5th month;;

Holy crap. 5 months soon. i know i havent writte in a while, sorry.

life here is so normal to me. the craziest thing is happening and im half expecting it now.  the past couple months i have done a lot. including, moving families, christmas, traveling, preparing to travel, experencing and feeling new things and meeting new people. and of course partying.

first, everyone wants to hear about my christmas.. well, it was deffinetly different, and the hardest time of the year by far. christmas started off by me shopping, figuring out presents, thinking this is gonna be one crazy christmas. well i went shopping gave out the presents to rotary and it was fine. before this, i recieved a package with presents for me and my family for christmas, and in it came a stocking, something i get every year, and that was the one thing to save and open with my family on skype. i come home after a movie one night, and find out my sister got into my stocking, opened and stole my gifts. i cried for a very long time, called my dad, called like 6 people from rotary, freaking out. well. in the end i got over it, forgave her and moved on. slowly i am getting my things back, that my mom is finding hidden all over the house. after that, it was christmas eve. i got home and got ready thinking people would be over around 4 or 5, like at home. well i shoulda thought about that one better, cause this is brazil, the party doesnt start till after midnight. people started showing up around 10, we all ate food, drank, talked, and of course; danced. 5 minutes to midnight comes around, all electronics get turned off, the house is quiet, everyone gathers in a circle around the dinner table and holds hands. my mom said a few words i didnt understand, then we all prayed, and then SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESUS. i was standing there, probably looking like a total idiiot, cause i had no idea what the hell we were doing. then, wait for it... everyone broke into tearss. i didnt know what to do. at that point i wanted to laugh, cause i thought they were being sarcastic, hugging and crying.. then i look at my cousin and its no effin joke. so i start hugging people smiling, saying merry christmas, and not having a clue what was going on.. and i still dont to this day. aftre all the crying, everyone got drunk, i threw on my bathing suite and jumped in the pool and then everyone else did. the day after people came over, we had a pool party and then i went to micas house to celebrate christmas with them as well. (santa never came to either of our houses....) were baaaad girls.

then i left for the south. im here now, and its hot, im tannning, and everything.. the south has hot guys. i have yet to figure out what city or state im in.

oh! moving families, was rediculious. i find out that my family is switched and that im moving, within 3 days. omg. was a very dramatic 3 days. i was quite angry with rotary. but the switch isnt too bad.

now, my thoughts, enough with what im doing, its what im thinking is whats important.

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i was talking to my sister tia on skype last night, and i was saying how beautiful it is here, looking at the lights of the city, the houses and the hand built roads. most people at home dont even know this excists. to me, this is the most beautiful thing in the world. people sitting on there 2 bedroom appartment decks, with friends food family and music. they wqere so happy. most people think they need a new car, or a better phone. kids want new toys, always something else. i just saw everything differently walking with people i just met to get ice cream. then after, went for a walk on the beach, holding hands with this beautiful brazilian boy trying to communicate, and yes, my portuguese is comming along great.

life here is going great.. i remember how scared i was to come here, because of how differnt it was gonna be, now i think im more scared to go home because of house different my home will be. weird thinking that.

7 days till northeast.. i remember when i was just signing up for it and wasnt even thinking about how close it was until now.. i only have 6 months left in this exchange, and i dont plan on wasting it. im going to bed now, so i can get up early enough to be awake and run inton the ocean and fall in love with everything i see.


boa noiteeeeeeeee, beijosss.