The Streetts made it to Honduras! It feels nice to finally put the foreign in the Foreign Service. I (E) am well entrenched in her job already, I am a tad worried that they set her out on her own too quickly! Hopefully I don't make too many mistakes! I really like the team I work with and enjoy going to work each day.
We are enjoying our housing, N especially loves being able to go inside and outside to play all day. Although he has a number or bruises as he learned about tile floors and living in a house with stairs. We have plenty of room, so come on down and visit. Another enticing factor is that the fruit here is very good and we have been eating more of that than anything else. We have been facing a few bureaucratic hoops, but hopefully we'll be able to drive soon and start exploring the city (and shopping for groceries) a little. I feel like the little old lady who swallowed a fly. I have to get a number to get the title (of a car I already own) to get the insurance to get permission to drive. So far I have only successfully completed the first step. Our car just sits in the carport collecting dust everyday, waiting to be driven.
Luckily, our newly hired gardener washes the car too! He puts the world to shame! He is 84 years old, walks up the hills of Honduras to garden different embassy houses each day. He has 11 children from 3 different wives and has the energy of a 25 year old. Besides a salary, he asks for a cup of coffee in the morning and some water in the afternoon, but won't say no to a few cookies or snacks! N doesn't know it yet, but he is coming tomorrow and is excited to have N help him all day. I think N is going to love the hose! We have a beautiful garden, but not too much of a yard. We have a little gazebo where it looks like we should hire one musician to play for an evening garden party.
If you are worried about us and security, so far we haven't felt too unsafe. A lot of the neighbors go for walks in the evenings, which is a rare thing due to safety concerns. S has successfully tested our security alarm twice already, so we have learned that security will come check on us very quickly.
In case you haven't heard, we'll be back in the Pacific Northwest for the summer (we planned the timing well for that one!) for the delivery of #2. We'll be in Seattle for a few weeks in July and then in Vancouver, WA for the rest.
A few low quality pictures:
The "Big Smile" photo proves it! Tonight E got home and said "Wow, when did you move the rug?" And wouldn't believe that I had moved it the day before but now she has posted visual proof.
ReplyDeleteAll the rugs had been tucked in as far under the furniture as possible but the last two days I pulled them out to cushion under stairs and larger parts of rooms.