Colder than Cold

I would have expected any country in Africa to be anything but cold, however this certainly is not the case in Rwanda.  I am freezing!!  As of late, I have been sleeping with leggings under my pj's and wrapping a blanket around me before scooting inside of my sleeping bag.  It feels like winter time in Arizona here right now, which for me, is pretty cold.  I asked my language and culture trainer if this is Rwanda's winter season and she told me no.  Although the climate is never really 'hot' (in the Arizona sense of the word), it is rare for it to be this cold outside at the end of June.  Mid day hits around 70 degrees (I think) and the mornings and evenings seem to be between 50 and 60 (probably closer to 60).  At any rate, I absolutely positively hate bathing at this point in time because I take my bucket bath in the mornings, OUTSIDE, and I feel like all 10 of my toes and fingers are going to freeze and fall off by the time I'm finished!  My host mama boils my water for me in the mornings (which I absolutely love her for) and she usually cuts the boiled water with cold water so that I don't end up with 3rd degree burns all over my body.  For the past week or so though, I had to cut that out and ask her to stop adding so much cold water.  When I told her that, she looked at me and said, "But you'll burn."  I was like, "That's okay, in America we like hot water."  She just shrugged her shoulders, handed me the bucket of scalding hot water, and went on about her business.  Oh well, it's your body.  I'm sure that was the thought going through her head at that point...but in hindsight, at least I got my hot water :)

I can't complain about the weather too much though.  We have more beautiful days, than miserable ones.  Also, this 65/70 degree weather certainly beats the 106 degrees or so that Arizona has been having.  Like I tell everyone else here, things could be much worse.

Love and Peace Corps,

Dametreea