This has been a very solid week. School, like always was great. Because Tuesday, September 7, was Independence Day of Brazil, I didn’t have school Monday or Tuesday, and my brother, Rafael was home. Those 2 days off consisted mainly of watching the ESPN…the US Open, the FIBA World Cup (basketball,) and of course…soccer. Pretty legit, I know. The 3 days of school I had were good though. I never thought I would say I enjoyed going to school, but I do.
I’m playing basketball at my club almost daily. This week I only went Wednesday and Thursday because of the holiday, and on Friday I spent the night at my grandparents. On Wednesday night, our coach sent me on a run outside with 4 of the guys. It was probably the most fun thing I’ve ever done. First of all, the only English they spoke to me the whole time was “let’s go baby!” or “you can do it baby!” Haha, I love them. My best friends would be a group of guys. Actually, there is a girl who has been coming to basketball with the boys and me as well. She’s pretty chill, and like 7 feet tall. No just kidding, she’s probably like 5’10…but next to me, that’s like 7 feet. No big deal. On Thursday, she was telling me how she plays on a girls’ team that actually has games and such. I of course got jealous but before I could even express that, she told me I should join her and that they only have like 5 players. When my dad came to pick me up, they conversed and she said if they like how I play, I could probably get a scholarship and that it was likely. So I’m pretty excited. :) Oh, Thursday was also the night of the alligator attack, I'm sure you read about that in my last post.
On Friday, I skyped with Taylor and my other field hockey girls. It was really weird that they were all together and I wasn’t there, but it was so good to see them. I talk to Taylor a decent amount, but since she doesn’t have a webcam, that was the first time I have seen her. I expected to become homesick or sad after the chat was over, but I really wasn’t. I do miss those girls like crazy though, but I realized the longer we’re apart; the better things and hanging out will be when I get home. They all had a thousand questions to ask, and they updated me with all the things going on in their lives. Like I said earlier, it is SO weird not being there with them, and even weirder to think that I won’t be for a whole year, but I mean, I’m glad they are all being so supportive of me while I am over here. They are the BEST! <3
This weekend was awesome! Friday, like I said earlier, my little brother and I had slept at our grandparent’s house because our parents went out of town for the night. I love our grandparent’s. They are probably the cutest things, ever. We had pizza for dinner, which required my grandma and me to go pick it up. A little bonding time, cute, I know. My grandpa kept trying to speak English with me which was quite adorable since after everything he said he would say “I don’t speak English.” On Saturday, I took a bus to São Paulo for a project with some of the other exchange students. It was a lot of fun. We walked around the city a lot, went to an art museum, went to the stock house (like Wall Street, it was pretty neat,) and went to a huge cathedral that was absolutely gorgeous. It’s so amazing to be making all the friends from all over the world and so indescribable how well we all get along. Yeah, there are groups that spend more time together than most, but those are mainly, just because they are from the same country, but still, everyone talks, everyone is friends, and everyone loves each other. There are three kids from the United States that I spent most of the day with. Cody, Favi, and Kayla who has only been here in Brazil a week. We ate lunch in a mall, and I hit up some of America’s favorites…Subway and MacDonald’s. <3 Haha. Afterwards, Favi, Cody, and I went shopping. It was so fun. Never thought I’d find a straight guy who had such good fashion taste. :P Haha, I love you, Cody. The picture is of Faviana and I in the city. :) Once I got back to my grandparent’s house, I actually had a decent length conversation with them and my parents about my day…in Portuguese. I also realized, I am thinking in Portuguese. It’s so so so, weird… but muito legal! (very cool!) Today, (Sunday,) I went to my little brother’s soccer game. I still have trouble believing they are only like 13 considering how well they play. My brother’s team won, and my brother got hurt pretty bad. Something happened to his leg, and he was taken off the field on a stretcher. It was pretty scary, actually…like watching. But luckily it wasn’t like our stretchers where he has to be taken right to the hospital and strapped down; it was like two field assistants who carried off injured players so that the game can go on.After 6 weeks, I am still not really homesick which surprises me…but maybe that’s just because everything is still going well. :)
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