Raising the Roof

I blinked and almost missed it... I went to the build site today, and the crane was there lifting the roofs onto the houses. How Cool!

These volunteers have worked rediculously hard getting the house ready for this moment. They knew the crane was coming for 1pm today, and they made sure all the walls were up and ready by the time the crane got there! The first section of the roof took a little longer to get straight and secure down, but then they got the hang of it, and put the last three sections on the houses in less than a half an hour!

It's pretty surreal to see the house come together so quickly, I still don't think I fully realize that we'll be living in a house in just over a month. I'm one of those people that don't get excited over

something until the time has come. Just so you know what i'm talking about... I'm in a rock band, and all the other guys in our band get pumped up for a gig a few days before, where I don't get excited about the show until i'm in the venue, setting up. I think i'll really understand whats happening here, and really get excited once we start doing all the little stuff inside the house. Or maybe it won't be until we start moving stuff into the house. Not sure...

I took a ton of pictures today at the site, unfortunatley they're all the exact same angle because I was in my wheelchair... have I mentioned lately that Staph infections suck?

Time for electrical and pluming! :)

Personal Setback

So every day, i'm getting more and more excited to get working on this build!!  I have the countdown going until the blitz build starts, i'm ready to take pictures every day of everything thats been done, getting geared up to write up a blog entry every night about the days fun and exciting steps along this journy...

But then I run into  a setback that might sideline me for the entire build.

Celulitus A.K.A Staph Infection.

I went to the hospital Monday night after my leg started hurting Monday morning and just got worse throughout the day,  sometime Tuesday morning after the most PAINFULL ultrasound i've ever experienced, they told me the final verdict.  Since then, i've been in IV Antibiotics, and I have nurses coming in every day to give me more IV Antibiotics.  The Blitz  build starts in 9 days, and I can't even bare my own weight on my leg. I've been reassured by our mentor that they'll find a way to work around it, but i'm still super dissappointed.  I want to say 'I helped build our house!'

I really hope that I can find a way to feel useful during this process, but with my leg hurting as much as it is, i'm not sure if that would be completely feasable.

Dejected,

Scott