Saturday 10th May- 1 more day to go till i become a cheif

I was tempted to go to town to choose my shoes and head tie since Bensons girls had decided to change them from red to gold but I was feeling too tired. Instead I went with Kelechi and Ansylem to go tend for my goats. Seeing as baby is still a bit sick I decided to clear their pen fully and clean it up very fine to prevent disease. We cleared the big pile of sticks and rubbish out from by the door and used big knives to chop away all of the stupid little plants that were growing wild and messy. I asked Kelechi to get rid of the funny lumpy grown on the floor, Ansylem said that ants lived in it but I thought he was joking so I ordered it to be removed. A few minuets later I was walking over the area and found big ants on my feet biting me. It hurt so much I jumped onto the wall to escape and nurse my foot and refused to come down to all the work was finished. It took all morning and was hard work but we did a good job so I was pleased. I bought biscuits and juice to celebrate the big work with my boys and then enjoyed a short sleep before sitting down to plan my speech.

I showed Eunice my cloth and dressed up in it, did my make-up and practised dancing about my house. Cecil had been in England for three weeks so my mother was able to send me my make-up kit for tomorrow, some instant coffee, a couple of jigsaws for Wonderful School and some more malaria pills for extending my stay. I was excited about tomorrow and wanted V/Rev to come back to plan vehicle movement.

For dinner V/Rev, Martha and I ate Irish potato chips and I chatted away about tomorrow like a small child waiting for Christmas. I was actually more excited than I have been about Christmas for the past 12 or something years. V/Rev made me a hot chocolate and put me to bed early. It has become a habit that after sharing food, drink and company with Martha and himself he will always help carry my things back to my house and check for visitors. At first it was ants that would always be in my house getting at my food and he would come and stamp on them for me. There has been giant millipedes, praying mantis, grasshoppers and crickets. My most recent trouble has been snake-lizard. One of them has decided to make its home in my scarf and keeps leaving droppings on my bookcase. One morning I was trying to tie the scarf for church and it hung on so I was wearing it like a broach till I noticed and threw it screaming across the room.