Weather in Manila

There are several funny things about the weather here that I have been meaning to post about:

1.  It gets dark here about 5:30 every night!  That was a huge change from what we were used to in July in Greenville when we moved.  Though it is nice when putting kids to bed at 7:00 that it is already dark.

2.  When we first moved in July (yes, we are one week short of having lived here for 7 months-hard to believe in some ways but not in others!) it started getting light about 5 am!  Man, that was early, especially when our neighbors' (jet lagged, because they had been in the US) children were out in their swimming pool as it got light in the morning.

3.  Now it starts getting light between 6:30 and 7 am-much more "normal"

4.  The temperatures lately are highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the mid 70s.  Greg said that it was hotter here in May when he visited than when we came in July.  A friend of mine asked me recently if we had lived here a whole year yet.  I told her no and she said "just wait in April and May you will want to come to school in your bathingsuit it is SO hot!"  Several of us moms were standing around sweating on the playground on a particularly warm day recently when she told us this.  I am curious to see what it feels like because we have adjusted so much since first moving here.  We used to run our "air cons" what they are called here-all the time as hard as they would go!  Now we have some units that we rarely use at all. 

I have realized how much I miss the changing of and the 4 seasons at home since we have been here but am enjoying that I swam on Saturday!