How much do you weigh?

A certain 4 year old in my house was discussing with her mother that she was getting bigger

“Look, Mommy.  Do you want to know how much I weigh?  I weigh from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet.  I weigh 4, 5, 6,7!”

In other news – Honduras is on its way to the World Cup 2010!  Why do I care?  I don’t really.  But you have to live in Honduras or other foreign countries to understand how a country supports its soccer team/teams.  When there is a game going on, everyone knows it.  How?  Well first of all on game day there are flags, t-shirts, bracelets, hats, etc. being sold in the streets.   Then the streets become deserted as everyone flocks to their TVs to watch the event.  The neighborhood comes alive everytime a goal is made with yells, fireworks, horns honking, and any other noise they can make.  And if they win, be prepared for loud music, fireworks, and partying  for several hours afterwards.  Anyway, so why am I writing about this?  Well the USA soccer team was here last Saturday night and beat the Honduran team.  The topic on Sunday was very “spiritual” – THE GAME.  We took some ribbing about being Americans since “our” team won.  Well, tonight we were minding our own business, getting ready for classes tomorrow when the neighborhood erupted.  If we hadn’t known better we would have ducked our heads and run for cover with all the booming taking place.  Then we remembered, oh yes, there was a game scheduled for tonight between El Salvador and Honduras.  Well Honduras won, but not only that, Costa Rica and the USA tied in their game, which made the score just right for Honduras to come in at the top and be on its way to the World Cup event.  And finally, what does this really mean?  Well for us it means – NO SCHOOL TOMORROW.  Yes, that’s right.  The government decided that the Hondurans needed a day “off” to celebrate so they called a national holiday.  All schools,  banks, government offices, etc are shut down tomorrow.  How crazy is that?   So, maybe I can get a little extra sleep tonight….that is if the neighbors ever decide to stop celebrating!