habitat

i made everyone pancakes and as i was making them, i thought, "why am i making everyone pancakes?" passion drives me to act impulsively on my instincts. i would be ok if they didn't want them-- i'm not the type of person that people get use to in a week.

optimally, i'd love to do roofing. evidently, we did landscaping. i made no big deal about it (i do love service projects.) odyssey and endeavor were teamed up. i feel as if i connected more with the other group than my own. here's a run down.

steve and eugene: they were nice fellows. we put on our name tags (which was a good thing b/c i didnt know everyones name.) and started the day with a prayer.

craig: seems like a very insightful and considerate guy. we connected through our bi-cultural upbringing. he enlightened me a lot on how people interact in mcnair.

kenny: i was excited that he was going to be in our group, then i found out that he wasnt. i guess we connect on the more worldly/philosophical level. i find that people from africa are always so fascinating. he was such a hard worker and never complained about anything.

chinedu: we connected. it's another one of those, "i cant explain" connections. i had that initial feeling right when i first interacted with him. anyhow, i decided to lighten the day and i wrote, "my butt smells" on the "nametags" and proceded to tape it chinedu's butt. success! hehehe. later that day i made a joke about how the dirt smelled like chinedu's butt. he pointed out that i didnt need to specify that i was joking, it takes away from the humor. duly noted-- i'm going to work on that. at the end of the day, i soaked him with the hose, he called me a jokester. while we were waiting for the bus, he threw his empty capri sun at me. i looked up at him and said, we are going to be best friends. he nodded.

it was a good day, a lot of great conversations.