Baton Rouge Build Day!

I was assigned to do today's group journal, and below is my entry for anyone reading this blog and not the group one:

This morning we woke up at 5am thinking that breakfast crew was cooking and we had to be at site at 7am to volunteer. However, there was a pleasant surprise that the church was providing breakfast and we had a little "snow day" because we were able to go back to sleep for 30 minutes! It turned out that the whole group slept an hour... And we were a bit rushed by everyone made it out and there on time. Thanks to the St. James Episcopal Church for a delicious break consisting of eggs, pastries, sausage, coffee, and juice.

We arrived at the worksite for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge and began the day with a prayer. Today we were doing a pre-build meaning that we were putting door and window frames together, and putting together studs for the corners, etc. Many people wet excited because this is the closest we have come to framing! And tons of people had the chance to use power saws which is always fun. There was enough work to keep everyone busy alld ay long which was exciting, and something that does not always happen. The day was extremely productive with many piles of cut and prepared wood by the end of the day. And, an ice cream truck drove by site, which many people found exciting! I ended up leaving the worksite a bit early to take two riders to doctor's appointments but the group kept hard at work. Both riders are fine, they just wanted to get things checked before continuing the upcoming long ride days. The work day was over at 1pm and some people went back to the church for a good old PB&J lunch while a few others went out. Thanks to Habitat of Greater Baton Rouge for an excellent work day, and for the delicious snacks!

The afternoon consisted of napping, visiting the public library, running to the bike store, pharmacy and various errands for different people. A handful of people took time to catch up on old journal entries, so we can hopefully be up to date! There is a sushi place just down the street with happy hour deals so many people headed over there. Dinner was provided by St. James Episcopal Church again today. In the evening a few people went out to explore town, but most stayed in and watched a movie on the projector.

-Kerri Socha