Working with John

So, these past few days, I spent a lot of time on data entry. I actually managed to get through all the data entry that Cheryl had put forth for me. Dan was assigned to the job of trucking, so he was not present for most of the time I was there. However, I did spend some additional time working with the craftsman John Dagil. John was the person who I had helped cut wood on previous days, though today I got a bit more control.

Today, John wanted to sand some wood that had already been cut. John used a machine that's nature eluded me to begin this job, but, for the more important task of rounding the corners of the wood, a more hands-on approach was required (by me). The machine John used was essentially a giant, circular piece of sand paper spinning at an incredibly fast speed. The machine moved so fast that John told me I could only use the half of the disk that was spinning downwards (I learned that he was right the hard way).

The next day, John had a different job for me: help me cook a meal for everyone at Habitat. John was making a taco salad that consisted of chips, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, meat, and yogurt. My job was essentially to spread these ingredients out on the tray for the taco salad. It felt a bit odd to be cooking while working for Habitat for Humanity, but it was refreshing to do something different from what I had been doing for the past two and a half weeks.