Moral and energy was low this morning, a mixture of food poising and exhaustion had taken effect. We battled on and headed to work. The sickest including myself stayed at the farm with easy access to the toilet facilities at the vet clinic. Today's task was to tidy it up, build paths and weed. My muscles felt like no oxygen was going to them and every lift of the spade or wheel barrow took every once of concentration and energy. It did however pay off and looked amazing.
Lunch was a somber affair, some people choosing to skip it and sleep some forcing food down them only to have it explode out again a short time later. Vicky and I couldn't face the afternoon on the farm or at the island so we went to make enrichment for the Orangs. We collected leaves and then sat in logistics making leaf parcels with honey water and seeds. Then we set to work on hessian sacks which we sewed up and stuffed with leaves, honey water and popcorn.
Kristi returned and we got the privilege of giving them to the babies that had come home from forest school early. As you can imagine I was close to tears with pure happiness. They are all housed in groups together, and are utterly adorable, most being under 5 years old. They are so tiny but much more agile than a human of equivalent age. Due to their location I got bitten to within an inch of my life but it was worth it. Getting to see them attempt to open their presents was fascinating all going about it in their own way.
We waited for all the others to return and the we headed back home via another fruit market to grab some 'hairy testicles'. I don't really think they need an explanation of how they look. Inside the skin is a lychee type fruit and they taste quite similar.
The evening was short but hilarious. Sarah and Nigel the vets came over to our house and were entertaining us with many stories, we were laughing so hard a few of us cried including serial laugh cryer Rebecca. 8pm was as late as any of us could make it so we all retired.
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