Log Entry Five

      Hey Journal! I’m back and it’s time for another entry. I really should have gotten a larger journal to write all these things down in because I’m running out of pages, and I’m thinking this might have to be my last entry for this trip. But that’s okay, I think I’m almost where I want to be as far as goals for this trip anyway.

      Yesterday was an awful day, I didn’t do a single thing all day except lay in bed. Mariana and Daelie would have gone out without me to find some extra coins but I think they were concerned about me because they refused to leave the room with me feeling the way I was. I got really really sick yesterday for some reason, and every time I thought I was done throwing up in the toilet I’d have to go back for more. It felt like morning sickness for pregnant women, and boy now I think I understand a little better just what women go through and if I were one I sure wouldn’t wanna go through it. Ever.

      I’m still not feeling too hot today actually but I’m a lot better than I was. From about four in the afternoon yesterday until about…two this afternoon I was just sleeping through as much as I could, trying not to wake up just to be miserable again. And now I’m definitely feeling better. I think I’m just feeling weak right now, my muscles ache and I just have that “bleh” feeling of being vaguely miserable and not wanting to put effort into anything.

      But I have been a little more active since I woke up. I went and got some coffee in the lobby and I’m trying to just enjoy it, and I might get something to eat later because it’s been so long since I’ve put anything in my stomach and I think I can keep it down now.

      I was really really excited for someone when I went down in the lobby though! I saw a boy there, the only other boy I’ve seen this whole trip actually, and he had just gotten enough Resort Coins to go out and get one of those cute little cat like, scorpion tailed creatures that everyone keeps talking about. He’s the first one that’s had enough, I think, and so they let him go out to find his own and bring it home with him after he gave them the 100 coins it cost! I’m hoping that I can go and see which one he got later, but I know no matter which one he comes back with it’s sure to be precious.

      I guess I am a little jealous; I think I wanted to be the first person to be able to exchange my coins for one of those cute little creatures, but there’s not much I can do about it and I’m happy for the guy. I just hope I get to go find my own kitty scorpion thing soon, I think they’re called..uh… It was something weird…like on the first or second day of this journal I thought that Urokiwas were Ur Own Kiwis… it was like.. Pirate Foo Foos….or something. PIRAPHRUS! That was it. They’re called Piraphrus.

      Anyway, out of the Voldoes and the Urokiwas and the Piraphrus, they’re the one I want the most, and funny enough, they only one I haven’t actually seen going out into the desert. They’ve evaded me every single time, but when I have my 100 Coins I know I’m gonna get one, because they can only avoid me for so long. I’ll stay out in that desert as long as I have to in order to find the Piraphru that I know is meant to come home with me.

      Truth be told I would love one of each of the three species, but I don’t know if that will be possible at this point. If I had to have an order obviously the Piraphrus are my first choice, and then I think I’d go for a Voldoe. They’re just precious, in my opinion, and I’d love to take one home with me. But Urokiwas are still really odd to me; the way the run and their hissing, angry cactus appearance is just so strange, and as interesting as it would be to have one, I don’t think Daelie liked them very much. Mariana seemed more interested than Daelie but maybe a little frightened if anything, so I’m not sure if it would even be worth taking one home with the reactions I got from the others about them. Still though, I’d love to be able to have one of each of them, if I could just get enough resort coins and befriend enough creatures to have one of each come back with me.

      As of now I have almost eighty resort coins, and I’m hoping turning in this log later can get me a few more. I’m thinking I might have to search the desert again today though just in case because I still don’t think I’m going to have enough even if I fill the last few pages of this journal with words.

      As it is, I’m not actually sure what all to fill the last few pages with, though I guess I could go ahead and just recount my trip up until this point. I wonder if I write down everything I remember now, without looking back at the other entries I’ve written, if my memories will be exactly the same or if my journal will show otherwise. I guess I’m about to find out, right?

      I remember getting here pretty early on in the day, late afternoon I might say? And boy was I tired. I am not a huge fan of trips. Once I’m at my destination I’m fine, but packing and moving around and getting there is such a hassle for me. So once we were here I was really tired, and I remember Mariana being tired, too.

      In fact, as I was writing my first entry once we got here, I believe Mariana fell asleep right next to me. But Daelie was still up and ready to head out, she had no time to be patient or slow down and wait for us. So without disturbing Mariana, she had dragged me right out the door so we could explore the desert.

      While we were exploring we saw our first Voldoe, though I don’t think I knew what they were called at the time. Daelie scared the poor thing away by running after it though, and I haven’t seen it since. We also got our first five resort coins that day, and I remember feeling really accomplished when I found four all together in one pile. I don’t believe I saw anyone that day because we’d just gotten there and I wasn’t sure if anyone else had arrived yet.

      No wait, I did see someone. Madi and Dera and I saw each other in the lobby, but again Daelie was just too impatient so I didn’t get much time to talk to them before she dragged me out the doors and into the awaiting sands.

