Sam's Year of Service Adventure

(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. 

(Written by Janessa Garcia)  This morning, Grandma and Grandpa picked me up around 9 o’clock, and we went to the Olympic Museum. We spent the morning touring the museum and then ate lunch in the nearby park. After lunch, we went and walked around Manitou Springs for a few hours. We also got some ice cream while we were there. After we were done walking there, we ventured to the Garden of the Gods and did some more hiking. When we were done hiking at Garden of the Gods, we went back to the house before we went out to eat. On the way to the restaurant, we looked at more Greccio properties. We then met Ron and Susan at a Mexican restaurant. During the meal, we engaged in a lot of pleasant conversation. After supper, Grandma and Grandpa took me back to the house for the night.

Today for work, I finished painting railroad ties at the front of the office and started on the side until I ran out of paint. Then, on my way home from work, I got my hand caught in the railing of the bike bridge, trying to get out of the way of another biker. When I made it home, Leigha took me to Urgent Care, and they took a look at my hand. They decided to send me to the emergency room to make sure it wasn’t broken. After a lot of waiting, I got my finger X-rayed, and once that was over, I got it cleaned and stitched up. After I got discharged, I went and met Grandma and Grandpa Nickel at the house. I spent the rest of the afternoon showing them around some of the Greccio properties. When we got back from the tour, we grilled sausage sandwiches for supper and ate them out on the patio. After supper, we visited for a while, and Grandma and Grandpa went to the Airbnb for the night, and then I went to bed after I called Janessa. (She is also typing this for me as I am having difficult...

 Today I spent the whole day painting the railroad ties for the landscaping at the office.  They were a huge pain to paint and took a lot of paint.  I got the front ones about 3/4 of the way done by the end of the day.  I only dripped a little bit of paint on the sidewalk and hid the rocks I accidentally painted.  At the end of the day, I headed home and got home ice cream on the way.  When I got home from work, I made some mac and cheese for supper and then relaxed the rest of the evening.

 Today was pantry day.  We started with the Trader Joe's pickup and then getting everything put away.  After we had everything put away, I filled some boxes for residents who wanted to pick up their food.  After lunch, we opened the pantry and had a lot of people come through.  We had a new leasing agent there helping us today, which was nice.  At the end of the day, we packed everything up and headed back to the office.  At the office, we put stuff in the fridge and left stuff out for people to take.  Then I headed home.  When I got home, I relaxed for a while and played with Naomi and Josiah.  Then we ate some supper, and then we had a learning component about brain puzzles.  They were tricky at first, but once you learned how they worked, they were pretty simple.  After the learning component, I relaxed the rest of the evening before going to bed.

 Today I was with maintenance.  We started our day by taking the van to the mechanic's shop for an oil change.  Then Bill dropped us off at Bentley.  I started my day at Bentley by checking on a make-ready to see what needed to be done.  Then I picked up a bunch of trash.  When I was finished, I went to sweep and mop a finished make-ready.  After that, we did the filters in building 9.  It went pretty well for me because I only had to talk to one resident.  When I was done doing the filters, I went to talk to Carrolyyn about an apartment that was really dirty and needed to be demanded.  While I was in her office, I got yelled at by a resident for absolutely no reason.  After that, we went and cleaned a vestibule quick because one of our investors was coming to see some apartments.  Then I took my lunch.  After lunch, I went and checked out another make ready to see what needed to be done.  Then I noticed all the apart...