one of my favorite things about the rupununi is when people try to fit lots of things into little spaces. yesterday, we fit 15 tables, 32 chairs (none of these were the folding kind), and 7 people in/on a pickup truck to take over to rockview lodge. before christmas, we took 90 people in three pickup trucks to go swimming about 10 miles away. fun times.

today is our valentine's day dinner. i am grumpy because rawle said we aren't supposed to wear red because crazy charles is back in town and he'll rage out on anyone wearing red if he happens to come by. apparently he will "destroy" any red he sees. but what about my dress!? i'm just going to wear it anyway. i will take an extra shirt, just in case.

my grumpiness got a little better because this guevarian boy (man) crystal and i met last week in georgetown is visiting here for a week before he goes home to australia, and he gave me a stack of books (tied up with a shoelace) for v-day. so nice. i'm a little disappointed he didn't write in the books; i really really like it when people write in books before they give them as gifts. or if they write their own marginalia in their own copies, and then give away those copies. special.

so. i hope it doesn't rain tonight. i hope no one rages out on my dress. i hope my legs don't hurt so much that i have to stop dancing (hao, the boy mentioned above, is leading some kung fu classes for ylp and the schoolkids while he's here, and my legs hurt like mad because of last night's class).