Final Thoughts

I think the challenge was a huge success. Lets start with last night, though. The drunkies were out last night fo sho. First, Humphrey told us about "the Howler" from last year, which obviously scared Sam and I to death. Then we finally settled in to the shantymansion for a crazy night. Some really funny guys pondered tagging the SM, while others decided that if they were living on $2 a day, they would want some mozerella sticks- they in turn, left a little prize for us in the morning. Around 4, Hart had an attack. I guess he had a bad dream b/c he was freaking out. He was mumbling something or another and knocked his back door box out so he could catch his breath- then he put his box back and went back to sleep. I woke up about an hour later and had to run to Monroe to pee-bummer. Sam and I woke up around 7:30 and rolled up the sleeping bags, tarps, and grabbed the pillows (and of course all of my new Foreign Affairs collection). We got some cereal and i made Sam some eggs. By the time we left for our Team Honduras meeting, it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hot outside already. I really started feeling unshowered at that point. The day continued to slow down.

I got some coffee from the table in the econ/ia suite but unfortunately put too much sweet and low in it, so I took one sip- one sip too many. Sam and I got a drink from our nest cup and waited for class to start. Justin Simione came to show us the trailer to the SHH documentary (which we already watched in econ) and told us some little anicdotes. Btw, i was soooo cranky today from lack of sleep all week. In the middle of class, we got some of the best news EVER/ we didn't have to go to our meeting for the presentation on Sunday. So I finally went home. I had THE BEST shower ever. Definately took two tries to wash my hair all the way.

In conclusion: Sam and I could have done this on no dollars a day. Free stuff is everywhere. Obviously, this experiment is pretty far from reality in Honduras, however, I would like to point out that people in poverty take free delicious hand outs when they can, so we do too. We live in a country where access to technology and wealth is inherant. I raised around $150, so all in all it was successful. I know we may not have met our goal of $5000, but we can help at least a few lives with what we were able to muster up. We tried.