Orientation Day 4: Overcoming my arachnophobia (Meet Joey!), and wearing my first Chuukese Skirt!

It's around lunch time today, and I'm getting a chance to settle into my office nicely. Of course, being the weirdo that I am, I chose the desk to the far back side of the room, and in the corner there is a spider. If you know me, you know that I have a strong fear of spiders. That being said, the flies here, and gnats, far out number spiders, and are 10x more obnoxious. In retrospect, there is only one occasion in which a spider bum-rushed my foot, and that has been forgiven amidst the daily harassment from various flying pests. 

So without further ado, meet Joey. 

Joey! 

 Joey does my dirty work, removing all flying pests from my general vicinity. It exchange, I let him live here, rent free. I think it's a pretty good exchange. Plus, now that he has a name, I have a psychological attachment to him. I even keep the fan from blowing in his direction, cause he clearly can't appreciate a steady breeze. 

Today also marks the first day in which I have sported a Chuukese skirt! Check it out!

Chuukese traditional skirt

  In addition to all of these additions, Mr. Carl brought back some treats from Guam for us. I had no idea that there was such a fruit, as a Soursop, but it's my new favorite fruit. The juice smelled like grapefruit, but tasted sweet, very similar to Lychee. (I miss Lychee.) Apparently, we have soursop trees around the campus! You'll know where to look for me. :) Yum.

THIS JUICE IS TOO GOOD!!!