and so it goes, this year was not east. but it has been done.

I have lived so many drastic climate changes in my life. March and April here in Guatemala, are the hottest months throughout the year and sometimes you do everything to take that heat, but you cannot feel fresh in any way. In these months, I love to get dressed as fresh as possible, with shorts, tank t-shirts and flip-flops, because in that way I feel fresher. July is the month of rain, and unfortunately is also my birthday month. Every birthday I've been through, it has rained all day, and I do not like it because sometimes the rain ruined my plans.

These were some drastic changes I've experienced, but that struck the most me was in March 2010. In this month passed a terrible storm called Agatha, it was the worst storm I've experienced and it completely ruined my plans. I remember I had a 15s party of one of my friends, Monica Valdez, and we all were very anxious to go.  Two days before the party, it began to rain badly, but everyone thought it was a normal rain that was going to disappear the next day. But unfortunately it was not like we planned. It was the Agatha storm that coming to attack us, and each day got worse. The party day was coming and I had invited a guy with whom I was dating, so with more reason, I was dying to go. Finally the day was arrived, and I am not that sure if it was Friday or Saturday, but the only thing I had remember was that I was too happy to go and see my crush, that I forget the storm and how it was in the outside.

I started to fix me, put my dress, and combed my hair. Then I receive a call, it was a friend, Elizabeth and ask me if I would go to the party, if my parents lent me go. Without any thinking about the storm, I immediately said her YES. She told me that her parents didn’t let her go because of the storm. OH OH! I forgot that.            

I get frustrated at that time because I knew my parents would not let me go with that storm that was in that time. I pretended I didn’t know anything about the storm and I start finished fixing me, then my mother came and saw me, laughed and then she said: my baby you're not going to that party I'm sorry but the storm is very dangerous it is raining so hard and I can’t take you to the hotel. I was angry a lot because I was waiting for that day with a lot of anxious and finally the day had come and my mother told me she would not let me go because of that stupid storm. I was trying to convince my mother to please take me to the 15s party, because the last thing I wished was that my friend Monica feel sad because no one would assist to her 15s party, and also because I wanted to see my crush. I kept asking my mother for permission until she said me, yes. But unfortunately it wasn’t like that. But I did not give up and I went to ask permission from my father, and I was expecting a simple YES. My father told me: are you crazy? You have not noticed how the road is in the outside? I suddenly knew that it was an immediately NO to my question. My dad knew I did not have the slightest idea what was happening outside, so he told me better watch the news. I saw that the streets were completely flooded, the cars could barely pass by the floods, and had a lot of traffic. It was terrible out there, but I kept insisting to my parents to go to the party. After a million of times they said me NO I give up, and I get so angry with my parents that for a moment thought it was for pure evil. I get calm. And then I take my time to think about things, about the storm, I started thinking about those people who are homeless and how it affects them. I realized how lucky I was, and how blessed my life had been to have parents who cared about me, because all they did by telling me not to go to the 15s party was to protect myself of that terrible storm forming in the outside.

Monica by this storm did not have many guests at his party, she had very few, but they all were happy to spend some time with her. Monica made another party of 15s, as the previous had not been as she expected. This time everyone could attend their 15s and were very happy, all dancing and laughing like never before.