First of all, today is game day in Honduras. I love game day in Honduras. This means that the Honduran national team is playing in a World Cup qualifying match (today it's against Mexico), and it also means that no matter where you go in the city tonight, you will be able to hear cheers erupt every time our beloved team scores a goal because everyone - and I mean everyone - watches the game. This morning we all headed off to school dressed in our national team jerseys and tonight we are all getting together to watch the game and hopefully celebrate our victory over Mexico.
Now to the crazier part of the day......
School has been cancelled. The health inspector came in and decided that we have too many cases of Influenza A and they shut us down. So basically, we just earned ourselves an 11 day vacation all due to the fact that half of our school came down with the flu and they are worried it will lead to cases of H1N1. It will be nice having time to lesson plan and catch up on grading, yet challenging at the same time because we will be running our classrooms electronically and giving assignments and such online.
As if this wasn't enough to make this day insane, we came home and settled in ready to relax, only to be interrupted by a mob of motorcyclists coming up our street, incessantly honking their horns. They were followed by a LONG procession of cars that were stuffed with people, holding flags and waving them out the windows or from the back of trucks. They were Mel Zelaya supporters. Armed with loudspeakers and microphones, flags and signs, they drove up the street in a steady stream, making quite a commotion. It was thrilling and scary all at the same time.
The day isn't over yet, but I am hoping the craziness is!!
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