Wednesday was a really really REALLY early day. So early, I almost forgot to wake up! We were suppose to be in the lobby in between 5:15-5:30 AM. I gracefully stop, dropped, and rolled out of bed at about 5:10 missing both of my alarms. I guess the lady at the front desk was trying to locate me, calling my room frantically. I couldn’t hear her amongst the loud scrapping of my white Colgate toothbrush against my molars and the steady stream of running water. I finally heard a knock at my door at 5:30am and it was the front desk person making sure I was up. Of course I was up! I just move like a zombie sometimes at hours when the sun hasn’t risen. When we arrived at the work site, the Mobile CBS affiliate news van was already there, with their big lighting attracting rod satellite erected from the van. It was the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and they came to us for a special report. They were going to film us working on putting the roofs on some sheds for one hour while giving the morning newscast. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to finish the sheds. We just worked on them for the newscast. There were only 2 sheds for the 14 of us to share and with that many people, it was hard for us all to be working on the sheds at the same time. However, Kim did manage to play and intricate part in the success of the publicity spot by holding a ladder and handing wood to the people on the roof. Kim passed along three $100 gift certificates from Walmart to one of the Habitat directors. The certificates were to be donated to the 3 families who’s homes were being dedicated that afternoon. The day raged with Sahara desert style heat mixed with on and off waves of rain. Roger, Kim and I finished painting the trim on house 1 and moved on down to do the same with house 6. Some of us ran into some Alabama wildlife that afternoon. Todd received a lovely wasp sting which was calmed within 10 minutes by applying a penny to the affected area. I ran into Freddy, a little tree frog that was hiding out in the port-o-potty. For the 3rd day in a row, we had soggy sandwiches for lunch while some of our group that was working on another site got to eat fast food. We ended our work early at around 2pm and returned back to La Quinta Inn to rest up before dinner. The hotel is under construction. I was watching one of the workers paint and almost wanted to pick up a brush and join in. Actually, from all the painting I’ve been doing this week, I’ve noticed that the door in my hotel room’s bathroom looks exactly like the ones I’ve been painting on he Habitat site. I’ve been critiquing it all week. There are a lot of drips on the door that shouldn’t be there! Another great thing about my bathroom was the jie-enormous cockroach that was laying belly up on the floor. It was struggling for life, breathing it’s last breath. I don’t like big, ugly bugs. I ended up throwing a mound of every towel from the room over the creature so the cleaning people could take care of it and I wouldn’t have to stare at it! That night, we ate at Ed’s seafood restaurant which was located off the causeway in Mobile Bay. Home of the "Yo Mama" platter, Ed's was surrounded by water! The highlight of this experience was the singer on the porch at the end of the night. He managed to sing for an encore an acoustic version of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” mixed with Weird Al’s “Amish Paradise.” I don’t think any musician should ever do this if they plan to have a long standing career.
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