Twinkle toes

So this last weekend was quite an adventure! We got our off-base privilages fully reinstated, so we were able to travel to Tegucigalpa, the country's capital. This is basically the only city in the whole country that has some of the more "American" conveniences of life...such as a mall and a 5-star hotel. This place was one of the most amazing hotels I've ever seen. The service was outstanding and I only had to ride 3 short, nail-biting hours on a bus around dangerous switchbacks, through the mountains, hoping that we wouldn't stall out or get hit by oncoming traffic (they like to travel in both lanes).

...but I got to eat amazing food (sushi for the first time in 4 months!) and go shopping! I also got to lay out by the pool and take a bubble bath and get a mani/pedi! When the lady painting my toes asked me what color of polish I wanted, I responded with, "Por favor, yo quiero dedos de pies de Navidad!" (I want Christmas toes!) So that's just what I got, red toes with white poinsettas and gold and green accents...amazing!

Well, they did such a good job on my toes, I decided to be brave...I saw a girl's hair that was working there and thought it was TOO cute! I asked the lady to cut my hair just like hers. Her hair was up in a pony tail, but it looked darling. What I didn't realize is what it must have looked like when she wore it down...

...so now I have a Hondurian mullet complete with 80's style poofy bangs...not sure what I was thinking...but I know now that I cannot successfully pull off this hairstyle...

...so up it goes for me for the next few months until it grows back. Until then I plan to start watching a lot of nascar so it looks like I meant to do this to my hair...or maybe I'll shave it off and start over...haven't decided. So far I've had one person tell me I look like a 12-yr-old little boy...to which his friend replied, "LITTLE?!" ...so now I'm a fat little boy...awesome...didn't know a mullet could do so much for me...

...I can't promise I'll share any pictures of this haircut with you all...since I still walk by the mirror and am legitimately shocked every time...and bed head....dear Lord....you have no idea what this mop does in the morning...

Tomorrow we are going to feed the children and give them their stockings. Thank you all so much for everything you sent for the kids...even the stuff that didn't make it. I'm still working on a way to get it down here. Standby to standby on that one.

Esther...thank you so much for the blanket! It has actually gotten down into the 50s during the night a few nights here (I can hear you all booing from here...;) but I get chilled.

...Jane's mullet and twinkle toes...out!