the rains

It looks like little has changed since I wrote my last entry. I took vacation in May to visit Tyler in Korea, and now rainy season has started. I had really been looking forward to hot season ending, but I'd forgotten how much of a pain rainy season is. As soon as a storm arrives, everyone runs around to move furniture, cooking equipment etc. inside. It's like having a living room and dining room with no roof. Then, paths fill with muddy water and no one can walk anywhere. It's also planting season, so everyone goes to the fields all day, leaving the village emptier than normal. I wanted to try going out to the fields, but after the one day I went, everyone was so horrified by the blisters I got that they told me that I really shouldn't anymore. The "doctor" where I work told me that I was "making myself ill". So it looks like if I want to farm anymore, I'll have to do it secretly or something.

And, I will write another post soon, I promise.