The Last Chaleur

So my second and hopefully last chaleur I will ever experience in my life is coming to a close. I wouldn't say it's over, but its' getting there. It's good to know that I don't have to go through this again next year. Don't get my wrong I'll miss Benin, but not chaleur.
For those of you who don't know chaleur is the hottest time of the year. It lasts from late January until early March. It's hard to really describe chaleur. Because that's all it is, hot. I can't even tell you what temperature it gets to because I don't have a thermometer, I also don't really want to know half the time. The only way to give you the picture of what it feels like is to describe how I feel. While all it is, is hot. It gets so hot you can't cook, don't have any desire to eat/ move, and you also can't sleep it's so hot. Before coming to Benin never in my life had I ever gotten so hot I was literally dripping with sweat, or had a completely soaked t-shirt due to perspiration. The only thing to do is find the coolest place you can, lay down and drink water. Beyond that you body screams at you. A favorite thing of mine to do during this time is dunk my clothes in water and put them back on. I then go and lay on my concrete floor with the fan on and read. I still feel like I'm melting, but at a slower rate than before. There is no breeze and houses become like ovens and stay that way well into the night. You walk outside and it feels like you've hit a wall when you come into the sunlight. I've often times felt like I couldn't breath when I made the transition. The thing that really gets me is that it does actually get hotter in Benin where volunteers live without electricity. Here I am feeling like I'm ready to die practically and I know others have it much worse.
But as I've said, this is the last chaleur I will ever have to go through. Thank God.

In other news my cat had another 4 kittens, which makes the total number of kittens she's had 12.
My tooth is still there, nothing has happened yet.