Rainy Saturday

So I woke up to rain Saturday, which meant the ground was muddy outside, which then means I stay close to home as I just haven't learned to walk on muddy mountains yet. So after breakfast (boiled ripe bananas with coconut milk and avocado) my sister and I then split open Nanaimbe (a nut), cleaned them, and then after setting the sweet aside to soak, we boiled them. Then one of the guys from the village came over and he and Papa made my solar box.  (A box to hold up the solar.)  While they did that I finished unpacking the last pile of things and now everything more or less has a spot in my house. I also put up a world map and photos.  I realized a few important people are missing so please send photos.  The kids loved looking at them, it made me smile. 

After the box was done and Mom and I flattened out the mats, it was time to go to the garden. (I bought seeds to plant salad and since it was raining they wanted to plant them) but me and my sister already had plans to make coconut oil before we knew about the garden so we stayed and it was a blast. We fought over me scratching the coconuts, she didn't want to let me do any of it, so we came up with a 2 by 2 rule where she scratched 2 then I scratched 2. After making the oil, which takes some time, we rested a little. I practiced knots and then got really bored and started to read.  Shortly after, my sister walked by and I talked her into trying Uno. We played 8 rounds and then decide 7 luck would be better. We played that for 2 hours and some other kids joined in and left along the way, some came and looked at the photos and map. It was fun. We finished up around half past five.

Papa was the first one back from the garden and he shared all he had planted and where. I'm excited to see how they grow. Then Mama came back and we started dinner. My sister and I tied island cabbage while Mom cleaned yam. I then milked a coconut over the cabbage and we put them on the fire to boil.  Then I went to swim (wash via a bucket) and came back and played silly games with my brother and one of his friends until dinner.

After dinner we showed everyone the coconut oil we made today and I headed to my place to get ready for bed.

I brushed my teeth, flossed, then washed my feet off again before I headed to bed. I then wrote this post and it's only 7:44pm and I'm fighting to keep my eyes open!

Wow how my life had changed and I say for the better!

Until next time
JumpInTheJungle