I'm in love.

I'm in love with a precious one-year-old little girl named Rachel. :)

And I love that she loves me!

I love that I've only seen her once before, when she was about 2 or 3 months old and all she did was coo and stare at the ceiling fan and spit up, and yet I walked into the door of her house on Saturday night and she jumped around and squealed with excited delight... I love that she is silly with me and brings me her favorite toys and smiles when I enter the room. I love that she loves for me to play with her and to hold her and to read to her... I love that she gets excited and turns to me to tell me all about it in sentences that sound like, "Gob gob GOB gob!!!"

Sunday wasn't my favorite day ever, but I liked the way it turned out, so I would say it was worth it. I couldn't believe my reluctance to go back to Honduras when Jera dropped me off at the airport Sunday morning. I was returning for only three weeks, and yet I still didn't want to go. Because of the weather forecasts that I had heard about Tropical Storm Agatha, I honestly hoped I wouldn't have to go back yet, and I didn't believe it would happen until they made me get on the plane. However, just because you get on a plane and fly to a country doesn't mean you're really going there...

Agatha hit Honduras on Sunday, and apparently it rained in the Tegucigalpa area all day. My plane ended up flying into San Pedro Sula and we sat in the plane on the runway for about two hours while Continental decided what to do. Then I was given the option to get off the plane and try to find a bus to Tegus, although we were also being told that roads were out and buses were not running, or I could stay on the plane and fly back to Houston... I felt like my choice was obvious, especially considering my parents' opinions about my life in that crazy country.

So now I've been playing stateside while school has been cancelled. Apparently school will resume tomorrow, but I'll be missing at least two more days.

Ehh... Whatever. It's a hard-knock life.

If only answers didn't lead to more questions...