Broadcasting Life

manly

according to the "studs" of the habifam, there are many things that may make you manly. us girls of the habifam, well, it's not that we try to achieve these manly goals...it just makes us tougher if we do! so, out raking today i believe i can add to my list of manly things i have achieved:

-blisters. 7 of them! woohoo!
-powerhousin' it when it came to bagging. (everyone did an extremely well job of this).
-not caring about all the dirt that seemed to be attracted to me.
-wearing shorts

now, the last one the manly studs had to differ on. they told me that i was not manly for wearing shorts. they said that i could get cut or a majority of other things. but as i recall, according to what they published in the trips journal, blood on the work site is manly. i pointed this out to them. they said that there is a dress code. i said, who said there was a dress code. they said there just is. i said that i'm president and i can overrule. nate said i was v.p. i said i was president until the end of the semester. nate said, in his earl impressionism, "i know the president, she's that good lookin' girl." i glared at him, turned around and started working again. he went on and on about his, i'm just kidding andi! i'm just kidding! in his you-should-have-known-that voice. and i did. it's just fun to play with his brain!

another question that was pondering in my mind while raking....why is it that all the little old ladies don't want anyone else other than "a young man" to do their work for them? what aren't we capable of? the first house we raked at the lady wanted nothing to do with us girls...she only talked to the guys. she did ask me who to write the check out to and i told her who and then she asked if the amount was enough. i simply stated that that sounds good, it's a free will donation. then she started asking for the big guy that was in charge and i said that i was president and then she kinda looked at me and asked us if we wanted a pop. then she asked ekren if this amount was enough. ekren said that it was plenty. then she wanted to hire him over the summer for some around the house chores. WHY CAN'T SHE HIRE A GIRL? I CAN LIFT A BAG, I CAN SWEEP, I MOWED MY PARENT'S LAWN FOR MANY YEARS, I CAN RAKE, I CAN CHANGE A LIGHT BULB (unbelievable, but yes it's true. and it only takes one of me, no one else. but i can't do it in bemidji. apparently we can't change lightbulbs here because there's no electricity. or so the joke goes.) I CAN LIFT UP A PAINT BRUSH AND EASILY PAINT A FENCE, ONE OF MY MAJORS HAS TO DO PAINTING!!!

deep breath. whew.


anyways. i've never dealt with so many little old ladies who think that only guys can do yard work. It's been quite a few in the couple of days. after we left this ladies house, me and the girls (peaches, d-dog and erica-who needs a nickname, i think we've recruited her to the habifam!) drove over to the next house and stated instances where this has happened. unfortunatly, none of us will state anything to these little old ladies as we don't want to jeopardize our donation to habitat and further more, we don't want to insult them or cause any criciticals. so we just leave it alone. but, o, if i had the guts....

my hands hurt. i had to ice them at the corner bar after we were done working. blisters suck. doesn't make typing fun. i think my hands need some tlc.

on some lighter notes:

we got all our raking done for the day. only 7 more lawns left! eh...the cheering for this has died done a bit...too tired.
campout and clean up at itasca state park this weekend! i can muster up some enthusiasm for this one, wooohooo!!
my sister is going to be in town friday, so hopefully i will get to see her. i also have an 8 am class, then my eye dr. appt. (no more glasses! back to contacts!), then go check on the guys, then i have to go check some garage sales for a dresser...kinda need one at the new house. then off to see my sister and have lunch with her. then some raking along with finding square! (she's left me for a couple of days...no one to talk to), then off to swim practice, then to get groceries for this weekend's campout.
supper at the corner bar tonight was excellent as usually...nate and ekren paid with the money they had made from helping lo j and earl.
made me think of square tonight when we were raking and everyone's instructions to everyone was to "find their own square." i couldn't, mine has temporarily left town!
i talked to squeak the other night. i hadn't talked to her in awhile so it was good to catch up. at my brother's graduation party we are going to run the kitchen so it should be a fun, hilarious time. i also showed her my funny face making skills with the webcam at work today. always funny. always.
be careful. laminated sheets straight off the laminater are hot. may cause burnt flesh. not hot enough to brand my thumb though. not special enough i guess.
we had an equal amount of girls as there were guys out raking today. usually we have 1 maybe 2 guys with us and a handful of girls. but today, we were equal in numbers! (this is big for our group!)

i think that's all. i know there was some other good quotes from tonight. there always is with the habifam. anyways. that's my story for the night and i guess i'm sticking to it. cause it's the truth and you wouldn't want me to lie would you?