A Little Something to Lighten the Mood

Okay, so since I have probably really depressed all of you, I have a couple of stories for you.  Feel free to laugh at me!

We (Janet, her daughter Steph, Annie, Steph’s kids Christian and Emma and I) were driving back from Teguc to Santa Ana the other night, and drove past a new restaurant – Denny’s.  We were discussing how Hondo is pretty Americanized – Wal*Mart has invaded the country, and I said, “look guys, Denny’s is open for 24 whore-as!”  Yes, the great Spanish-speaker that I am said “whore-as” instead of “ora’s” for hours.  Steph, Janet and Annie laughed uncontrollably for a few minutes – I’m happy I can entertain everyone.  I really need to learn Spanish people…

 From the left: Janet, Annie, me, and Maggie

Janet invited some of Christian and Emma’s friends over for lunch after church on Sunday.  Their parents, Dennis and Marta, came too.  Dennis introduced himself to everyone, and then started asking Janet about me.  He was slow to say start, but he asked who I was.  Janet said that I was her friend.  He then asked where I was from, and Janet told him from the States.  He was completely perplexed, and then said, “oh…I thought only white people lived in the United States.”  Whoa!  Janet was like, no way!  There are many different races that live in the states.  It turns out that Dennis thought I was Cuban.  At least he thought I was Latino…no one else does.

I’m starting to think I’m a walking spectacle here in Hondo.

Now I have caught you up to last Tuesday - eek!  I'm still a week behind!  I have access to the internet again, so hopefully I'll have more posts soon.  These should keep you satisfied for a few days though!

Have a good night!