Can this even be considered work?
Jan. 9th, 2006 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amalthyaSunday 1:18 pm
While there may not be anything particularly romantic about sitting on the veranda, eating an apple and a probably-expired tin of pitted black olives, there's something about having a good friend call you while three chimpanzees are rolling in your lap that's exceptional.
My first day at the Chateau Chimpanzé is going particularly well. The chimps have all grown accustomed to me already, and fight for my attention. It's easy to feel motherly towards the chimps, too. One can easily see what it is they want, and how they choose to communicate. The skin on the outside of their ears is like velvet - so soft and smooth.
It's also easy to sort of take it for granted. Here I am, and I see all the sort of minutia - day to day travails whether it's being forced to listen to Cerine (what they call Celine) or being unable to travel around by myself.
But on the whole, this opportunity is astounding. And I think it took![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reverend_dave calling me today through SkypeOut to really appreciate that. What made me even happier was being told that everyone he'd told about my job had been really impressed and everything. And the fact that they thought so is not what touched me, but the fact that anyone's mentioning me to others with pride. Like, my friend, soandso, is doing something really cool.
That makes me feel really special. Thank you, David.
While there may not be anything particularly romantic about sitting on the veranda, eating an apple and a probably-expired tin of pitted black olives, there's something about having a good friend call you while three chimpanzees are rolling in your lap that's exceptional.
My first day at the Chateau Chimpanzé is going particularly well. The chimps have all grown accustomed to me already, and fight for my attention. It's easy to feel motherly towards the chimps, too. One can easily see what it is they want, and how they choose to communicate. The skin on the outside of their ears is like velvet - so soft and smooth.
It's also easy to sort of take it for granted. Here I am, and I see all the sort of minutia - day to day travails whether it's being forced to listen to Cerine (what they call Celine) or being unable to travel around by myself.
But on the whole, this opportunity is astounding. And I think it took
reverend_dave calling me today through SkypeOut to really appreciate that. What made me even happier was being told that everyone he'd told about my job had been really impressed and everything. And the fact that they thought so is not what touched me, but the fact that anyone's mentioning me to others with pride. Like, my friend, soandso, is doing something really cool.That makes me feel really special. Thank you, David.
