Holy Thunderstorms Batman!!

I had to write a quick comment as I sit through (one of the few I haven't been caught in) our third or fourth consecutive, unrelenting, afternoon downpour. I have never lived anywhere before that actually had a "rainy season." Uganda has two. This one officially started yesterday, but it really started three days ago. It's pretty wild as each day starts out very nice, then gets hot in the middle of the day and then, sure enough, each afternoon between 2-4 you see a dark cloud coming in from the east and within minutes it's dumping sheets of rain....enough in each storm to drown Santa Barbara, but doesn't even phase Mbarara. It will rain, thunder, and lightening for 30min to an hour and then clear up beautifully in time for me to head off to school. You can imagine how green it is here and we will never have to worry about water conservation. I also get to use umbrellas for the first time in my life, which my Scottish wife thought was totally obnoxious.