Viki and I have done some riding now which has been amazing. The landscape is so incredibly beautiful and when we ride we see tons of wallabies and cattle and birds. The young horse is going really well for me and that makes Viki really happy. She’s a little nervous to get on her because there’s been some bucking incidents in the recent past, but this is young horses for you. She’s been an angel for me so far, besides the fact that she hates the girth and gets herself in a little tizzy over it.
There’s 2 or 3 goannas that hang around the property and they look like little dinosaurs. If you come too close they scurry up a tree but besides that they are very mellow and slow moving lizards. The one that enjoys hanging around my cabin is about 6 feet long and really seems to like having his picture taken.
Viki is a “keen” scrabble player and we played an intense game last night which ended really closely (but I lost!). She has cooked some really good food for us which I am so grateful for, especially because she doesn’t like meat either. I am covered in bug bites because the mosquitoes are brutal here, and go right through the repellent. There are also some HUGE spiders here which I am actually learning to be ok with- mostly because Viki is forcing me to. There was a furry one the size of my hand on the wall which she touched, and when it ran away she said, “see- they’re more scared of us”. Well I’m coping with that as they live in the house and she wouldn’t kill one. At least there aren’t any that big in the cabin!
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