2/3/2010

2/3/2010
Today Jeremy told us that due to the indiscretions on Coleman’s team Liz and Noel will be joining our team. This was told to us early this morning before the disciplinary hearings occurred. Jeremy drove into town after work to communicate with Kevin (Unit Leader).

This morning we woke up early for individual PT. Everyone had the option to do whatever they want in the area around our house because everyone wanted the opportunity to explore the hillsides in the daytime (usually when we get home from work daylight is limited). I hiked over the hill behind our house and around some rocks until about an hour into my hike I ran into Russ who was successfully able to direct me back to the house. (Ok, yes I was mildly lost).

Today was another day of killing tamarisk trees. Everyone got to use the chain saws. It was spectacular. We cleared a large area and the time went by sooo quickly. I worked with Brendan and Benn, under the supervision of Strifler. We had a great rhythm going when Brendan was cutting. Benn and I swamped by passing the branches to each other to the pile, and Benn manned the chemical solution used to kill the stumps. We rotated the different jobs throughout the day. Brendan didn’t have a fantastic day. Even before the day began he couldn’t find his helmet. (Punishment: 50 pushups). Then while sawing he cut his chaps. (Punishment: 100 pushups). And then 15 minutes before we broke for lunch he realized that he forgot his lunch (Punishment: Hunger).