Sam's Year of Service Adventure

 Today I was with maintenance.  I went with Tressa over to Colorado West, where we cleared out some old paint.  A box truck came and picked it up to recycle.  When we were done moving paint, we went and fixed a TP holder and repainted a spot that was patched earlier in the week.  Then we went over to Enfield, where we thought we needed to fix a light switch, but it turned out they just didn't have any light bulbs.  We also had to fix an outlet.  When we were done at Enfield, we went back to the office, and Jenni gave me a ride home since it was raining.  When I got home, I spent some time fixing the tire on the E-bike.  I tried to just slim it, but the tube was pinched and not taking slim, so I had to take the tire off and fix the tube.  When the bike was operational again, I had some lunch and then took an afternoon nap.  When I woke up from my nap, I made some enchiladas for supper.  After supper, I relaxed for the rest of th...

 Today was ski day.  We took the bus over to the resort, then warmed up on the bunny slopes for a bit before heading over to Peak 8 and hitting some better runs.  We hit a blue slope a few times, and then we decided to try something harder, and it was much harder between the huge moguls and lots of big patches of dirt. It was quite challenging.  Most of the slopes there had only a few inches of snow on them and lots of trees, dirt, and rocks poking through.  After that crazy run, we stopped for some lunch in the food court and then got back to it.  After lunch on the first lift up, I dropped my glove and then had to ski down to get it.  I found some other really fun trails between peak 8 and peak 7, and some other good ones on peak 7.  I decided to try to jump the moguls on one of the last runs, which caused a lot of crashes.  Michael and I caught the last lift and took the longest way down we could.  When we were done sking we took the ...

 Today was pantry day.  After our morning meeting at the office, we headed over to the pantry, where I then went to Trader Joe's.  When we got back, we put everything away, and I took some eggs back to the office.  After we ate our lunch, we opened up.  It was a very busy but mostly uneventful day.  We had one drunk lady who brought some excitement.  After we were done at the pantry, we packed up and headed back to the office, where we put stuff out for people to take.  When I was done at work, Leigha picked me up because I had driven the company van in the morning.  When I got home, we got packed up and headed up to Breckenridge for our ski day tomorrow.  When we got there, people from the church had our accommodations and supper ready.  We played some video games in the evening and then went to bed.

 Today I spent another full day painting.  I finished up the railroad ties and then painted another fence that we have at the office.  When I was done painting, I had to crawl up in the ceiling above the office and clamp 2 pipes back together that had come apart.  After work, I got to drive the van home again.  When I got home, I relaxed for a while, and then Michael made supper.  After supper, I relaxed the rest of the evening and then went to bed.

 Today, we started by doing the Sprouts pickup.  When we got to the pantry, we put everything away and found out that the cleaners actually cleaned, so we were able to head to Westside right after the pantry.  We delivered the bread to Westside and then went back to the office.  When we got back, Jenni started feeling sick, so I gave her a ride home.  At her property, I was given a tour of some of the cabins that were there, and then I headed back to the office.  When I got back to the office, I ate some lunch and then headed out to do all the libraries we didn't do last week.  When I was done doing libraries, I went to the Goodwill on Garden of the Gods and picked up gift cards for us to give out.  When I got back from doing that, I took the van home since Jenni was sick.  When I got home, I went to the grocery store to pick up some more bandages, and then I joined Christian and Leigha to go to Walmart to pick up the picture frame for our pi...

(Also written by Janessa Garcia) Today, Grandma and Grandpa met me at church. After church, we got pizza for lunch at Bambino’s Urban Pizzeria. After lunch, Grandma, Grandpa, and I took a walk around downtown. After our walk, they took me back to the house. From the house, we went to the movie theater to watch Project Hail Mary. After the movie, we went back to the house, and I had some supper before going to bed.