This week has been absolutely insane. I've lived three places in the past five days. Our bed bug epidemic seemed to come to an end one lovely saturday as we moved back into our big bright lime green house. We were finally able to move all of our things out of a plastic bag and back into our house. Life was looking up!
Then Sunday night... it started.......!

Gordy came into our room at 11:30 and told us that he had got bitten by a bed bug and had about 5 more crawling on his bed. That was the final straw for just about all of us, and we packed up everything we owned and went back to the hotel we had previously moved from and thankfully had contenental breakfast to look forward to. we got to bed around one. This is a picture of my teammate Yasi, preparing to take everything out of the room. it was kinda hilarious.

The work week was absolutely incredible. I was a house captain this week along with a worker from Rebuilding Together. We worked on a historic house that had an elderly women, Miss Davis, living in it. It needed an exterior paint job. The place was so gorgeous. We worked with about 8 volunteers on the house, and i loved them! They were very fun to work with and talk to, and they would bring us lunch and donuts. (the best thing of my life)

The living situation... currently we're in a new place. it's in a nice area of town and our team is going to have to split up between two of these houses. Our whole team is spread over this small house. We're in sleeping bags on the floor... not so bad, except no hot water. I braved the freezing cold water once. We have to take the ferry every day to work, whereas before we lived next door to work.
Emotions were high. we're making it though. it's testing my patience

This weekend will be awesome. it's the first weekend of Mardi Gras. The first parade is tomorrow.

now we are going to watch a family movie on the floor now. i love us : ]

Abigail- in process.