Day 2

I woke up today in a rush because my mom marie asked me to be up by 7 for breakfast and I slept in till 7:30. I rushed to get ready at what I thought was like 7:45 knowing I had to be at school by 8. My host brother was no where to be seen and there was no one around. I saw a Tupperware thing with some lunch in it and almost ate it thiking it was for me. Hahaha so I was off by an hour and so that’s why no one was here and I almost ate my host mom’s lunch she packd for work. I ate an awkward breakfast of beans, torillas, eggs and cheese that was super hard. It was weird because marie just stared at me while I ate and we didn’t really talk. I don’t think anything will weird me out when I get home. I’m walking to school in a little bit with My host bro who I cant even remember his name. I think it’s Rauen.

later...

Jk I think it’s Reuben because I saw him enter his name in a computer game as reubenchy. My family still hasn’t come up with a name for me yet but I’m going to ask them for one when we eat dinner. Honduras is pretty relaxed there is a lot of sitting around and standing. Today I walked to school with reuben. We passed by lots of extremely poor people and the dirtiest river I have ever seen. The water was dark brown and was surrounded with garbage. The walk took probly like 20 minutes. Orientation today was long and tiring. We got tours of the different buildings but it was incredibly crowded because apparently there is a strike happening at the university and all the teachers and students are there. There is wireless internet in the library and my house has a computer. When I walked home with reuben he asked if I wanted to go home or do something which I couldn’t understand. So I said cualaquier and we went to the mall and walked around in circles. I was very confused why were doing so and couldn’t understand anything he was saying because he spoke softly and it was very loud. We then proceeded to walk home and again I couldn’t understand anything because everyone in this country speaks in a soft mumble I swear haha. I have never felt so vulnerable/ stupid/ childildlike in my whole life. I’ve realized that my Spanish isn’t too bad, but my vocabulary is small. I don’t know wthe words for anything and then when they describe it to me they use other words I don’t know. I’ve been keeping a list of few vocb words so that I can hopefully learn a ton of them by writing them down. I’m super excited to figure out how everything works but for now I am confused. Also, I am the only one without a phone. I’m pretty sure it was stolen during our taxi ride. A local told me that pickpocketers can take your socks out of your shoes without you noticing. My family watches TV for like a million hours a day. It’s different but it helps me learn Spanish so I’m down. I still haven’t figured out how to send letters yet, but that is next on my list.