Life at EcoHouse

Life at EcoHouse has taken some surprising turns. We like to think of ourselves as a little family, complete with references to a mom and a dad (I'm always dad, by the way, although mom isn't necessarily always a woman). And often it does feel like it, with Madalyn, usually 'mom,' and I generally being the ones to keep the house on course and in one piece. Unfortunately our small family's worse for the wear these days; two housemates just broke up after a year, one moved out at the semester, and one has all-but moved into his girlfriend's. We hardly know what to do with ourselves now, my attempts at shepherding the 5 of us in the house are getting considerably more challenging. Probably because Jack's analogy holds: the difference between shepherding sheep and shepherding people is that sheep have been through thousands of years of domestication. So much for Dr. Bob's leadership class and its methods...

Life outside the house is as well as usual. Classes are good (4 of them are philosophy ones), with just two that I don't ever want to go to. I'm on top of things with Philosopher's Corner, getting the next three meetings put together and trying some different things. EcoHouse just launched my project, a ridesharing initiative, to some initial success. I finally met my co-mentor, possibly the highlight of my night.

Even bigger news is that the sun comes up earlier now, something I can keep track of as I adjust the timer that runs my sun lamp every morning. It still sets much too soon, but at least I won't be waking up in the dark for too much longer. My life is typically busy, so I'm not sure what to share here, it works better when people ask me direct questions. Hopefully things are as good for everyone else too.