It's been just over a month since I retured to Brazil with my dad. During the first couple of weeks, my mom was not happy ("I want this strange old man out of here!") and my dad missed his wife and complained the food was making him go to the toilet all night long. Things have settled down a bit and we have finally fallen into some kind of routine ( Read more... )

It’s been 11 days since I tested positive for COVID. On the night I started feeling ill, I had just met my old book club (made up mostly of retired people) but thankfully none of them caught it from me. Tony, however, an older man I’ve been seeing (more on him in another post), let me sleep over his house and also came down with it. He had it much ( Read more... )

My BFF Bia has bought me a ticket to London. I arrive on 26 Jan 2023 and presumably return 25 April. I say presumably because there is the option to extend - or anticipate - the return, if needed ( Read more... )

I have tentative plans to return to London this September. Either I go for a couple of weeks, to see my dad and friends, or I go for a few months (4-5) to work as a temp and send money home ( Read more... )