Rain, rain, GO AWAY. Seriously. Please?

We don't get snow days here, but we may get a rain day on Monday. Apparently 50% of Jakarta is under water. There's massive flooding there, so it's almost impossible to get around or in and out of the city. Half of its schools were closed today. Phone lines are also messed up, which means we don't have internet access at home even though our phone line is OK for now. We haven't tried to dial internationally yet, though, and that may not work because we dial through Jakarta. Our school has satellite internet service, so thankfully it's working.

We aren't flooded, and I'm not too worried about it. Our house is situated so it's pretty much flood proof. We do have leaky bits here and there, but nothing too bad.

We drove home from the staff retreat today and it took two and a half hours--a journey that took 25 minutes the night before. It was MISERABLE. I've never been in such awful traffic, and that's saying a lot because I've lived here for two and a half years already. It hasn't stopped raining for days, and all of the rain is running downhill from here and the nearby mountains into the low-lying areas of Jakarta. A good part of the city is reclaimed land, too, so that's not helping. I'm so thankful we don't live in the city right now!

In the meantime, we'll stay inside where it's warm (yes, warm, it's 72 degrees Fahrenheit outside--FREEZING for here, though I know everyone in the midwest is wanting to slap me right now) and dryish. Poor Beans is furious. He hates rain, and considers it a personal insult. Poor kitty. Lucky for him he's an inside cat.

Well, who knows when we'll get internet back at home. No Skype for us this weekend, I guess--we'll have to keep our fingers crossed that we can dial out internationally if we want to talk to anyone back home. I guess we'll see, and keep hoping for that rain day!