Saturday, July 22, 2006

80'S MUSIC RULES





















SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER FOR MY ANNIVERSARY. PFELTZ SAID THAT THE REASON WE ARE CELEBRATING IS BECAUSE I GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I WENT TO CK ON MY PICTURES THAT I HAD DOWNLOADED AT THE INTERNET CAFE I GO TO AND THEY HAD BEEN ERASED. THE GIRL THAT WORKED THERE HAD DOWNLOADED THEM ONTO THE DESKTOP AND RIGHT AS SHE WAS GOING TO PUT THEM ON A CD, THE POWER WENT OUT. GOTTA LOVE HONDURAS. IT ALSO SEEMED AS IF SHE ERASED THEM FROM MY CAMERA. SHE SAID IF I CAME BACK LATER THEY WOULD STILL BE THERE AND SHE COULD PUT THEM ON A CD FOR ME. WELL WHEN I WENT BACK SHE TOLD ME HER BOSS ERASES FOLDERS AT THE END OF EVERY DAY. I WANTED TO CRY AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THEM BACK. NEXT I WENT TO SEE PFELTZ AND HER ROOMMATE, IGNACIO, WHO BY THE WAY IS A GREAT COOK, MADE US HIS GREAT MEXICAN BREAKFAST. SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH ONIONS AND POTATOES, REFRIED BEANS, SOUR CREAM AND TOMATOES. I PROCEED TO TRY TO PUT SALT ON MY EGGS AND THE TOP OF THE SHAKER COMES OFF WHICH ALLOWS ALL THE SALT TO DUMP ONTO MY BREAKFAST. I DECIDED THEN THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE A NAP IN ORDER TO WAKE UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED.
MOVING ALONG, ABOUT 8 OF US WENT OUT TO RICK CAFE FOR DINNER. PFELTZ HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEIR BLUE CHEESE BURGERS SINCE THE DAY I GOT HERE AND HAVE TO SAY THEY ARE DELICIOUS! RICK'S IS A RESTURANT ON TOP OF THE DIVE SHOP WHERE I DID MY OPEN WATER COURSE. ACROSS THE SANDY STREET FROM THE CARRIBBEAN, WITH LIVE MUSIC AND A COOL BREEZE. I SUDDENLY REALIZED HOW LUCKY I WAS, HAVING MADE SUCH GREAT FRIENDS IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE. THEY MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL AND WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PREVIOUS POST I RECOVERED MY PICTURES SO ALL IS WELL IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
I HAD MY SECOND SPANISH CLASS YESTURDAY. I GET SO STRESSED OUT!
THERE IS ONLY 2 OF US AND WE HAVE TO READ SO MUCH IN SPANISH AND I FEEL LIKE I SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT. I HAVE TO MEMORIZE A WHOLE PARAGRAPH IN SPANISH FOR MY CLASS TOMORROW NIGHT. DID I MENTION I REALLY HATED SCHOOL?
AFTER SPANISH PFELTZ AND I DECIDED TO GO OUT TO A BAR CALLED FOSTERS. THEY WERE HAVING AN 80'S NIGHT WHICH MANY PEOPLE DRESSED UP FOR. UNFORTUNATLY I DONT REALLY HAVE ANYTHING 80'S AND THE RESOURCES HERE ARE VERY LIMITED. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. WE ARE IN A HOT CARRIBBEAN ISLAND AND I HAD TO TAKE A TAXI 30 MINUTES AWAY IN ORDER TO BUY A FAN. WHAT IS UP HONDURAS? THEY ARE NOT THE BEST BUSINESS PEOPLE.
ANYWAYS. WE GO TO THE BAR AND THE DJ IS PUMPING 80'S MUSIC AND THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE THERE. I THINK I DANCED NON-STOP FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY FRIEND ALEX AND I. HE IS ONE OF JESSI'S GOOD FRIENDS I THINK I WILL BE TAKING MY ADVANCED COURSE WITH HIM. THE OTHER PICTURE IS OF JESSI AND ANOTHER FRIEND CAMERON ON OUR WAY TO FOSTERS.
I HAVE BECOME THE ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHER. TAKING MY CAMERA EVERYWHERE WITH ME. EVERYONE GRABS IT AND TAKES SILLY PICTURES AND THEN IN THE MORNING WHEN I ENEVITABLY SEE EVERYONE FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE WE SIT AROUND AND GO THROUGH THEM LAUGHING AND REMEMBERING WHAT WE HAD DONE. ITS GREAT FUN.
DID I MENTION THAT NO ONE HERE WEARS SHOES. I DO MOST OF THE TIME PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE MAMMOTH HILL I HAVE TO HIKE UP EVERY NIGHT AND ALSO BECAUSE OF MY HEALING WOUND ON MY FOOT. EVEN SO, I DONT THINK MY FEET HAVE REALLY BEEN CLEAN THE WHOLE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE.
I AM ALSO MANAGING TO GET REALLY TAN WITHOUT EVEN TRYING. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SPEND THE WHOLE DAY OUTSIDE.
OFF TO PLAN MY LITTLE EXCURSION. WILL TRY TO CHECK MY EMAIL WHILE I AM GONE. HOPE EVERYONE AT HOME IS WELL.
:)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maggot,

You look great in those pictures. I, on the other hand decided to eat a foot and a half of steak and cheese sub for breakfast yesterday morning... It's a new diet I'm trying out. I also enjoyed driving your car yesterday for the first time. Mom has been pimpin' that thing all around town.
Everything seems well with you. Email me when you get a chance freak!
Love, Christopher

Anonymous said...

Sarah
You look GREAT!
I am so proud of you!
Kel