Friday January 4, 2008

Thankfully it was a bit warmer this morning - 41 and warmed up to about 55 this afternoon. We worked with the frat boys again today. The rest of the house got sided and painted and Dave and I almost finished the front porch - just have a bit of trim and decorative work to finish up. The frat boys are leaving tomorrow morning - it was fun to work with them, but I did feel a bit old being called ma'am all the time (those southern manners are strong at Mississippi State). We also found out that Habitat doesn't work on Saturday so we will hook up with the church group tomorrow and work on some other job. Sunday is a day off for everyone so we will probably drive around and take pictures of the area. Dinner was quite southern tonight: baked catfish, greens, and grits. A big group (about 25 or so) of mostly girls from Boston College came in this evening - they will be working for the next week here. They are hooked up with something called W to W: Wayland, MA to Waveland, MS. They send down people almost every week to work on the houses in the area. We had a lovely evening chatting with some of the new folks that came in today - lots of interesting people.