June 1, 2008 - Journal Entry

First day of June! Yay! I have to admit, the days are going by quickly. I feel at the same time like I just got here and also like I've been here forever. It's weird. We are getting two new volunteers tomorrow. That should be interesting.

Last night Tom, Ashlee, Susan, Zurika, Elena and Stephen played spoons after dinner. It was so much fun. But we were shushed by Lee via Paul. We were trying to be quiet but everyone was laughing and Zurika especially has the loudest, bubbliest laugh ever so when we saw a flashlight ("torch") coming up the hill, we got scared because we thought that it was Lee and Zurika said that she would be upset if she had to walk all the way up here from the house where the staff lives. So being in a silly mood, we all run into the pantry to hide! Of course it wasn't hard to find us though so when Paul came in, he was a litle irritated that we were hiding from him. LOL He told us that Lee said "I can hear you above the TV". Now besides the fact that sound carries amazingly well in the bush, it was only 9:00 at night! No wonder everyone goes to bed so early here, because apparently we're too rambunctious to entertain ourselves after dark. LOL Oh well.



Okay I need to complain a little before I go to bed. First of all, I hate that little bastard Jasper! The last time that I was in the hok with him, Zurika and Holly said that the next time he bit me, that I should scruff him and hold him down to make him respect me. Unfortunately, both times that I tried to do that, he bit the shit out of me again! The only good thing was that it happened right at the end of my shift, so no one saw the tears after I slipped out of the hok. And the other babies didn't mob me and back Jasper up, so that was good. In fact they seemed to be on my side and a few of them even came and sat with me after the first scuffle, as if they were trying to comfort me. I really do love those babies. Except for Jasper the demon, whom I sincerely hate!

But I'm actually in a pretty good mood now. I talked to Omar today which was nice and we had fried green tomatoes for dinner which were delicious. And the new hok in the garage is finally done so the move is happening tomorrow. So all in all, I'm good. Despite being bit badly by Jasper and despite having a cleanup shift tomorrow, tonight I am going to have a good night.