Week 44 - So now what?

(26) Monday

So lets see today...  I woke up 6am, ate went to NDMO, forgot my adaptor for the internet. That means I  had to bike home... and my tired is draining the air so fast now that every bike trip at the end I have to reinflate the tire. So I brought my tire pump with me so I can inflate it.

Not much going on at that office.

Maybe this week I will go to Vila and get my tooth problem fixed.

5:00pm
One of my friends here was hurt badly by a local, I just found out about it. It affected me.


(27) Tuesday

I hope there is a glimmer of justice being made this morning, his court date was early today.

Hard to think about anything else at the moment.

Just playing around with a flow chart... and some business logic diagrams.

(28) WEDNESDAY

Made it to Vila... there was this great Swiss tourist I spoke with for a bit. Man I wish she was staying for like a few months. She was great.

I have a nice room all to myself, no noise, not sweating my brains out and a HOT SHOWER... woohoo.

Thanks again Mr. Thomas for the ride to the airport.

(29) THURSDAY

I love the food in Vila, I hate the price tag. But Who cares I ate chicken nuggets, chocolate shakes, real pizza... It was heaven. Tomorrow I have to try and visit Hawking favorite place to eat "Spice"... I wish I could remember what his crazy lunch special was called maybe they will remember it.

(30) FRIDAY

Well there is no pressure to get up, no one making me sit in a conference room its just me doing what I want to do. This is perfect. I feel good about this visit. The dentist fixed a filling and now I can take that off my mind so I will seek out a few items in town meet up with Tim over the weekend and then my counterpart will arrive on Tuesday. A short but needed trip to get some stuff done and relax a minute.

Posted a new short story... part one of my Twin Peaks inspired short story... Each section/part is 10 small paragraphs.

Noon
Sitting under and tin roof/awning outside an au bon marche, hiding from a deluge, was me and twenty others Ni-vanuatu's. The mostly soaked locals were walking up to each other giving their forever long handshakes even though they were soaked to the bone. I sat with a VB wrapped in plastic watching the million raindrops form exploding into individual water crowns on the uneven road. There where unless streams of nearly identical Toyota vans that trudged up the hill past the police station, the bank, toward Chew store. After 15 minutes I made a dash for the office during a break in the rain, having finished my business of changing the fight back to Santo to Wednesday at 11 so I could spend a few more days in town. After getting past five stores half way there I had to take a second pitstop as the rain picked back up. I sat and spoke with a local kid, who was in town to buy a new uniform for school. His favorite subject Physics and all Science. I was happy to hear that he enjoyed those subjects. Finally I made it to the office and promptly posted my little memory before I forgot it. I think reading of The Door of Perception by Aldous Huxley made me want to write about nothing and make it sounds like something. He is a master of that.

Took a photo outside the office.

(31) Saturday

Today was mostly a day of sitting at the Peace Corps office and reading the news, playing around with part two of my murder mystery story and trying to just be quiet and calm. So far it's working.

I plan to go eat some pizza again at Chill because I can use my credit card and not spend peace corps vatu because I always run out by the end of the month.

I have a few new albums (Bjork's new one Vulnicura and Charli XCX - Sucker) and some new episodes of Broad city season 2.

Re-reading brave new world and book of five rings about this sword fighter from japan that killed 60 people in close combat. Thats it.

After doing next to nothing for hours I went to Chill to eat a pizza. It is generally laughed at my way of wasting money on expensive food but I don't like and cabbage. So I went for it and the sunset and Air conditioning was so nice. This nice couple came in and sat by me and asked me a bunch of questions. They were tourist from Australia... David and Pam Dear. Well as anyone that knows me, if you ask me a question i.e. put a quarter in you'll get your money's worth. I just told about the experiences I had and what I think of the islands and people and such. It was a fun conversation and then they surprised me buying me my dinner and drink. It was so rad. I felt very thankful that someone is looking out for me.

