Back to work today and it was my last Orangs. As we arrived we were given the news that the three Orangs in Quarantine were to be moved in the new enclosure tomorrow. We were all in shock, we didn't think this would happen while we were here, but I was hoping to go back after Ketapang and see them then. It really boosted moral and to know that we would be preparing those cages was amazing.
We set to work on the normal cages and powered through them, next we set to work on the new ones, they were much easier to clean as they were new, no holes in the concrete :) once we had completed this we had some painting to finish above them, which meant sitting on top of the cages. Michelle, Emma and I worked very well together and had the wall complete by lunchtime.
I made a lovely noodle dish for lunch with most of the food we had left, leaving tomorrow we wanted to have a feast. As we had finished the morning session quite early we started back after lunch at 1.30 not 2pm, we did the second coat on the wall then Dom set us all a task. Emma has to superglue the bolts on our hammocks we made, Michelle was chipping excess cement off the floors and I was bolting ropes inside the cages for them to swing on. We all joined Michelle after to finish of the cement and then clean the cages again.
I popped off to see Rosey and it hit me that it was the second to last day. I have taken it for granted seeing her everyday and now I wouldn't anymore, I didn't want her to see me get tearful as it may have unnerved her so I snuck off when I felt the tears coming.
We were all pretty excited that evening discussing our time there and how amazing tomorrow was going to be. I went to bed about 9pm but I was too excited to sleep, I think I eventually drifted off gone 1am.
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