Checking in...

So I'm finally back in Tegucigalpa after a very long 5 days in Copan Ruinas. I've got a very long post to write about it and my brother's wedding (which was quite wonderful), but that'll have to wait until, well, until I'm not feeling so damn lazy*. Chalk it up to not having slept right for the past three days and having barely made up on any sleep last night.

That's it for now. Just wanted to check in and let the world know I'm mostly alive and well, and planning to eat all the mantequilla and cheese in Honduras until the day I leave. Whee!

*And until I get a better keyboard. I decided that lugging around my laptop wasn't worth the trouble and I've only brought along my iPod Touch. I'm on family computer right now, and the keyboard is pretty terrible. So you'll just have to sit there and wait.

back from vacation

Apologies for the long silence.

I've been out on vacation since Thursday night and we just got back. Am completely exhausted. We'll be back on track tomorrow, I promise.

Um.

I leave you with photo of a bunny.

Back from vacation

I'm back from a week-long trip to Guatemala. It was wonderful and relaxing and I wish I could've stayed in the hotel pool forever. Some quick notes:

-I hadn't realized how stressed I was by what's been going on here. It was beyond weird to realize I could walk down the street and actually go out into the city without worrying about whether protesters were holding up traffic or wondering whether something terrible was going to happen that day.
-Guatemala is gorgeous. Everyone we met was incredibly polite and nice. Again, what a difference to not have everyone around you looking anxious and angry.
-It all made me feel very sad for my country.
-Guatemala has the best coffee in the universe.

And so on. But see? it's been two weeks since that clown has been back, one week since the other clown has been claiming that something is gonna happen and...?

Yeah! What's happened? FUCK ALL. Hurrah for advancement and dialogue!

Honestly, who do they think they're fooling? They'll work out some shady deal, divide all the power between them while everything is conveniently forgotten and the rest of the country will be just as fucked over as we've always been. Aren't we lucky to have such brave, principled, worthy leaders?

Someone left a comment recently asking me to state which side of this craziness I was standing on. Whether I support Zelaya or Micheletti. All I have to say to that is: bitch, please. It's like asking whether you'd prefer to sit in a cow pat or horse droppings. Either way you'll just end up covered in shit.

Gone fishin'

I'm on vacation in the US for the next three weeks, so won't be posting much. See you on the flip side.

in which figgy returns

Well, I'm back.

Will write more when I've recovered from all the beachin' I did. I'll just say it was awesome, that we have great beaches and there is no greater pleasure than sitting by the ocean in the sun reading a book and sipping fruity drinks. Am exhausted.

Need to catch up on 4 days worth of internets. A daunting task.

*zzzzzzzz*

Vacation!

First things first:

I haven't been posting much. This is mostly because all I've wanted to post are entries full of this face: >:/ or this face: :( , and a lot of times I just stopped myself before becoming one of those OH WOE IS ME journals where every day is the same. Truth is there's just not a whole lot going on, and when there's not a whole lot going on I get all frowny faced. So no need to post a bunch of repetitive entries because there's no need to remember that March was on the whole a horrible month. Best I put it behind me and say HELLO APRIL! It is Spring! Only it isn't, because we don't really have Spring! So we just go from 'nice and kinda chilly' straight on to summer and it is 90 degrees! Oh boy.

Anyway, just wanted to update because I finally get to go out of town and I GET TO GO TO THE BEACH. All caps necessary BECAUSE I AM SO EXCITED.

We're leaving tomorrow on a 6-hour bus ride to the Atlantic coast where there are fancy hotels and gorgeous beaches. And rooms with Air-Conditioning, OH JOY! There is nothing I want to do more right now than slip into my bathing suit and spend literally the entire day in it at the beach and the pool and only taking breaks to eat. I'm gonna regain my tan, I'm gonna eat seafood til I burst, and I intend to get out of this funk I've been in. It's gonna be fabulous.

Really, I need a break from all the monotony. I've decided to not even take my laptop, because I just need to disconnect and get in with the real world (for three days at least) and just relax. Not even think about anything. I'm taking my ipod and my giant book ("The Corrections") and that's it.

So if I don't see you today, I'll be back Wednesday. Hopefully we'll avoid all the crowds leaving town for Easter weekend, and come back to a city largely depleted and calm for once. And hopefully, my batteries will be recharged and I'll be out of this funk.

I can't wait. Wee!


This is where we're going. Ooooh, yeah.