(01) Sunday

I can't recall everything that transpired but one of the coolest things that happened on this day was I went to Tim work and we watched a ton of weird movies. but before we went we had the best veal T-Bone pork steak I have had. I made the steaks and frieds. They were rad.

Week 43 - Start of new things

(19) Monday

I started my new job at the NDMO (National Disaster Management Org) today. We moved downstairs in a really hot mostly empty room. Kensley took Mike's old computer leaving me without one until February, probably longer. This will have an impact doing research and dev on a software system that we can use to handle disaster data.

We have also lost our fast connection hopefully we can get that fixed and a whiteboard and a desk for me or I am sitting on the floor without a workstation. Here is to hoping for some office furniture and hardware to make working possible.

1pm
I just finished lunch and it is pouring outside and I am not sure what we can do at the office the way it is at the moment. Kensley is sick as well I really hope I don't catch his cold.

(20) Tuesday

Met with my school admin/tech people and the folks in Portland to do a Alma walk through for them to learn and see how the system works at a first glance. I gave them logins and they should try looking around the system. We don't have full system data loaded i.e. teacher email address, classes and students... so the system is not really to be used as is... but soon will be.

9:30am
Lucky me they let me pay them tomorrow for a chicken wrap today... hoping we get paid on the 21st so I can eat in town from time to time. Miss being able to have a pizza or a chicken wrap.

1pm
Going back to the NDMO and hopefully make some more design ideas work. No email from Peace Corps about the login to the small grants program.

4pm
I took Nik's and Fredlyn's advice Setup an account and now I can access the small grant forms.
Met up with Sam at Sakele and then went home and played FTL (faster than light) and crashed.

(21) Wednesday

5am
I really need to get a tooth fixed. Was trying to wait a bit but I think the time is fast approaching to get it dealt with before it starts hurting bad.

Maybe I will arrange to go next monday and it might be interesting to see if the NDMO has/had a conference in Vila. They said I was going to attend something there but nothing has happened yet.

Well I thought my counterpart about google drive, he seemed to like it. You can share files in one spot, not worry about losing it from a dying hard drive, auto saves, you can see who is working on it as the work on it, control privacy on the file. It is a great tool if you have internet that can support its use. Upload word docs though and converting them to google docs is a bit of work but worth it.

(22) Thursday

9am
Slow start today... just working on a design doc for the Disaster Management System that maybe one day coded by someone... not sure who yet. Using an app called gliffy and made some mock ups and a couple design docs. Fun tool for how much I enjoy drawing bubbles and lines connecting them and shading them, filling them with text and make it into a working model of an app.

2pm
Back to work... first half of the day I worked on designing some software using gliffy. Made a couple mockup screens and a UML diagram of some objects for the code. Second half of the day more diagrams and then play with some database designs.

(23) Friday

8:30am

Ready to continue building my designs and wireframes. I should make a DB design and then start mapping the business logic of each page and function.

Hopefully today we get paid I have 2vt to my PC name. 

5:00pm

Finished with work and made a lot of new pages on my design. Now it is time to see if we got paid so I can eat some besides eggs.

(24-25) Saturday & Sunday

I basically nothing but stay at my house and watch movies, eat and sleep. Life can hardly get any more exciting.

Week 42 - End of days

(12) Monday

Not much happened except I turned in my resignation for the school I was assigned. He took the news well.

Tried to get my internet moved but failed.

(13) Tueday

Working at the college trying to get ALMA to work... a SIS softare. I hate french UI of windows it is such a  pain in the ass to switch to english.

I hate N-computer systems as well... they suck. Which is what I am using right now.

... they suck. Which is what I am using right now.

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DATE & TIME	STATUS OF ITEM	LOCATION
January 12, 2015 , 3:19 pm	Payment of charges - Item being held, addressee being notified	VANUATU
Your item could not be delivered on January 12, 2015 at 3:19 pm in VANUATU due to payment of charges. It is being held while the addressee is notified.
January 12, 2015 , 2:43 pm	Arrival at Post Office	VANUATU
January 12, 2015 , 10:05 am	Customs clearance processing complete	VANUATU
January 12, 2015 , 9:19 am	Processed Through Sort Facility	VANUATU
November 17, 2014 , 3:55 pm	Item wrongly directed - Item forwarded / redirected	SOLOMON ISLANDS

Oh look at this: What ... I owe more money. 

