A Year in La Tajeada

September 11, 2011

In Honduras, yesterday was el día del niño but today is el día de la gringa. Today, I’ve completed one year of my Peace Corps service.

Number of H-17 volunteers who came: 47
Number of H-17 volunteers still here: 37
Number of Protected Areas Management volunteers who came: 19
Number of Protected Areas Management volunteers still here: 16

Number of towns lived in: 3
Host mothers: 3
Host fathers: 2
Host siblings: 10
Approximate hours spent riding the bus: 277
Roundtrip bus ticket to Choluteca: $2.00
Number of trips to USA: 1
Roundtrip ticket home: $642.80

Average time spent hiking daily to and from work: 40 minutes
Number of students taught: 123
Number of students I’ve made cry during class: 1
Environmental education lesson plans distributed: 56
Funding sources obtained: 2
Murals painted: 2
Trash pick up days: 5
Tress planted: 200
Trees I’ve cut down: 1
Number of times I’ve seen my boss in the last year: 7

Number of movies seen in a theater: 3
Roundtrip bus to movie theater: 10 hours
Cost of trip and movie ticket: $17.00

Books read: 18
Books I anticipated reading: 50

Number of chickens killed: .5
Number of chickens plucked: 25
Number of pets: 2
Number of pets eaten: 1
Number of times I’ve milked a cow: 21
Number of near cow attacks: 2
Number of near deadly snakebites: 1
Number of lizards eaten: 3
Number of times I’ve been robbed: 0

Balls of yarn brought to HN: 7
Things knit: 0

Pink shirts brought to Honduras: 0
Pink shirts I currently own: 7
Quick dry shirts brought to Honduras: 5
Quick dry shirts I currently own: 1
Pairs of skinny jeans previously owned: 0
Pairs of skinny jeans I currently own: 4
Number of times I’ve worn my hiking boots: 3

Nights spent in the hospital: 1
Funguses obtained: 1
Current number of bug bites: 23
Bottles of sunscreen used: 4
Pounds lost: 35
Current length of hair in inches: 3
Funerals attended: 7
Weddings attended: 1