Cold Weather

I don't remember the rainy season being this intense last year or the year before. We have had so much rain. We don't see the sun for days. Most of the time the sky is covered in thick, dark, gray clouds. It rains more than it doesn't. Everyone is having the hardest time drying clothes. We have to hang them in the house where it takes days to dry. Currently Eli is out of pants to wear. He has 6 or 7 of them, but they all are wet! George's office has turned into our laundromat! Clothes are hanging all over the place.



The weather has been very cold. Well, cold by Tanzanian standards. I like it because I get to wear sweatshirts and socks, things I rarely wear here. Keeping Eli warm at night is a challenge though. Houses here don't have heaters or air conditioning. Plus, Eli doesn't sleep with a blanket. He would just get tangled up in it and frustrated in the night. So, we have to dress him warmly at bedtime. But the trick is not to make him too warm. Often the night starts cold, but warms up. I often start off sleeping in a sweatshirt and flannel pants, but at some point in the night I get hot and have to change to just a tank top. I stress out every night about the temperature in Eli's room. Is he too hot or too cold? Poor little guy is too little to do anything about it during the night.



And the power outages are crazy. Yesterday it was off from 2:00am until 4:00pm the next day.

I guess it could be worse. Lately there hasn't been much thunder or lightening, which I hate so that's a good thing. Soon enough, I know it will be over. We'll just have to deal with it until then. And even enjoy it as much as we can.