Timeout!!!! no one told me there were scorpions!

Ending my 22nd year at the beach, we brought in my new year with a game of Kings. For those of you who aren't familiar, its a college drinking game with rules for each card. On in particular, I think it was the 10 card was snake master. If you make eye contact with the person who drew that card, they make a hissing sound and you have to drink.

After I went back to Pakane, my little hut sweet hut, i started sweeping and getting my place ready for visitors. Not an easy task let me tell you. Swept under the desk, under trunk number one, under trunk number two and SSSTTTT!!! Snake eyes! Or should I say Scorpion eyes!!!! Yes thats right ladies and gentleman. The little bastard ran out from under my trunk right at me with his little stabby tail thing up in the air ready to strike. AAAHHHH, hold on....oops peed my pants..... now again AHHHHHHH!

Taking a closer look, there were 3 of them, all running around, stabbing each other, the wall, the giant millipede who also decided to make a home under my trunk for a week (ew) as well as my pinky toe. Stupid scorpion. Thats it, I was pissed. Who has the nerve to make a home under MY trunk, and then stab MY toe with its pointy thing?! Some house guest. SSSTTT SSTT SSSTTT! Scorpion eyes my ass!

Since I was already sweeping, I had my dust pan and used it as a weapon, of sorts. I'm pretty proud of myself that my first instinct was to beat the crap out of them until they died. Considering, that when I first came to my hut, I trapped a cricket under tupperwear and made my friend come and get it out. I managed to crush one, and squish the other two (screaming the whole time) in between the pan and the wall until my younger brother came and rescued me. Only then, did they find it necessary to tell me that once the rains come, there will be scorpions the size of my forearm. I wish they hadn't.

Other than that, things have been better. I haven't posted in a while. I figured, since things were not going so well in the village, it was best to hold off writing until I wasn't so negative about my life there. I'm back to hanging out with my friends there and we have successfully completed 9 latrines, working with 12 farmers with their tree nurseries and I'm about to hand out the 125 nets that you all helped to raise money for. Again, thank you. Things are good, no fights, just sitting around with the locs. I outplanted my first tree. Unfortunately, it got eaten by termites. DAMN! but i'll throw some ash in the hole and try again.

I'm heading to Paris on Sunday and can't wait. Its time for a vacation at last!!! Mali is on for September. I'm going with 3 other girls and I can't wait!!!!! Before you know it i'll be home for christmas too. I'll post again after Paris Rachel. Rest easy I'll stay more updated from now on, if for no other reason than your entertainment hahaha!