(14) Wednesday

Wow what a day... got my box from america that I have been waiting for for 4 months.
Fixed problems with internet at house... put up second book shelf...
and I worked at my old school setting up Alma SIS... good day.

Now time for some pasta.

(15) Thursday

Thursday was a busy day. I setup more on Alma the Student information system for the school. And then went home and installed two more shelves in my house.

Then I ate with my last 1000vt a small hot and spicy pizza from Nemo's. After that I took a nice long sleep. Woke up again about 4pm and Met Kelsey and her friend watch a episode of Broad City and then met up with Sam at Sakale and then went home. Decently productive day.

(16) Friday

I just returned from town... I hate that big hill, I can never bike all the way up it, just pushing a bike up that steep climb with a back full of stuff ugh it is so exhausting. I worked on Alma/SIS again... Had a online meeting with Karen Maeda... she is a Ozzy that moved to MN to study at Macalester and graduated in 2012. Then she moved to Portland to work at this Alma software company. I know some people she knows... it was funny talking to person that knows my home town and local places we hang out. The Minnesota connection is everywhere heh.

Now I am going to try and work on kelsey's dead netbook... then go back into town when the rain goes down and get some groceries for the weekend. I hope we get paid asap. I hate using my credit card for daily living expenses.

One of my neighbors noticed my internet antenna on the roof and he asked me, "Yu got internet?"
 And I am like yeah... and duck inside my door before the next logical question comes, "Yu sharem out witem me?" No way man... if I share my super slow internet with you, 30 other Nivans will ask the same and I will have zero bytes of data forever.

I should work on my twin peaks part two story for the Van Am... I am forgetting how I was going to end it.

(17) Saturday

It does not feel like a Saturday.

What to do... check internet (facebook, blog, gmail) done. Write in blog, almost done, eat some food except nothing I have is appealing... then go into town and wander around until I get bored and go home.

Maybe I will work on my short stories. And now that I have a few small canvases from the USA (thanks mom) I can paint for the first time in ages.

The double fan system I have in my living room is the one thing keeping me sane and happy or else it is so hot I melt into a puddle.

I went to the beach though here are some photos:

(18) Sunday

I just stayed home most of the day. Watched movies and killing time.

But I played some ping pong in wally's gym I think it was. Fun time.

Week 41 - The last days of Rat House.

(05) Monday

Well this is it... packing up after one final night and Mike Staffords going away party.

Then it will be NO more Rats. And Running water Oh yes... except mike's house is like 90 degrees all the time because it has Zero shade and metal house and all concrete construction... so I will turn into a raisin shrivel up and melt away as all my sweat pools up in my bed to drown me. So to counteract that horror... I might have to get AC installed and drop even more money on something just so I can endure the heat.

I wonder if my principal ever received the final notice ending my contract with them. The admins said the would take care of it so I hope they do. If not, they read my blog so I am guessing this will act as a reminder. Hi admins!

Well going into town to try and transfer my internet to the new house... that I am guessing will be a nightmare too, like 200 bucks to move it. yeah Poverty. And I need a fridge woohoo another 200-300 bucks. I will be broke until the end of time. I might need to grow a garden to eat.

6:00pm
We had a great going away party for Stafford and crew. I am going to miss Mr. Mike.

(06) Tuesday

Another day and another shipping update: What does this mean?

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DATE & TIME	STATUS OF ITEM	LOCATION
November 17, 2014 , 3:55 pm	Item wrongly directed - Item forwarded / redirected	SOLOMON ISLANDS
Your item could not be delivered on November 17, 2014 at 3:55 pm in SOLOMON ISLANDS due to it being wrongly directed. It is being redirected.

