Day 118

Some mornings I wonder why I bothered crawling out of bed. Usually only before the distilled Mana has finished brewing. This morning was one of those mornings.

The littlest barbarian moved into the hut we built for her two nights ago and she is still adjusting. Instead of her usual wakeups, she's sleeping restlessly and waking three or even four times in the night. I hope once she's used to her new hut, she'll wake up less frequently or perhaps sleep through the night.  It has been so much more than a year since last I slept through a night.

I begin to wonder if I will ever get a good nights sleep again.

This morning, after sleeping poorly and waking early, I discovered two angry and rebellious barbarians in the Gathering Hall. We have often discussed propriety and when various states of undress are appropriate, it seems barbarians may be incapable of understanding the concept.

They proved highly resistant to the idea of dressing and with the cooler weather they needed thicker furs than they wanted to wear today. Once they were dressed, at the last possible moment, I went to wait for them at the caravan. This was my greatest mistake of the morning.

As I was waiting with the littlest barbarian,  when the middle barbarian burst into the caravan gathering place hollering about the White Wolf escaping. The caravan was moments from leaving and there wasn't time for delay, yet our Wolf was roaming the busy trails.

I searched as well as I could in the short time I had, but I was unable to capture her. I spotted her a few times as she ran from one delightful stench to the next. I lost sight of her as she darted after a squirrel.

I was forced to take the elder barbarians to the Halls of Learning without finding the White Wolf. They did not want to attend, but that was a battle that I won. The littlest barbarian and I roamed the trails seeking the White Wolf. It took nearly an hour to find her.

She climbed right into the caravan the moment the option was offered, thankfully.

I just wish she'd stop running away to begin with.

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