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JULIA

Alice and Shasta both showed up for work on Monday morning. I put Shasta in charge of Janet and Alice. Lisa and Reneé worked with me. Shasta was as good working with wood as Lucia had been, but more accustomed to power tools. She could work off Master's plans as well as I could. She used the other two for any heavy lifting and sat down frequently, to get the doctor recommended rest she was required to take. Since much of our job could be done, sitting or kneeling on the floor, it didn't slow work at all. We really started cranking out our product, those three working on one piece, while the other three worked on another. I put Alice with her so she could learn from a highly experienced carpenter and so she could work with her sister. I kept two more experienced workers because I was definitely slowing down.

At lunch, Shasta and Alice had both brought a lunch and took them out to eat.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, but you're welcome to eat with us if you wish, if you don'