oi long lost public at large!

it has been quite some time since i posted here and lots of interesting things have happened. i think the best way to let you know what kind of time i'm having is to tell you a story:

the iguana story
my friend luisa called me and was all hey morgan come over here there is an iguana loose in my house and i need you to catch it...
so, i went over there to be all heroic
well, i make it upstairs and her mom is in the living room in her bra and some spandex pants and the maid is looking terrified in the corner and holding a broom like she wanted to fly away on it...
so i figure i'll do this like i do with my iguana at home and throw a towel over its head so it cant see me and wont be so scared. then ill just pick it up and take it back to the wild...
when i get a sheet and head toward the corner where it is i'm not worried...
then i see it...
that is not an iguana!!!!!
ok morgan, calm down....this is what i'm saying to myself...
when i first saw it i thought it was a snake because i couldnt see its legs but,it was just a really big creepy lizard....
a really fast, creepy, big lizard...
did i mention it was really fast?
after about ten minutes i finally got the sheet over it and i went to pick it upand it ran up my arm and jumed off of me onto the couch and then prompltly ran under the couch
we finally got it about fifteen minutes later....

so, that was definitely alot of fun, just like everything else here. I love it and I am so glad i decided to do this. A few of the friends i have made here will be exchange students in the U.S. next year and I am definitely going to visit them because so far, I haven't met a person I don't like here.

my português is definitely getting better.... and everyone is always teaching me a new word...
which, is how i got my new nickname: pipoca
pipoca means popcorn
they call me pipoca because when i said it the first time they thought it was so cute that now they have to call me that. really, i don't mind though. its nice to have such awesome friends.

in december i am going on a cruise with my family here. i am waiting on the itenerary so i can forward it to rotary for approval but, i think it should be fine. i'm really excited about it =)

i'm not really excited about changing families though...
i know it will be good to experience another lifestyle here but, i'm just starting to
get used to this one

oh well, life is all about change i guess