I haven't been responding to anyone's comments. 1) I'm not sure I know how to do it? I tried to add my own comment to respond to those comments last night...but yeah, well, that didn't work. 2) I'm not sure that's what those of you who've been commenting want me to do...voice my responses to your comments here.
So, it's a standstill. What I think I might try to do is respond in a general way here when I think the response was intended/requested. BUT KNOW THIS, I love reading your comments, and every day I look for them. So COMMENT AWAY.
Two open responses now: yes, Mom, I'm alive. no, Mom, I haven't been getting your e-mails.
There...now let's move on.
ALL STUDY AND NO PLAY MAKES BRETT A DULL BOY
Today I interviewed the first of what I think will be four potential Portuguese Tutors. Sabrina was a pleasant, happy, fluent in English Brasilian woman that I kind of took a liking to. We sat for an hour while she heard me strumble through my life...all in portuguese. All the while taking notes on words I messed up, verbs that were giving me troubles, gramatical mishapes, and total blunders. After, she thought she had a plan to help me be speaking within 1 1/2 months MUCH better. I paid her the $20 US and said I'd let her know after I meet the other couple. (Come to think of it, I shouldn't have paid her anything--it was an interview....oh well.)
Tomorrow I meet my second--a freind of one of my roommates who's never taught Portuguese before, but is native Brasilian and is a Portuguese/English translator for Petrobras...the large oil state owned oil company.
Hopefully a third tomorrow or Wednesday with with cheapest rate of the three...and HOPEFULLY I'll like him the BEST! :)
But I will have a tutor and I will become better with my portuguese.
THE CITY OF GOLD
I'm thinking of taking a weekend trip to Ouro de Petro, a city about 6 hours by bus that is kind of a historic city in the interior region of Brasil. Architecure, scenic beauty, that kind of stuff should be fun.
However, the 6 hour bus ride is a big deterent for me...so we'll see.
GET ME HOOKED UP
Still no internet for me, so typing this off my roomies computer.
Short and sweet again, and off to bed.
But before I leave you, today I walked half the length of Copacabana Beach around 8:30 a.m. Beautiful in the morning...and I can't say enough about the sand. LOVE the sand.
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