Clouds!

There are definitely things I miss about home and clouds are one of them.  I heard a rumor that it rained during the night a couple nights ago, but I did not see it.  However, this morning, I woke up to some really all encompassing clouds.  The sky was grey and my knees hurt, so I think maybe we'll have rain for real.

It's made me wonder about things too.  I've mentioned they cover everything in plastic.  Some times it's completely sealed, sometimes it's a loose barrier.  But everywhere, there is plastic.  I'm assuming this is to keep the dust off of actual stuff, although I'm not sure that it's better to have dirty plastic on everything.  I'm wondering if, with rain, now the loose stuff has mud on it, and under it. 

My friend was brought by her host family to the equivalent of a Tupperware party.  She said that during the whole things, they talked about how unhealthy and fat Americans are.  I will be the first to say that I've not seen any morbidly obese Jordanians, and I have seen that in Americans.  However, seriously, these people have a skewed view of what health is.  Many people smoke all the time.  And those who don't do cigarettes are doing Huka, which is like a pack all in one sitting.  There are plenty of fat people here, but since everyone is so much smaller in stature, it seems like it might be less.  Seriously, they are smurfs in size here, and I am a giant.  Their diet is starch, with some meat thrown in once in a while.  They do not exercise.  So, I really don't think the Jordanians have a corner on healthy living.