¨settling in

i am settling into my new life. Things are muddier, louder, more confusing, and more fragrant than my life in portland was, and it makes me feel so much more aware. I know after a few months of living here I won´t be so sensitive to the roosters, the sweet smell of burning trash, the mud that creeps in between my toes while flip flopping along the road. I will understand what 428 lempiras is worth and if I have enough money to spend that amount. I will know the students I am teaching and the hesitations I am feeling now will either be justified or will be laughed about in retrospect. I love this feeling of sensitivity to a knew place....it all seems colorful (donovan always said it would be a colorful experience), and intriguing to piece together to make some sense of it. I like how excited I get when I see someone wearing a manu ginobli spurs jersey, or see something that says tacoma, washington. Or how neat it is to find organic peanut butter made right here in siguatepeque. Now that the torrential downpour is over, I am going to make my way down the main road of this town in search of a store that will sell me a tape player for my ipod for less than ninety four us dollars. It´s too bad my spanish is still so new....that will be saved for the next blog titled¨miss communication¨