Finally, Finally Update... Name reversed: 4 months LEFT! :O

Well, it certainly has been a very, very long time since I've updated!
I'm caving into the pressure, and I am going to churn out a blog posting before I get up from this chair! Sorry, admirers, I 'll have to go tomar tereré with you later! I'm writing a blog entry!

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Well, I can't actually believe that there are only 4 months left of my exchange. I don't believe that something I waited for so long, is coming to an end. I can't believe that I'm really going to be leaving. It's actually some sort of... Paradox (or not) but I'm excited to go home, but (* trys and fails to think of syonym for really, really, really, really impossibly sad*)I am really, really, really, really impossibly sad to leave here. But for the moment, I'm trying to take advantage of every day (or use the ones where I have NOTHING to do to write blog entries!), and not think about this unpleasant topic. My theme music for the week is "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado, featuring that one guy from Nx Zero!

But- seeing as I'm so happy here, I guess I could give you guys a little taste of all the great things that I've been doing here that make me like it so much! ;D

^^ Christmas Eve w/ my host mom! s2

Things I've done in the last 4 months:

• Learned incredible amounts of Portuguese words (while meanwhile, forgetting their English, other universe twins).
• Been to lots, and lots, and lots of parties. I'm going to miss the Nova Andradina parties.... I can't imagine anything better than smashing a bunch of moderately drunk people into pickup trucks, and riding around on the streets looking at the ones who don't have pickup trucks to smash people into, sitting on the street. And then going to the party, and even if it's supposed to be Electronica or Pagode, having at least 5 Sertanejo songs... Dancing, crazy, hot, until ... 5 or 6 in the morning! And then? Everyone goes and eats breakfast at the Sunday morning street market thingy! =D
• Went to Florianopolis! (Noo, don't think that's all I did of travelling in my holiday's no! I went to Ivinhemaaa!! ;D ) Yes, we're talking about PRAIA (beach!). I loved it there! We stayed with my host Aunt (and her 3 toddlers! haha), in the RICH person neighborhood! Haha, I saw one of Ronaldinho's houses and Giselle Bunchen's (I know how to say her name "right" now, by the way) ex-house. We took lots of great pictures, rode in the car for 12 hours, met lots of Argentino's, and went to an awesome show of Ivete Sangalo, Exaltasamba, Fresno, Chimarruts, and more! xD
  
  
  ^^ It's so beautiful there!
• ^^ we were already completely crazy after "only" 7 hours in the car!
• Took advantage of my last days in the holiday's, going to people's houses every day (seriously, a day without going somewhere is the worst thing imaginable!) to tomar tereré, sunbathe, or just gossip (okay, when you live in a small town, sometimes there's not much more to do then gossip... ;]), and went out on weekdays (ahh, how I MISS going to the cachaçaria Monday... Tuesday.. and Wednesday! haha). New Years!! Wearing White!
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• Returned to school... My class is pretty much the exact same people, but now I'm much more adapted, speak Portuguese ( I went nearly a month without my Biology professor finding out that I'm an exchange student, and the Portuguese teacher still doesn't know! xD), do the work, and am much more comfortable in the crazy atmosphere of Brazilian school! School without craziness would be.... boring! haha!
• Went to CARNAVAL! Okay, so I wasn't in Rio de Janeiro, but the great thing about Carnval is that it happens in the entire country! We went to the next door city, Ivinhema, and stayed at my host aunt's house with friends. Friday- Tuesday, everyday on the street with all the competely animated and crazyyyyy brazilians, dancing in the middle of it, on top of cars, and doing they're thing! Then, up to the stage area, listening to "Bicicletinha," "Rebolation," and "A Máscara!" And not going home until 7 o'clock in the morning! Sleep for 5 hours, and it's back onto the street! =D
  

Sooo... life is good for me here! I'm very happy with my host family, my friends, etc! I can't tell you how many people have told me that I have to stay longer here (note to mom and dad: we have to talk! haha)! I've had many rough patches, and have not forgotten that exchange is realisticly a very challenging thing to do in life, especially for a 15 year old, but it is 100% doable, and doing it has been the best decision I've made in my life!

Atéee Mais pra Vocês!!

I can't be sure when the next time I'm going to write a blog entry! It seems like my life is getting busier and busier, and now that I'm taking advantage of every moment, I can't be one to sit on the computer too much! Haha!