Month: April 2018

Sunday I drove to Louisville (with Loki, who was a perfect angel for four hours) to work with the IT company in person for two weeks. I’ve spent my time so far getting everything together on paper for the website and researching different platforms for how versatile and affordable they are for my purposes.

Everything still hurts from the teeth removal so today I’m focusing on starting a written reflection about people in general and the way they relate to each other based on what I know from experience & what I’ve seen in interviews.

For the rest of the week, I plan to work on that, get some feedback from outside sources, and conduct a few interviews. (Next week will be busier, like last week was.)

I will be hiking in around the area same as always, although I may venture out on a road trip to Elephant rock, if anyone wants to come just text me.

I will also continue to update my Instagram with more hikes and adventures!   Coast_to_coast_hiking

I have been hiking in and around the St. Louis area with family and friends. This includes hiking in Castle wood, Rockwoods Reservation, and hiking around St. Albans.

I’ve finished another chapter, did a workout with a bball training client, and am going to be starting a week of teaching gym classes for preschool through 8th grade this Monday. Looking forward to having a bit more scheduled time with set activities and free periods where I can write.

Today we went to Union to meet with a client who’s kids used to go to Fulton, Mrs. Dayna Williams. She wanted her bathroom remodeled so I helped Rhonda measure her bathroom and draw a rough plan. Then we went to a house that Rhonda was considering buying and flipping.

I did not post on Wednesday, so I will do a bit of a longer post today to explain the past three days.

Every day this week consisted of some of the same things.  For example, there are always two exercise classes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  There is always quilting on Wednesdays.  Craft time is Monday afternoon.

Between the schedule, I follow Cathy around and make conversation with the residents.

On Thursday we (Cathy and I) spent five and a half hours organizing about 240 books for the residents into categories: fiction, non-fiction, instructional guides, and religious texts.  Then we sorted each category alphabetically by last name and put them on shelves in a common room.

Today was my favorite because we played bingo and I got to call the numbers!

Overall, the week was exciting and I enjoy spending time with the residents!  I am learning their names and some of them know mine, so it’s nice to see them around throughout the day.

Elliott, to fully answer your question about the age range at Gambrill, the oldest person there is 104!  And, the youngest is around sixty-four (Cathy’s guess.)  You must be at least sixty-two to live there.

Current schedule: doing around six to eight hours of renovation work for grandparents in the day, not part of project plan. To work around this I’ve been testing varying interval workouts for a personal training client once I get home (around 7:00 or 8:00 PM) and have been planning the basketball lessons for lower school next week and working on novel in the night.

Current progress: nearly done with a fresh chapter for novel, currently at an eighty-three page total. Have sent plans to Coach Sharma for doing a gym unit on basketball for lower school next week. Have made and sent several workouts to client, will be playing basketball with him this weekend to assess current skill level.

Again, it’s been fun so far, and I look forward to the next few weeks! The only new development is I’ll be out of commission for a few days starting tomorrow due to Ye Olde Wisdome Teethe Removale.

Hey guys! I’ve been so busy this past week that I didn’t have time to post anything, so I’ll just post a long one now.

On Monday, we mostly drove around all day. Rhonda showed me all of the current and older projects that she designed, even taking me on a tour of a couple of houses that she’s currently flipping. It was all beautiful and really cool.

On Tuesday, we spent most of the day meeting with some current clients and potential clients to approve what Rhonda drew up as a possible renovation. The rest of the time we spent in her office as she showed me what she’s working on and how the computer program Revit works. (She tried to teach a little bit but I didn’t understand because it’s really complicated)

On Wednesday, she had me design a kid’s playroom that she’s having built in her own house. As soon as I finished, we met with some contractors and she handed my design to them. Then, we met with a client who bought a house that is on the historical registry. Rhonda designed the kitchen but the entire house was being remodeled.

Today, we stayed in her office most of the day because she needed to work. I fooled around on Revit and AutoCAD, read part of a book on the do’s and don’t’s of Architecture, then she sent me to the fliphouse to measure the dimensions of the deck and stairs to the backyard. She had to put the measurements on a permit and we’re meeting with an inspector so that the deck passes inspection.