While you all have all been at home putting on multiple layers one day, stripping them off the next, and and trying to guess how in the world you should dress, I have been here in Panama melting away day by day. Consistently melting, at least. More than I can say from what I have heard about the weather stateside
It is summer now in Panama which means heat, humidity, and not a drop of rain. It almost feels like I am back in Georgia or Kentucky! I try to spend the days in the watering hole washing anything and everything I can think of, dishes, more plastic bags, Bravo, but eventually I run out of excuses. My neighbors will come and find me sitting under the cool water, thinking something happened while really I have just been escaping the suffocating heat that awaits me.
Panama only has two seasons, rainy season and dry season. The rainy season sporadically begins in April, becomes continuous and endless in September/October, and dies down around mid-December while the dry season stretches from mid-December to April. Every afternoon of the rainy season around the same time of day you can expect it to rain, to pour, as clothes begin to grow mold after days or weeks of not drying. On the other hand, during the dry season, you know for sure you will have months without a drop of rain and, although you have to be more intentional about conserving water, there is never a doubt that clothes will dry within a couple of hours.
New babies (animal babies), energetic kids, and adventurous friends and family from home have helped these summer days drift away a little faster and before I know it I will be complaining about the limitless rain that holds me captive in my house.