Very similar, but completely different: Rain rain go away....

When your on the road and it begins raining there is no difference with driving an inch or a mile...you are totally soaked within the second.
Anyways, as you can imagine I got caught in the rain again. These were fat rain drops too. I know you guys know what i'm talking about. There is fat rain and skinny rain. This was fat rain. I decided to stop on the side of the road this time, because....I don't really know. I stopped and took a leak in the woods, because why not right? Whilst relieving myself, I found a sizable banana leaf that I decided to use as covering for my soaked backpack. I fancied myself a young Robinson Crusoe the way I was utilizing the island for my necessities. A few Dominicans that got caught in the rain decided to stop where I was as well and use my covering. We had a typical Dominican-American conversation:
Him: Where you from?
Me: The United States
Him: oh New York
Me: Sure...
Him: Nice bike
Me: (thinking to myself: great, just go ahead and take it what am I honestly going to do about it) Yea I really like it, its fun to drive around, but it sucks to get stuck in the rain.
Him: Better lock it up or someone will steal it.
Me: (never heard that one before) Thanks, yea I have this huge chain to lock it up wherever I go.
Him: nice
Me: cool
Now that I have you on the edge of your seats......as the rain stopped and I decided to continue on I reached for my glasses that I had put in my rain jacket pocket.......they are not there.
Now, there is no way homeboy took my glasses because he never touched me, we never shook hands, nothing. Could he have stolen them? Because I am completely confused as to how I could have lost them when they were sealed in my jacket.
Him: What are you looking for.
Me: My glasses
Him: Where are they?
Me: (blank stare) I put them in my pocket and now they are gone.
Him: They probably came out a ways down the road, because when you drive a motorcycle lots of air can push things out of your pockets.
Me: No, I just took them off when we were standing here (as i continue to look for them)
Him: Well i have to go. Check down the road a ways. Things can fly out when you are driving.
Me: but...ok. Thanks see you later.
After that useless exchange I spent the next 30 minutes trying to figure out how they could be gone. Eventually, I find them in random area of the woods that I was never in. Did I black out, and in my unconscious state fling my glasses into the woods in a fit of incoherent rage? I don't think I will ever understand what happened that day......but I found them, gracias a dios, and I can see!

Rosalia and I stopped off at the beach before the torrential downpour began.....

I'm sorry for having wasted your time with that ridiculous rant on how I ALMOST lost my glasses. It can get lonely here.
I was up on the north coast this week finishing up my site visits, which are now officially done! I visited two sites that are very close to the beach :) There are a lot of non-profits in this area, because it is an attractive program for volunteers. Lots of touristy things. They were both interesting sites though, and neither community had access to potable water, having to walk as long as an hour round trip with their bucket.
Needless to say , there is tons of need and I have an even harder decision to make now that I have to narrow them all down.
I will be doing paperwork all weekend and then try to get a feel for what direction i think we should go. Keep praying that i make the right choice!