So, today, a student from Newbury named Dan came into the Habitat for Humanity office so he could also do his senior project. This was a very welcome change for me since I had felt a bit isolated after working at the Habitat office for two weeks.
Despite the extra person, there was still work for me to do. Actually, yesterday and today, there were really only two different jobs for me to do: data entry and finishing the creation of flower pots. Data entry involved entering information regarding when certain volunteers had volunteered and for how many hours. It's a job that gets mind numbing fairly quickly, but, using the help of my iPod, I managed to get through five hours of data entry on Monday alone.
As for the finishing of the flower pots, that was my first time using power tools all by myself. The actual pots had already been created; they simply needed a hole in them to drain water. So, a hole needed to be created in the bottom of the flower pots via use of a drill. Now, if you've ever tried drilling a whole in ceramic, you'll know that it takes a while. In addition to the amount of time it takes, you also have to stay focused, lest you break the pot. Though I did not devote as much time to the flower pots as I did to data entry, I only managed to complete four pots due to the time it takes to create one.
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