Home Invasion!

First off - sorry to be so late in making any sort of update....argh! Being back in the states was really different than being here in Belize. It was good to see family and friends...really, really good. The rest of the stuff, the really cold weather, the rush for perfect gifts, etc....yeah, you can keep that!

RETURNING TO BELIZE

I came back to Belize almost 10 days ago now and went straight back into class. Then worked on getting a busted window on the truck fixed ( whole 'nother story!) then made my way back to our little place in the jungle. I saw a little something on the doorframe as I went in and then was shocked to find that there had been a major invasion of our home while we were away...my heart sunk lower and lower as I discovered the severity of this invasion.

The intruders had gone through the entire house, seemingly missing NOTHING!

Now, before you think that all our stuff was stolen...it was not...nothing was missing.

In fact, everything was right where we left it - except that now nearly EVERYthing was covered with MOLD! Mostly green mold, but there is also, black mold, gray mold, white mold, even some pink mold. Unbelievable how pervasive these little invaders had been! Doors, walls, ceilings, furniture, INSIDE cabinets, on wood, on leather, on cloth, on rubber, on glass, on metal, nothing seemed to be left out.

Did I mention that I am very allergic to mold?

Yeah, so, clean, clean, clean has been the order of things for me in between class, getting ready for classes, getting stranded due to flooding, finding more mold growing.

I have grown aware that it is politically correct these days to go "green" but this is overboard!

We love our place in the jungle, but we are so fond of the jungle in our place!

I am trying to get the bulk of it cleaned up before Becki and Rachel get back on Wednesday night - pray for me....it's one against 100 million mold spores but I'm armed with bleach Lysol!

Ray