Mondays Suck Everywhere

Yes, indeed. Last night we had a HUGE thunder and lightning storm. The lightning was spectacular all evening but the thunder, wind and rain didn't get too bad until about 6am. It woke us all up. Melanie had to come in to our room to sleep because her bed was wet (most of our windows don't close remember) and we had to close the one window that does shut because rain soaked the living room furniture and whatever else was around. Boo. We finally get to sleep only to be woken by our alarms at 7:10am. Double boo. It's still pouring rain out, I have no rain jacket and I have a ton of posters to get to the school. We gave Ansumana until 830 (classes start at 9) but he didn't show. So I fashioned myself a rain coat out of small black plaster bags that our bread comes in :) hahaha. One of these days I will post a pic. It just covered my arms and shoulders but it was better than nothing. Then we slip-slided our way in the muck to school. Luckily we got there just in time because the minute we arrived the deluge started. It was so loud on the tin roof of my class that the kids couldn't hear me speak. And it was so dark they couldn't read my posters. hehe. Doesn't make for a very good teaching environment. Also important to note: Gambians hate the rain. So I only had 8 students for the first half hour anyway. Today has gotten a bit better. It's even stopped raining. I'm wearing a long sleaved shirt for the first time since I left home though. It must've dropped below 30 degrees or something ;)