The fact that I managed to find some emails address and inquire might either help find the box or just be a futile attempt at finding a long lost box. Who knows.

Today was Mike Staffords last night in Santo. We hung out for a  bit at beach front his family and I then Sam showed up... I had to leave to get the keys to his house and move some furniture.

Only one last round of things to clear out and I am moved out of this place to the new home on the hill.

For while there it looked like Mike's plan was going to be cancelled and delay him one more night... But I think he is actually leaving.

9:30pm
I heard it from the kitchen, slight scratch noise that is out of place even though I am half asleep, so i grabbed by my kill clubs and snuck up attacked. I hit him once, big (8 inches on the body) with a long nasty long tail, faster than imaginable RAT. I hate him!!! I wish I had nails jammed into the end on my clubs I would have speared it for sure. I chased from the kitchen to the living room hitting it twice, tough bastard, then blasted down my hall made a zig zag into bedroom and vashished. I think it hiding behind the metal cabinet. I will keep vigil and be ready to kill again.

(07) Wednesday

7:00am
Packing packing packing boxes, and hopeful that I can get internet moved, and then find out how much nicer it feels to have a shower again.

Chicken Wrap sammy time... I LOVE those.

10:00am
I was able to talk with one of my best best friends from MPLS for an hour today Miss Mary.

1:30pm
I just had some decent Pizza at Nemo's and ate with Mike's friend Jerry... and Saw Bryan and Kate and family walk by.

Well, ok back to packing and moving.

5:00pm
No truck luck today... and I dont want to pay for one since I am poor. Tomorrow.

5:45pm
Went to my place and met up with Sam for a bit at a kava bar then stayed at Mike's old house for the first time... way nicer since there is no Rats and there is running water.

(08) Thursday

I went back to rat house. I was trying to move out the last bit of stuff on the way I had a Chicken Wrap Sammy... I love them but they are starting to fade. Have to find a new thing to mix it up.

Wish I had a ladder. Then I could removed the internet connection from my houses roof. Hmm who to beg for help from today.

15 more days left till we are paid and I am almost flat broke again... so that means I have to ration money. 10 bucks a day tops. Need to buy a fridge next paycheck. Then I will starve a bit next month... then I can exist normal again.

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(09) Friday---> I Moved internet out of house and now I am unable to keep up with my blog entries.
(10) Saturday    So... Sorry about the gaps in my timeline but will
(11) Sunday      Be up and writing again soon.
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Week 40 - Waiting game.

(29) Monday

Went to Lope Lope with Sam, her sister and Mike Stafford. It was a Good day... nice beach weather and decent pizza... what more can you ask for... Oh pasta night at Bryan and Kate's really excited.

It is 4:17 now... supposed to go play ultimate frisby but really I want to chill for a few hours then head over for dinner.

The water at Lope Lope beach is always low and really sandy... nice and cool on top where the river flows out and under the surface it is a like a hot bath water temp. I really miss having running hot water. This was like my shower for the day and you can rinse off in the river to get the salt off the skin.

10pm
Dinner at Kate and Bryan's was great as normal... pasta, meatballs, coconut crab, ice cream, watermelon. The whole deal.

(30) Tuesday

We went to port Orly today. It was fun. The ride up was in a bus that Bryan arranged. For a while it looked as though we had no driver... but that resolved itself and we had one. I sat on the edge/ledge of the bus that spot is not so hot for a tall guy. After we got out I was happy... at the beach ride we saw the cruise ship so we avoided Champagne Beach. I sat in the shade more of the time, but eventually became drift wood like Bryan bobbing back and forth on the beach edge. I managed again to avoid being burned. How is that possible. I burn always. Not here it seems...

Well Sam sister was fun to talk with. She is a low talker or I am concert-def from too much rock shows, so I get most of what she says but it is funny.

Bryan and Kate's family is here. Kate's dad is funny and he love beer. Heh. I enjoy talking with people that know landmarks from home. He was fun to talk with.

