pay day

finally!

We've been waiting for this day since the first week we got here.
You know, we left with $100 in our pockets. That was kind of a bad choice on our part, mostly because it was gone in the first 24 hours of being in Honduras. We spent it on our hostel in San Pedro Sula... some mix up. I will share it sometime.
Anyway, our hostel keeper was nice enough to take us to an ATM on the way to the bus station the first day we were here. We took out about $50 more dollars, which was also another mistake on our part; we are changed $5 every time we use an ATM out of the country and another 1% on top of that. Should have taken out more!
Then a week later, when we barely had any money left and were wondering if we could get some out of the ATM in town, we learned that the closest ATM was an hour away. We didn't even have enough money left to allow both of us to go to Santa Rosa. So, Alex went with Marco, got out about $300, and brought back bath towels, kitchen towels, and a rubber bath mat. And with the rest of this money, we survived September. Albeit on pupusas and cup of noodles, but we survived.

Pay day is the last day of the month. We had to get an advance of L.3000 to pay for the month in our first apartment. For some reason, the land lady did not require money before hand. Additionally, our new land lady, who is more business savvy, wanted us to give first and last month's rent. So, this month, we are paying for 3 months of rent, or nearly 4 if you want to consider that our rent is now only L. 1800 a month. Next month will be a lot better.

For the both of us, we'll be getting about L.15,000. It's really not a bad deal.


On a different note, I've been kind of a night owl these past couple nights (10pm is now super late for us, don't you know). Part of it is due to my new found obsession with Ree. Oh, she is funny and smart and is officially my new role model. You can check out her website if you'd like: The Pioneer Woman. Thanks to her, and some other blogs I've been gathering inspiration from, I am really excited to start trying new recipes and learning how to make delicious food from scratch.

But, as I've been reminded several times in the past two hours, it is past my bedtime, and we must be at the market at 6am if we want to get the best veggies. Meat is ready for sale at 8am, so we can skip the shower first thing. Good thing, because I am going to be tired in the morning.