We survived!

Well my community weathered the storm pretty well in comparison to a lot of other communities. The river rose about 20 feet, but we were lucky that no one lived close enough to get swept away. Our problems were the houses with no floors, or whose houses were poorly made. They spent the whole week wet and now a lot of people are sick. It has continued to rain a lot since Noel, and all the rain is great for mosquitos...which has created a dengue epidemic. And a lot of animals have gotten sick and are now spreading a new virus that is vaguely like meningitis. Some people are now dying from that. It seems like the problems of this country are never ending.

As for me, I am doing okay. I got a puppy this last week. She's pretty adorable and she protects me at night time. I feel a lot safer now with her around. I also found my first tarantula in my house on Monday. (Again its all the rain) But I ran out to my host dad and made him come and kill it. I am really hoping that the rain settles down a little, cause I dont want to find any more tarantulas in my house. One of my friends, he didnt tuck his mosquito net in all the way and a tarantula crawled into bed with him and bit him. Then on his jump out of the bed to grab his camera cause he didnt think anyone would believe him another tarantula bit him. He handled it a lot better than I would have, so I really hope that the tarantulas stay away from me. And my mosquito net is always tucked in tight. I'm not taking any chances.

I am in the capital right now for Thanksgiving. We are all going to a country club and celebrating together with an american style Thanksgiving. I'm excited, and it makes missing Thanksgiving with the family a little more reasonable.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!