Laying Sod and Slicing Tomatoes

I hear Landscape Artists make a good living these days.

And now that I know how to lay sod, I think I can call myself a Landscape Artist.

Well, not quite but close enough. I laid the sod and cut the sod--and I have to say that beautiful, shiny green looks perfect.

I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

Also that morning, we had staff devotion. This year they want to make devotions a little more exciting. The devotion committee decided they would do what they do best..which is add humor. So Spencer asked the interns to do a little skit for devotion. Each of the interns had to poke fun of one of the older staff. I poked fun of Dina, who is an older woman who works in housekeeping. Now Dina is the sweetest lady but boy, does she talk your ear off. She is the first to tell you about all the camp gossip, and she even talks about family stuff--stuff that most people would keep private. But it is as if she has vomit of the mouth. It all comes out. All of us interns love it--because we will sit and talk for hours and actually start our day at 10 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. So I had to pretend I was late to devotion because I was following Dina to work but we both got stuck at a red light and she rolled down her window and started talking to me about all her brothers and sisters--which she is 1 of 10. And we sat in our cars for 45 minutes cause she couldn't stop talking.

They laughed-- a lot. Everyone knows she is a talker.

That night we had F.O.B--Fellowship of Believers. Intern Bible study night. This time we went to Tyson's house for dinner and his wife, Melanie made us dinner. They have a 18 month old son. Tyson is on staff as a maintenance guy. Him and Melanie met on E-Harmony. That came to a shock for all of us. But love is love--whether you find it in high school or through the World Wide Web.

I love F.O.B. nights. We are beginning to learn about the spiritual disciplines. We also talked about each of us picking a mentor for the year. I have someone in mind, but today I felt a bit anxious about it. Just worrying that we won't connect or that our relationship won't compare to the relationship with the intern she had last year. I just over-analyze everything. Typical of me.

I will try not to think about it too much.

Today, I was on Food Service. I really really enjoy Food Service. I like it because I am not always doing the same things. I like it because we get to listen to music all day. I like it because I get to cook. I like it because I get to talk with the others in the kitchen. I like it because we control the food--which is a big deal in a place like this.

After work, I went for a run and just having the mountains in front of me as I run is ridiculous--I wonder how did I get so lucky to live here for a year. But I am. And it is good.