So, I havent taken a shower since I left the states. FOR REAL! I never know what time it is and all I can see in front of me is the sun coming through the clouds over the ocean. I am physically sitting at my little plastic kitchen table looking over the tops of some trees and watching the sun come up over a crystal blue body of water! I mean...who gets that lucky!
Ya know, you watch House Hunters International and see those 40 something couples who have been very successful and are able to buy a vacation home in an island paradise and you think (well we always thought) "Man wouldn’t that be awesome to live there!" Well what do you know we have hit the jackpot. We are in Roatan, our new island paradise! We are sharing our home with gecko’s who by the way are useful house guest and eat the bugs, which coincidentally always tend to overstay their welcome! They do make a funny noise that has conveniently been my 6am wake up call for the last two mornings!
I am glad that I waited a little after our day of travel to provide my perspective of things clearly. Our day of travel was better than others we have had but still hectic. We approached Orlando and saw that we had to go work with TACA airlines. We needed to correct my name on my ticket to be my maiden name to match my passport. No need to explain why we were a little concerned about this experience knowing that TACA was also known as "Take A Chance Airline." There were definitely some issues that had to be sorted out, some unexpected expenses and a lot of trust and faith but in the end we realized that Take a chance Airline did good by us! Instead of thinking of it as a risk, I can now look at it as an opportunity. (As most of you know...I am a sucker for musicals) It was almost like they looked at us and all broke out into song with the ever classic Mamma Mia show closer..."Take a chance on me." We took a chance with TACA and they took care of us, they knew we trusted them and they delivered in the end!
Our first day was long, but relaxing. We got situated in our new apartment, cleaned a little and just spent the day exploring the area right around where we live. AKA the pool and ocean! We had a pretty full day decompressing from the last three weeks of crazy town to get us here. Last night, Aaron and I, Harrison and Kendall sat around and literally waited for water to boil. For about an hour! We had spaghetti and it was DELICIOUS! We exchanged stories and talked through our day. I said to Harrison, "We have been stalking your life via internet for so long and now we are here and living it and seeing it!" We finally met his boys, his boys that he has touched so deeply. The boy's whose trust he earned and hasn’t looked away since. The boys who welcomed us into what they call 'class' took me out back and showed me where to look to see Iguana! We met the boys! Good stuff!
So, we are walking into the first Wednesday of our lives here in Roatan with a busy schedule ahead! Kendall took the day off of work, and Harrison only works until 12 and so we will begin exploration then. Kendall has been our saving Grace. She lives right up at the end of the road and takes care of us well! We are headed off to a place called 'Gumba Lumba (or maybe vice versa) Park' today. She said we would have monkeys all over us. Harrison asked if we could swim, which is a way more loaded question than its surface inquisition! He follows that question with "Can you swim a half a mile?" and then asks again "Can you swim a quarter of a mile?" All of these questions leading up to a proposal for today’s activities..."We can swim from Roatan to this other island and it’s only like a quarter of a mile or so." So today's agenda is looking like monkey's and swimming in the open ocean, hopefully without any new wildlife friends!
First Lesson Learned: A plastic kitchen table, a bed, a few plastic chairs and small countertop cabinet is all the furniture you need to live!
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