Day 9

Last night after supper we went to the lab and worked on the computers for a while and then the power went out. We packed up and went home. It's really dark at night with no moon and no lights. It was only 8:20 too. I went to bed at 8:30 but I woke up at 5 today.

In my room there are two windows one to the outside and one on the opposite wall that opens to the hallway. Some one turned the light on it the hall, and the kids were sweeping. I got up and went over to the guest house. I worked on a puzzle for a while. Then all of the kids came up to the house. we all came out and they told us, "Thank you for all the work you have done. Thank you for the shoes. May God bless you." and then they sang two songs to us. It was so sweet.

After breakfast I went up to the lab we worked on the computers some but then the power went out. We used that time to cut all the little zip ties off the Ethernet cables and unplugged them. There were zip ties like every 6". We coiled them up and set them on to the side. Then we talked about getting some kids to sweep the floor.

A girl opened the door to see what we were doing and daddy asked her who he should ask about getting the floor swept. She said anybody, and that she would sweep. Daddy really meant who was in charge of cleaning, but it worked she and an other girl swept. Well...daddy wouldn't call in sweeping. They use stiff, weeds or maybe thin sticks tied together. So when they sweep they are bent close to the ground. While they were sweeping I went up stairs to an empty hallway and spread out the cables and organised them by size.

After they were organized I brought one size down to the lab to test them and make sure they still work. I got Edmund to help me. I think he's 12 or so. He brought me down the cables while I tested them. Once the cable was tested I plugged it back to a computer.

When that was all done daddy wanted me to find Ethernet cable ends and the crimper, from the closet. That closet has all kinds of weird things. Computer parts, jerseys, crayons, posters, balls, clothes pins, ping pong paddles and lots of other miscellaneous things all jumbles up in there. I went through it and found the crimper and a lot of other useful things. Like a real broom but the wooden handle was only a foot long. Daddy said I should sweep the floor. I did some and then daddy started laughing at me so I stopped. I said he could do it then. He did some but the the fans blew dust into his face so he quit.

I looked again for the ends but could not find them so I started writing my blog but daddy told me to look again. I wasn't going to get anywhere in that mess so I started sorting things. I made a pill of computer parts, a pile of school things, a stack of books and a stack of papers. I got maybe half way done and found about 8 ends. they were in a tiny bag in between two boxes.

Somewhere in there we had lunch. I don't remember where it was. But I do remember that I gave out stickers before lunch. I was surrounded bye kids wanting one. Tommy says I'm a rock star. Daddy had to come and rescue me "lunch time". It was fun though.

After I found the cable ends I tied up all the Ethernet cables nice and neatly. When I finished it was time for supper. It was just me and daddy for supper since everyone else was going to the restaurant on the beach. We thought about going but they said it would probably be 3 hours. So we stayed here to work on the computers but the power went out after supper.

Daddy went up to his house, and I stayed and talked with people. They left at 6:30 so I walked over to my house to wait for daddy but some kids wanted me to come play with them at the other house on the back porch; so I did. We played 2,4,6,1,1 a lot and then the power came back on. Daddy showed up a little after that and watched and then we went up to the lab.

The power just flicked off. We were re-imaging a computer and it was up to 98%when the power flickered. That was the second time today!


Replies:

Uncle Darryl, Yes the beach was great fun. It was clean this time! Thanks.

Drink your water Ray. No, it's just you. No garbage, no snakes and no machete accidents.

Oh, and I got bitten by a mosquito tonight. yea it was trying to get me to buy an OPC. =]