When I was young I couldn’t understand why my mom wore socks with sandals. In fact, it used to drive me crazy. It didn’t make sense. It seemed pretty easy to just take the socks off if you were going to put on sandals. Now I understand. Why bother to take the socks off to do a quick errand outdoors and don’t want to be barefoot when you come back in the house and take off your sandals. It is practical to slip on sandals with socks on. This is exactly what I do when I take Carli out. I smiled the other day when I looked down at my feet; remembered my mom and how ridiculous I thought it was at one time.
Yesterday was a much better day at Habitat. It was our first hot, full sun day. I was working with a group of adults – 3 men and a woman, I provided so many misdirections for one reason or another that it became comical after a while. The nice thing about carpentry is that in general, no one is going to bleed to death and there is generally a work around to most mistakes. And there is always the opportunity to take it apart and put it back together again. Even those with more experience than I have to take things apart sometimes. My group was really into problem solving and we came up with some creative solutions – some of which were helpful. Surgery is all about problem solving as well, however the tissue you are working generally has more “give to it” than wood so precision of measurement is not as crucial. I always tell my crews that we always discover why we do things a certain way when we get to the next step and have to deal with the consequences of not being “flush enough”.
It was so sunny that midday I decided to reapply my spf 100 sunscreen. I took my iWatch off so I didn’t spray it. After we got back to work, I realized I didn’t have my watch on. There was too much going on to worry about it so after we finished I decided to try to find my watch. I had done a cursory pat down of my the many pockets on my construction work pants and when it was not there so I assumed it was in my backpack where I kept my sunscreen. When backpack search was uneventful, I enlisted the help of two others to find my watch – only to find in in my back pocket. Why I put it there I have no idea.
Tamara Unleashed 