hot hot hot

hi everyone, i know my blogs have become far and few between, but everything seems to have slowed down. or atleast i have slowed down. friday was my 1 year anniversary of being in the philippines!!!! and looking back on the year, it really is amazing at everything i have learned, like, another language, how to barter at the market, how to travel, and how to truly depend upon myself. now it just seems that everything here is not quite as WOW as it was at first, and little things like the bucket shower, sleeping under the mosquito net, and transportation are just an everyday, normal occurence. not quite as blogworthy as it used to be. it's hot again, whew, is it hot again. a few friends came over to my island to hang out for the weekend. we went to the beach and got so sunburned, even with spf 30, just fried to a crisp. the sun is so strong here. so during the day, when it's too hot to move, i lay in my house with a cooling pad that my mom sent me(thank you), and the fan directly infront of me, and i melt. it's too hot to even eat during the day, so i just eat fruit trying to stay hydrated. so i go through a watermelon every other day -- they are alot smaller here, little round ones. and mango's are in season, so i go through a couple of kilo's a week; and i chug water -- atleast 2 gallons a day. i have to buy distilled water in the city to drink. so now dry season is in full effect, and our well is drying up. so i only have water for 1 hour in the morning now. i have a big garbage can that i keep filled with water, i keep the faucet on, so that when we have water i don't miss it. having water is my new exciting thing. i get so excited to wash my dishes from the night before, bathe, and pour water down my toilet to clear the line -- wow. erin is not so lucky, she only gets water every other day for 2 hours. next week is holy week here, so there will be lots of activities to write about. the philippines is a very devout catholic country, and the church pretty much runs everything. they actually nail people to the cross here on good friday, and whip people as pennance. so i'll bring my camera and take pictures of all of the craziness that is sure to ensue next week. love you all ~ lindsey