      Either way, the next day when we went back out to get more coins, Mariana was finally able to come with us. The little Hase Shisu had rested up and she was finally up and excited to get going. With her help, we found another five coins that day, and if I remember correctly, that was the day we saw that strange little Urokiwa that she was so fascinated with. So by this point we’d seen two really rare creatures, all by chance, and I guess I was feeling really good about this trip, except there was just one thing wrong.

      It was so dang hot out I was pretty sure I was baking, just baking, and would be a perfectly made strip of bacon by the end of each day. And so far I’ve been right, it’s still so hot here I don’t know what to do with myself. I can’t stand hot weather, even after growing up in a place that is all constant heat. I’m still sunburned by the way, though I’m sure the sunburn won’t leave me for a good week after we’re back home. I wonder how many people are laughing at the fact that I have such a fair complexion that my entire surface is now red.

      Oh, and then there was the last few days but I don’t think I’ll recount those. Though I am excited to retell the fact that I got to have a resort date with my girlfriend, but I think that’s because I could always brag about Madi being my girlfriend. God I am so in love with her…..

      Oh goodness.. I suppose I’m getting off track and if anyone ever reads this they might be embarrassed with how love struck I am, I should probably be talking about my trip instead of my girlfriend! Aha I guess I just can’t help it!

      As far as it goes I still have seen a certain lack of Kimba and Lizzie around, but I got a chance to talk to Alice a couple of days ago so that was nice. She’s also after one of those cute little Piraphrus. Apparently she saw one that had some cute green markings on it and now she’s determined to get it. I sure hope her dreams come true so she can take the little cutie home with her! It sounds like an absolute treasure. I think she was also glad to know I wasn’t going to be going after the one she was talking about, because apparently I have more coins than she does and she would have been devastated. I wouldn’t want to do that to her, and as long as I can take my own cute little Piraphru home with me, why go after one that she specifically saw first and wanted long before me? That just wouldn’t be fair of me to do.

      But then, I don’t know if other people would be so nice. There’s a lot of competition to take Piraphrus home, I think, and since everyone wants one I guess it’s going to be hard to make sure everyone is happy. And if you have the same goal or want the same Piraphru as someone else, they might just have to say too bad and go for it anyway, because sometimes you have to look out for yourself too. I guess not everyone can always be nice.

      Again though, other than that boy that is already getting his Piraphru today, I think I’m doing pretty good as far as luck and my amount of resort coins goes. Other than him I think I’m ahead of everybody, so I’m not too concerned with whether I’ll get a Piraphru at this point. I think I’ll have quite a few to see and choose from still by the time I go out searching for my own little girl or boy to take home with me.

      I’m also wondering what the Resort Staff have thought of the entries for the cactus coloring contest so far. I think everyone’s got the same hopes as I do, that they win, but I sure do hope I can take that Voldoe home with me. I think I’m starting to get attached to it and it’s not even a sure thing whether I’ll win or not, it’s all based on chance. It wouldn’t be fair of me to get upset if someone else wins fairly, rather than myself, but I do think at this point I’ll be at least slightly devastated if I don’t get to take it home with me, due to that attachment I shouldn’t have formed.

      Either way, I’ve seen some of the other entries and they’re pretty cute so everyone has a fair shot at winning. And even if you don’t win, you still get a cute little cactus plushie for trying and some resort coins, too! So it’s not like anyone will completely lose, or not get anything for a prize.

      I’ve gone into the gift shop a couple of times now and considered buying a couple of things but if I do I won’t have enough for a Piraphru and really I’m so determined to get one of them I think I’d rather wait before getting anything at the shop.

      I do wonder if there’s any other way to make more resort coins than what I’m already doing. I’d really like to make some more, and at a quicker pace if I can manage.

      The only thing left that I haven’t done here is something I keep telling myself I’ll do. I keep forgetting to look into whether this place has a pool. I’d really like to take a nice dip and just swim for awhile, since water is really my forte instead of desert sands. I’d rather be in a cold pool any day. I guess I’ve just been so busy doing other things that I keep forgetting to ask the staff if there’s a pool here somewhere.

      Maybe I’ll ask today though, or maybe even, when I show them this log entry and they read it, they’ll tell me themselves without me having to ask. I’d sure love to go relax in the pool for awhile if they have one.

      And if they have a pool they probably have an exercise room with all sorts of equipment but me and exercising don’t really go hand in hand, so I think I’ll stick to swimming if it’s available, though I don’t think Mariana and Daelie would be too partial to getting in the water with me.

      Oh well!

      It looks like I’m running out of space to put anymore words in this log, so I guess I’m going to end it here. I wonder if there’s more journals available in that gift sho—nah. If I bought another journal it’d just cost me precious resort coins!

      I’m about to go out and look for some more of those anyway, since Daelie and Mariana are ready to go. So I guess this is bye for now, journal! Thanks for keeping all the accounts of my trip so far! It’s been awesome!

                -Kyler