Walls, Blackouts, and Barking Dogs

This change in the government is...well, it sucks! Due to the recent occurrences here in Honduras, especially here in the capital of Tegucigalpa, going outside for more than your daily duties has been very limited. For most of my stay, I've been indoors, which is the reason I've been on MySpace and Facebook so much during the day. I've watched a couple of movies now, and am pretty up-to-date with the world news, since I'm trying to stay as updated as possible with the whole situation here. From my readings I've noticed a hint of "grace" towards Hondurans from several publications. If I could remember the publications, I'd post them, but I've read so many that I don't remember which one said what. But yeah, some are starting to show that Zelaya may have done things to deserve what happened to him. It has been reported by several sources that Zelaya had been using the money given to help the economic crisis here (which blame Mel for) for "other things" (ex: himself...oh, and his family of course!). Also, his involvement with allowing Honduras to be a transfer spot for many drug smugglers has come out into the American public. So several smart, and correct in their journalistic ethics, have cued in to why so many people agreed to have this change in the government happen. Hopefully, with the time, the world will get to see and learn about what really happened prior to the whole "kicking Zelaya out" ordeal and see why the government did what they did. 

On a side note, I've been eating very delicious food. Leyla, who helps my aunt here in the house with the cooking and cleaning, makes amazing food and I give her super huge props for what she does every day. I've had pupusas (Honduran ones of course, which are by far the best, and yes I've tasted real Salvadorian ones from El Salvador...so uh!), baleadas, frijoles, queso, and bomb juices, o aguas frescas. YUM!!! 

The nights have been hard however. I haven't been sleeping very well for the past couple of months, and it's just gotten worse here. Two nights ago it felt like it took me an hour or more to fall asleep, struggling the entire time. There's just so much noise everywhere once the sun goes down, and I don't mean man-made noise. I'm talking about all-night dog concerts, which just started as soon as I started writing about it. The first dog, at this very moment, has barked. Oh, and there go three more. Ladies and gentlemen, the dog contest for who can bark the longest and loudest, has begun. 

It rained cats and dogs today. We went to La Colonia today, which is the super market here, and on our way there we could see an area where it was raining.  It looked as if the clouds were reaching down to the streets. My uncle Adam, on our way back from Utah several years ago, taught us about how you can tell when it's raining somewhere or not, and let me tell you, it was pouring in that area of Teguc. Lightning as stuff was everywhere. When we got back, we had dinner and began to watch "Yes Man," which unfortunately wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. But during the movie, the lights when out. It was cool because when I looked out the window, I could see the lightning striking very brightly, and wow, it was amazing! The house in front of us had a generator going...woo hoo for them (blah!). But I enjoyed the little blackout out. It's like a time for us to sit back and let nature take the spotlight for a while. It's hard to appreciate these things with life in the way. But I truly had a nature blast for 4 minutes. Then the lights came back on, and technology came thrusting back into my life. Haha.

So, my attempt to fall asleep without too much trouble begins now. So, buenas noches!!!