the dust

Last week was crazy!!!  It is always dusty here, but last week was extremely bad.  You can always see the mountains from almost anywhere in the city, but a couple of days last week you could not even see the mountains because of the amount of dust in the air.  I knew it was bad when lots of people (nationals) on the street were wearing dust masks.  They wanted me to buy one for Abram and said I should not have him out, but it's not like he would wear that and its not like our house was much better then being outside.  Our windows stay open these days because it is getting warmer, and last week everything was covered in a layer of dust, a thick layer!!!  We hang our clothes out on a rack outside.  I hung them out and brought them back inside in just a few hours and they were covered in dust, when I piled them up to fold you could see the dust poof up and they smelled and felt dusty.  Nothing felt clean, my hands always felt dusty.  Thankfully this week is better and I have been able to dust some and then only have the usual thin layer of dust that we live with :)