Beach, Hurricane, Tornado…Earthquake

if you dont like feet—dont look at the pic above. lol

Between work, dealing with these crazy kids at school, and searching for a vehicle, I haven’t had time to breathe. People call me grandma out here cuz I’m in bed by 9 usually (exhausted by the end of the day), so I’m going to make this post short and sweet because it’s way past my bed time.

LOL at the last couple of weeks. So much has happened, I can’t even get into it. For example, I’ve been through every natural disaster and weather change possible. A hurricane passed through here a cpl weeks ago, it’s not as scary as you imagine, just sounds like a rain storm, and I enjoy rain storms. Today was crazy: From the sun out (and me doing the usual—complaining about how hot it is) to a drastic change, the sky suddenly got dark and the crazy crackle of thunder, followed by rain. Followed by.. a tornado. What in the world? A tornado isn’t really what anyone expected, but I’m not surprised due to the high winds and such.

The other night at about 11:00pm, I woke up freaked out because I thought I felt an earthquake. I popped my head up, felt the shaking and rumbling, convinced myself I was dreaming, I actually said “[explicit word that starts with an 'f' and ends with 'uck'] this!” grabbed the covers and went back to sleep. Come to find out the next day at school everyone is talking about  the earthquake the night before. SMH–yeah I need to be more alert about these things. I’m surprised that I was so chill during the ‘quake because at work many-a-time I have jumped in reaction to a random popping sound outside or the rumble of a large truck driving by. Our school is right by a main road, and if a truck is driving by you can feel the school shake. Good to know I’m not the only one  paranoid—

Today at about 11:00, a large truck drove by and shook the school. One of the teachers was certain it was an earthquake, jumped (literally—JUMPED) over a child’s head and ran out of the classroom yelling behind to his confused students “follow meee!” 3 kids followed him while the other 1o scrambled out in all directions. Just picture this, a teacher standing infront of the classroom in the middle of a lesson–to immediately jumping over a child’s head that’s sitting infront of him and dash outside the rear door. Honestly, when his students told me this story, I had jokes. I ran downstairs and cracked jokes till I cried. I mean, you gotta make the best out of these situations. Everyone  here is a lil shook up and we know that there could be another quake–bigger than the first. But thank the Lord that wasn’t the case today.

Anyway, since I landed I couldn’t wait to hit the beach. So last week I finally did. It’s nice to get away sometimes. Port-Au-Prince can be overwhelming–the tent cities, the homeless, the markets, the smells that randomly smack u in the face, the sadness. But despite all of that, it’s a beautiful country with a beautiful people, and I love being here. The best thing about Haiti are the beaches–the beautiful clear blue water. I love it. I ‘specially love this tan that I got.

Okay, time for bed…

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