Here is one from Port Orly:

9:30pm
OK. I am not queasy or anything but sometimes when a cockroach the size of your fist crawls out of the box you are opening... SHIT... and or... if you see a BIG rat crawling into your kitchen... I had to put on shoes and get my killing clubs ready. BOTH happened tonight 5 minutes apart. That SUCKS. Oh well, it made me jump and laugh too. I am getting weird I think. Oh Vanuatu.

Man it has been almost a month I have not had running water. I miss being able to turn on a facet, run a shower and or flush a toilet. Whew. I can't wait to move. I am sick of smelling bad all the time.

(31) Wednesday

Celerated the new years with one of my best friends Mr. Stafford. We watched some goofy movies.

(01) Thursday

I was pretty bored the majority of the day...

But was lucky in that I was able to move 50% of my stuff to the new house and I met with people at the office and heard about the way this VSA vol was designing a database and such. Interesting.

Aft I tooled around town a bit and went this kava bar the gage goes to near the gas station and just sat and chit chatted with some folks to kill time. This one guy is a gold prospector Lorenzo. Fun guy to listen to.

Then Thomas showed up and bought me a couple beers and we hungout for a while. He has a really nice game system and I tried to play it but I was all over the road crashing these race cars up badly. I am not so good at gaming anymore.

(02) Friday
Today I went into Digicel and attempted to find a way to move my internet from my college house to my new one and they might charge me 200 bucks to move it but oh well.

For half my day today I sat with my folks back home attempting to track a package that is lost... it has some important stuff in it... I hope it gets here.

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Your item cleared customs in SOLOMON ISLANDS at 3:46 pm on November 17, 2014.
November 17, 2014 , 3:35 pm	Customs clearance processing complete	SOLOMON ISLANDS
November 17, 2014 , 1:25 pm	Processed Through Sort Facility	SOLOMON ISLANDS
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7:30pm
So I ran into the Stafford... and we hungout at HQ...

His parents are trying to make it santo... they might be in Malakula for all we know.

Last nights are coming to and end at my house. Might have one last movie/BBQ at Movie house one then I fold up and move to Stafford house.

(03) Saturday

Pretty dull day. The highlight was the chicken wrap sandwich at Attar.

Played some ultimate just barely. I am in terrible shape again and have to build back up to it. How sad I fall off the workout wagon and get lazy.

(04) Sunday

Today I fought another losing battle with my rats this morning at 4-5am... they keep eating holes in my wall. As fast as I fix them they make new holes. They have chainsaws for teeth. I hate them.

But the sunrise at 5:15am was really nice. Wish they did not block off the beach with a row of trees. Oh well.

Back to sleep or continue standing with a club ready to kill these rats. Just missed one.

5:00pm
Such a dead dead day. Just killing time until I can move. Monday will make the seventh week I have not had running water. I am tired of not having water.

All night I fought to keep them out the rats... here check out my rat barricade. I used a piece of metal, some extra boards and things to make braces to hold them out. One more night of this and I am free.

Week 39 - Happy Xmas Moving week(s) ahead.

(22) Monday

I think I miss posted a date... got a haircut today. I also began a trace on my missing package... it was in the Solomon Is. Nov 17th... should be here by now. I just hope they try to trace it.

Not sure what happened with the moving day... so far it is on hold.

We also are close to pay day. I am dead broke and would love to see my account filled again. I have some really silly book to finish reading.

There was a tiny earthquake this morning about about 9am. Had not felt much of an shake for months and months.

(23) Tuesday 

Xmas is close... I hope we have our paycheck. I am dead broke would be nice to have a buck or two this week.

Finally a miracle happened... my counterpart and a friend scratched the junk paint off the lab floor so we can paint it with the good concrete paint. This is something I wanted done 6 months ago but gave up because I figured it was hopeless to get locals involved in the work... unless it is everything else. Maybe it is because they think it will keep me from leaving the site. Who knows.

10:46 am
WOOHoo we got paid.

