Yesterday was fathers' day in Honduras. Apparently it's not that big of a holiday, but we had a barbeque today at my house for all the extended family, with hamburgers and CUPCAKES, which were the highlight of my month. Chocolate with white frosting and M&Ms.
Other than that, we're finishing up this part of training and getting ready to move to Field Based Training (FBT) on Wednesday. This means I'll be in a town about an hour farther from Teguz, just with business people, and I'll be getting a new host family. I'm excited about some aspects but sad to leave my family and neighbors here.
Friday, my Spanish class went on a field trip to the market in Tegucigalpa, where our "test" was to take the bus and a taxi there and then buy things at the market for our host families. We sped through that portion so that we could have time to go to the supermercado, where I splurged on some Nutella. We also went back to Teguz yesterday to fill out paperwork for our residency cards, which took hours. It was basically Honduras' version of the DMV, and just as disfunctional. At one point, the system completely shut down, so we had the bus driver take us to Pizza Hut for lunch until it got fixed. There are some things I like about Teguz, but it is very polluted, and after 2 straight days there I am glad to be back in clean air.
A lot has happened in the past week other than cupcakes, Nutella, and Teguz, but of course I'm blanking. I've been getting schooled by the neighbor kids in soccer, watching the NCAA tournament with the other gringos, and of course spending time with my host family. I also organized a march madness pool amongst the trainees, which as been fun. And I suppose my next post will be from FBT!
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