a weekend away

i went to utila, one of the bay islands, this weekend for some much needed r&r with a couple other volunteers.

it´s hard to believe that it´s the same country as honduras.

we all felt as if we´d stumbled onto some lost world. beautiful calm water, amazing scenery, and a culture of people that don´t remind me of any culture i´ve seen or learned about.

ít´s like a bunch of crazy pirates landed there years ago and never left.... actually, i think that´s exactly what happened...

mostly british descendants, i think.... they speak a type of "english" that was more difficult for me to understand than spanish. we stopped into a store for water where they spoke spanish, and i was pleasantly suprised to understand what was going on.

it was carnival, for some reason, so there was a homemade style parade and partying into the night. i swam, kayaked, layed on the beach and did a whole lot of nothing... once i stopped feeling bad about it!

i´m back on the mainland now and back into being completely absorbed with thoughts on the kids and the organization and what i can do to be helpful, efficient, productive etc. three volunteers from the volunteer house are moving back home this week, and the remainder will be gone in about 2 weeks. one person will be moving in, so i wont be all by myself as i originally thought... and there will be 3 more moving in at the end of august.

lots of change!

this weekend will be spent planning my first week of dance class and puppetry class. i could use some energy vibes if anyone has any to spare. i was playing "what time is it mr. wolf" with the kinder this afternoon and could barely keep up with them. it´s probably my fault for suggesting we play outside where they have way more space to run away from me when i try to catch them.... i think i may have some sort of leftover parasite from guatemala that may be slowing me down... that´s it.... blame it on the parasites.... i´m going to need a full medical check up when i return to canada! ringworm, lice, parasites, bacteria.... lots of fun.

well, i´m signing out for now. i want to look up some guitar chords on line before i head back to the volunteer house.

thanks for everyone who has been reading and sending me emails and facebook notes. it really helps to know that i have people back home supporting me!