On my own

This should have been uploaded on Sunday... Internet problems.
Last night I said goodbye to Tim. It was a long day of saying goodbye, hugs, and not so successfully holding back tears, but eventually we headed out in the cold rain to the bus station to send him on his way to Tel Aviv. When I got back to my apartment there was a pack of wild dogs chilling outside. I guess that's who I have to keep me company now.
The weather has been extraordinarily craptastic here. There was a legitimate thunderstorm with hail here yesterday. I didn't even think that was a thing here. I'm not the only one confused. Everyone is saying this weather is worse than winter. I just hope that this rain means a front is moving through and there's sunshine and warmth on the other side. I'm sick of my apartment being cold and damp. There was a mosquito buzzing in my bedroom last night. I assume they're breeding in the window condensation, or even just in the air, since it's so damp in there.
Speaking of wildlife in my apartment, I killed a centipede and a millipede one after another two nights ago. It was like a petting zoo for exotic creepy crawlies. As long as that's as exotic and creepy as it gets though, I will be extremely grateful.
So this week starts the countdown. I have 10 weeks to get my work done here. That includes figuring out how to get the price down on my water samples (which turned out to be about 5 times as expensive as I budgeted for), collect said water samples (which involves finding a local technician to do some soldering on my borrowed autosampler), get them analyzed here and shipped back to Purdue, conduct several days worth of surveys, and try to prove myself useful to the organization I am working with. Somewhere in there I would like to find a way to engage in some community service. There's a UN women's science training facility nearby my apartment. I have no idea what they do there, but I feel drawn to the place every time I pass.