Torrent has a new definition

The best part about jet lag is that I am right back to my normal Canadian sleeping patterns. Basically I am up at 2:30 AM like I would usually be, and it’s amazing out side. The rain is coming down so strong coupled with stunning lightning and equally amazing thunder. There are literally sheets of rain falling down, and I am wondering if I have ever seen rain like this before. Maybe it’s the fact that I haven’t seen rain in about ten months, but I love storms like this. They make my room and my house seem so safe. The lightning is incredible and the cracks of lighting are shaking my house. I usually don’t like to be reminded that I am a small human being but today, inside my house, I am all right with thinking that I am ultimately helpless. It’s allot easier to take in Canada where I ultimately have a lot of people, systems and safety nets to fall on. In Africa, being reminded that I am just a frail human wasn’t as much fun. Whether it was being really sick in Soma far away from any help and having no options, being followed home by scary people or little things like being away from good friends, Africa had a way of making anything in my head all that much larger. I am so glad that I am home where the big storms come, but I am inside safe and sound.