#46 The Angels are bowling

Hi Everyone When I was small and it used to thunder I remember being told the Angels are bowling. Boy are they bowling right now! There is an unbelieveable storm going on, lightning and thunder. I have never been afraid of that, and I'm not afraid of my computer getting affected either because the Medical Center generates its own electricity and they have a power surge protector for the whole campus. I've been told it's because of all the very expensive medical equipment they have. Now that last crack of lightning made me jump! Really loud. I do think I'll give this a rest and finish it a little later. Bye.... Hi again. That was quit a storm and today I was told it was the beginning of the second monsoon. I'm way down at the tip of India and the Monsoons start here around May, then they slowly move up north in the country during the American summer months, and then they stop. They really don't stop, they go down the country again and they arrive back in the south here. I am so unfamiliar with this that I didn't recognize that the temperature dropped by the next morning. I thought it was still warm so what does a few degrees do? Time is pasing and I am not making progress on a lot of things. I still haven't taken the photos I promised but I have the weekend with no plans whatsoever so I can pull out the suitcase and get my camera. I tried to put up the mosquito net on my window and totally failed at that. I want to get the netting up because with the mosquitos I am using an electric device that uses an insecticide chemical. Not really what I want to be breathing every night. I am still fighting the cough and we've tried so many things that I'm not sure what it is that is causing it. The general consensus (among the Westerners) is that I'm not adjusting to the climate or have an allergy to something that is here. I've had the antibiotics, Singulair as if I have asthma, I have one more pill of steroids for my lungs, I've used a medicine (kind of like Vicks but it's a self dissolving tablet) I dropped into steaming hot water and inhaled it under a towel, and I'm still on cough syrup and rubbing something like Vicks on my chest at night. Only 5 weeks left here before I get a break from India ... yes, I got my ticket for Australia today. I leave December 15th and I return on February 15th. It will be summer time in Australia so it will be a nice break and my brother and I haven't seen each other since Christmastime 2005. Seven years flew by! He's in a new home since the last time I saw him and his children and grandchildren have grown. I am looking forward to the trip. I am trying to prepare for the return from Australia in terms of what I will be doing at the hospital. India moves a little slow and if I don't start on that now, even with me starting on this now..., I'm not sure I will know what I'm doing when I return. Makes it very interesting. I'm going to end now, it's getting late and I do have the weekend that I hope to catch up with you all. Be happy. Love Marie