My goodness how it's been a long time since I last posted! My apologies, but a couple of factors conspired against me and prevented me from doing my usual update blogging thing. First my parents came to visit me in Brazil and spent some 4 days at my house. The last update had me cleaning my house for the 'inspection'. I don't know WHY I did all ...

Wow, I haven't updated since Carnaval. Life has kept me incredibly busy. I work during the day and twice a week I teach English from 5 PM - 6:30 PM. Sometimes I get home and just wanna eat and crash. My new job hasn't actually happened yet...LOL. I've been too busy filling in for people on vacation and learning the joys of being a Buyer for the ...

Hey everyone! Wow, it's been exactly 2 months since my last entry. So sorry you've been in the dark so long! After returning from Japan, life in Brazil resumed as usual. Then, on August 29th...I was given some bad news. The school had been having some 'fiscal' problems and as a result...I, along with a few others were chosen to be 'downsized'. I...

Got up, had breakfast and then met with Mel and Jess to head out to the soccer game. We again did not get an offer for a ride from any party...so we set out on foot. We got to the main road that would lead us to the beach soccer grounds and just started walking away. This one car drove by us, honked...and then pulled over and backed up to where ...

Wow, where do I begin with THIS one? Firstly....allow me to apologize for the lack of updates recently. Life has gotten quite hectic...I am either working or doing something absolutely crazy and/or having the time of my life. So...updating has been a bit tricky as of late. I have the entry from my Carnaval week that I am still working on. A LOT ...

There weren't as many kids at the school because it WAS after all the Friday before Carnaval. A lot of parents just take off Thursday night and travel to their chosen destinations. We of course did not have the luxury so we had to stick around for the entire day. The school itself had its own mini-Carnaval though...which was very well done and n...

The next day I went back to the Bushido Academy for my trial Karate lesson. Well, wouldn't you know it...no one showed up. The teacher had said that the first day back would be the 2nd of January...but it being Brasil...no one actually shows up til 1 week from the actual date. LOL! I had a nice lil 30 minute chat with the teacher but then decide...

Well, I took the bus to downtown Macaé today. I had seen downtown before. I went with this one lady in her car to get some food there, so I kinda knew what downtown looked like. Several people had told me how to find the Hortifruiti and what landmarks to look for...so I got there okay. I stopped at a grocery store and picked up some more stuff. ...