Long time no update.
I was close to deleting this journal so many times, but couldn't do it. I've been a stranger for a while now. But I'll try to update whenever I have time to write.
A few things I've done while I was away:
Wisdom teeth
1)I've had 2 of my wisdom teeth removed in the beginning of this month. It took me ages to have the courage to do it, cause whenever I showed my x-rays to the dentists they'd say that it wouldn't be easy. The bottom ones were deeply buried under the gum and impacting in horizontal position. There's one more to go. The top ones don't even count cause they were grown and simple to remove. In Brazil, it's more common to have this surgery fully awake and I confess it wasn't that bad. It wasn't painful at all. I did a major research before going through this, so while the dentists were talking during the procedure I could understand the whole thing. I woke up with a face like a basketball the morning after, and lost weight after having to eat mostly soup for days, but it wasn't any big deal. I'm glad I'm almost through with this.
Nearly drowned on Ipanema Beach
2) My cousins from the US came for a visit and they brought a friend. I decided to take them to Ipanema beach and they were close to dying there. What are the odds? I take three teenagers to the beach and the three of them almost drown at the same time! It makes me wonder if I'll be a good mother one day. Let me tell you how it happened: There was a "Danger" sign all over the beach and being the overprotective freak that I am, I warned them about it a thousand times before they went for a swim. They can all swim pretty well, but I had to stare at them all the time to make sure they were ok. Everything was peaceful for about 20 minutes, when all of a sudden I notice that 2 of them were missing. I tried to keep my cool and didn't panic right away. I only got really worried when I saw a couple of lifeguards running towards the ocean. Since the kids had things like Ipods, cameras and cell phones in their bags, I grabbed their purses so nobody would steal them and ran to the same direction. (You know you're from Rio when you do such a thing, even when you're in a tense situation). This is when I finally realized there really was something wrong and they were involved since I couldn't see any of them anymore. So I freaked out and started crying. That's when I saw Jessica being carried by a man. Then I see Taylor being saved by a lifeguard. When Jess saw that I was crying she hugged me tight and said that everything was ok. And this is when I started getting desperate again cause there was no sign of Rebecca for about 2 minutes. I desperately screamed at the guys that saved them "There's one girl left!!" The man told me to calm down. Then I saw her being carried by this big guy full of muscles. We were the center of attention for a while. The guys who saved them told me that they noticed they were foreigners and could tell they were not used to that beach. Taylor was quite embarrassed and said " Oh yeah, we had to be pretty Americans and do something embarrassing while visiting Brazil!!" I don't blame them for what happened, but I'm never taking them to the beach again. Not without their mother.
This is enough for today. I'll try to update again next week. G'night.