Due to the heavy rain that has continued to fall since the early morning, my advisor and I decided to cancel the research fieldwork, thereby giving me a free weekend. This welcome development will allow for a cherished lazy weekend ahead with little to do other than some cleaning and other assorted projects around the apartment. If I should choose to do so. If not, no matter. It's going to be my weekend and I'm going to spend it however I see fit, even if it means doing absolutely nothing.
A second pot of coffee is brewing and I'm feeling much better now that I've had lunch. I awoke this morning with a bit of a hangover due to perhaps one margarita too many last night whilst out having dinner and drinks with my sister and her fiance. Not a serious hangover, mind you; simply a minor headache and a somewhat groggy feeling, both of which began to dissipate with water and coffee rehydration therapy. It's quite remarkable just how much my alcohol tolerance has dropped this year. I feel like such an amateur.
My gosh, the rainfall is abosolutely intense right now. And it's so very dark out. The street lights on Colley Ave (the main drag) are on and there's not a pedestrain to be seen. I don't think we've had such rain since Hurricane Isabel blew through here in September of 2003. It was certainly a wise decision to cancel the fieldwork this weekend. The ecological preserve is almost certainly by now a lake. Of course having a Jeep makes this but a minor detail. :-)
The in-country ininerary for Honduras is coming along well. I found out yesterday that my local contact is setting up a side trip into Guatemala which will last anywhere from one to three days depending on what else is planned. I'm excited about this as we'll venture futher into the heart of Mayan country. Next up is organizing a few days in La Mosquitia, the vast expanse of unpopulated, rarely-explored rainforests in easter Honduras. I hope there will be time to fit this trip in, but if not, I can always head back down there in April.
Anyway...off to read and relax with a coffee.
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I am off to the living room with some hot tea and the "boys" at my feet as I ateempt to watch a movie w/o falling asleep.
After Sin has wworn the "old man" out, maybe it will be quiet here, too...hope your days stays that way.
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