Am I Dreaming?

Well I have officially spent over 24 hours in my new homeland of Tegucigalpa, Honduras!  It has been quite the journey so far!  After getting 3 hours of sleep I woke up on Thursday to make my 6 am flight.  I was tired but anxious so I felt alright; until the security checkpoint!  Saying goodbye to my parents was hard, but I felt like I handled it quite well...better than expected!  And my mom did good too!
Our first flight to Atlanta was fine.  Jenn and I did not sit together which for me, was fine.  But Jenn got stuck by a jabber mouth who told a story of some bloody kid she saw and decided then she could never be a nurse...WEIRD!  I however sat by a guy who has done a lot of traveling so we had some good convo!  I also got a little nap in!
While waiting in Atlanta, I believe I walked up to at least 3 different women asking if they were Lindsey (another foreign hire who was supposed to be on our plane).  I did not find her until after we arrived in Honduras!  But the guessing game was fun!
Landing in Tegus was a piece of cake! We had heard horror stories but we honestly didn't even realize it was happening.  BUT, it must be significant because it was the first flight I've ever been on that everyone started clapping and cheering after we made it!  :)
Exiting the plane was interesting...buildings looked a little under code compared to the states.  We had to take a long walk to enter the building.  Customs and all was easy breezy.  Our school staff greeted us immediately.  It was very overwhelming as 7-10 new people were crowding around me and introducing themselves.  I STILL don't know who everyone is.  But they took us right to lunch and everyone started in asking questions and getting to know each other.  The other two new foreign hires are GREAT!
The Staff has been very helpful and I am sure that this journey will be one of excitement and joy!

We got to our house and it was very exciting...until the school staff left and I lost it!  Tears bursted out and I was ready to return home.  Luckily my roommate, Jenn, was there to talk me through it!  The house is all white and ALL TILE!  Hard to explain, but pics are on facebook!  It's not a home...yet!

My biggest complaint thus far is the driving and roads.  I am already prone to car sickness and the driving here is SO AWFUL that within 30 seconds I'm already feeling ill.  I hope my body just gets used to it but I have a feeling it's going to be a long adjustment!
Another complaint was that our house was not 'move in ready.'  This was quite the disappointment.  We couldn't find sheets, we only had two rolls of toilet paper, towels were smelly, we had NO WATER, and there was hair all over our floors!  DISGUSTING!  But we managed to take care of most of it.

Today (Fri) we had our first grocery shopping experiment.  WOW!  Even in Wal-Mart I was so lost!  My biggest issue was that I just had no idea where to start.  I mean, we had nothing in our house so we had to start from scratch!  And then, I had to try and calculate the cost in US dollars instead of Lempiras and my brain was starting to hurt!  Plus, there were TONS of people!  Ugh!  I hope that gets smoother.  And the thought of doing that with a taxi freaks me out even more...but it's been done before so I'll work it!  :)

Anyway, our first meal on our own consisted of Velveeta Shells and Cheese, ham sandwiches, and chips!  I'll have to work on the cooking thing!

Anyway, I know this blog was super long but just know that it could have been MUCH longer!

Overall, I'm glad I'm here.  I'll have my ups and downs, and I'm sure you'll hear about them all, but I will survive!  As I laid my head down to sleep last night I started to cry...and then oh so softly the Lord whispered, "It's going to be okay" and the tears stopped.  I slept great and was ready to go today!  I'm in good hands!

Until next time!