Oh man...the rain...
I have seen at least a slight drizzle every day of my past week or so of time in Costa Rica. But both yesterday and today were punctuated in the mid-afternoon with thunderstorms. Today, the rain has yet to really let loose, but the thunder and lighting here are the most stirring part.
The elevation here is so high that some of the long-term residents on campus have joked about how everyone's heads are "in the clouds", and sometimes you really can feel a cloud move across the porch or through an open room. So it makes sense that thunder and lighting would seem more ominous than they do back in the states. The lighting just strikes so brightly, and the thunder claps so powerfully, since it's just above your head. Eek!
I can't complain too much. My office is open to the outside on sunny days just like these rainy ones. There's something pretty special about being tied in to nature in this way...even if I am stuck on a computer filling out Excel spreadsheets.
So for now, I say "Chao" (which is a more casual way to say goodbye that is apparently not spelled the same as it is in Italy), and head back to work...
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