4:00 pm
PC people showed up and we watched the real Twin Peaks Movie... not the fake movie (aka tv outtakes I downloaded wrongly 3 times) and it ended with some conclusion but not really.

Had some steaks and chips. Stafford crashed the night.

(24) Wednesday

Xmas eve... not much going on either. It just rained a little. It is hot but not terrible compared to the last few days. I did not go up and paint the lab floor with my counterpart. He seems proud that they finally cleaned the floor and was excited to get me to help him. I said good job and sure I will see you tomorrow and pain the floor on xmas eve, yeah right.

Stafford is going to visit with his host family from his village days. I am debating going to the post office and checking if they can find the package that was mailed over 2 months ago. Every box so far had made it here in one month. I fear my important package is lost, with it goes 4oo bucks in new rayban, polarized dark grey, green front rimmed glasses. I am crying about their loss and the other hundreds of dollars worth of trinkets in the box, mini dehumidifier for my camera... and other cool shit. I asked the lady at the post office to trace it with the customs id I got from the solomon islands... it was there nov 17th... that is a long time to sit and wait to get a hop skip over to Vanuatu.

I suppose I should go check... but I somehow doubt that she actually tried to find it. It would be a miracle if she did. I think asking people to put any effort into a job means that likely it won't be done and you are just disappointed if you expect actually diligence in their labor. So best think nothing at all of their promises and if a small effort has been made then a miracle has happened.

It has now been three weeks and no water. I am getting pretty tired of no water.

11:30am
Just got back from town, it is a total nuthouse zoo... so many people jamming into LCM and other stores, all the registers running with long long lines behind them, as everyone pushes into mobs of people making moving around difficult and annoying. Had to run away from there asap.

(25) Thursday

In review: xmas was really great. We planned on going to Aore island but when we were at the dock we discovered you needed to make reservations the day before which we had not. So we (Laura, Pete, Kate, Bryan and I) went to Beachfront and ate and swam... I had a pretty decent pizza, it showed up after everyone elses came and was mostly eaten but Laura and Pete shared on slice of theirs and would take one back if mine ever showed up.

After eating we swam in the hot pool blue ceramic tiled pool, surrounded by by one round of square dark brown tiles about a square foot, then around this on the deck is this fake wood, or it is so heavily treated and cut oddly with these deep grooves in them, surrounding the outer rim of the pool are little dining areas with thatched roofs. When I entered the pool I walked straight in without stopping hitting the water slightly leaning.

We swam for hours it seemed but then their was the shock and horror of discovering..... A FLOATER!!! yes a Floater, you know what I mean, no NOT a dead body heh. It was probably a remnant of poop (2 in sq) emitted accidentally from one of the little kids playing in the shallower area. This make us leave and find soap and water and shower in the stall out front... Yeah, Shit happens.

After the gross departure and walk across the beach to my (so not to be) place we ran into my counterparts. Heh. I kind of want to avoid that bit. I excused myself quickly because they start talking about work projects that no longer apply to me.

I retreat to my house and Stafford shows up. Stafford is awesome. So we just shoot the shit for a while and I almost fall asleep the pool took out a ton of energy.

Then we started watching some movies. I don't even fully understand what I was watching. Hm. I can't recall the movie title. A mystery at least it was a mystery... makes sense why I was confused. Woman sets up her husband to be the killer of herself, as she disappears, but then gets discovered because no plan is ever perfect. So she executes the plan nearly flawlessly and the media picks up on it and crucifies the husband for the suspected murder but the wife is discovered alive by an ex-boyfriend, who is still obsessed with her... then because the husband finally gets wise to the game plays a card well on a tv interview which the public support shifts from pro angel, pregnant, best selling children's book writer wife, to THE adoring but foolishly cheating on his wife with a college student he's teaching, blundering idiot of a husband. She then kills the ex-stalker, comes out of hiding and makes her husband play along with her sick game or she will do something even more evil than she's done already. It was a fun movie. Strong female character. Jes would like it. I would call that a chick flick and she would roll her eyes frustrated.

