During the hot season, I desperately miss the rainy season. The thought of cooler weather blocks my memory of the challenges it brings. Now that we are in the midst of the rainy season, I am reminded of them and am looking forward to the dry season. The rain brings mud and lots of it. Sometimes I have to put on rain boots to open our gates when the mud is really thick. The mud also makes driving difficult. I am not so good at driving in the mud and will go the long way if there is a better road. There are paved roads in town, but most of the neighborhoods are in dirt roads.
The rainy season also brings tons of power outages. We have outages in the dry season because there is not enough water to generate electricity. In the rainy season, we have enough water, but the water messes up the power lines. So, we have been in the dark a lot recently.
Another drag about the rainy season is it's hard to dry our clothes. They dry on a line in the back yard and I am constantly taking things on and off when it rains. I have to guess from the clouds if it's worth it to take them down or not. Will this be a sprinkle or a down pour. In the hot season, clothes dry in four hours.
More bugs come out in the rainy season which is terrible! Chances of malaria increase then too so it's a bit scary.
But, there is cooler weather. It's still humid, but it least it's not so hot. And our water bill goes way down. No need to water the grass. It's almost enough to make up for the rest of the rainy season's problems. Ask me again in the hot season. I know I will be dying for the rainy season once again!
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Maybe you could string a clothes line on your covered patio? When I was very little we hung our clothes on a clothes line. When it rained, we would hang them in the garage or on our covered porch. Bringing wet clothes in and out--no fun. Love you, Karen
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