Wow, what a day

Well, I had a day from hell. I loved it for the most part. Just had one incident that totally boggled the mind. I was approached by one of the camp tenants and informed that "someone" had shat in the shower stall. It seems that some of the local national that live here (cat 1 interpreters) are not adjusting to the modern way of life, all that well. I found out that this is not the first time for this. In fact, it is somewhere around the 15th or 16th time in recent months. So, I got to pondering the situation and a few of us came up with a solution. I posted a sign in all the shower cells' entrances that said if it happened again, I would remove all the shower curtains from all the shower stalls for a month. I sure hope I do not have to do that. But, I will if I have to.

On the brighter side. I did have a great day today. I convinced the commander to put me on the Signature card at the Class IV yard. The class 4 yard is where you get all the building material. This means that I do not have to go through the typical red tape to get things. It eliminates a few of the middle men in the process. I can pretty much skip all the people between me and the top. I LOVE IT.

The first major project at hand is to paint the outside of all the B-Huts. I just ordered 15 of the 5 gallon buckets of Tan Exterior Latex. Then, some small projects that are going to be done for individuals B-Huts. Like Shelving for storage of personal things. I am doing those on a case by case basis, as time allows.

Since most of you do not know, I will describe the typical living accommodations out here. The typical B-hut is 17 feet wide by 36 feet long. There is a door in the middle of each end that goes into a hallway. On each side of the hall way, there are 4 rooms. Each room is 6 1/2 feet by 7 1/2 feet. That is all you get. Not much room for things. In my room, I have the bed on stilts so as to be able to store my Tuff Boxes under the bed, that way they are out of my way. I am still working on getting some shelving in here for more storage.

So in closing, I am happy to say, I think I found my niche in life. I like this type of work. I look forward to getting to work in the morning and seeing what the next challenge is going to bring. But, most of all, I like seeing progress. I like to see things get done. Something I can put a check mark by and move to the next item on the list. There is a great deal of satisfaction in seeing to it that things get accomplished.