No, I haven't had a change of heart and decided to go to Taiwan, although it is on my "someday" list. Honduras is still #1 and I'm headed back in 10 days!As someone new on the blogging scene (for this blog anyway) - I know seasoned bloggers already know this - but looking at the stats for your blog when it starts is actually pretty exciting.I LOVE seeing where my readers are coming from! This week I have had lots of US, UK and Canada as usual, but also Taiwan, Indonesia, Russia and ...
Bigger and bigger and bigger.
Today my bank account is about to grow in a big way - I am getting the money from selling my car! My lovely dad (who paid for 90% of the car in the first place when I was in high school) is buying my car back from me to give to my little brother. Everybody wins, except my dad who has now paid twice for this car, but he has a secret soft spot for El Diablo (yes, she has a name) and I know he's glad that it's staying "in the family" so I don't feel too bad about it. Plus, he knows the money ...
Today I don’t feel like doing anything.
........ nothing at all. ...
Money, where have you been all my life?
Money! (Does anyone else instantly start singing the Pink Floyd song in their head?) Such a huge theme in my life right now. A constant source of frustration one minute and then happiness the next. It is driving me crazy but also driving me to Honduras.Source (a site with cheap traveling tips!)This is the first time in my life I have ever had a big bank account balance (big = more than $300 in my world!) and it's making me insane that I can't touch any of it. I ...
Motivation.
As someone with ADD I find it incredibly difficult to keep my steam going in one direction, especially when it comes to long(ish) term plans....such as deciding to pack up your life and move to the Bay Islands in five months. I knew right from the start that this would be a challenge for me and so I had to prepare for it.This is my bedroom mirror where I sit in front of and get ready every single day. I have a 2 lempira bill on the mirror and every morning I force myself to look through my ...
A half day off.
I slept in, had brunch with friends (my first meal out with friends in over a month), walked by the ocean with a tea, went around the neighborhood and took in the sights of the fluffy pink cherry trees, took a nap and then got ready for work. A 5:30pm shift is infinitely better than a 2:30pm shift.Less than three weeks until Roatan! I figured out how to post from my iPhone so there might even be a post or two from paradise. I posted this from my phone so we'll see what it looks like when I ...
If I had a million dollars.
Right now the only thing I'm interested in is getting in my giant bed, cuddling up in my big down duvet and not moving for about 60 hours. Oy vey. I am continually amazed at how I function every day on 5 hours of sleep a night. The human body can adapt to pretty much anything I guess!And here's a tip of the day for those of you lucky enough to never have had to work in the service industry: when a store/restaurant closes at 10pm, it's fucking closed at 10pm. And unless you're my mom, you're ...
How to work two full-time jobs.
Well, the jury is in and apparently it's not easy working two full-time jobs (weird, right?)I work a 40 hour week Monday to Friday during the day at my office job, and then at the gelateria Wednesday/ Thursday/ Friday nights (right after the office job - luckily for me they are only a few blocks from each other) and Saturday & Sundays from late afternoon to around 11pm. So my free time now consists of Mondays and Tuesdays from 5pm till I go to bed, and Saturdays & Sundays from when I ...
18 hour days.
Yeah, so these 18 hour days are a little hard. This video of diving in Roatan is helping me get through one today. 24 more days until there is Bay Island Creole in my ear, rum punch in my hand, baleadas in my belly and a smile on my face.underwater canon rebel t2i Roatan scuba video from Ryan Ware on Vimeo. ...
Why are you leaving?
"Why are you leaving?"I get asked this all the time."Why would you even want to move to a foreign country, especially one that doesn't have Canada's glorious standard of living, to a town of 300 people that doesn't even have a paved road, streetlights, grocery store or potable water, and take an 80% pay cut (if you even find work at all)?"I guess that's a fair question....The answer is long, and complicated. Or is it? Maybe it's just to experience something different for a while. ...