top 20

how honduras has changed me

1. I now like vegetables.
2. Bugs crawling in my shower, bed, clothes, (basically anywhere) don't really bother me.
3. I enjoy watching soccer. (Honduras plays Spain on Monday... in the World CUPP!!)
. The number four on my computer no longer works because rain dripped down from my roof to the keyboard. whoops!
5. I can kind of cook.
6. I probably won't be able to drink water from the tap at home without seriously thinking about it for awhile.
7. Ditto on the throwing TP in the in toilet
8. I am used to the power going out (se fue la luz!)all the time
9. I write about my feelings a lot more- not necessarily because I want to, but because sometimes it is just impossible to get ahold of someone down here! :)
10. my body. I will probably have mosquito/spider/whatever scars on my legs until I'm 80.
11. I've been a real teacher for a year!
12. I can tell the difference between a moto taxi, car, and motorcycle coming up a mountain.
13. This isn't really a change cuz I've always known it, but Honduras has highly reaffirmed the benefits of having supportive and loving family and friends.
fourteen. I think I can call my Spanish competent now.
15. I can't pronounce my name in English anymore. I always say it in Spanish in my head!
16. I now know that wherever I end up, I want to have plants right outside my house that I can just go pick whatever right in the middle of cooking
17. I now know that wherever I end up I DO NOT WANT to have a kitchen sink outside. I need it in the house haha
18. I don't mind riding on buses stuffed full of people and animals and strange smells.
19. I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas is always going to have a special place in my heart.
20. I am more aware of the world and the people in it. I have learned that I want to be less judgmental , but I think in doing that I've become judgmental of everything that I am- white, American, rich, Christian. Not sure how to change that- maybe that can be next year's project :)

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