Hibernation

Does every group of humans need something like "Winter" (the "Cold" wet, icy rainy snowing Winter)? I pondered this while in NYC and Staten Island. I've been so busy hibernating this week I've not made the opportunity to ask a bilungual person. Maybe it's the doldrums; maybe it's the mold. It is raining BUCKETS again and maybe I am reminded of my First Great Gringa Fit upon discovering the bottom floor of the rectory was flooded in 8 inches of water--in the middle of the night, no more flashlight power and I had to leave rescuing books and belongings until daylight. Here we are with rain again and no thing has been done to change the status of the downstairs. What if nothing changes it? STOP, I canNOT think about that! 20 Canadians are coming to Almirante to help rebuild the church and to "do" a Vacation Bible School for the Youth. I am so moved by their loving generosity and their excitement. Next week is Diocesan Convention and again, I feel time slipping through my fingers. So I guess I'm doing nothing because there is SO much to do, that I don't know where to begin. I find I'm now very anxious to learn Spansih, to learn Spanish well enough to read Latin American literature NOT in translation! Maybe it was the NY experience--the joy of being with so many excited youth. And I'm so jaded and cynical...and our experience was sad, it seemed so fruitless. I'm all for bonding but hell, I've got a new language to learn and Godly Play stories to be translated and story boxes to be made! Am I glad to be home. YES, YES, YES, and YES. Back to hibernation? Do folks here "hibernate" in the really rainy season when every day is the rainy season. I just know that this cough (oh, consumptive one) is drivin me nuts so I'm hibernating in one very cold room with trashy books and big blankets. Not very articulate today; not very creative-feeling either. It MUST be the rain with mildew and mold growing in the corner-- leaking roof! We began a new ministry today: healing service at 6PM with Eucharist. KV seems very excited. Perhaps I'll do something tomorrow like email the Canadians and post a letter to the editor in the local island expat "rag."