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Day 180 March 12

 Today I was with maintenance.  We started the morning with an eviction at Alexander Court, and it was really easy.  After that, we headed to Bentley, where I spent a few hours working on a make-ready.  I had to put up more curtains, fix some drawers, and do a bunch of other little things.  When I was done with the make-ready, I went with Alden to Colorado West to pick up a sump pump since we found out we had a clogged drain in our city's runoff pond.  It needs to be unclogged because the city needs the water to drain, and it was starting to smell bad.  We had to pump it down about 3 feet, and the whole thing was full of rocks, so the water could trickle down.  We had to take all the rocks out, and they were disgusting.  It was an awful job, and it smelled horrible.  We did not finish the job by the end of the day, so I have to go back tomorrow and finish cleaning the sludge out and put all the rocks back in.  When I got home from w...
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Day 179 March 11

 Today was pantry day.  We headed over to the pantry, and then I went to pick up food from Trader Joe's.  When we got back with our pickup, we put everything away and had some lunch.  After lunch, we opened up.  It was a pretty busy day, and we had a new employee joining us.  When the rush was over, Jenni and I cleaned out one of the storage closets.  We had another rush towards the end of the day, and then we packed up and headed back to the office.  After I dropped off Jenni and the food at the office, I went to Woodbine to drop off some boxes and pick up a box of suits to donate.  I also went back to the pantry and picked up some more clothes that were there, and made a trip to Goodwill.  When I got back from Goodwill, I headed home.  At home, we had a learning component about origami.  After learning component, Christian and I made up some burritos for supper, and then we watched The Martian.  After we watched The Mart...
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Day 178 March 10

 Today I was with maintenance.  I started my day heading down to Bentley, where I had to shovel all the dumpster enclosures.  When I had finished that, I had to help with some insurance inspections of Bentley.  I had to climb into a couple of attics to check heaters and change a couple of filters.  After that, we glued a drawer back together and then spent a while picking up trash and dog poop.  When we were tired of that, we pulled out a bunch of posts from around trees that were getting broken by kids anyway.  When all the posts were pulled Jenni picked me up and we went to Natural Grocers to do the pickup.  We barly got anything but we were glad we still got some stuff.  On our way to the pantry we picked up Doug at the office and then went to unload stuff.  While at the pantry I ate some lunch and then we headed to the Attrium for mobile market.  It was a beautiful day for it and we had a really good turnout.  We even were ...
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Day 177 March 9

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 Today was my first day back at work, so we had a long meeting, mostly just catching up.  After our meeting, we went to Sprouts and did the pickup.  We barely got any produce, and we didn't get much last week either.  After we picked up the food, we headed to the pantry and got everything put away.  When everything was put away, I put together our new shelf and admired the new fridge we got while I was gone.  When we were done at the pantry, we took bread to Westside and then went back to the office for lunch.  After lunch, Jenni and I drove around and looked at gardening areas for the upcoming gardening year.  We also did the libraries at those properties while we were there.  We have a pretty cool gardening program.  Our residents can apply for a gardening plot at their property or a nearby property if theirs does not have one.  We give them everything they need, like soil and seeds.  When we were done checking all the proper...
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Day 176 March 8

 This morning we went to church.  After church, we went to pick up some pizza for our finance class with Everence at the church.  After we had eaten our pizza, we had our class.  It was pretty interesting, and it made me think more about using finances for what God would like us to do.  After our class, we headed back to the house to relax for a while before taking the Alaska unit to the airport.  When we had said our goodbyes, we headed home.  On the way back, we stopped at Castle Rock for Michael to do some shopping.  While he shopped, Christian and I sampled some beef jerky at a beef jerky store.  Then we got back on the road and headed back to the house.  We spent some of the evening resetting the house after having guests, and then relaxed the rest of the time.
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Day 175 March 7

 This morning we still had breakfast at 6, but we were on the road by 7.  While we were packing up, it was thunderstorming, and I slipped and fell in a puddle, which was not pleasant.  The first half hour of driving was through heavy rain, but after that, it was smooth sailing all the way back.  On the way, we stopped at a Bucees which was fun.  When we got back to the Springs, we did some unpacking and then went to The Mactory for supper.  After supper, we relaxed for the rest of the evening.
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Day 174 March 6

 Today we started with insulation.  I was designated to cut the pieces that were needed, so I ended up very itchy.  When we were done insulating, the drywall showed up, and we unloaded it.  After we took our lunch break, we spent the rest of the afternoon hanging all the drywall for the house.  To finish up, we cleaned up the jobsite more than we had the previous days.  Then we headed back to base, and I took my first hot shower all week.  Then we had some time to relax, and then supper.  After supper, we played some games and visited, and then went to bed.  
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