Sam's Year of Service Adventure

 Today I rode along with Josh.  We first went to UT and replaced some smoke alarm batteries, and then we went to Santa Fe and worked on a make-ready with Dion the rest of the day.  We had to put all the countertops back together and then replumb the sink.  We also had to put the stove and the fridge back where they go.  Then we found out the fridge did not work, so we did some diagnosing on it.  At the end of the day, I went back to the office and then home.  When I got home, I had some lunch, and then I mowed and weedeated the yard.  Halfway through mowing the yard, I got supper started in the crockpot.  I made some creamy chicken pasta.  After I finished mowing the yard, I hung out with Christian and Leigha for a bit before finishing supper.  I had to make some pasta and cut up some spinach and broccoli to finish off the meal.  Then we ate supper, and it was delicious.  After supper, we sat on the front porch for a while...

 Today I was back to painting doors.  I finished up the last three and then painted over the suite numbers.  When I was done with the painting, I took lunch, and then I went with Bill to Home Depot to buy some new numbers and letters to put on the doors.  When we got back to the office, I put the letters and numbers on the doors, trying to make them as level as possible.  We decided we didn't like the font of some of the letters, so I took them back off, and we were going to get some different ones next week.  Then I cleaned up and headed home.  When I got home, I hung out with Naomi and Josiah for a while and then ate some supper.  After supper, we made some banana muffins, and then we watched an episode of Firefly before I went to bed.

 Today was pantry day.  I started the morning with my pickups as always.  Sprouts was a pretty big pickup, so I was running late.  When I got back to the pantry, everything got put away quickly, and then we had a volunteer appreciation lunch.  Doug and Cristal picked up food from La Casita, and it was a really good lunch.  After lunch, we got to work.  It was a busy but uneventful day.  At the end of the day, we packed up and went back to the office.  From the office, I made a trip to Goodwill, and on the way back, I got really stuck in construction.  When I made it back to the office, I was tasked with putting the beer on ice for the retirement party that was happening in the evening.  When I had finished up, I headed to Josh and John's to meet Christian for our 1-on-1.  After our 1-on-1, we headed back to the house, where Leigha led a learning component about budgets to prep Michael and I for sharing the monthly budget in the...

 Today I started by going to Home Depot with Tressa and picking up some stuff for painting at the office.  When we got back to the office, I spent the next few hours painting the side doors to the office.  There was a lot of taping off to do, which was extremely frustrating.  When I was done painting doors, I cleaned everything up, and then I helped leasing put together a couple of shelves to help organize their files.  When I was done putting together the shelves, I headed home.  When I got home, I did some stuff around the house before Michael made us his wraps for supper.  After supper, we watched an episode of Firefly, and then I went to bed.

 Today we started with the Sprouts pick up.  It was not very good, but there were a lot of prepared meals.  When we got to the pantry, I decided to wash some of our organizer trays, but when I turned on the water, the hose I was going to use broke, so I helped put everything away instead.  We were expecting the delivery of some shelving while we were there, but it did not show up.  We had to keep ourselves busy for about an hour before we could go to Westside.  We left for Westside at 11 and delivered the bread.  Then I dropped Jenni off at the office and made a quick Goodwill run to get rid of some clothes we had.  When I got back from Goodwill, we took lunch.  While we were at lunch, Doug went to a FedEx store and got our shelves.  He made a great dad joke today to.  "Hey, Sam, did you know that FedEx and UPS merged?  Now everyone is real FEDUP."  When Doug got back with our shelves, we went back to the pantry, and while...

 Today we had holy humor Sunday.  It was a really entertaining service, and they put in a lot of effort to make it funny.  After church, we headed home for some lunch, and then I went and did the shopping for the week.  While I was out and about, I stopped at a gas station to wash the windows since I got them really dirty yesterday.  When I got back from shopping, I put everything away, and then we went to a park for a while.  When we got back, Christian and I made some delicious spaghetti.  After supper, I relaxed for a while, and then I finished the evening by watching an episode of Firefly.