This was the first weekend for a few weeks that we just stayed at the house. It was good. We were able to get a lot accomplished.
On Friday, we went to a bonfire/potluck for volunteers at a previous Americorps volunteer's home. It was fun to just sit around the fire, but a little difficult to cultivate friendships. There are a whole lot of Americorps volunteers here that are really fun people. The difficulty is that they share four houses and have all that bonding time. Then, the Mennonites (as we are known) come to the gatherings, but without the existing bonds they have. So, it is still fun to go socialize - and I see a lot of them at work (I think they all volunteer at La Puente) - but it is a little difficult to feel like you have found new friends. We'll see what happens as the year progresses.
On Saturday, we worked at rearranging the house and making it "ours." It was fun to decide what the purpose of each room would be and how we, as a unit, wanted it to look. Claire (a Notre Dame alumni) took a break to watch the Michigan vs. Notre Dame f-ball game. While that was on, Emmy and I went to Alamosa to get groceries for the week. I came home and mopped the large kitchen floor with Jeremy's help. It feels so good to walk and not get crumbs stuck on your feet... we'll see how long that lasts. In the evening, Claire and Jeff made supper and then we just hung out in our new newly arranged rooms.
On Sunday, we worked - I'll just come out and say we worked... even though I don't really like to do much work on Sunday. We wanted to get the greenhouse/sunroom and the two sheds cleaned up. We did. We have a pile of old paint cans and random other things that need to go to a dump/toxic drop-off location. It is so nice to have some order around this place and feel like we have taken some ownership.
On Friday, we went to a bonfire/potluck for volunteers at a previous Americorps volunteer's home. It was fun to just sit around the fire, but a little difficult to cultivate friendships. There are a whole lot of Americorps volunteers here that are really fun people. The difficulty is that they share four houses and have all that bonding time. Then, the Mennonites (as we are known) come to the gatherings, but without the existing bonds they have. So, it is still fun to go socialize - and I see a lot of them at work (I think they all volunteer at La Puente) - but it is a little difficult to feel like you have found new friends. We'll see what happens as the year progresses.
On Saturday, we worked at rearranging the house and making it "ours." It was fun to decide what the purpose of each room would be and how we, as a unit, wanted it to look. Claire (a Notre Dame alumni) took a break to watch the Michigan vs. Notre Dame f-ball game. While that was on, Emmy and I went to Alamosa to get groceries for the week. I came home and mopped the large kitchen floor with Jeremy's help. It feels so good to walk and not get crumbs stuck on your feet... we'll see how long that lasts. In the evening, Claire and Jeff made supper and then we just hung out in our new newly arranged rooms.
On Sunday, we worked - I'll just come out and say we worked... even though I don't really like to do much work on Sunday. We wanted to get the greenhouse/sunroom and the two sheds cleaned up. We did. We have a pile of old paint cans and random other things that need to go to a dump/toxic drop-off location. It is so nice to have some order around this place and feel like we have taken some ownership.
Jeremy and I went out for lunch and watched Wild Hogs this afternoon for his birthday. (Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the lunch money!) This picture is actually from his birthday (on the 11th), but I forgot I had it to post. We had eaten lunch in the park, and this is our documentation of a great birthday celebration!This evening we tried out the young adult Bible study at church - not too bad... it felt good to discuss something in a small group setting that leads to spiritual growth. We went to the Casters (praise & worship) service afterwards. It is not very spiritually nourshing for me for a number of reasons that I don't really need to go into. We'll probably just continue with morning worship and come back in the evenings to the Bible study.
At the Bible study, I met a girl from Adams State College who said they play sand volleyball Sundays at 1pm while the weather's warm. I might try to check it out next week... I hope it will be fun and I will not be the old one who dies on the court :)
At the Bible study, I met a girl from Adams State College who said they play sand volleyball Sundays at 1pm while the weather's warm. I might try to check it out next week... I hope it will be fun and I will not be the old one who dies on the court :)
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