By the numbers
- 5: approximate number of times we have lost power in the last ten days. Usually for hours. One day as the sun went down I had all the candles lit and ready. It happened to be one of the hottest nights of the year so far. No fans. No fun. The girls were having trouble going to sleep in the heat. A little after 8:30 I was putting soothing cream on Sophia's mosquito bites and the power came back on! We said a prayer of thanks right then and there! With all the construction going on and it being school break, I predict this will be a trend over the next few weeks.
- 89 degrees: the temperature in our bedroom a few days ago
- 79 degrees: the temp in our room last night (with fans, this feels wonderful)
- 30 cents/lb: the price of local mangoes that taste like medicine
- 62 cents/lb: the price of mangoes that come from just across the border and are yum!
- $1, the price of one big pineapple (we eat about one a day, great in our green smoothies)
- $2.50/lb: the price of pork, a 60 cent increase in the past few weeks because of some 'problems with pork' which is actually a disease among the swine population...
- $5/hr: the price we pay for the girls' 'summer chinese class' which is really just a lot of play and story reading/listening and fun. We will probably keep this going with Bella once Sophia goes back to school. The 'tutor' comes three days a week, they love it.
- 71/100, number of reading lessons Sophia has completed.
- 1 to 2: approximate number of buildings in our city that currently have a functioning elevator (most buildings are not taller than about 6 stories)
- 10-15: the number of buildings under construction right now that will need to have elevators (at least 10 stories or more)
- 95%: percentage of the number of villagers we know that are scared to ride in elevators (in the new hospital)
