day one hundred thirty // fifty six.

today was our last real day of being on site for a while, but it didn't really feel like it since we have SO much left to do, and i know i'll be around a lot over the next few months. sweet.

so this morning, jayson, megan & i finished up all the bricking... we cut a few pieces for the front patch, and redid an area near the back. then we filled everything up with more gravel, because some of it has washed out. after we were done with the brick cutting saw, megan & i took it apart and cleaned it up, so that we can return it.

and that was it for today :)

day one hundred twenty nine // fifty five.

today, i got a break from [us] for the morning, because i had a doctor's appointment and other random things to do. i got to sleep in like an hour later than usual, and it was amazing. so i got on site at about 1.00, just in time for a HUGE thunderstorm. but we have plenty of painting to do inside, so we did that. josh & lauren finished up the main hallway, while denise, jayson, megan & i primed the entryway, which we finished after a few hours, including the ceiling. and painting ceilings SUCKS. it involves tilting your head up constantly, and it was making me feel dizzy and nauseous after a while. so denise finished up the last part of the ceiling while megan & i primed the cement columns.

also, for the past few days, adrianna has been working on her entry sculpture thing, and it looks really cool. she's painted the metal pieces so that they're no longer the same color as the stucco, and it contrasts nicely with the front of the building. i'm not sure what else is involved in her design, but i'm excited to see it finished.

day one hundred twenty eight // fifty four.

today kind of sucked. it was hot as HELL outside, and jayson and i were working in the front yard, where there is constant sun. it was not fun. we finished grading our little square connecting the sidewalk and the driveway, then we got started laying the bricks. we got all the whole bricks layed, and tomorrow we'll worry about the ones that need to be cut.

so at 12, we all went to lunch as usual. i wasn't feeling well though, so i decided to go home and have a nap. it was longer than i intended, but i felt much better afterwards. so i got back to site around 2, and we began cleaning up the site. we got most of the wood, roof, trash, and other miscellaneous materials up, and into the dumpster or in the wood pile. then our neighbor friend from across the street [not the crack house] came and picked up the big pieces. he comes and gets some scrap every once in a while to build some dog houses that he sells. it's pretty cool that we can reuse the wood, instead of just throwing it away.

then after we cleaned, i went inside & helped josh & lauren do some priming. they were working in the big hallway, and i thought it was going to take forever to paint. but we have these huge 18" rollers that make it much easier, so we got a lot of it done in the hour or so that we were working :)

day one hundred twenty seven // fifty three.

today was rather uneventful.... this morning jayson and i did a LOT of pickaxing and shoveling. there is a 5x5ish area between the front sidewalk and the driveway that robert wants us to brick. i'm not sure why, but whatever. however there was a small dirt mountain in the way that we had to remove. so we did that until like 1.00, when we went to lunch.

after lunch, megan & i went to the studio to meet with debbie & janel. they were giving me all their LEED stuff and giving me a tutorial about what all needs to be done. which is a LOT. and i'm quite terrified. but i know megan and can get it done! it'll be great fun.

day one hundred twenty six // fifty two.

today there was a surprise for us when we got on site: broken glass. some asshole kids broke 2 of the panes of glass on the front curtain wall. obviously, denise & robert were PISSED. denise had actually come by site on saturday morning and saw it then, and she called the police and told them the dealio. but they couldn't really do much, so it pretty much sucks.

anyway, today jayson and i finished our brick pathway! we had to do some more pickaxing to get it level, but we got that done pretty quickly, and we laid the pavers quickly. so by 1.00 when i had to go, we were finished! except for the recycling pad area, but we have to wait for our grading friends to come back and move the dirt hills that are in our way.

day one hundred twenty five // fifty one.

today jayson and i of course continued working on pavers. we kicked ass during the morning and got a LOT done, and we were well on course to finishing everything by 5.00. but alas, we did not. we had to finish work that people supposedly did WEEKS ago. back when we first started pavers, a group of people worked on grading the site so that when we come along, we just have to throw a little extra gravel on and start laying bricks. however, there was one area which needed to be dug out a LOT because we couldn't slope a lot due to ADA purposes. but they apparently decided they only wanted to grade it halfway, and deal with it later. which meant jayson and i had to deal with it. so our afternoon was spent pick-axing and shoveling out 4 or 5 inches of dirt. but i haven't had to redo someone else's work in quite some time, so i guess i was overdue. anyway, now we should finish bricking on monday :)

day one hundred twenty four // fifty.

today megan and i elected to venture around greensboro searching for donations. we went to site to see if robert was ok with this plan and also to have him look at our book we created yesterday. he saw us in our normal clothes and couldn't say no, plus he liked our book. first we had to go to the studio to quickly edit the book & update the blog. then we went to kinko's to get it printed, and then we began our adventure. it wasn't very exciting though and we didn't get any free stuff or money, but we made some progress. we'll just have to continue calling & visiting people until we get our stuff :)

so we spent the morning doing this, and then i went back to site to help jayson work on pavers. and fortunately, we got quite a bit done! and ideally, we should be able to finish the rest of the sidewalk tomorrow!

also today, the curtain wall guys installed glass! it looks AWESOME. it's kind of greenish-blue glass which i don't normally like, but it looks really good with the blueish gray of the building. and it obviously lets a LOT of light into the building, so it looks super nice :)