Frio!!!!!

It is sooooo cold here!!!! I thought Brasil was suppose to be hot!!!! But the good thing is this only lasts for like a week or so, but the bad part about that is since this only happens a little it no one bothers to buy heat. So, I am walking around the house in a blanket, and 2 sweatshirts on and pants. Ahh it sucks. Pe wasn't that bad it was hardly even PE haha. Half the people didn't even do anything. I played volleyball with some people, which was tons of fun. I had Giulia watch Mean Girls today haha. I told her thats not what high school is really like, but some things were like how different groups are separated in the lunch room. I always think that part is pretty accurate. During school today my Geography teacher had me pronounce some words that were on the board, and when I was done everyone started clapping hahaha. It was so funny kind of made my day. Well that's all for now Tchau!

Amigos!!

Ok to start off my blog I have a confession to make. Now listen cause this maybe the last time you hear this from me. Ok here it goes....... I love rice. I don't know why but the rice here is sooooo good!!!! I eat it everyday for lunch and dinner. oooo just so good. ok next on my blog agenda sorry I didn't post anything last night I had a Rotary meeting and got back at like 11 so I just wanted to sleep. But the Rotary meeting was soooo awesome. Everyone was so nice and welcoming. I had to give a speech :/ o meu deus I didn't know I had to give a speech I just stood there blank it was soo embarrassing haha but it was all in Portuguese (the 2 sentences I said) so it is a start right.

Ok so now for what happened today. School was amazing!! Everyone is so nice I even started to make friends!!! You know how I know this?? They gave me some of their food. The true testimony of friendship. O they love glee, and this one girl loves pandas!!! It's just perfect. haha I love my geography teacher! He is so funny, and nice! Everyone here writes in cursive so to help me out he started writing in normal writing, haha but then he made me speak it which I probably butchered but o well. O speaking of butchering words thank you so much for who ever sits behind me in redação class for not making me read. I don't know what your name is but thank you. Honestly if I had to read we would have been there all day haha.

I Skyped with Mom, Dill, and Tipper (o and I saw Dylan's friend Nick for a little bit) today. It was nice to see them. I miss everyone, but also I am having an amazing time here in Brasil. But also I am scared to Skype back home sometimes, because maybe it will trigger that culture shock thing people have been telling me about since September of 2012, when I signed up to attend the interviews to become an Exchange student. Wow time fly's. Well sorry this was so long was in a typing mood. I was practicing Portuguese basically all afternoon, so I think my brain needed a little English. Well I am going to head to bed soon, guess who gets to have PE at 7 in the morning tomorrow -_- yayyyy ( I said sarcastically) aw well maybe it won't be that bad. Ok Boa Noite! Beijos xoxo

Escola

You have not understood the meaning of difficult until you have taken a Biology class.... in Portuguese. And to top it off the teacher wrote in cursive so not only could I not understand what it was saying, but also I could not read it if my life depended on it haha. I was literally writing gibberish. A o well the people were very nice according o Giulia lol. Giulia came to school with me today to help translate because well I don' know Portuguese. It was very nice having her there with me today it made it less scary. I am still a little scared though; I don't think anyone speaks very good English. Which is fine cause I should know Portuguese anyways, but it makes it harder to make friends since I can't really have a conversation with them. But I think they will help me a lot (from what I can tell). They already invited me to be in their group for a project. Brazilian school is very different. First, the classes don't change just then teachers. So, you are with the same people the whole time which would be nice to see other people more so I can get to know more people, but this way is nice too. O btw my english teacher looks exactly like the girl from grown ups. It is the old lady who Rob Schneider marry's. It is hilarious. 

Giulia's friend Letícia came over today. We just hung around, and they played music on the guitar. It was really cool, and fun! I taught Giulia some knock knock jokes today cause she didn't know what they were. She loved the interrupting banana one my uncle Jim made up. Well I have another early morning tomorrow so I am going to go to sleep. Boa noite!!!!! Beijos xoxo 

Churrasco

Today I ate a lot lol. I had my first Brazilian churrasco (barbecue) O it was soooo good. My dad would be soo jealous on all the meat I had. I don't think I have eaten that much red meat in my life!! Everything was seasoned perfectly, and just oooo sooo good. Also I had this chick candy things. They were yellow and looked like a chick. They had sugar all over them oooo they were delicious!!! Well I start school tomorrow yikes :/ really nervous wish me luck. Tchau!!!

Parque!!!!

Ahhhhhh I had an amazing day today!!! Me Giulia, Paula, and Renato went to ibiraquera park. It is huge, and sooo pretty!!! It kind of reminded how Central Park would look, or how I imagine it would look considering I have not been there yet. Well we had some interesting things happen at the park. We saw all of these people dressed in black and orange (reminded me of people at West Salem's football game during homecoming lol) but these people were holding swords, and shields. So, Giulia went to go ask what was going on and this girls exact words (in a way) "It is a meeting of the half-blood gods"from Percy Jackson. So what do we do.... we take pictures with them haha. I mean this was insane people were fighting, and everyone was completely serious. They had war paint on their face!!!! Then they would run screaming at the other team. I think they were trying to get the other peoples flags, but I don't know I have never seen Percy Jackson. Hahaha I seriously laughed so hard. I really like it here in Brasil!!! My family is sooo nice! I already feel like I am part of the family, and I have only been here for 3 days! Haha everyone is so crazy I love it! Also, I think I am starting to get this whole when you meet someone you kiss them on the cheek thing. Giulia went to a party for when you turn 15. O my it is like homecoming or prom! This party is huge apparently like 300 people were going to be there! She was all dressed up like she was going to homecoming. I thought that was neat looked like it would be fun! Hopefully I will get to go to one sometime! Well tchau tchau for now I get my first Brazilian barbecue tomorrow sooo excited!!!!!! Tchau!

Food!!!

Oi! Well considering on my last blog I said I am tired, but it translated to English as I am married I will now be writing these in English until I know Portuguese a little better! Today was an amazing day! I went to Giulia's school. It was huge o my. While she went to go take a test I hung out with her friends, and we went to history class.... I think. Well it was all in Portuguese so I didn't understand a thing, but it is good it helps me learn how to pronounce things, and I learned a few words along the way. O by the way I loveeeeeee bife o my mouth waters just thinking about it!!! It is beef but it is fried so good! For dinner we went to a Japanese restaurant. I surprisingly really liked the salmon. It was cooked, but I don't know why I liked it so much must have been the seasoning. Also tried sushi and of course what does the American like the most....... the deep fried sushi. Wow that made me feel hungry; thats must be a good thing! Well that is all for today tchau tchau!!!

Chegada!!!

Wow I really don't know what just happened. Um minuto meu amigos estão na minha casa dezendo tchau and the next eu estou here after meu primeiro dia em Brasil. Sim, Eu vou falar português e inglês. Meu último dia em estados unidos fui triste, mas it got better. While, espera para meu vôo para São Paulo eu met an estudante de intercâmbio named Matt. Ele viveu em Denver, Colorada, and was going back to Brasil. I swear the entire country of Brasil met meu at o aeroporto. Minha casa esta muito bonita!!!! Eu estou quite proud of myself eu did most of this without Google Translate!! Também hoje eu como bife, pizza, e sweet pizza with chocolate e bannas!!!! Eu fui para a minha escola. All and all was a pretty bom dia. Well eu estou casada. Boa noite!!!! Beijos xoxo