Dos Semanas

We've come to discover that we aren't very good at updating our blog. Hopefully this will be remedied in Honduras when we are begging for things to do during off hours. Well, okay... maybe after the 12 weeks/6 days a week/8 hours a day of language and technical training, peppered by safety and security meetings, meals with host families, field based travel, etc, etc... And maybe after an additional 2 months of site adaptation during which we live with another host family before moving into our own house... and then we'll have to figure out the electricity and running water situation, obtaining and/or building furniture, setting up a kitchen...

Anyway, our next post may be in 5 months :)

But for now, here's our menial update:

In exactly two weeks (dos semanas) Jacob and I leave Texas for Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We've over-bought everything we'll need... some of which we probably don't need at all, but whatever. We've been told to pack for virtually all-weather conditions, minus snow of course (yay!). The Honduran climate is primarily affected by elevation, which runs from sea level to 9,000 feet, hence the all weather needs. I'm packing my hair dryer, I don't care what anyone says. Hiking boots, sandals, shorts and jackets, and plenty of rain gear. Haven't tried putting anything inside our suitcases... I'm not up for that yet, should be interesting to say the least.

We've traveled quite a bit in the last 4 weeks too, seeing family in Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. We have a good 3,000 miles under our belts since pulling out of NYC last month.... Jacob drove about 2,900 of those, thanks babe :)

We've made our flight reservations to Atlanta for staging and look forward to meeting the other volunteers traveling with us to Honduras. I'm in a bit of organizational overload, which only means I'm more ridiculous than ever.... lots of lists. And everything is spotless (compulsive cleaner, especially when nervous... hopefully a useful trait, lol). My former coworkers always got a kick out of my desk, it looked like I never did any work, ha! Oh well.... I won't have a desk to clean for quite a while.

Anyway, we'll try to update again before we leave, and hopefully we'll be able to send some short updates during training. Hasta luego!