Clouds and mountains

There's a song about how clouds in the sky sometimes look like mountains. After living in New York City I started to see clouds that looked like buildings which was equally tricky :) From where I'm sitting now I can see the seemingly black Honduran mountains and they are currently capped with clouds. It almost looks like they have snow on top because the clouds are sitting so perfectly up there. So I guess clouds in the sky sometimes look like mountains even when there actually are mountains. Pretty pretty.

The daily thunderstorm just finished about an hour ago and it was a good one today. I was sitting on the porch, drawing and trying to listen to music, but the storm was so heavy that I listened to the rain instead. Love that cozy feeling of being right at the edge of the rain but not actually being in it. I remember when I was younger my dad talked about how cozy the rain made him feel, so much so that he would sleep in the sun-room on nights when there was a storm. I never understood because it was still scary to me, but I wanted to so badly. I specifically remember sitting by my window trying to feel what he felt. And then finally one day (not too long ago) I finally got it. Don't know what changed but I started to love rainstorms too and I felt that comfy cozy feeling that my dad always felt.

Back on topic...Honduras...

A few of the girls and I went to volunteer at an event at the air force base today. As I mentioned last time, we had no idea what we were getting in to. (Laur-ended that with 2 prepositions.. i'm forgetting English here) So we went to wait for our ride at 8am, and going along with typical Honduras time, we finally got on the bus at 8:45 and took the 10 minute ride to the airport. When we got there, with about 100 kids, we were informed that they 'weren't ready.' So we played outside for about an hour with the kids. Finally they invited us in and they told the 4 of us to sit in the front row in the chairs with a few other adults and they had the kids sit in the back on the floor. Then they spent about 20 minutes arranging the kids so the smaller ones were in front, I'm assuming this was so they could see. Not sure why it was important for them to see because for the next hour there was an airforce dude who gave a boring speech all in Spanish, with a few breaks to re-arrange the kids as more arrived. It really got to a point where it was hysterical. They made the 'ceremony' seem so important but the people leading it kept interrupting their speeches to text on their phones. Ugh. Eventually they called about 50 kids up to the front, in groups of 5, to receive a certificate. This took at least a half hour. During the final speaker the kids were loud and restless and out of control. OBVIOUSLY! You can not expect 100 kids to sit quietly on the floor for 2 hours and listen to boring speeches.

So we ended up sitting there doing nothing (except dying of boredom) the whole time. They explained to us after that today was just the ceremony for kids who had completed the program and to introduce the new kids to the program that will start next week. So it was a waste of my morning.

The ONE interesting part was when they sang the Honduran national anthem. It was surprisingly long and I was amazed that even the littlest kids knew every word. I kept thinking that they probably have no idea what they're singing about and what it means, only because I remember reciting the Pledge of Allegiance when I was little and having no idea what I was saying. Pretty sure I thought "whichitstands" was all one word.

To try to salvage what was left of the day, we went to the beach when we got back. It was a good swimming day because it was windy and there were actually some waves, which is rare. It was nice and sunny all afternoon until the sky suddenly turned black for the thunderstorm. It happens the same way every day which is pretty cool to see it go from bright blue to black. We all get pretty excited about it too because it cools things off.

Most of the volunteers came over to our porch last night to have a few drinks and hang out because it was one of the girls' last night. I think tonight will be low key, maybe we'll find a movie with English subtitles..exciting! :)

Thanks for the bug bite remedies, I'll have to look for baking soda. Mom-life is so much harder when I can't instantly 'Barb-it.' I'm missing having a phone/constant internet access!

Oh! I'll try to upload those photos!