Monday, Melinda and I were able to help our decorating the big white house for an event that was held on the property. Melinda is a HUGE Christmas fan so this was a highlight for both of us.
Tuesday we were spoiled and got the day off to go to Sea World.
Wednesday we did some independent service hours at a Tamalada.
Thursday I did some trail scouting with Max and Ben. It was fun to wander around in the woods again looking for neat places for a mountain bike trail.
On Friday Max and I were in charge of helping Mark, Peggy, and those on the Land Heritage Institute board get ready for the Holiday Heritage Fair the next day. We hooked up trailers, got the hay rides ready, set up some tables. One of the neatest things was helping set up the Chuck Wagon. We pulled it out of the barn, and I mean we literally pulled it out. Max and Mark rolled the wheels and I pulled from the front. I got to climb inside and pull things out and set up the canopy on top.
Saturday was our last day of work and the 2nd annual Holiday Heritage Fair. We woke up and were bummed to find it was pretty cold and looked like rain. We just bundled up and got to work. Nick and I were in charge of driving to the closer intersections and putting up signs, it took us the few hours before the event started. Once people arrived we had a few scattered tasks each. A few of us helped with kids games for awhile. They had a "cow" set up and we had fun pretending to rope it. Then it was my turn to sit by myself at the front gate and direct people in. It was awfully cold and I was glad I had a truck to sit in the back of when it started drizzling. I also had Daisy, our dog friend who comes to visit hang out with me.
Morbid side story: While I was at the front gate, Daisy wandered into the road and got swiped by a truck. I think she may have broken a leg. She hobbled home.
Sunday we knew our time was dwindling so we tried to get some more fun stuff in. A few of us took a truck and went to Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio. It's basically a space needle, we took an elevator up and walked around. Not sure if it was worth the $10, but fun nonetheless. Then we had a going away dinner at Mark's office downtown. He's President of an architecture business and has the coolest office.
Monday was full of packing and cleaning after a 5 hour service project at Haven for Hope, a local homeless shelter in San Antonio. We worked in the kitchen making and serving breakfast. I was in the dish area for awhile and the people were so nice. I got so many thank you's when I took their trays to clean them.
Tuesday we took off for Lubbock for the night. Full day of driving. Wednesday we headed to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pretty neat place, I was able to wander around downtown for a bit and got some sweet new mittens. Had team dinner at a neat place called Atomic Grill. Thursday we drove back to Denver and it was fun to see Paul and all of my friends from training. We had enough money left over were were able to go to a nice restaurant and celebrate the end of the round. Wahoo.
Friday we had a day of meetings and that brings me to today, Saturday. The day I come back to Minnesota for Christmas Break.
My shuttle left campus at 5 this morning. I arrived at the airport and sailed through security by 6 am. That leaves me plenty of downtime until my 9 am flight to take advantage of this free wifi and update this blog!
Sorry posting has been so sparse, but as you can see, I'm a busy woman!
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