Thursday, December 11, 2008

Getting on with the holidays

Things have been going pretty cheque in Victoria these past few weeks. I had my sitemate and a friend (Elizabeth) come over for Thanksgiving. We started cooking at 10am and didn't get to sit down to eat until around 9pm. Obviously, we were pretty busy-but well worth it. Almost just like at home except there was no turkey and I couldn't quite get the deviled eggs like Grandma's or the green bean casserole like Aunt T's. No worries though, I was in a totally different country so what can I expect?
It's strange to be in a tropical climate when it's almost Christmas time-kinda missing that bone chilling air at the moment. However, there is a lot of Christmas cheer in Victoria, just the other day people in the community started getting together at night to do Christmas carols. It's called the Posada, and they do it everynight until Christmas. It's very cool, and everyone has a fun time watching me trying to sing to songs that I don't know. We've also had quite a few fiestas or dances- those are usually a great time and I am completely exhausted at the end of the night, or morning...around 3 or 4 am. Since my normal bedtime is 9pm, I try to take a power nap before- sounds pretty pathetic to me. Oh well, asi es la vida.
I am going to be spending Christmas in Victoria as well. My host family will actually be in another part of Honduras visiting family, and my sitemate will be traveling, so I might just be solo- not truely though-I don't think the friends I have in Victoria would let me spend Christmas by myself. I've heard a great deal of awesome stories about Christmas in my site so I'm excited. I'll probably stay in Victoria for my birthday as well, then travel to Lake Yojoa to celebrate the new year with some Peace Corps friends. All plans but we'll see if Dios lo quiere.