I nailed it..

Saturday afternoon one of my girlfriends and I volunteered for Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity - and we had an amazing time.  I love building things (assembling Ikea furniture brings me an odd sense of accomplishment) and most of what I do for work has no tangible end product - so this was a nice change of pace. Also, its not every day that someone hands you a nail gun and says "Go for it".

The photo ops you get when your'e wearing a pink hard hat and holding power tools are endless, but the highlight was working alongside the homes' future residents. Their tremendous gratitude and heartfelt appreciation made all of it seem easy (even in 85 degree heat). All the hugs and teary-eyed thank yous set to a soundtrack of pop hits and oldies - I  felt like I was living in an episode of Extreme Home Makeover.


All in all it was a great way to spend my day and I will definitely do it again very soon... Although next time I think I'll wear pants.... or at the very least, shorts that are longer than my tool belt.

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