The day began at Ferry Place, we were hauling beams up to the 2nd floor. Turns out poor Hank fell and hit his elbow on a support, he said nothing until we were done hauling the beams up, then admitted he needed to go to the hospital. He appeared to be in a lot of pain. I took him to Ochsner. Then I went back to help at the site. While on site, I worked on nailing around windows and pulling nails that went through the plywood. Hopefully some on the others will comment here on what they did while I was gone, as I left again to pick Hank up from the hospital where he was diagnosed as having a sprained and bruised elbow.
We came back to the work site, ate lunch, delivered by the refrigerated Loaves and Fishes lunch truck, not sure which church funds this, but they are amazing! Delivered cold water and sandwiches.
Kate and I drove Hank back to his place to rest, then we went back to the site. We were working on toenailing, installing nails at an angle, we were placing small boards up over the seams in the plywood, to help prevent wind from tearing through. This is not something we do here in the Midwest. It is tedious work. The boards are placed between studs at all intersections of plywood and we installed braces for kitchen cabinetry.
It finally rained later in the day and we checked out of the site a little early. Cleaned up and went to the library to check emails, then back to the church for Pork Loin and all the accompaniments courtesy of Jim's great cooking again. Habitat workers and church members joined us for dinner as well.
After we helped clean up the kitchen, I think Jon and Amanda went to Cafe Du Monde for more beignets, and the rest of us went to Magazine street for a few drinks. Which is where we learned about Perry's personal favorite the PEARTINI. Which then became his name for the rest of the trip.
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