Well, we thought the storm would miss us, but during most of the night it rained and blew hard enough to make me wonder. I don't know what the rainfall amount was, but I can tell you it sure was hard... it finally let up about 4:20am. I had my alarm set for 5am to get Joyce up for her 6am school time (can you imagine an American kid going to school at 6am???).
We have experience numerous brown outs since about the time it quit raining. I am not sure but suspect that they are storm induced and will likely continue most of the morning.
It appears that we will be going to the Immigration department of the Philippines tomorrow but that could change to today, I don't know for sure yet. We may be on candle power for a little while The worst thing about a brown out is the loss of the cooling of the fans.
I should write a book of the experiences I have had and will continue to have here in the Islands.
It was sure nice to see the 3 copies of our Marriage Certificate on NSO paper... that makes it all totally legal. Being married under Philippines law is much different than the laws that encapsulate the American idea of marriage... I like this one better because it at least has some substance and expectations... those values have eroded from the institution of marriage in America today... I feel it is so sad to have foregone those values and don't know if we, as a people, will ever recapture that commitment.
I cannot post this at this time: 6:32 AM but will when we get the internet back again.
The connection resumed, on and off again and the weather has been extremely wet to say the least.
Nora chose to not go to St. Lukes clinic again and this time because of the weather and flooding in Manila so she says. We got in a tiff about that as every day she misses is one more day we will have to stay here at the end...
The day remained somewhat tense and it wasn't until I wrote her a letter explaining how I felt and why that we patched it up.... nothing serious, just another of the situations where communications must be learned.
Tomorrow we will rise early to go to the BI (Bureau of Immigration) to extend my visa and apply for a change of status from tourist to non-immigrant visa which will allow me 1 year in country here.
Enough for now... enjoy your day and my ramblings...
From denny's iPad...
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