Ok time for another blog post, but mostly because my mommy told me to. :) No I guess it really is about that time, but I really dont know how entertaining this will be because life is not overly exciting right now.
I've been keeping a close eye on the NH weather and I can't believe how nice it is there right now! The other night I was checking the weather and it was like 75 degrees in Dover and 68 degrees here. WHAT?! I hope everyone is enjoying it! Seeing that it was so nice there got me extra motivated to make sure I go out and run or take a long walk everyday because I'll be damned if all my NH friends and family are more tan than I am when I get back.....AGAIN!
Not a lot going on here during the day, as usual. Just hanging out, catching up on my reading, etc, etc... In the afternoons I have been going out a lot with Edi's mom and sister to some baby/kid stores in the area to look for some things that Edi's sister needs. She's due in July. I mostly just walk around the stores gawking at the prices. I found a Calvin Klein outfit for a baby boy that is very similar to one that I brought for Edilaine. I paid $15.99 for it in the US. Here it is R$209.90, which is about $116.00 US. That is so absolutely insane. One single white onesie was R$30. I told Edilaine not to buy any clothes for that price. I will ALWAYS bring her a bunch of stuff when I come back. I don't know how anyone gets anything here without breaking the bank.
After one of our shopping trips we stopped at a restaurant (well it was really just a kiosk on the side of the road) and got an afternoon snack. Um let me tell you what I had was so absolutely delicious I could eat it for bfast, lunch, dinner, whatever. I have Acai frozen yogurt with strawberries, bananas, granola and I think it had like a drizzle of sweetened condensed milk (they use that a lot here) but it was sooooo good and refreshing on the hot day. I wish I had brought my camera because it even looked perfect. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. And it could not have come at a better time because about a week ago I hit what I like to call the "rice and beans wall" One night at dinner I just couldn't do it. It tasted like cardboard in my mouth. Again, its not that the food isn't good because it really is, but I just CANT eat the same thing every day, twice a day. It took me a lot longer last time to feel this way. 2 weeks was just about all I could take this time. So I made some soup that is basically like ramen and then we went out the next two nights and I ate some good ol' french fries and now I'm back in the rice and beans saddle. I just need a break every once in a while. So now I know where to go when I want a really good snack to get away from the rice and beans. Yum!
Edi and I have finally decided on where and when to go on a mini vacation. Edi is completely indecisive and everytime he came up with a place I got excited about it and then he would choose a different place. So after changing his mind 5 times I told him to just tell me when he really decided because I can't take the excitement of looking these places up online only t find out thats not where we are going. So FINALLY he talked to a friend that told him we should go to an island off the coast called Ilhabela (means "Beautiful Island" how can we go wrong with that?) Google image this place! Ilhabela Brazil. Clear blue water, lush mountains, waterfalls, beaches, woooo hoooo! I cannot wait! It is about a 5 hour drive and we have to take the car (and ourselves obviously) over on a ferry because there is no bridge access. We leave next monday and we will be there Monday-Thursday. We will drive back to his house Thusday and then leave Friday morning for Parana, where Edi is from and where his grandmother lives. We'll be there for the weekend since it is Easter or Pascoa here (I think that is how you spell it...) So Edi is taking the whole week off and I am pumped!! I'm ready for some beach time and everyone says that I'll really like Parana too so that should be fun. It's been about a year since I've been able to spend more than 1 full day at a time with Edi so I am really looking forward to this!
Most of my nights lately have been spent watching Edi's two favorite TV shows with him. Or I guess I should say Brazil's favorite TV shows because EVERYONE watches these shows. If we go out to eat, guaranteed the restaurant will have these shows playing and everyone will be watching. From 9:30pm-10:30pm every Monday-Saturday is the novela (soap opera) Fina Estampa. (actually the series finale was last night so I'm guessing a new soap will be one starting Monday) and from 11:00pm-midnight......you guessed it! Big Brother Brasil!! Wow I thought this show was popular in the US, it is crazy popular here. Everyone watches and it is on every single night. It is interesting to watch and see the similarities and differences in the show. That finale is in about a week so I don't know what everyone is going to do without both of those shows on!! Looks like I'm in for some new programming.
I think that is about it for updates. I warned you.....not that interesting. I miss you all and I hope the weather stays warm for everyone in NH! Tchau tchau!!
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