Week #30
Moving places in El Paredón, two nights at a dream location and releasing baby sea turtles on the beach.
December 17, 15:25
I am not feeling well. Every month I forget how shitty I feel the first day of my period. The stomach cramps are super bad, my back aches, I have a headache. I just feel bad. Now I just woke up from a nap cause I got so tired, it was like all the energy left my body. I’ll probably go out to get something to eat, most likely take away, so I can crawl back into bed and eat here while watching a movie.
December 18, 18:38
OMG. It really is time for me to move places. I just got locked out of the apartment complex. Somehow the code of the door wasn’t working. Luckily for me a car bumped into the fence yesterday, so it was broken and very weak in one spot. So after waiting for like 15 minutes for the Airbnb people to respond, I was out of patience and decided to climb through the fence. It might be more broken now, but it needed fixing anyway. So I entered my little house, feeling relieved, only to find a HUGE hairy worm with legs on my bed. Next to the pillow. Oh my god. I caught it and it’s outside right now, but the whole bed just feels gross. As much as I like this place I am really happy to be moving tomorrow.
Sunset was pretty again tho.
December 19, 11:11
FUCK YEAH. This is AMAZING. I am so excited! I booked a beach front accommodation for two nights cause I wanted to see the ocean from my bed. And this is just insane. It’s a sort of wooden bungalow on poles. Below is my private area with hammocks and above is the room with two beds, a mosquito net and a little bench in front of the ‘window’. The window is an opening at the front with a big net so people can’t look in but you can still look out, and which you can remove, so the wind can blow through the bedroom. Palm trees to the right and a perfect view of the ocean. I’m so hyped to be here.
December 20, 13:09
So I am definitely not going anywhere today. One cause this accommodation is too expensive to not be here and two cause it’s so nice! I’m sitting on the bench in the room looking out on the ocean. Working on the website, brainstorming about how to choose, categorise and sell poems and photos, making some photos, writing a poem. This is literally what I envisioned traveling and working to be like. Seated in a beautiful location, overlooking the ocean, while working on something that you love. I fucking did it.
December 21, 13:08
I was a little sad to move places again, but where I am now looks so chill - a big garden with hammocks, nice communal kitchen and two cats! Obviously I am most excited about the cats and it makes moving a lot less sad. Also, I am thinking about getting a RV instead of a short bus. Just because there are some really nice ones for sale, for good prices and they don’t need as much work. I don’t know, something to consider.
December 22, 15:57
Today is a good day. It’s my mom’s birthday so of course we called and seeing her always makes me smile. And then I called with Lotte, and talking to her always makes me feel empowered. She’s such a great and supportive friend. So I just feel very happy right now.
Oh and I’m at the place with the cats again. So yeah.
December 23, 07:16
We released baby sea turtles on the beach today!
I woke up at 05:15 to go to the hatchery ‘tortugario’. There they keep the eggs of the sea turtles safe and when the eggs are hatched, every morning during sunrise, between September and December, they get brought to the beach to release them. They do this because the eggs get poached and sold, which endangers the existence of the sea turtle. So in exchange for a donation of your choice, you can come look at how the baby sea turtles make their way to the ocean. And it was so cool to see! Also a little sad tho, cause only 1 out of 1000 make it at the end. Some get eaten by birds while still on the beach, some by birds while into the ocean, some by fish and other sea animals. And I couldn’t help but think that these 30 turtles we released will probably die within the next few days. I know, so sad but I couldn’t help myself.