Evenings with Delco

Let me start this with informing you that "delco" is "generator" in English. We have two generators, a small one and a big one. The small one was set up with a remote start and stop so that I could shut it down from my room at night, unfortunately the small one hasn't been working properly for about a month now so that beautiful idea isn't really working. Let me also tell you that it's the rainy season and it rains almost every night and almost always right when I want to go shut the generator off or like 5 minutes before, of course. Usually Guerby, one of the older boys goes with me to shut it off so I don't have to go out there in the dark by myself. We have had a couple interesting trips to the generator when it's pouring and the entire area surrounding the generator cage is flooded, he has finally started to laugh WITH me as we're running through the pond in the yard to turn off the generator. So now I have a story.

I fear this story is going to be a lot funnier to me than it will be to y'all, there are just many times in my life here that I just laugh and laugh and think about how funny and different my life is now :)

So recently a couple guys came to look at the generator situation and ended up only changing the oil,which is a frustration on it's own but anyway...They left the nasty bucket of oil right outside the door of the generator cage, brilliant placing. The other night Miguelson, another older boy, decided he would go with me this time to turn off the generator. He came to me at about 9:55pm and told me we should go turn it off, I wasn't finished using it so I told him I'd call him in 5 minutes. He did tell me it was going to rain but I was foolish and didn't listen so when I finally called him at 10:00pm and  stepped out of the guesthouse it started POURING! Nesly, a younger boy, Miguelson and I all ran for the generator cage. We shut it off and then I hear Miguelson yell at Nesly. I put my flashlight on Miguelson and he has that nasty black oil all over his leg! I start laughing of course, though Miguelson was not. I then put my flashlight on Nesly who had managed to step both feet into the nasty oil bucket and cover his sandals and legs in it! I then laughed even harder as we all ran back up to the guesthouse in the pouring rain with oil covering the boys. Nesly lost his sandals on the way because they stuck to the ground. I went in the house and the boys went to clean up. I got inside and turned my flashlight on because now we have no electricity, and I too have it on MY foot! I went outside to figure out how to clean it off knowing that the only water I have right now is the rain and also knowing you can't really wash oil off with water. I hear the boys yelling for me and they ran back over to where I was. We tried 3 different soaps before Miguelson and Nesly finally ran to get some gasoline. Let me tell you that I literally never stopped laughing and am still giggling as I am writing this, after about 20 minutes the boys joined in laughing too. The three of us bathed in gasoline moving from puddle to puddle to try to find some "clean" water. It took us 40 minutes to get clean and Nesly lost his shorts and sandals :) Oh what a funny evening!

There you have it, one of my most entertaining times of the day, going to turn off the generator!