June 16 Jacob's Birthday

Today we had these really good cookies, peanut butter, and a boat load of carbs for breakfast.  It was also Jacob’s 18th birthday. Liz, Katie, Bora, Alex Long, Jameson, others and I went down to the beach to shovel gravel in bags for cement.  Liz and I helped carry the bags of gravel on our backs to the road. Liz found a lobster on the side of the road.  When we got back, we made cement and laid out some plastic. The Fijian guys made making cement look so easy. After a while Mariam, Alex Cooper, and I went to look at the chief’s parrot, Jack.  We also held a chicken while we were there. Liz and I then chased some chickens around the village. Brett brought us these UFO burger-flavored chips, cheese chips, and nasty mango chips. After that Chase, Liz, Mariam, and I went on a hike with Wicky and some women to Rockpool. We surprisingly did not get poison ivy on the hike. On the way to Rockpool, we went to an underwater cave that had crystal clear fresh water in it. Wicky told us that Lucy was nicknamed "Lucy Pussy", which was hilarious. Rockpool was so cool because it is a pool in the ocean that is blocked off by black rocks. Wicky shook a papaya from a tree and sliced it with his machete for us.  Wicky always has a smile on his face and is so nice. When we finished eating, we began walking down the road when all of a sudden Bora came out of nowhere from the terrain.  When we got back to the village, Grace, Meghan, Liz, Chase, Jacob, and I got attacked playfully by kids.  There was one kid, Jimmy, who acted really tough. Next, we made some dove birds out of leaves. Other people started making their own sulus. After designing sulus and dove birds, we decided to play volleyball.  The Fijian guys play so well.  They slammed down every ball.  A double rainbow appeared in the sky behind us while playing.  After that, Liz and I went swimming in our clothes with some Fijian girls that were close to our age.   Meghan and I later entered the ocean in the dark to shower. That was definitely something new - #villageprobs.  Dinner afterwards was fantastic.  We then celebrated Jacob's birthday with cake. The guy serving cake had a "that’s what she says" shirt which was funny because he had no idea what it meant.  We soon found out that it was another villager's birthday too, but Jacob's just out shined his. After the kids left, we drank more kava. Katie danced with all the Fijian guys, especially Kenneth.  The Fijian guys think she is twenty, which is funny because she's the youngest one in the group. She is actually like 14 or 15.  I danced in between her and Kenneth while they danced and everyone thought it was funny.  Today Lisa had a fever the whole day and Jameson was not feeling that well. We have this list of things we need to take pictures of in the village and everyone is stressing over it.

Mariam, JImmy, and I

Meghan and I ready to work

Jacob and the guy with the funny shirt