Two days ago I noticed a small red spot on my right leg just above my ankle. By the evening it had grown to a large sore red mark with a dark center. Yesterday the doctor confirmed that it is an infection and started me on pills and antibacterial cream. He cut into it and sent a sample to the lab. It's very sore and itches like a son of a bitch. It's about the size of an old fashioned silver dollar with pain radiating out in a six inch diameter. The center is black. It really hurts to walk. Wakana is worried but I think it's a little better today. I keep taking the pills and applying the cream.

Since my last entry about weather on the fifteenth we've had yet another tropical depression roll through here soaking us with rain. It's still a little cloudy.

Because of all the rain the reservoir has been stirred up and our water is a little muddy. Every time the water rises abouve a certain level of turbidity they shut it off. We've been on water rationing for about two weeks now. Ours is the neighborhood that gets its water in the mornings. In the evenings our pressure drops down to almost nothing.

My leg hurts. Time to elevate it again.