1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING? Nope. Come on now, I only 21 ( Read more... )

In Brasil forget about to-do lists, forget about trying to accomplish more than 1 thing in a day...even that is a big deal. Everyone moves at a snails ´pace, especially this last week, free of classes. Wake up at somepoint; eat breakfast; putter around the house; use the internet; watch dubbed moves on tv; stroll over to UENF and work on ( Read more... )

So yesterday I went downtown with Cristine to return her matress and go to the supermarket, etc. On the way back Micaela (her best friend) called us to say she was at a barzinho (little bar) close to our apt and invited us to go. Cristine didnt want to stay, because she wanted to come back and call boys with MSN ;) but I went ( Read more... )

So, yesterday (Monday) I went to register for classes. I met my geography prof. who seems like a wicked douche. Mike is going to be doing research with him for a whole year. I get to do research with Carlão (big Carlos) who seems much more jovial and helpful. He´s the head of Environmental Science here, the equivelent of Prof. Kahn at W&L ( Read more... )

Geografia
Historia
Limnologia (the scientific study of fresh water)
Impacto Ambiental (Environmental Science)
Independent study doing environmental research.

Caramba!

Actually, about 4am so still kinda Thursday night. I got here and met my roommate. She is 29, has a ten year old son Ruan (pronounced Huan) who lives with her mother and is a Post-graduate student studying to teach environmental science. She also speaks no english, but is muito legal ( Read more... )

It´s been a whole week since I last update and a long/busy one at that ( Read more... )

....but I can´t believe how quickly my time has passed here ( Read more... )

I hate Português, I hate Português, I hate Portguês. I have definately hit a wall with this language. Its sooooo frustrating. I can understand people better now but I still cant pronounce thing for shit! Ive been here for over a month. :( Hopefully things will get better. I havent exactly been working very hard at it but its awful to even try ( Read more... )

Friday night I went to the grandmother´s and hung out with the host fam for the evening. Good food, great novellas, sparklers, what more could a girl want? I´m enjoying being part of a family that drops me off in the morning and pics me up after class, that cooks me dinner and is always worried about how I´m doing, who has a maid that cleans my ( Read more... )