I fear paranoia is beginning to set in. I found items in my dishwasher that I don’t remember loading. Are there other inhabitants on the island?
Had to clean Large, Medium, and Small Natives tonight. Borrowed Native did not wish to be cleaned, and since he did not come with cleaning instructions, I let it be. Large Native wished to clean herself. Usually I require some sort of parental involvement or at least a check-in to ensure cleanliness. Tonight the voice in my head said, “How can she come out any dirtier?” I like the new voice. Much more fun than the old ones.
Bedtime preparation took 2+ hours and was exhausting. Last native was in his camp at 8:15. Couldn’t have made it another moment. Finished cleaning up dinner, wrestled another carseat into our car, got out baby food for tomorrow, and was ready to finish mandatory paperwork and head to bed. Then realized that tomorrow is waste pickup day. All waste must be moved to the dropsite by tomorrow, or it will pile up on the island for another week and throw the island’s entire waste-removal system off in perpetuity. Aside from losing a native, no bigger failure could take place than to miss waste removal day.
Rounded up waste, delivered to container, and wheeled it out to the dropsite in the dark. While walking over wet leaves in the dark, remembered that tomorrow is also leaf removal day. Leaf removal day only comes every two weeks. Leaves have already been accumulating for several weeks. The old voices came back, and I briefly contemplated getting out a rake and moving wet leaves to pick up location in the dark. Decided instead to take it as another hit at Tribal Council.
No vote was taken tonight, but I am pretty sure I will be voted off of the island tomorrow. Wonder who will take my place. Whoever they find, I hope that she is pretty. Not sure why.
Feeling disheartened by the failures starting to rack up, but taking comfort in the fact that all of the natives fell asleep nearly instantly tonight. Glad to know this wears them out, too. Also confident that I will sleep well tonight, provided all natives stay in their camps. Reminding myself that the object of the game is to survive, not excel.
Had to clean Large, Medium, and Small Natives tonight. Borrowed Native did not wish to be cleaned, and since he did not come with cleaning instructions, I let it be. Large Native wished to clean herself. Usually I require some sort of parental involvement or at least a check-in to ensure cleanliness. Tonight the voice in my head said, “How can she come out any dirtier?” I like the new voice. Much more fun than the old ones.
Bedtime preparation took 2+ hours and was exhausting. Last native was in his camp at 8:15. Couldn’t have made it another moment. Finished cleaning up dinner, wrestled another carseat into our car, got out baby food for tomorrow, and was ready to finish mandatory paperwork and head to bed. Then realized that tomorrow is waste pickup day. All waste must be moved to the dropsite by tomorrow, or it will pile up on the island for another week and throw the island’s entire waste-removal system off in perpetuity. Aside from losing a native, no bigger failure could take place than to miss waste removal day.
Rounded up waste, delivered to container, and wheeled it out to the dropsite in the dark. While walking over wet leaves in the dark, remembered that tomorrow is also leaf removal day. Leaf removal day only comes every two weeks. Leaves have already been accumulating for several weeks. The old voices came back, and I briefly contemplated getting out a rake and moving wet leaves to pick up location in the dark. Decided instead to take it as another hit at Tribal Council.
No vote was taken tonight, but I am pretty sure I will be voted off of the island tomorrow. Wonder who will take my place. Whoever they find, I hope that she is pretty. Not sure why.
Feeling disheartened by the failures starting to rack up, but taking comfort in the fact that all of the natives fell asleep nearly instantly tonight. Glad to know this wears them out, too. Also confident that I will sleep well tonight, provided all natives stay in their camps. Reminding myself that the object of the game is to survive, not excel.
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