Last night I ate domino's for dinner (needed a tiny change of pace), and today I woke up feeling like a champion. I'm pretty sure the two have nothing to do with each other, but I do feel much much better today than I have the past couple days! I got to acutally sleep, and dreamt some very strange things... I think that one of the guys from Everybody Loves Raymond was in my dream. Hrm.... Regardless, I am excited about today because as soon as I woke up I took a shower and painted my toenails (everyone else was at placement, they just let me sleep so I could get better) and very soon I will be eating a delicious meal, and then we are having our Portuguese lesson at the Afro-Brasilian museum. I'm really excited - I wonder why they don't do language classes like this in the states. Every week we have a class in a classroom (the basement really), and then the next class is somewhere outside the house. It's very cool.
Unfortunatley, last night I learned a lesson about the house. I had never used the phone before, except when I got here to let the rent's know I was ok, so I had no idea how many people use it. Well, actually, how much the same few people use it. There are about 4 or 5 girls who are either getting phone calls or making phone calls every day, and I had no idea that they do that around 9 pm our time. Well, I made a date a couple of days ago to finally talk to my parents and catch up with them (sorry about it again Mom and Dad), and there was a huge ordeal about who got to use the phone first that involved some jerky-ness and some unneeded stress. Stupid girl who is always on the phone leaped in front of me even though she knew I was expecting call. Its ok though, because I learned that 9 pm is a terrible time for me to use the phone unless I tell everyone in the whole house at least 2 days in advance. And, I learned that I don't really need the phone as much as the other girls do apparently. So, mom and dad, looks like we should have a phone call every week and a half or 2 weeks, so we don't mess up the schedule anymore. haha.
On that note, if anyone wants to get in contact with me here, there are 3 ways. Email me: harrisej@email.unc.edu or elizajharris@gmail.com Call me: 011-55-71-3237-8724 or Write me: Eliza Harris Rua Barao de Loreto 39 Graca, Salvador-Bahia 40.150-270, Brazil.
I would love mail of any type or phone calls!!!
Next order of business is... its snowing in NC!!! Holy crap!!! That is insane, I can't even imagine snow because I am in shorts and a t-shirt and the wind is blowing on me and I am sweating up a storm! It is supposed to be like, over a hundred degrees here next month. I think I'm going to come back emaciated just from losing that much water weight. However, I guess it will just prepare me for the scorching summer I'm sure we'll have in Chapel Hill when I get back. Hooray! Nine months of humid, hot weather.
Also, the other night in Pelourhino we were talking about how much we all miss Mexican food. Why is it that here they sell every other ethnic food but Mexican? There is Italian, too much American, Chinese, Japanese, Mediterranean, etc. but no MEXICAN!!! I want Armadillo Grill so bad, its insanity. And its only been 2 weeks! How will I live for the next 14?! I am just hungry right now, that's all. Ok, now its lunch time.