Sam's Year of Service Adventure

 Today we started with a morning meeting, which I had not been to in a long time.  After the meeting, Alden and I headed to Home Depot and bought a whole bunch of stuff for Bentley.  Then we headed to Bentley.  First, we did some organizing, and then I went to install a drawer with the new parts we bought, but it still did not fit.  After that, we spent the rest of the morning doing some touch-up painting in a make-ready and fixing a few other broken things.  Then it was time for lunch at the office for my going-away party.  When I walked in, everyone was standing there, and a lot of people were wearing ears with my face on them.  They made sure that all my favorite foods were there for lunch.  There was pulled pork, a bunch of mac and cheese, cookie sandwiches, Dr Pepper, and Jody even made 4 ice cream pies. It was a great lunch.  As lunch continued, I was surprised with a huge metal pig, which was an amazing gift.  I was also give...

 This morning I started by labeling some tools for our volunteer group today.  Then Jenni and I did the Sprouts pickup.  When we had put all the food away, I went back to the office to get Doug, and then he and I went to East Hills to get the volunteers started.  They were doing some tree trimming and some painting.  After we had them started, I went back to the pantry where I bleached the wagon we had gotten back, and then Jenni and I went to Westside to deliver the bread.  When we got back from Westside, I went back to get Doug.  We ended up going to Sherwin-Williams to get them more paint and going hunting for saws, which we were unsuccessful at.  Then we headed back to the office for lunch.  After lunch, Jenni and I got to work on the libraries.  We got a few done, and then we went to pick up all the tools from the volunteers because they were done for the day.  After we got everything, we had to go over to Plaza and wash the pa...

Today we had church.  During church, Naomi and Josiah had their baby dedication.  After church, we went home and had some lunch.  After lunch, I relaxed for the afternoon.  For supper, I grilled some shrimp and tried making grilled cheese in the air fryer.  After supper, I relaxed for the rest of the evening before going to bed.

 This morning I woke up early and went to try a local donut shop.  I ended up getting a cinnamon roll and a coffee cake donut.  Then I didn't do much in the morning, and then I made some breakfast burritos for the upcoming week.  When I was done making burritos, Jane and Elliot came over, and they took the bus to church with Leigha to learn how it works.  They ended up stuck at church, so I took the van and picked them up.  When we got back, I took Christian downtown so he could pick up the bike they left there.  It took forever to get back to the house because apparently a bus hit a firetruck, and it was a huge mess.  When I got back to the house, we played a board game with Jane and Elliot.  After the game, I grilled a steak for supper, which was really good.  After I ate my steak, I went to bed.

 Today we had the vet clinic.  First thing in the morning, I got a tent and table set up for check-in, and then we got started.  I was inside helping hold the pets.  There was a really cute puppy and a really spicy cat.  Every animal was very hairy, and it did not help my allergies.  After work, my dad picked me up, and we went out to eat at The White Pie.  It was some really good pizza.  After lunch, we went back to the house, and I sent some stuff home.  Then I relaxed for the rest of the afternoon until it was time to make supper.  I made a pasta salad and grilled some sausage.  After supper, I relaxed for the rest of the evening.

 This morning we started with an eviction at Woodbine.  It took a long time because they were still there and there was a lot of stuff.  We even found the wagon that was stolen from the pantry in the apartment.  When we were done with the eviction, I went with a few people over to KittyHawk, and we did inspections.  None of the apartments were too bad, so it went pretty well.  When we were done with inspections, I rode around with Albert for the rest of the day.  We started by going to Enfield to check out a leaky washer, which we called a plumber to come fix.  Then we went to The Ridge and helped Vern do some work orders.  When we were done at The Ridge, we went out to eat at Mod Pizza.  It was really good.  After lunch, we headed over to Bentley and helped Alden do some work orders.  When we were done at Bentley, Albert took me back to Woodbine, where I had parked this morning.  Then I headed home.  When I got home,...