Head West Young Man!

Either tonight after work, or early tomorrow morning, I'll be going to western Nebraska to work on a Kingdom Hall. Sydney to be exact. Hopefully work finishes a little early and I can get out of Dodge sooner. Murphy's law, I probably will end up with a ten hour day. I have at least one person going with, so I won't be sleeping behind the wheel. He's a pretty good road trip compadre, so I won't have to listen to country music, or listening to whining about not listening to country music. We should only be there two days. The first day, we set tile right on the open slab of concrete. There are no walls yet, so the walls are laid out and chalked in so we know where to stop and start our tile. The next day grout, turn around and head back down the hill to Omaha. We set the tile a week or two before the actual build, because when you set a piece of tile, you can't walk on it for eight hours minimum. This building is going to be constructed in three to four days, completely finished, all the way down to the sod in the yard. This is why we set tile beforehand, because there's not eight hours to burn. I used to keep track of how many projects I've worked on, but I have lost count. I was at 37, I'm probably around 42 or 43 now. I've been all over the midwest and have seen some beautiful country, and have met some great people. I've worked in Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota, and obviously Nebraska. All work is volunteer, to help keep the cost down, so our friends in other locations are not strapped with a mortgage they can't afford, or so they can enjoy a new meeting place that they could not otherwise afford. Some of the more memorable ones are Rapid City, SD, the most fun. Spearfish, SD, the most scenic. Gregory, SD, the best tasting water. Shenandoah, IA, my first one. Lincoln, grouting in the rain. Harlan, IA, staying awake for thirty hours straight. North Omaha, the biggest. Vermillion, SD, the hottest weekend. I'm sure there's something I could probably remember from each one if I sat down and thought about it long enough. Well, time to pack up the mules, and head west west young man! Tell ma I'll write,...... or rather 'blog'.