Day 10: A Stormy Day In Belize!

Last night was crazy. About an hour after we laid down for bed we heard the fan start going off really loud and then we realized that it wasn't the fan, it was pouring outside. It poured the loudest hardest rain I've ever heard until about 6am. Very difficult to sleep. When the rain finally stopped, I got good sleep for about an hour until the neighbors started talking abnoxiously loud for such an early time in the morning! It may not be passing trucks and roosters but it looks like the headphones are back in play for tonight.

I woke up about 8:00, which is sleeping in for me now but Justin was wiped. Even with all of the loudness outside he slept through it like a baby. He must have been extremely tired from the travel. Apparently he only slept an hour the night before because he had such an early flight. Once we finally got up and out it was clear that there was a storm brewing, high winds, and our scuba/snorkeling trip might be canceled so we went to check in and, of course, it was.

After grabbing some breakfast we mozied around the town trying to find a place to watch the Ravens. Turns out the new owners of our favorite beach bar down here are from Baltimore and were showing the game on two big screens. PERFECT! Liza and I went up to watch the game and, I have to say, it was a little nerve racking at the end but Ed Reed came up with a big interception! AWESOME! Go Ravens!

After the game we went for a run on the beach and I took Justin up to the other side of the island to show him Holy Cross School and the area that we'll be working in. Such a difference between that side and this side of the island, it's shocking. Then we went to find a snack and ran into our friend, Cruz, cooking chicken. His son needs an operation that costs $5,000 so he's grilling chicken and trying to make as much money outside his normal job hours to get his son to Mexico for surgery. He only needs $1,000 more. The chicken looked awesome, he's a great guy, so it was a unanamous decision on dinner tonight.

First, we definitely needed to shower. I let Justin shower first since he takes longer to get ready (that's legit, even if i'm doing my makeup). Even after I was finished, Justin still had about 5 minutes to primp and then we were ready to go :-) When we got down to the town center and Cruz had wrapped up his cooking so we had to find another spot to eat. It was a hard decision to make between Carambas and the "OK restaurant" (hahahaha) but we eventually settled on Carambas and I got the same thing as last time and it was awesome! Caramba's was a ton of fun, we made a few friends and had a great time at dinner.

Next, we walked down the street to find Justin a cuban cigar and me a bottle cabernet :-) What a nice and relaxing day. We really enjoyed it because we know that starting tomorrow, we have our work cut out for us! We are meeting at the school at 9:00am with 6 bags of soccer gear and various other materials for the school. After sorting through it we will begin with the soccer program with the kids ending at 5:00pm! I'm so excited to get in and really start working with the kids! 7:00am wake up call, wish us luck! Hopefully, tomorrow I will have some good soccer stories about our work with the kids for you all!