11 Jan, Tues

11 Jan, Tues Jos stopped by with his cameraS and took a few photos of a couple of the cats, and left a donation for Madi. Every little bit helps. Once people come here and see the work (challenges) that Madi faces, they often want to help in some way. my maintenance duties are taking me forever coz we have few tools. i'm replacing latches, hooks, hinges, and screens on doors to the cat cages/rooms. no gloves, and my fingers are raw. plus i fell ice skating christmas eve and my wrist is pretty much useless.... hurts like hell when i try to use a hammer :) ...and forget about twisting it, as in using a screwdriver! poor me :) . and the wood that they have here is SO HARD that you can't get a screw into it without a pilot hole ...... and the drill (electric, with a long cord that is always somewhere else); doesn't even get through the stuff. i don't know what tree it comes from; when i ask, everyone just says it's 'hard wood' duhhhhhhhhhhhh ... do i sound like i am complaining? well, just a little. the things i am doing aren't that difficult and should only take a few minutes; but because of the above challenges, they end up taking hours. it is frustrating! before pic ... boards stuck every-which-way into the fence to keep cats in / or out .... and after pic of the same section of fencing ....all nice neat and tidy :) i've been working non stop since i got here, and have not even put my feet in the sea yet! do you feel sorry for me ?????????. but, after all of the above 'complaining' ... i am really happy here :) at dinner tonight, i am sitting on a balcony on one of the back streets of Caye Caulker drinking a new drink: rum and fresh ginger with a half of fresh lime squeezed and rubbed on the rim. and you're supposed to turn the glass around to keep drinking from the lime juice on the rim, ... this is high tech stuff !!!!!!!! it's good, not sweet nor sour, ...... just refreshing ! it's very quiet here on the back streets, no wild crazy drunk kids :)