It's Friday!

It’s Friday! Wow, fantastic and throw in a couple of halleluiah’s for the gods! I am thrilled, excited and almost ready to forget the touch of “la grippe” I picked up…

Remember me saying I didn’t know if I could wait for another Friday just to see the sun? Making a comment about the weather gods gifting us a sunny Friday last week and commenting that Friday, Jan. 1st was a bright sunny day?

It’s not the end of the work week for me; it’s no big deal if it’s the beginning of the weekend either. It doesn’t mean my social calendar is going to be busy or even that I’ll let down my hair with friends tonight.

What it means is that the sun has returned! The weather gods have blessed us with full blazing sunrise skies and even now, a couple of hours later the clouds collecting along the Cordillera Nombre de Dios mountain range are the innocuous cumulous ones that look like smeared marshmallows.

It also means I can open all the windows to air out the apartment, do my laundry and keep it dry afterwards and get out and walk, which is my personal passion.

Here are pictures from last Friday’s gift from the gods. I am determined to stay positive, and not to think that the gods are indulging in taunting us with hope for the end of the rainy season. When you receive a gift, all you can do is say “thank you” and I am.

Things Your Momma Taught You

Do you remember your Momma teaching you the adage: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”?

Well, that’s rather how I’ve been feeling about my sadly neglected blog postings this past seven months. It’s not that I’ve changed my mind about Honduras, not at all! Turning my back on this country and her people would be akin to removing a glorious part of my heart and soul and I wouldn’t want to live without the ongoing adventures that happen to me here.

My difficulty with maintaining the blog arose from health issues and a most unseasonably cold summer in northern Canada. I’ve been living with progressive osteoarthritis for ten years now and the past year has been one of the more difficult ones with regards to pain management and mobility issues. But my pain specialist has been very effective and I’m now on a 6 month wait list for a hip re-surfacing operation, so there is new hope in my life for being independently mobile again. (Maybe even without my funky Honduran walking stick!)

I returned to La Ceiba, Honduras, November 25th to escape from the cold and snow of a northern Canada winter and will be soaking up the heat for my cranky bones now that the rains appear to have ceased. The rain will be another topic for a posting; it’s the first time I’ve been here this time of year and it can be cruelly damp and cold!

I do NOT want my health issues to become either the focus of my own life or of my blog postings which is why I referred to the adage about keeping quiet if you can’t be positive.

Returning to my simple, selfish little life in La Ceiba has does wonders for renewing my soul and positive energy reserves, so that’s why I’m finally back to writing again. Be patient while I re-learn how to manage the posting and other details (I’m really not computer literate, so it’s almost as hard as learning Spanish!) and let me know what you think of my stories and writing style.

Grinning from ear to ear, Stephanie