Kalypso The Odyssey

Last Saturday I had my first cross-country race. I came in 24th place but there were over 100 people and all of them were either the same age or older than me and have been on a team for a year or so. It was a 2 mile run and I was second for my team. One of my friends was 105th so I guess I was prety good but need to get beter, not for the team but for me.

The other day my little brother lost his hamster. We looked for it everywhere and could not find it. Then last night, my mom found it downstairs. How it got there remains still unknown, but my hypothesis is that it grabbed on to our dogs’ leg and caught a ride down there. Another theory is that it climbed inside a squeeky toy and got carried down. The hammster is back in its cage safe and sound. But if you have any theories about how it got downstairs be sure to comment.

With all the homework I am getting, I don’t have much time for other things. One of them is Oot. Whenever I go over to his cage he is curled up, trying to look happy. But I can tell there is a look of lonliness on his face. Do you know that sugar gliders can die of lonliness? It is true. They need you to spend time with them each day, and that does not just mean to hold them in a pouch. You need to play with them, like letting them out and letting them jump around. I don’t have enough time. The internet strongly recommends that you get another one if you don’t have the time. So Oot needs a friend.

I would like one that is a girl. I wonder what to name her? Maybe Midnight or I don’t know… Oh, I got it! This is an African American name that means You fish on your side and I fish on mine and noone fishes in the middle. Just kidding! I will know sooner or later. What if they had a baby? I could name it Minnie Me. If she would eat meal worms, then she could teach Oot to eat the. He doesn’t eat them, and he really needs to. Then he might not stink so much (they stink if they have a bad diet). Then I wouldn’t have to clean his cage so often. Less chores for me and more time for other stuff. Yeah! It would not only be a good present for me, but also for Oot. It would be the ultimate Christmas present.

I am so glad that my little pet Oot is OK. My dad brought him home from New Orleans and I never knew what happened to him until he arrived back at the house. My mom woke me up and said that Oot was here and that Abu (my dad) was here also. I was so relieved because I was so worried about Oot. I was also worried about my father. He had been away for a week and even that long of being apart is very distressing. But only because he was in New Orleans. He went there with a friend of his named Bart. You can also hear about his trip to New Orleans at his blog. My mom dropped Oot but he seems OK. I missed him so much. He lives now in a cage in my room.

Remember the kitties? Well one of them passed away. It was Butterscotch. He was so nice and cute. When I saw him last he was covered in ants. My dog thinks there was a dog but I say no because I can’t see any teeth marks. I think it was the Juvenile Delinquents. They are horrible people. Some people had to call the cops the other day because they locked some girls in a room and wouldn’t let them out for a long time.

Today I played cards and went swimming. I am a bit homesick. I just spoke to Grandpa Homan on the phone. Tomorrow we go to work. We are now just getting ready for dinner.

Today was a very sad day for me. I didn’t see how anybody can be happy after the event that happened today. Lemon Drops, the bird in the hole in the pit, somehow fell out overnight and went into eternal hibernation. He was too young to die. We tried to give it some water but it was too sick. It was barely alive in the morning when we got there, and before breakfast it was dead. I buried it, and I have one of its tail feathers to remind me of it. I am still very upset about it and I am thinking of becoming a vegetarian, though it would be hard for me to not eat any eggs. I do not want to eat any eggs by the way because eggs come from a bird and I don’t want to eat anything that comes from a bird after what happened. Other than that, today was OK. Like every other day. I went swimming, made tags at the pottery compound. It is the place where they put together pottery and wash it. All the pottery comes from the sight. They also have bones, flint, and other stuff. The tags are for marking pottery buckets in the field, so we know where each piece of pottery came from. We started to excavate the square 0-18 today, which will be nice. For part of the day I went around and collected pottery from the new square. There was no lecture tonight. But yesterday my dad gave a lecture about the Shephelah, the region where we are now. Everybody laughed when it came to a movie that was about how Hazael (which was the part I played) was one of the many destroyers of the site. He probably would not have done it if it were not for Elisha, the part that Madeleine played. The story my dad says is based on 2 Kings 8 in the Bible. I video chated with my mom finally today. We never get to video chat because one is doing something while the other is online. It was nice but I still want to talk to my brother. At least we got to see one of my dogs, Mosey. She looked scared. I would be too if I was a dog who didn’t know about electronics and saw somebody who wasn’t there on the screen talking to me. I miss everyone and I also miss the birdie.

We found out about birds’ nests today. One is a very cute, fat bird that has a black like mask of fur covering its eyes. It has a yellow face and a green neck. He’s so cute and fury I named him “Lemon Drops.” We have to get up really early in the morning when it is freezing and cold outside. It brought a really nice sweater so if I brought it out there it would get ruined so I’m freezing in the morning. We also found an owl pit that I will tell you more about in the future.
Here is a picture of my new buddy Lemon Drops

Today I had to let my ducks go. We went to a big lake at City Park with many other ducks. We let them go swimming to see if they wanted to stay or to come back with us. They stayed and it really upset me. My parents said that I had to let them stay there. I was very depressed. I know the ducks are happier there. I still haven’t got over it though. They were great friends to me and it was so hard to let them go. They seem so happy there swimming. I know it’s best for them but I can’t bear the thought that I might see them nevermore.

A week ago I bought some ducks to add to my so-called farm. We named one of them Quackers. He is a yellow duckling, and he will be white duck because the guy at the pet store said he would be a white duck. He also said he would quack his head off is he could not find a friend. So we got Satchmo, he is a mallard. Every day they get bigger. Now they doubled their size and are now the size of a pencil or a small cat. I love them so much and I am sure they love me too.

Ok, like I got a suger glider. He is so cute. I named him oot cause it ryhmes whith cute. And that is like his midle name, no like seriously it is.

We got a bunny that is so cute. We named it Saturn like a little dispute. My dogs are in love with the bunny too much. My dad wants to cook it with a brush.
These are some spelling words my dad said I needed to blog. The bunny is a volunteer.The bunny is a choreographer.The bunny is a engineer.The bunny is a dentist.The bunny is a lidrarian.The bunny is a director.The bunny is a pioneer.The bunny is a counseller.The bunny is a customer.The bunny is a stenographer.The bunny is a veterinarian.The bunny is a accompanist.The bunny is a politician.The bunny is a tourist.The bunny is a senator.The bunny is a teacher.The bunny is a invesagator.The bunny is a scientist.The bunny is a visitor.The bunny is a physicist. That bunny sure is a lot of things.