After the slightly traumatic experience (for me) of watching the pigs death as well as the continued aggression by the other big pig left, today was definitely more than needed. The day started off as usual and we had a relatively good day of typical chores and working on the new bed for the jamica (hibiscus) plants. This also included collecting more horse and cow manure, thankfully it was less “fresh” than last time.
However the real glory came from several small differences which added up to a wonderful day. The first being that it was cloudy and I was not melting in the heat today. Strangely this made me want to go use the pool. And that I did. Once we finished with work I quickly ate some food and made my way up for the pool. A fine way to celebrate a shitty day...
But the most amazing part was when Sara told me that there was a sighting of something truly rare. A guitar. Not only just one, but two. I was like a little kid at Christmas, if only I could somehow end up playing one. I ended up heading to the lodge later that afternoon and while I was using the Internet, lo and behold, the guitars were taken out of their cases and I was hooked. I was enjoying listening to these two men playing the guitar and picking the twelve bar blues.
As luck would have it, we started talking and when one of the guys left to go use the pool I was offered a chance to play. About three or four hours later we were still playing and I was in heaven. I have really missed having a guitar here and frankly I believe that it will be essential for me to buy a guitar here for my continued sanity. Because there is nothing more wonderful than playing a guitar and being able to use some of your creativity and making music. Especially when electricity here is so precious (i.e. has the terrible habit of just turning off...) so having a guitar and some written out songs would be absolutely wonderful. One step at a time.
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