A great night... nice food, company and I even got a gift... Xmas 2014.

(26) Friday

A very slow day after xmas... nothing is going on. I took a shower and ate played FTL for a bit. Really really boring but it is only like 9:30. Will report back later.

Thankful that there was rain to fill my buckets since I have no running water. Useful for doing dishes and such.

(27) Saturday

Mostly on Saturday I hung out with Stafford... went into town got a few food item, then we camped at my place and played video games and watched movies, then cooked some steaks. Really nice day. The Fury is a pretty intense movie.

(28) Sunday

Looking really dead. Went into town no one there, everything closed. Back home and internet. Boring day.

Week 38 - Hot Tumas

(15) Monday
I was supposed to go on the West Coast this week of Santo but I think my counterpart just went without me. I am not sure how that came to be. I tried calling him but never got a reply. Maybe he forgot or thought I was coming back Saturday and I was delayed until Sunday.

Oh well... another time. Today has been raining and stick all day. Tried reading and planning my move into Mike Staffords house.  I have a lot to pack up and move in the next couple weeks. If we get a truck probably 3 trips and it will be done.


(16) Tuesday
Another hot day... must be 80 and it is so humid. It barely rained yesterday. And all day there was a crew of people working on the basketball court, pouring concrete and evening it out. A job I would have loved to help with if I were staying on with the school but since I am moving on I went over and talked with them and said good work.

Trying to pack my things into boxes and and not sure where to start. Well boxes acquiring more is a start. I should go to some of the local stores and see if they have some empty boxes.

It is ok that I did not end up going up the west coast of santo... maybe after I am moved and setup at Staffords house I can then be assigned a new trip or something.

I don't know how these guys to it... work in the rain all day long, Even concrete work. That is a lesson is disaster though because if you continue to work concrete in a rain storm the concrete will not get the right water to mixture and it will be weaker, crumbly and break apart much faster than if it were mixed and cured. You need to stop working concrete and cover it with plastic and let it dry before continuing. They are making a very bad choice. I would have urged them not to try this kind of project in the rainy season... wait until dry season for higher rate of conditions for proper concrete work. Oh well.

I just hope the music changes a bit. I literally heard the same song last night 40 times in a row. The same one... and now I am going on two weeks of no water. Ugh, looking forward to moving into the new house.

(17) Wednesday
Rain or not these guys at my school keep working away. And 3 days with of tons of rain. Concrete work in the middle of s rain storm is a bad idea. Same annoying french song for the last 3 hours. I am going a little insane from the music.

Had to take a photo of this:

Eight hours of the same song... the same song. It is torture. They are torturing my brain. Eight hours.

(19) Thursday
It rained most of the day. I was home packing. We had a dinner over at Maria's house it was curry beef. Grace had her parents visiting. Jeff was her fathers name, pretty funny guy. Wanted to know about my tattoo. He liked the artistry... aka the breasts.

I looked at the concrete court to see how badly the rainfall had messed up their work. It appears ok. I wonder how much the rain will make the concrete brittle or something. There are reasons not to mix and pour concrete in the middle of a rain storm.

(20) Friday
Today I guess I will host a movie night. Maybe we will finish off the Twin Peaks with the real movie.
I still have no water.

7:31... just started this entry at 7:31... that is my birth month and day. Ever notice small details like that when you are doing something. I bet everyone notices something odd like this but never says anything about it. I notice 7.31 patterns happen a lot but I bet they mean nothing. I am only aware of it because those number mean something to me. Ok sorry went on a rant.

(21) Saturday
Not much went on during the day... it was only the grill party/movie night that was interesting.

Had some good food and a weird space movie.

(22) Sunday
So far a another slow day. I got a haircut. Nice and light for all the heat we get.

Not sure what is going on today. I want to watch the end of Twin Peaks with the Fire walk movie... Fingers crossed. Beat FTL more ways and times than i can count. Not the most challenging game but still really fun.