April 7, 2008 - April 11, 2008

Early Monday, Team Roadkill split into two groups: one group continuing with to help the Arch team, and the other group prepared the vestibule and buttress designs on powerpoint to be presented to our archaeologist Linda.

The entire group met at the church on Tuesday to present a new site plan and vestibule and buttress designs to Linda. She gave a few head shakes and nods, nut nothing that would that would sink our hearts completely. It was a well relaxed meeting. We hope that the next big meeting will be just as pleasant. Then, it was back to completing our previously assigned chores. One thing we noticed, the wood blocks were only fitting the arches but not the columns. In order to make them match, we cut what measured to be a 1/64th of an inch out of two colums. Pretty small eh?

Wednesday the Arch team ran into a big problem towards the end of the day. Somehow, the custom made arch is about an inch from where it is supposed to be. But a long day of hard work will burn a person’s energy down. But no worries because it will all be handled before showtime. Oh not to mention (I was told not to) that one of us had to run behind a pick up truck fifteen times trying to balance the weight of a member to prevent it from snapping in half off the bed of truck is a tiring task.  Also, Al and Jesse said, “Hi”.

Death Penalty for those that did not come to Red Barn on Friday. We cannot tell what happened from sunrise to noon, but I for one sure can say that my fingers and eyes bled. They bled! And yes, I recieved the smallest penalty as stated in earlier blogs. Being hungry for three sunsets is nothing to laugh about. On the bright side, Monday is near and is ushering a great blessing to all the very second that the very first arch is erected.

Next Week: LOOK TO THE HEAVENS! ! !

Learning Objectives:

B. Develop Problem Solving Skills: We are all thankful that we reevaluated our work before showtime on Monday. If not, the wood blocks would have been incorrectly measured and placed, and our very own customized arch half would only suffice for being fire wood.

F. Develop Leadership Skills: We all have made it this far motivating and leading each other to the eve of ARCH DAY. If nothing bad happens, and nothing bad will happen, the we will know that we all succeeded during our studies here in Rural Studio.