Second to Last Day at Chipangali--Primates!--Linden

Today was our second to last work day at Chipangali Animal Orphanage. Today we were assigned to primates to work on. We started the day with some cereal, toast, french toast, and drinks. Since we have babies tomorrow, we did not have them today. To start the day of primates, we did not do primates. The morning was all filling up water bowls for the birds and making a thatched roof for the black snake eagle. A thatched roof is a roof made of grass that packs together into nice bundles, thatching grass. After having to go back to refill the wheelbarrow with grass, after the morning, we had made a cute umbrella for the eagle and the many tortoises inside. That was to keep them dry from the rain. At tea time Bar, another volunteer gave a nice speech about his commander when he was in the Israeli Army, Ronan. Ronan unfortunately died in battle 2-3 years ago, and was celebrated today because it was an Israeli Memorial Day today. After tea time, I headed off with a big portion of volunteers to catch grasshoppers for the chameleon. Then, animal time was mostly enjoyed and a lunch of pasta and sauce was eaten. Our first part of work after lunch with primates was cleaning out the monkey cages again. One thing I noticed about that area was that there were so many bees there. There was three big piles of old fruit in wheelbarrows right outside of the door into the area we had to clean. Last time I got stung by a bee, my arm swelled so much I had to put a wrap around it. I am pretty sure I am a little allergic. So once I figured that out, I left fast to help with antelopes to get away from the hundreds of bees. Before I even got to work though over there, Mom found me and made me informed that the chameleon cage was ready to be cleaned, so that we did. We took out all the old sand and branches, and had them replaced with new ones. We also added quite a few sticks for the little guy to crawl on. After making the cage look glorious(if I do say so myself), we helped bring hay bails from a big truck to a storage shed. Each bail was probably at least 40 lbs and there were a good 35 of them. Luckily, by the end of the afternoon, all were stacked neatly and everyone that had helped was sweaty and exhausted. Tonight for dinner we ate steak, broccoli, carrots, and potatoes. Now, we have retired to our small home. Tomorrow we are on carnivores, our last day!