So things are still very boring around here. We are now allowed to travel as long as we don't go through Tegucigalpa, the capital. Too bad we have to pass through there to go almost anywhere... Our friend Elizabeth lives on our side of Tegucugalpa and was able to visit us last week! We had a great time watching lots of movies and eating lots of junk food.
In the past five weeks there have been five days of classes at the public schools here and even less at the university. This is extremely frustrating as we both have little work to do and the kids are missing out on so many days of class which will not be made up. It's very discouraging. Most other places have resumed classes but since we live in the ousted president's hometown the strikes continue. Shannon's English classes have resumed, but many of the teachers from her level one class stopped coming in the four weeks that the schools were locked. Her class started at 30 people and now has about 10! There are still marches and roadblocks but they are getting less common. Zelaya, the ousted president, came into Honduras for about 20 minutes two weeks ago. He then went back to Nicaragua where he proceeded to camp out for a week or so. Needless to say, nothing came of it and he is supposedly going to resume talks. We really don't follow the news of the coup anymore because nothing happens. The new group of volunteers was finally able to make it here after three weeks in the Dominican Republic (lucky) and a week stuck in Miami (even luckier).
Some good news for Shannon, one of the German volunteers talked to our next door neighbor and convinced him to stop harassing Shannon every time she walked by. He apologized and said (in English) "friends?". This makes her life a lot better as she walks by his house numerous times each day and no longer has to hear, "Hello baby, No soy su bebe (mocking her because that is what she said to him)" and the other annoying comments he would always make. Now he says good morning which is much better.
We are hoping work picks up or we may go insane. Shannon has started doing crafts to pass the time and we both read a lot (Shannon read seven books in July!) and of course watch T.V.! Who knew that a coup d'etat could be so boring?
