Volunteering

today was habitat day. I spent the day on a jobsite wondering if that house will ever get done. Volunteerism is a great thing, but there is so much energy wasted when people do things that require skills they don't have. Well, maybe this is just a commentary on how this jobsite was run. It could've been organized better to utilize those of us underskilled folks.

Anyway, the morning was spent fixing walls that were put up the day before. It was noon before we'd fixed them and made any progress.

Today helped underscore the fact that I don't have the skills necessary to build for a living. Sure, I can swing a hammer and run a circular saw, but I can't do it well enough to do it for dough.

Oh well, I should probably stick to software.

--rt