No More CROW

         I sit here in the messy living room drinking my tea and eating a scone (that I baked earlier) and have mixed feelings about leaving CROW tomorrow.  I am super excited to see Whitney and do our travels and to meet up with my sister, but sad to be leaving certain parts of CROW.  I am saddened to leave my Dassies (Huey, Duey, and Luey) because I have been bottle feeding them 4 times a day since the very first day I got here.  I have only just taken over the pigs in the last 3 weeks or so but I will also miss them.  Wally is sort of touch and go at the moment because the teat he was drinking from went missing on Saturday and therefore he hasn’t been drinking as much as he used to, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be okay.  We have had two zebras come in now and both have passed away.  The wildebeest is doing good and makes the most unique noises.  There are some birds that I have gotten fond of that I will probably think of from time to time, but other than that- I have nothing to miss here.  The volunteers have all been great and I will no doubt miss them, but will luckily be traveling with one of them for a bit and will see the other one when I come back to Durban in February.    

          I will not miss the flea bites from my bed or the fleas jumping off the couches or the piles of dishes in the sink and counters nor will I miss the kitchen floor being covered in maggots or the bathroom ceiling actually moving with some sort of mold or having my bed feel wet with damp.  Other than that- it’s been a decent place to stay.  J

         I will be leaving here tomorrow around 12 to pick Whitney and I’m not sure what are plans are till we leave Durban on Saturday morning for Coffee Bay.  Then we are there for 6 days and 5 nights before we head to Scotia to work at the game reserve where Kelleigh (other volunteer at CROW) will join us for 4 days and then we are spending 2 days at the place where the worlds biggest bungee jump is located and then off to Cape Town for 13 days!! Woo Hoo! I am excited for Cape Town because I have a couple of contacts with people that I’ve met here in Durban to show us around and take us out at night.