wI am home with the flu (non-swine variety I am quite certain, but miserable enough) and thought this would be a good opportunity to do a blog update. I realised it was an even better idea once I noticed that I hadn’t updated this since New Years. Perhaps I should just redirect this site to my Facebook page or Twitter feed as these are updated on a daily (or several times a day!) basis. For the moment I will keep this blog as I know some friends and family are not plugged into Facebook or Twitter, and because this is a family space rather than just me. I also plan to be more diligent once we are in Honduras again
Yes, we are off to Honduras again, for another, longer round of PhD fieldwork. We plan to leave in the first week of June, although we haven’t booked yet due to a slow travel agent and constantly changing ticket prices (with the swine flu paranoia airfares to LA and Central America have been dropping fast). We will be there for six months this time, and have found a home, office space and a kinder for Maya in the Zamorano valley, near Tegucigalpa. I’ll tell you more once we’re there!
In the meantime I have been plodding on with my PhD work, and in March had a successful confirmation (see my research website for more info and updates). Luis has finished one more paper for his degree. Unfortunately he has had difficulty finding work, not helped by his limited availability as he needs to look after Maya when she is not in childcare, and because I am taking him out of the country for 6 months this year. He has however found a niche assisting some of the Latino community here with computer problems (he’s quite the techie now), doing radio shows and playing with a local Latin band. Both Maya and Luis have ad this nasty flu also, which has made the past 2 weeks a little miserable.
Maya is growing fast, and loves being our “little big girl” Don’t ever call her a baby! Check out some of her favorites on her blog.
Luis makes the cover of our local newspaper - performing with a Latin band at the Festival of Cultures in March.
