I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #246 - Behind on Hive, Kittens, and Hanging with Io - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Thursday, March 30, 2023

I was so busy today doing things outside my usual schedule that I forgot to take photos during the day, so you get to look at a photo of my new laptop again!

I live barefooted and naked, very close to Earth and Nature, in a 16-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i. I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

I woke up this morning just before 5AM, and as I often do when I wake up at that hour, I started going through my Hive rounds, starting with checking, claiming, and staking various tokens. After finishing up with that, I went back to sleep and didn't wake up again until about 8:30AM, so a later start. I went to the Landing to make my superfood fire coffee. @aukuna was there, fiddling with and learning Arch Linux, which we installed on his computer not long ago. As we talked about Arch for a bit, we heard the conch, summoning people to the NVC meeting at 9AM in the Casbah. I completely forgot about it, and I didn't feel ready at all to go. I waited for my water to boil, put my coffee/mate to steep, then went to the meeting.

I was only there for a short time when. Io(lanthe), Ano and Melekai's 10-year-old daughter wanted to take me to show me the new kittens that her cat, Hazel, had last night. Ano, who was teaching in the meeting, was fine with me going, so I went to the Ka to see the kittens. There were four in all, three mostly black with a little bit of white, and one calico. Hazel gave birth to them on Ano's bed, and we stayed there for quite a while petting the kittens and Hazel, who was a very happy kitty. I got a box and a blanket for them, and Io and I made it very cozy, and put it under her desk. We put a blanket around the desk to give it more of an enclosed feeling. Hazel seemed to like it, thankfully.

The meeting ended at 11:30AM, and Ano finally came to the Ka to do some computer work. I stayed until almost 12PM. I hasn't even made my superfood fire coffee yet, so I wanted to go do that. Io still wanted to hang out with me, so she came to the Landing with me. As soon as we arrived there, Shakira appeared, so Io took her to the Ka to see the kittens. I made my superfood fire coffee, and went back to the Flow House. Io finally came up to hang out with me there for a bit. I let her try different games on one of my Arch Linux installations (Arch3), while I did my best to catch up on Hive. We stayed there until Io got hungry and asked me to make her the cheeseburger that I told her I would make her later. I hadn't finished catching up on Hive yet, but I did agree to make her food, to Hive got paused again.

I got supplies from Tutu's, then began preparing Io's food. She was singing on the couch as I cooked. I made her a pretty big burger, which she couldn't finish, so I saved it for later. Ano had asked me if I could empty the eight five-gallon buckets of composted humanure from the composting toilets on fruit tress today. It wasn't my favorite job, but I agreed. Io wanted to go play in the pool with me first, and told me that she'd help me if I went in with her. Harmony popped up soon after, so I went with her and Io to show her the kittens. After a short while there, Harmony went to work with Ano and Shakira to replace the tarp on Shiva-Shakti (the tarp got damaged in the last crazy-intense wind storm), and I went to play with Io in the pool (read green water catchment tank) for a bit more than an hour.

We finally got out and showered off, then I went to get the wheelbarrow to move the buckets of composted humanure, and Io went to check on Hazel and the kittens again. I collected and moved all eight buckets, and I started to empty them around four durian trees in the Durian Orchard. Io returned soon after and she helped me cut cane grass with machetes to spread around the durian trees to cover the humanure, which we got done pretty quickly.

When we were done Io wanted to go back in the pool with me. I told her we could go in again soon, but not today, as I still had to get a lot done on Hive that I didn't finish. I went to take one more shower, then I headed to the Landing to strain out a round of kefir, and use it to make my kefir-honey-cinnamon-cacao blend, which I put in the fridge for later. Once I got more raw milk from Tutu's, for another batch of kefir, I went to the Flow House with Io's burger, to eat it as I dove back into Hive catch up.

Once I had finally caught up, I wrote and published my Index4Index Inspired Motivation: Resolve to Be Victorious! post, and then immediately began working on this one.

It's now almost 1AM, and it's past time for me to go to sleep! Today was a full day for sure, though I was behind on Hive all day, which I don't like at all. It was a nice day, though. In any case, I deeply appreciate you all! Until tomorrow! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Power Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚

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Signature image created by @doze, and the dividers made by @thepeakstudio, with all tweaked to their present form by me.