day . 21

today was a good day! my dad followed me to site this morning to see the progress. he had not seen the place since it was just footings. i gave him the tour and he got to meet robert. i brought muffins [blueberry] and they were a hit! once we started working [about 9:30] josh and i went to the sides of the front wall and took out the vertical rebar and took off the top course. we had to do this because there is a slight 2 percent grade on the roof and had we left the top course the front would have had to been built up 8 inches which would then dwarf the church. we took the band saw up on the top of the scaffolding and pulled the rebar out and cut it. once those were all done we moved to putting the vertical rebar in the walls that were 7 courses and we got to the walls that were 9 courses!!! robert also informed me that i was the "rebar boss" and he was not going to check behind me but hear from me when the vertical rebar was all in and done! i feel like i am finally finding my place in a leadership role, and i like it. it is a lot of responsibility to be counted on by robert and not mess up, but i am up for the challenge!

this was another long week, but the pour was moved again to thursday so i feel like i can breathe! and that also means a long weekend! i need it thats for sure!

ALSO the crack house got busted up with 12 cop cars and police everywhere with their weapons drawn. it was quit intense. i dont think i have ever seen robert climb up the scaffolding that fast to get a better look.