I'm back to eating lunch right now. Today I cooked up some pasta and cut up some garlic for it. I definitely planned to make enough for two meals...and did so quite well...but then ate two meals worth in one sitting. Had spaghetti last night and the 3 preceding meals were gallo pinto. Quite easy to cook a lot of rice and a lot of beans and heat them up for a meal. I have yet to feel tired of them. I'm also very hungry by each mealtime.
After work yesterday Josh, Giulia, and I went down to the Howler Monkey (a hotel) to swim. They have a pool that we, as volunteers, get to use free of charge. Surprisingly the water was a bit too cold in comparison to the ambient temperature. We met two of the guys that I had met at the reggae party in Montezuma. Interesting fellows...one likes to play country on the guitar, but listens to no country. Quite peculiar.
Yesterday and this morning we woke up to rain. Apparently it was the first rain here in at least 3 weeks, if not more. It has made me realize how much I miss the rain. It keeps it tons cooler. As soon as the sun emerges, it heats up and it is back to sweating like a pig. I absolutely love all the sun here, but the heat in the sun is incredibly oppressive. I'm not usually the kind to literally be dripping in sweat, but I have had my fair share of that thus far here and at Osa.
Lets see. Some sanctuary news.
Woke up one morning to a collared peccary coming from around the corner of the staircase. Spent the good part of an hour trying to corral him back to his pen with food. Seemed like a great idea and probably would have been had he not spent a lot of the night going through our fruit and vegetables. Yesterday morning was goat wrangling. Nieve, the dominant male goat, had jumped the fence and had decided to come by and say hello. He has quite the horns and loves to butt things. We tried multiple times to get him back into his pen without obtaining any injuries. And succeeded at last. I'm sure he could have not cooperated nearly so much if he had really wanted. He is probably stronger than any of us are.
Alex and I moved the two pheasants from the sanctuary up here to the farm. Now each and every time we enter the cage to deliver to take food dishes we are attacked.
There is a troop of capuchin monkeys who have been hanging around the farm for the past few days. Today one kept trying to steal some of our plantains so, clearly, we tried to deter him. I suppose he got a bit frustrated and then was trying to steal a shirt of mine of the clothes line.
Carol Crews, from the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary where I was before here, is visiting with two of her friends on Friday. At least one of the friends is a part of the Noah Nature Alliance who may help this sanctuary fund raise.
Last Thursday or Friday a group of us went with Mary to a little community called Esperanza. It was about 45 minutes or so from here. We went to one of the schools to talk to the kids about species conservation and various things along those lines. We also made Valentines Day card with them, showed them some hygiene videos that Mary had on her computer, and best of all—played with stickers. It was a very enjoyable time.
Tonight I will be sanctuary sitting. Mary is going to be gone all night and possibly tomorrow night. She needs someone to be at the sanctuary at all times and I volunteered to stay there for the night. I'm quite looking forward to it actually. It is very tranquil and quiet at night. It will also be during the cool part of the day.
That is it for now. I will post this tonight and photos should follow if I can get them to upload.
Pura Vida
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