Just going on a little rant today… it’s pretty funny, I was a little peeved at first but I can only laugh now!
As I mentioned in my previous blog my intake of vegetables and fruits has become practically non- existent. I loved getting my daily intake of healthy food groups and now it has come to a complete halt… no, I lie, the only fruits I do consume are the ones made in juice that are loaded with sugar.
Fyi, everything is 10x sweeter here, including coffee. I’m starting to like it now, just took some getting used to.
I digress
It’s been a week now since I have been craving some delicious juicy sweet mangos and have been tempted to purchase some from the street vendors conveniently located everywhere in Ojojona. Monday I gave in and decided that I, as well as my host family were in need of some delicious fruit, specifically, mangos! So after class I took a stroll to the nearest street vendor and asked him kindly to give me 5 of his best mangos for my host family and I (surprisingly sold at 1 lempira each... about 10 cents). Well I get home and tell them I bought mangos for us and Berta graciously says thank you and sets them on the table.
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Tuesday comes along and it’s time for lunch. Lunch is always a nice little surprise because rarely do I find a meal that is disappointing. As usual I setup the table and was helping prepare when suddenly a faint fishy smell hits me… I look at the stove a little worried and what do I see… sardines! Now I have heard some bad stories about sardines, so I automatically think the worst. I have never actually had sardines, and I am a firm believer in “you can’t knock it till you try it” attitude, so my host mom went ahead and prepared my plate with 2 sardines, an egg, and rice. Well, let’s just say I politely declined the second sardine… I tried and certainly knocked it! BLAH
Well after the disappointment I thought, what better time to eat my delicious mango then now. I went to the kitchen searching for my mango and just couldn’t find it, so I asked Berta where she had placed the mangos because I wanted to take one to school. She gasps, looks at me in shock and says, “awww, I ate the last one this morning!”… I was furious!!!! Couldn’t believe it, after I was served sardines for lunch I was robbed from my delicious sweet mango! Sooo upset!
I’m sure it wasn’t done in a malicious intent just a simple miscommunication or someone mistakenly didn’t do their math and forgot they had eaten two... whatever the case funny story now.
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