Hello to all!
I apologize that it has been about 20 days since I last posted anything, but as I have mentioned before time works differently in Brazil. Since so much time has elapsed since my last post, I will hopefully attempt to update y’all on the past few weeks in a curt fashion (but as some of y’all know succinct writing is not one of my greater skills.)
Weekend of August 6th to Tuesday August 10th
On this Friday, Rachel, Roberto, Pati, and I went into the city to get some school supplies for the trade school. In order to not pay a fortune for a single box of crowns (I have and always will call them crowns not crayons), we had to go to a discount street side store, which in reality was not that much of a discount. For example a cheap playground slide was priced at 629 reals, which is about $400.
We got some bigger chalkboards, balls for dodge-ball, and other school supplies. While Roberto and I were standing in line, I played the role of a clueless America by pressing all the auto-mated guitar strumming “Bob” large action figures so the entire 4 tier tower was rockin; I also decided to see if a Brazilian fog horn was as loud as a American one. The verdict: it was equally as loud or louder. After we left the so-called discount store, we all went to the city market “The Mercado Municipal,” to buy some shrimp and other ingredients for my mother’s BBQ shrimp recipe, which I made for Roberto and Rachel that night. It was delicious! On the ride back from the city we witnessed the most absurd hit and run I have ever witnessed. In Brazil, the “motto-boys” act as if they own the world so on this day a car slammed on his brakes as a motorcycle was weaving in and out of traffic. When the car stopped, the “moto-boy” that was only inches behind his car slammed into the back of this man’s Chevy Impala. The lunatic flew of his motorcycle slamming his back into the Chevy’s back windshield. The motto-boy instantly, in considerable pain, fell off the side of the Chevy struggled to his feet, freed his bike from the Chevy’s bumper desperately tugging at his bike, and drove his disheveled bike away leaving a dust trail of parts that had came loose from the crash. During this time the driver, had gotten out of his car to yell at the motorcyclist that was driving away when 2 other “motto-boys” surrounded the man and his Chevy so he was not able to chase after injured motto-boy. Roberto and Rachel said that a lot of the “motto-boys” don’t have licenses, or even ride stolen bikes so that kind of thing happens. The poor man’s Chevy was left with a huge dent on its back hatch and a detached back bumper.
On Saturday we had an activity “fun” day at the trade school. Jarrett wanted to help out that Saturday so Roberto went to the train station to pick him up while Rachel and I caught up on some sleep on Roberto’s sisters house. Luckily, for no real reason, I awoke at 8:55AM just barely in time to open up the school of the Fun Dayat the trade school at 9AM. I luckily got to the school at 8:59, but I forgot that the alarm was set so when I opened the door the alarm blared waking up half the neighborhood before Rafael could hop out of his shower to turn off the alarm. That day, we played a bunch of games with the kids and had an epic game of dodge ball. That night Roberto and Rachel had to go to a Brazilian wedding, so I stayed at the “Rancho da Rachael,” and just watched some movies.
The next morning when I woke up I felt terrible so I stayed in bed pretty much all day. Roberto, Rachel, and I did go get some lunch at the small restaurant right outside of their subdivision, but I wasn’t feelin up to snuff for church or anything else. It was really cold in Sao Paulo and since the houses in Brazil make it colder when it is cold and hotter when it is hot, it was difficult for mw to ever really fully recover.
That Monday morning, I was still feeling sick but I taught both of the classes all the same but we went back to the “Ranch” early so I could get some sleep to feel better. Roberto and Rachel went to the supermarket right after we got home and came back with firewood, so I simply snuggled up next to the fireplace and fell asleep.
More to come very, very soon!!!
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