habitat sites I have ever seen. Our site leader spent over an hour explaining how we would be attaching siding to the house, and all of the skills necessary to do so successfully. He then asked for volunteers to climb up and do the siding on the part only accessible from the roof. I volunteered, climbed up, saw my life flash before my eyes before spending 15 minutes trying to get back down and requesting another task. I sort of ended up floating around the build site and helping with the siding from the ground. I think the site leader recognized my uncultivated talent and pulled me aside, giving me a lesson on some advance siding techniques. Boom, right then I became the siding supervisor. I think some of my subordinates thought the title went to my head, but by the end of the day, the six of us had done a beautiful job of siding what one professional could have done in an hour or two. But, what a sense of accomplishment, and hey, we're free!

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