Life in the Tropics

If you had asked during my first two weeks in Fiji, I would have told you that I was sure Fiji meant "outside sauna." It was HOT and very humid! I was tired a lot, some I'm sure from traveling, but I think the heat also made me exhausted. I went to bed early for the first week and slept in most days also. Felt like a bum, but I was SO tired! Now I've adjusted and it's helped that it has cooled off. Normally this time of year it would be getting hotter as we coming up on their hot season. But maybe the Lord knew this Alaskan girl can only handle so much heat! The past week it's been really breezy and cooler. Lots of rain also. Some people have been wearing coats and jackets, but not I. Still not cool enough for that. :) 

Life here has been interesting to say the least. Never have to worry about being lonely at least... there's always a lizard around somewhere to keep my company. I don't mind the lizards except for when they run across my foot unannounced while I'm taking a cold shower. Didn't scream, okay, so I yelled, but it was just a short, quiet yell. Just glad it wasn't the large spider that had watched me on a previous day. Then I probably would have screamed. My first night I arrived, I had gone to bed early on account of traveling for so many hours. Had just laid down on my bed (only about six inches off the floor), when I glanced over and saw a tiny mouse peeking through my doorway. I looked at him, he looked at me, then he ran off. I rolled over and went to sleep. 

Alaska is far from humid, so living in such humidity has been different. One of the biggest challenges is putting on mascara every morning. Each time, I pray that a sneeze won't sneak up on me for the first five minutes after application. If it does... well, time to start all over again. Sometimes I wonder what people would say if I left the black lines on my eyelids for the rest of the day... haha 

As for taxi rides, well some are uneventful and others.... last week we cooked up a huge meal at our house and had to take it to the church for dinner. There were five of us in a station wagon, plus the driver. They piled in and there was no room left on the back seat. I was the last one... "uh guys, where am I going to sit?" so I crawled in on top of the three girls' lap in the back seat. We barely got the car door closed. My head was practically touching the ceiling and I couldn't lay down across their laps, cause one girl had a pitcher of hot sweet and sour sauce behind my head and another girl had a cake and pan of meatballs near my lap. My abbs sure got a workout that day. You should have seen the looks we received from people on the street. Getting out when we reached our destination was interesting as well. We laughed and laughed about that trip. 

my house for the month

at the bus station

cooking dinner

dinner with my lovely friends