Monday, June 29

Less Pizza Stone, More Grind Stone

The start of my second week here at VIIS! Jump once and shout hooray. The sunburn from yesterday is not as bad as I thought and the aloe has helped tremendously. I am excited to try my Chili that I made Saturday. I've packed myself a heaping serving for today's lunch. I even sprinkled a cup of cheese on top to make it extra tasty. And I've got some Ritz crackers to make it scoopable.

On the drive into the biosphere today I passed several mongoose and a lot of doves. The doves here are more brown than at home and a lot slower. They'll be sitting on the road and as you come along, getting closer, they seem to just sit there, waiting. Eventually, they do pick up and fly away and narrowly miss a collision with your windshield, now matter how slowly you're driving. I think they only fly as fast as necessary to stay alive, since I haven't hit one yet (thankfully).

I'm hoping to explore another beach this afternoon after work. Perhaps Solomon or something else nearby. For the next eight hours or so I'll be working on what it is I can do here and how to go about doing it.