A Great Start

601 am started a little early as students began to rise up from different bunks in one of 5 dormitories at Seashore United Methodist, sleepy eyes looked at each other like were we really getting up now. But tiredness soon started the giggling process, and fairly soon 61 newly commissioned construction workers walked across the compound to breakfast and the 2009 work camp had started.. Walking back from breakfast the girls found a very large math teacher holding a magnet board with their names on in, Kope and Quantrill found out they would be working at 166 Hoxie with 16 others, and Blinky and Tic Maber went to a house on Howard and Kuhn with 14 of their crew. 'Ello Guvnor and Nice Tool Land would be delivering water and ice this day, while The Finisher, Danicing in the Moonlight, 2 Chance, and Diablo Cazador would be working at the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen. K-Sizzle Crazizzle, Mercy Mercy Me, and Baba Looey immediately started bringing some organization to the tool shed at the Back Bay Trailers. There was a lot of sanding on the house at Hoxie, building a handicap ramp at Howard street (new provisions had to be made as the young workers on Howard did not have the body weight to drive the screws). After a little bit of pre-drilling that crew was gettting after it. Paint 1 and Paint 2 crews waited patiently before they got started and soon were tackling a massive paint job on Gill. Baba Looey and the Rusty Crusty crew worked too hard and were finished just after lunch. Soon there was plans of a rope swing, and that too was accomplished in short order. (Of course it was painted and Nerinx Hall 2009 was officially part of Biloxi).

A group of 6 girls prepared a great taco meal for 80 people. It might be told later that Bloozer and Blampf spent more time entertaining dads with their conversation and playing on the new swing, but that would be an exaggeration as each kid really did do their best to help out. We had one minor ankle sprain, but since we had 3 different medical professionals as part of our group, she was quickly taken care of. The night ended with the dads setting up a big screen and the girls watching a movie "drive-in" style. The girls were also introduced to the tradition of a cartoon before the movie as Yakky Doodle and Chopper got to see Yakky Doodle and Chopper their name sakes. "Am I the smart one or are you the smart one?" asked Yakky Doodle to Chopper. Great first day, Tuesday morning would come early for some, but we are ready to work or swing?????