Pan-tee Gravy

My first site walk was today at my new job. I forgot to mention that I was told towards the end of my first day last week that I would not actually be working on the public works side of things, but on the vertical reconstruction. That is truly where I wanted to be and that's where they have the biggest need right now, so there I is. I inherited parks and recreation sites, which are really under the gun (along with everything else I suppose...) to get up and running again or repaired if they're still limping along. We walked a public golf course which was back running in a few months after being under 4 feet of water for 10 days. They still have to water the greens with fire hoses out of the lagoon. Man - the dedication I've seen so far just makes your eyes water. It truly does. The national guard used the clubhouse as a staging area after the storm and the golf super told me lots of stories about being stuck here with MREs and a hot tub full of water they used for drinking until it was almost gone. People truly want to talk here. They want to tell you stories...they want you to listen. I'm taking it all in.

Oh - PLUS I saw my very own Nutria today! They are a LARGE water rodent that was imported from South America for their fur and they have taken over the place, mostly in swampy areas. Actually, quite a few of them were hanging out on the golf course but they moved too fast to get a photo. The bounty on them is up to 5 bucks a pop from the state.

I got home close to 7:30 so no energy to finish moving today, most likely it will be this weekend. I KNEW I shouldn't have gone on that tubing trip - damn thing kept me in the house all day Sunday so as not to expose any of my skin to the blistering sun. I had to be in the heat this afternoon though, boy, and will again tomorrow when I'm at another golf course site visit.

Phew. Damn it's hot.

I had my first experience with panty gravy today...you can probably guess what that is...when you're sweating so much your underwear starts dripping? Said phrase is courtesy of my friend William...one of the funniest things I've heard. Quote him, my friends, but give credit where it's due!