Just when I thought

that I had a few free days to devote myself entirely to the care and maintenance of our school vegetable garden, I caught a monster cold and spent the past few days curled up in bed, alternately sweating and shivering.

To be fair, I probably got this cold from working in the garden during a tropical storm, heedless of the rain.

But it's hard to stay healthy when even your blankets and sheets are constantly damp from all the moisture in the air and mold is even growing on the walls of your house and it NEVER STOPS RAINING.

This rainy season has been one of the wettest in recent years, even according to the Salvies. And my site is one of the rainiest in all of El Salvador.

It turns out there will be a new volunteer in my site but he/she (probably she) will not be able to live in my house because the host family wants to open a store in that house. So now I have to find a new house for this person. I have a few leads. Hopefully these houses don't also turn into small ponds every time it rains.

So now I only have a couple of afternoons to work on this garden project, and then Wednesday I go to Nicaragua. I feel guilty for not getting more work done, but what could I do? I was sick.

Maybe the next volunteer will be more productive. I can practically hear the villagers thinking that every time they ask when "the new one" is going to arrive. Maybe she will be nicer, maybe she will give things away for free and not expect us to do so much work. Well, maybe.

I can't believe how little time we have left...

Paz y amor.