African Winters

**Let me start off by clarifying that I will settle for an "African Winter" over an "African Summer" any day!**

The weather in my region has never been normal. Everything here is exaggerated...

We don't have breezy days, we have monsoon type winds that cause ridiculous dust storms. Its like I'm living in the Dust Bowl in 1920s [history reference :)]

We don't have have light drizzles on a cloudy day, we have torrential rainfall that makes a trip to the pit toilet a physical act only a well trained athlete can survive.

We don't have nice warm days in the summer, we have heat that causes a person to suffocate inside or outside at all times of the day!

And now, I'm getting a taste of what Winter will be like. I say "will be", b/c its not even Winter yet. As I type right now, my fingers are numb. My tin roof has a way of keeping all the coldness inside the house, and any warmth from the sun outside. At night I'm wrapped up like a burrito. I've already decided to invest in a small electric heater when I return from the States.

I never ever ever imagine it could get so cold in South Africa. I didn't come prepared.

oh well, now I know....