By the time breakfast rolled around in the morning, we were already pretty loopy. For instance, there was the misunderstanding about cutting cheese with toenail clippers . . . which the University of Tulsa does not condone, by the way. In case you were wondering.

We resumed work on the wind turbine right away. Tanner, Ian, and I started shaping and ( Read more... )

I didn't wake up til 6 (definite improvement), and then laid in bed watching those more motivated than me get ready for a run. I started off the day by working on the weather station and starting the water tests on the home well. Then I joined the work on the wind turbine.


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At 6:30, we headed out to Jessie White's farm. We got to see his horses and facilities, then investigated his broken wind turbine. After a lot of looking (in the very cold, wet outside), we left with 1 1/2 turbines. We took his generator to fix, and he gave us a smaller one that he had never put up.


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I woke up at 4 a.m. - making progress! After breakfast and Morning Prayer, we had a Meeting, which consisted mainly of prayers and hymns. Timothy also talked about the goals of the family and company. It was interesting to hear them from him, because all I knew, I had heard from Jesse. I learned a beautiful new hymn - from Isaiah 51:3 - which ( Read more... )

I did my usual 3 o'clock wake-up to the bright morning sun and the crowing of roosters. But then I went back to sleep until 8. We had a breakfast of oats and then Amanda, Rose Mary, and John Alan set out for the airport to recover their lost luggage. Jesse, Tanner, Ian, and I went out for the long tour of the farm.


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After waking up at 3 again, I got up at 7:30. We had another amazing breakfast, and then began to set up a weather station that Timothy had.


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I woke up around 3 a.m. and, even though the sun was risen and the room was light, I had the good sense to go back to sleep.


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After an early wake up, we loaded up the bus and headed to the airport. The ride was longer than we expected, but we got there in time ( Read more... )

In the morning, we took a tour of the main cultural sights of Rome with Adele. We did Morning Prayer on the Spanish Steps, then went to the Trevi Fountain. I still don't understand why a Pope built a monument to Neptune, but whatever.


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