Day 7

OK… Day 7 begins… Started with a very restful sleep, no bugs… 6AM… awoke to visit from Sweetie… détente for area around my quarters… Coffee and then I went with Earl over to start the generator…While putting gas into the generator, Sweetie was half sitting on shoulder… Everything fine… She went to grab my glasses… no problem… I know that is going to happen… Then I had a small light (Steve’s gift) clipped to my shirt and Sweetie went to grab it… I mistakenly reached up to put it in my pocket… Sweetie did not like that and grabbed me… little bites … I then walked away and after a few moments Sweetie charged me and bit me on right hand and leg… Unfortunately hand wound will mean we do sewing practice again, although I might try the suture gun today… 8 cm laceration down to subq fat – through dermis… Compression applied and I now have it held together for the moment with homemade steri strip. A few other bites on fingers…lots of blood, but not going to stitch those… Now up to 31 tatoos… of which only 4 needed stitches… well maybe more, but that’s all I am going to do… A few old ones are slightly infected… I am sad that my movements are more and more restrictive… but we need to establish a permanent détente pretty soon. Today I might go to Jimenez to meet the supply chain.
Spider monkeys are fasinating creatures. I am falling in love with them… but I know that everyone reading this is saying… R U crazy… Sweetie (spider) has hit you over 30 times in 7 days… But, these are behavioral anomalies that will extinguish… Chacon our Scarlet in rehab and I have been making friends… Chacon came to the Sanctuary with a dislocated wing and missing flight feathers… probably from previous owner. Chacon is caged whenever we do anything with Isaiah… (margay)… When I fed Isaiah last evening, he took a swat at me again, but missed… So, Day 7 started with a bit of a drama – trauma… but I am sure it will go well… I managed to get a salt water bath last night, a clean shave and felt great prior to bed.