Habitat Mobile Week 1

Hey all-
Sitting here in the van stealing wireless from the local Latino market... Internet is scarce down here at the moment. So far everything is going great. We live in a house built by Habitat last year in Irvington, AL, which is just outside Mobile. We are currently finishing construction on a couple homes. We work with alternative spring break volunteers. Along with doing the actual work ourselves we are supposed to be supervising the volunteers, who get priority when it comes to work. This week we wrapped the house in Tyvex, layed tar paper on the roof, shingled the roof, installed french doors, cut and installed soffit, and painted parts of vinyl siding. Soon I expect we will be laying foundation and digging trenches for plumbing. The first week has been great. Working construction is a lot of fun, but very demanding on the body. It gets pretty hot here already. I have successfully acquired a good farmers tan already.
Enough about work-
I am having the time of my life doing this. My septum is almost healed already at just 4 weeks today. For questions regarding that, I got it pierced! I have days when I am homesick for my girl Amber, my close friends, and my family. I miss you all very much. I recently decided to again become vegetarian, in combination with being lactose intolerant, and it has been pretty exciting. I have learned a lot lately about vitamins and minerals necessary for being a healthy vegetarian so I feel confident that I will be healthier than before. We visited Baton Rouge this past weekend. It was work related but OK nonetheless and I got to see most of my old housemates. Spring break is coming up this next weekend and we are traveling to New Orleans. We are going to stay there for 4 days to see the sights and of course, hang out on Bourbon Street! Looking forward to it. I have a picture of my house but it isn't on the computer yet so I can't show you. Maybe next time.
Well, our laundry is done so we are going to head home for dinner.

See you next time,
Justin