I have a cell phone.  I can watch Desperate Houswives on the TV at my house.  I can manage my website, watch movie trailers and listen to NPR on the internet.  I can go to the beach, go skiing or hiking.  I’m working on a project designing the central park for the mayor’s office.  Not quite the Peace Corps experience many of you thought I was in for.  You probably thought I would spend all my time here digging ditches. 

Well…

This weekend I was digging ditches.  About 30 volunteers went to Pitesti to work with Habitat for Humanity.  We dug a trench for a water main pipe around 3/4 of the house.  We had a fun time and it was nice to do a little manual labor.  I was also glad to get out of Ploiesti to the slightly nicer city of Pitesti.

Great news!  Instead of me akwardly trying to write about the experience at habitat, you can see it pixel by pixel.  I have finally set up a photo portion of this site.  Check it out at http://www.828pm.com/photos  I am slowly uploading pics from here and the states.  You can add comments to them, send e-cards, download full files, rate them, create favorite lists and even upload your own photos to the site so I can see what is going on in your life.  I know… it rules.  Soon I will be connecting this blog and the photo page to a more unified website, but I wouldnn’t have high expectations of it happening very soon.

Now I must work to finish our graphics for our park design.  We present it with one of the high school students to the office of Urban Development.