Weekend January 8-10

Friday went by pretty well at school and the kids and teachers were both ready for the weekend to rest some more after vacation. It’s funny because vacation is supposed to be a time to rest, but it always seems that when you come back from vacation you are tired! Candido and Jofet (two neighbor boys, ages 4 and 6) came over and we were playing Jenga and they wanted to play. So they stayed for quite a long time playing Jenga. They were a little young to play, but actually did quite well and loved it when it fell and made a huge noise. Then they decided to use the Jenga blocks as building blocks for a while, building houses and fences. So cute. Friday night was pretty chill at our house. We made one of our classic dishes, stir fry, which was amazing as always. Jacki and Sarah decided to do some interpretive dancing/exercise to MIA and other music so that was some our entertainment for the evening. Hil and I watched the Kite Runner, then headed to bed.

Saturday all of us but Jacki and Sarah walked down to town; they stayed behind because they were repainting their room. It was a perfect day to walk down to town, not too hot. We got to town, went to the bank, Guancascos, then to Bella Celaque for lunch. I wanted Hilary to be able to have some more tipico Honduran food; she’s already had baleadas. It was delicious as always. Afterwards we went to the market for some fresh food and to look around at the things being sold to see if Hil wanted anything. Gracias doesn’t really have many typical Honduran souvenirs, but it was fun to walk around, too. We saw Candido in the market because his mom works there and he came running up to us and gave us all hugs. He kept asking his mom if he could go with us and she told him no he’s sick and he can play with us later at our house. Well he wasn’t too happy about that and kept asking her and we told him he could come up later that night and play. Finally his mom said no, stop asking and he started bawling! It broke my heart to leave him. Poor kid, he has to stay in the market all day instead of playing with us or other kids. We headed back up soon after, and then Jacki and Sarah headed down. Their room looked great; so white and clean. Hilary helped me grade some stuff and we just chilled and made dinner. We’ve been trying to figure out this whole internet thing up at our house deal and it turns out it’ll be more expensive than we originally thought, but we’re still going to go ahead with it and hopefully have internet by sometime next week up at our house! It’s cheaper than going to Guancascos and paying for a meal and mototaxi two times a week, if you can believe it. Saturday night Hilary and I watched another movie and then went to bed.

Sunday we slept in, had pancakes for breakfast and relaxed all afternoon. Hilary and I walked down to school to bring some of my supplies to my classroom I didn’t bring this week and then afterwards I showed her the river near the school. We had church with the neighborhood at night and there was a dogfight during the service which was crazy and kinda scary actually! These dogs would slam up against the door, barking and running around. After church we had soup for dinner and got ready for our full week of school.