Tropical Rains

The rainy season is truly upon us! Tropical rain is a whole different ball game too - boy does it rain!! This last week there has been a tropical storm over all of Central America. In Guatemala it has caused huge damage - that with the enormous volcano that errupted last Tuesday is not good! Here, there is damage too but nothing comparatively!

I work at Providence which is 15 mins out of town up a mountain and it always rains harder up the mountain than down here in town. On Friday, as I drove home from work, the mud road had turned into a muddly flowing river! Completely river like - couldn't see the road at all. Thank goodness for 4 wheel drive! As I drove down the 'river', there in front of my car was a large turtle swimming down the road!! Not a sea turtle, before you all start thinking of Finding Nemo, but a turtle turtle, red legged turtle! But big one, swimming along happily. All the dirt roads around here turn to rivers. Not much fun, but makes me very grateful for my big car!

It's impossible to get clothes dry now as well. I have laundry hanging up all around my house but it's so damp inside it takes a long time. One day I will be able to buy a dryer for these months!

With all the rain and wet, the insects are all looking for somewhere dry to hide....so they have decided that my house is a great location! Ahhh! Cockroaches are normal and common in every house here, but I have been fortunate enough not to have acockroach problem. However, with all the rain they are coming in for shelter. A few nights ago, I felt something on me in my sleep, turned over and thought nothing of it. Then Something was tickling my face and arm and I could see something through my blurry tired eyes. I threw my sheet off and it was an enormous cockroach that had been walking across my face and down my arm! Yuck! Killed it and then didn't sleep much after that.

Normally rainy season isn't too bad, it rains hard but for the same time every day. Normally at night or for a few hours in the afternoon. I can't wait for this big tropical storm to lift and pass so we can go back to having a break from the rain in the mornings!