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Reconnecting
Despite weather feeling colder than either of us remember, we’re enjoying reconnecting with family and friends here and especially preparing for the holidays. We’ve decorated three Christmas trees in the last four days and Evan climbed onto a roof for the first time ever to help my grandparents get their lights put up. Besides decorating,…
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Accept the Unexpected
From the beginning of this trip, I said that it was my goal to learn to be more flexible… So, of course, the Universe has decided to test me on that. When our intended housing plan fell through, I spent most of Monday making calls to potential contacts to try to find a fit. Unfortunately,…
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Turkey Day
After years of Evan rambling to me about the cultural importance of the spot on your Thanksgiving plate where the candied yams meet the mac and cheese, I can say he’s right. Everything we ate on Thanksgiving day was absolutely delicious. Everyone made whatever they wanted and the resulting feast had everything from charcuterie to…
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Snow In Florida and Lots of Gratitude
Heading into Thanksgiving tomorrow, there’s so much in our lives to be grateful for. On Monday, we attended our final meeting for Fort Myers South Rotary. When the speaker couldn’t make it, we all went around the room and talked about the things we’re grateful for. It was a sweet wrap up for our last…
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Last Work Days and The Other Side of The City
It’s already strange to say our time here is coming to an end but even stranger is knowing that we’ve wrapped up working on hurricane sites. Thursday and Saturday were spent in Sanibel doing everything we can to get their area even started on hurricane recovery. Thursday we concentrated on a garage, spending the day…
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Last Week in Florida
Today officially marks the start of our last week in Florida. It’s hard to believe it’s almost time to go. It feels like we’ve been here forever, it feels like we just arrived. We’ve spent most of the last few days writing a lot of emails and doing our non-volunteer jobs as we make preparations…
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Community Connecting
Despite the amount of work still needing to be done the last few days have been quite slow. When Rotary goes into a home, we help the homeowner remove items they can’t or don’t want to keep, help them clean out any remaining muck, then we gut the house down to bear bones – support…
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Networking Days
The last few days have been much quieter but with many wonderful opportunities for connection. On Monday, Susan took us to our second meeting with the Fort Myers South Club where we listened to a speaker address the many concerns homeowners have for insurance and rebuilding. On Tuesday, we were invited by Judith Hammond (who…
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Lots of (de)Construction
In the last four days, we’ve had the opportunity to help in five different houses! We’ve been part of Rotary’s whole process from helping homeowners sort damaged possessions all the way to spraying for mold and setting up dehumidifiers. We’ve pulled several hundred nails from walls, deconstructed a 100 year old wall with five different…
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Different Kind of Busy
The last couple days have been busy in a completely different way. We’ve spent a lot of time getting to help Susan around the house, mostly preparing meals and helping finish painting projects that are more suited to three people rather than one. It’s been nice getting to help her in exchange for the opportunity…
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