Veterans Green Jobs, Week 5

Home sweet home!  Our last day of work with VGJ was Thursday, and I flew back to Washington early this morning.  I was greeted with a few inches of fresh snow, which makes me realize that Denver really needs some winter lessons from Spokane.

Or not.  It’s cold here.

Our last week with VGJ was great.  We finished our painting projects, and they ordered a bunch of pizza for a really nice send-off lunch.  We also got VGJ bandanas, and stickers and some other sweet swag.  VGJ was a great project sponsor, and I loved working with them the last month.  The weatherizing and the warehouse were both great learning experiences, and alot of fun. (Thanks for this pic, McAdoo)

The last week did have me looking forward to next round though.  Being out with the crews the week before, I hadn’t realized how close we were to finishing the work they had planned for us.  This week was full of random little filler tasks that made the notion of leaving VGJ easier.  I, for example, spent two full days insulating a little doll house.  They plan to use it as a visual aid for what the weatherizing crews do in the field.  Or maybe the dolls were just getting too cold.  I already got loads of shit from my team for it, so you can save your breath.  

Another amazing VGJ parting gift: Nuggets tickets.  They gave us six amazing tickets for Thursday’s game against the Spurs.   

1. Our nosebleed seats the last time we saw the Nuggets play
2. Our kickass seats this time, probably thirty feet back from the court

Unfortunately the Spurs had to go and ruin our good time.  They won on a bullshit offensive foul that negated Melo’s game winner.  Typical, Spurs. Just typical.  On the plus-side, we did get to see JR Smith do this to Gary Neal:

(I didn’t take this.  Our seats were good, but nothing like this)

Thursday was also the day that all the other teams got back from their respective projects, so after the game, we walked downtown to meet our friends.  It was great to have everybody back, and Thursday turned into (euphemism alert!) quite an evening.

We’re on break for the next two weeks.  After that, we’ve got a week of prep before our Habitat project in New Orleans starts up!  In the meantime, Merry Christmas! I hope you all get the Turbo-Man Action figure you've been hoping for. 

Anybody going to the P.I. tonight? Great. Me too.