So, I have a friend who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, but who used to fly all of the time a few years back for delta. It was during these flights he would turn himself into whatever he wanted to be. My personal favorite was when he pretended to hold a job as a greeting card writer for Hallmark, and while doing so spouted off spontaneous one liners fit only for those mass produced cards.
Over time, during long flights or while waiting on the tarmac in MKE for the ice pellets to pass, I´ve been tempted to create my own character to pass the time, or just see if I could get away with pretending to be someone i'm not. Why not? The life of a broke 20 something, college kid can only be so interesting, right? However, the next time I fly somewhere I don´t think I´ll feel like I have to create a story to impress the person trapped next to me or just entertain myself. After exactly one year of living in Honduras I love where my life is at. I mean.... I don´t think you can make up some of the stuff that I´ve seen and done over the past year. From taking a "refreshing" midnight swim in the Atlantic during Semana Santa in Trujillo, to riding in the back of pickups with strangers, to having the ability to visit Cayos Cochinos multiple times, life has been incredible. To go from walking into Honduras not even being able to correctly say, "My name is....", to working in another language has been a fantastic experience.
I probably repeated the stories of my time in honduras over a dozen times during the past week, but it's been great to share what I've seen and done with my friends back in the US. I'll try to post some more over the next few weeks as the time presents itself, but i just wanted to say how excited I am to return to honduras and continue the work that I've started over the past year.
In the future, I especially want to talk about the differences I noticed while being back in the United States, but for now it's time for one last hot shower and get a few hours of sleep before taking off for Guatemala to go backpacking. I honestly can't wait to get back to honduras, back to Jutiapa, and back to the life that honestly, at this point, feels the most like home.
