We hit the ground running! I have been exhausted since my flight landed, and it would have been nice to enjoy the beaches as I adjusted and rested for my first week in Brazil, but I couldn’t do that because I will be here for six whole months and needed to spend my break time with the fam, or at least those that remained in the United States the past couple weeks. The alternative to the beach plan has been information overload, and as a result I feel like Tommy Callahan doing long division. Let’s just say my brain is working over full capacity and the result is schizophrenia (most likely mild). This has taken the form of long internal conservations in Portuguese in the middle of the night. And I’m still exhausted!
OK. So now I vented, and can get on to the external happenings of the last two days. We have had many orientation seminars, and I opted for all mine in Portuguese. All these information heavy presentations have been at the hotel we have been staying at. The first night, the younger staff took us out to the clubs and after a couple caipirinhas, we danced the night away in Brazilian fashion. Things I will be wary of the next time I go out to the clubs are: fun overload, infectious music, sexy Brazilian meninas and the excessive dancing and water loss that follows. Last night I had dinner with my host mother and held a conversation the entire time! She is very nice and has two sons, 29 and 26 years, who work in São Paulo and share similar interests with me. I move into their house in a couple hours! Also, I have been pleasantly surprised by my Portuguese.
I hope that will suffice because I lost my train of thought.
Thanks Mom and Dad!
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