Body by Humanity.

About once a week since the beginning of February, I've been going down to Rainier Vista (one of the sketchier parts of Seattle which is actually pretty nice) to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. First off, I love these people. Their orientation process was only 45 minutes and bam, you're off to building houses. Although after today, I'm beginning to realize that "building a house" is just a sneaky way of saying, "here, dig this trench". I actually enjoy digging trenches and shoveling muck in the rain because dang my friends, my nightly push-up routine has shot from a mere 10 to a solid 50. So, if you feel like a new fitness plan, go with Body by Humanity. The other reason I love these people is because of their infinite confidence in your ability to do anything. That's kind of not at all like graduate school. They'll walk up and say "here, cut this inch piece of steel", "we need you to take this roto-hammer with a three inch drill bit and punch a hole through the concrete", "go over there and build a wall so that we can pour the concrete tomorrow", and my favorite "install the sub-flooring, the materials are over there". As for that last one, it was a two day project and the city inspector said of my work (and the five other volunteers) that it was "the best installation he's ever seen. Ever." Bam! Science doesn't work out, I'm moving over to Visqueen. This picture is hard to tell since I'm wearing brown pants but believe you me, this is me caked in muck and mud after shoveling in the 40 degree rain for about five or six hours. And those gloves (light tan leather) had only been used once before. Love it!!!