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Work Week

On Monday morning I have packed up all of my stuff in NC and it only filled half of our van.  Mom and I rolled for the close to seven hour drive stopping for a short gas fill before we got to a friends house near Buford to pick up some stuff I stored for summer.  Now the van in about two thirds full and I unloaded most of it at the  House basically throwing it all in one massive pile.  The house is in work week mode so there are peoples stuff everywhere as we proceed to repaint, refinish, and basically redo the entire house.  This is a fun process because we are getting to hang out with brothers that I have not seen in 3+ months.  The work is for the betterment of our brotherhood and the relational time is great.
In the last few days I have been transporting basketball goals, laying railroad ties, and moving scrap wood.  Tomorrow I will be doing work with Greek Move-In, we are going to assist the freshman moving in all of their stuff.  See I didn't need this last year because when you only have two bags and a laptop you don't really need help.  When I talk about how little I have, its a good thing, I love not having tons of crap to lug all around.  Thats why I loved living with my duffelbag and book bag this summer.  Returning to school I realize just how much unnecessary stuff I have.
Rush starts on Friday so its go time to get the house in order!

All is Great in the Lord from Atl
Paul Shackelford
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