Summertime

Things are starting to get warm here in Botswana. Thought I would give a list of 10 ways you can tell winter is gone and summer is upon us:

1. The water is out in the village multiple days in the week. If the water does come back on it is only on for a few hours and usually at weird times during the day like 3am.
2. You no longer need to boil water for baths because it's too hot for a warm bath. If you have a solar shower you only need to put it outside for an hour or two instead of all day for the water to warm up. Better yet,  you can just wash off in cold water from the tap; it's much more comfortable and a good way to cool off.
3. Having to slather arms, chest, and neck in sunscreen before going outside or else by the end of the day you will be super burnt.
4. Before going to bed making sure to spray yourself in a good coat of bug spray. Along with putting the mosquito net up and around the bed to prevent getting eaten alive or have the constant buzzing of mosquitoes in your ear as you are trying to sleep.
5. Washed clothes take only a few hours to dry instead of all day.
6. No longer hanging out inside the house, due to the fact that it is an oven trapping in heat.
7. Now have to exercise in the mornings instead of evenings because it is cooler in the morning.
8. All the weird creepy, crawly bugs are showing up in the house.
9. Eating dry cereal, muesli (granola), or really anything that doesn't take heating up for dinner because turning on the oven/stove makes the house unbearable.
10. Walking any distance outside causes you to be dripping in sweat, even if it's just to the front gate from the house.

It's going to be a long hot summer and I am already missing the cooler weather of winter time here. Maybe my next project should be mobilizing my community to build a pool??