I have been slacking on my updates, i know. It is hard to make time for it though. I have a million things to do when i get online. The most important of which is an essay for my Berea application. They have changed the process over the summer so instead of updating my application, i have to fill out a new one. This happens to be difficult from here becasue their online application is not currently working.
In Brazilian news however, i start portugues classes friday. Saturday I will go to a friend's house to play ps2. Im excited. Of course, the most exciting thing is that next week i will go to Rio de Janeiro... =)
The second most exciting thing is that my b. dad is back from the United States. He has been studying at Harvard for one month and he will go back in twenty days. I think my b. mom will go with him for a week in the U.S. But, back to the exciting part. He brought back things from the U.S. for everyone and he brought back....a...guess.....A NINTENDO WII!!! I feel so much more at home now. I was really starting to miss video games but now i am happy.
In other news, i love it here alot. I'm excited about the portugues classes because i need to learn more. I can understand a good bit of what is going on around me now but id like to be able to do simple things like answer the phone. of course, the fact that i dont speak portugues hasnt stopped me from answering the phone. i always forget and pick it up. sometimes they speak some english but, mostly they just hang up on me. haha.

sorry this is so short but i promise i will do better later this week!!!