Rain Rain Go away...kinda...sorta

Rain rocks on the island. We have a cistern under the house, where the basement would be, and it collects the water we use for everything: showers, dishwasher, filling the pool, etc. It's heavily filtered so it's completely drinkable. When you run out you get your water delivered, 5000 gallons for $300. That's where rain is good, it collects and runs right into our cistern, therefore delaying any need for delivery.

Rain also rocks for all of our palms and flowers that we've planted.

But rain is also bad. For all of the obvious reasons. If people are vacationing this week they've had some sun and a lot of shady wet days. Not fun when you're trying to enjoy your tropical vacation. And yes, I know, island showers are supposed to last for 5, 10 mins. Most of them do. However the Man and I live on the rainforesty side of the island, which means are downpours last much longer.

Here is a picture of our pool basically overflowing from two days of downpour last May:

And that, students, concludes today's lesson on rain.

Today is my last waitressing shift for the week. It wasn't my intention to go four days straight, and today is my longest yet: 10:30 - 4:30. I'm weary just thinking about it, so here's hoping it flies.