A great way to end a fantastic week

Friday was one of the most entertaining/interesting days of my week! I had been looking forward to Friday mainly because I could not wait to head downtown to see the guys from the street again, but never imagined how many events would lead up to it!

To begin with, the sky had been somewhat overcast when we headed to school giving a little bit of relief (albeit not much) from the blazing sun. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to sit outside during my plan periods to enjoy the fresh air, seeing as I am not outside a whole lot in this country - mainly for safety reasons. That morning I had gone and gotten a HUGE cup of coffee from my friend Matt and had just began drinking it out on a bench when I heard a "plop." I turn and look, only to find a big floating ball of bird poop bobbing in my hardly touched coffee! A bird flying over had aimed it just right to try to dampen my day a little - joke is on the bird though because I laughed so hard over this (and so did the rest of the teachers when they heard) that I guess it was worth the sacrifice in coffee for the story.

We then had Dia de las Americas (Day of the Americas) where the 10th and 11th graders set up booths for each of the countries in North, Central, and South America. Teachers were allowed to go around and sample food from each of the countries......amazing!!! We also got little souvenirs from each country including Jamaican coffee, Belizian key chain, Dominican Republic cigar, etc.

Soccer that afternoon was fantastic as always, although now that I have shown the boys I come to play, they have decided they are no longer treating me like a lady: after an hour of soccer I had been smashed into the cement walls several times, thrown to the ground by my shirt tail, took an elbow to the jaw, and almost cracked my shin bone. It took them long enough, but they finally treat me as an equal and I love it!!

{Afterwards when we were feeding the guys, 3 little Honduran boys were talking to my friend Megan, asking her all kinds of questions. One of their questions: "Is it true that gringas cannot have babies and so they have to adopt?" hahahaha! So cute!}

Finally, as I was getting ready for bed last night a terrible storm began! If you know me, you will know that I am TERRIFIED of thunder. This thunder was worse than anything I had ever experienced and was shaking the loose window panes quite harshly as deafening rain poured down on the metal roof of our house. I went to bed earlier than usual to try to sleep through the worst of it, but it continued long into the night. I turned my music on as loud as possible to drown it out, but little seemed to be working. After hours of this, it finally began to subside and I drifted off to sleep. I woke up an hour later completely soaked! I had left my windows open, but had no idea how the rain was reaching my bed that is placed clear across the room. After waking up a little more, I realized the rain was not coming from the window, but from the ceiling directly over my bed!! It was literally raining in my room. I guess patchwork metal roofs mixed with styrofoam ceiling tiles do not do a whole lot to keep rain out!

I have come to expect unusual events to dominate my daily life now and they hardly seem to phase me most the time, but always seem to brighten my day! Honduras is quite the adventure and one I wouldn't trade for anything!