Today was a bitter-sweet day for Madi. In July, 4, six-day old kittens were found at the dump, umbilical cords still attached, eyes closed. She spent hours/days/weeks trying to save them, two of them survived. One of them, Kisses, left today to go her 'forever home' in Oklahoma. she was quite a hit on the Delta Airlines flight she was on. one lucky little kitty !
the other kitten, Dulce is still available ... :) if you know of anyone who would like to adopt Dulce, please let me know. wouldn't it be great to say you have a Belizean kitty? and it is very easy to bring a cat into the U.S. .... we would just need to find an 'escort' to take her on the plane and Madi can prepare all the paperwork.
Back to the job ... Madi and i worked upstairs in the construction area today ... cleaning up, putting scrap lumber in piles, and throwing it out the window, then picking it up and carrying it to the trash piles ... where someone was supposed to come pick it up days ago ... such is life in Belize ... it's very difficult trying to get anything done here. there is no 'work ethic'...or at least a very very poor one. time and time again, she pays for work to be done only to have it done 'half-assed'. it is so nice to have Gavin working here, who is skilled, responsible, and a nice guy.
i road a bike to the airport this afternoon and picked up my camera ... it was just the way i left it ... everything there: camera, bag, extra battery, new card .... SO thankful to American Airlines !
in the evening all the volunteers went to dinner at a restaurant called 88 Degrees West, (as in the Longitude of Belize), which is just down the street. We had a great time ... one of the girls discovered the local drink here ... the Panty-Ripper ... although she continued to call it the Panty-Dropper. it was a good opportunity for everyone to get to know each other ... nothing like alcohol for a quick bonding experience :)
we returned to Madi's and resumed our party out on her new large 2-story deck over the water !
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