Fun with Alesha - Me divertindo com Alesha

Friday started as any other given day, but, in the afternoon, as I checked my e-mails, my awesome friend, Alesha, invited me out to go watch a rock band play. I said yes, hoping it wouldn't end up to be some kind of heavy metal thing.

I got lucky because the band was really good and they played old rock. They totally won me over when they played "Hotel California".

It was an awesome night and I was SO happy Alesha wanted to share it with me!

Sexta-feira começou como qualquer outro dia, mas, de tarde, enquanto eu olhava meus e-mails, minha maravilhosa amiga, Alesha, me convidou pra ir ouvir à uma banda de rock tocar. Eu disse sim, esperando que não fosse nenhum tipo de banda heavy metal.

Dei sorte porque a banda era muito boa e eles tocavam um rock antigo. Eles me ganharam quando tocaram "Hotel California".

Foi uma noite ótima e eu fiquei TÃO feliz por Alesha querer dividí-la comigo!

Last Week - Semana Passada

Last week, mom's friend Christina and her daughter Briana stayed over with us and we all had a really good time together! Lily and Briana even went to a painting birthday party together and paited the cutest monkeys! On monday, mom, me, Lily, Mark and Elizabeth went to Grandma Cindy and Papa Dave's for dinner! It was wonderful and I finally got to meet Great Grandma Dee and Great Grandpa Tom, Grandma Cindy's parents. They're so sweet! I loved them!
Lily and I got to do some reading together and we all had a really great time! Aunt Tara got to go too and it was fabulous to see her again! What a lovely evening we had! The rest of the week is going good as usually! Lily is now coming home from school in the school bus and I get to have the three of them every afternoon! Mark surprises me with all the new words he's been learning! Elizabeth won't take long untill she's up and walking around!
That's it for today! Have a great weekend!

Semana passada, a amiga da mamãe, Christina, e a filha dela, Briana, passaram a semana com a gente e tivemos uma semana ótima juntos! Lily e Briana foram a uma festinha de aniversário em um atelié de pintura e pintaram macaquinhos muito lindinhos! Segunda-feira, mamãe, eu, Lily, Mark e Elizabeth fomos jantar na casa da Vovó Cindy e do Vovô Dave! Foi maravilhoso e eu finalmente conheci a Bisavó Dee e o Bisavô Tom, pais da Vovó Cindy. Eles são uma gracinha! Amei os dois! Lily e eu pudemos ler alguns livros juntas e todos tivemos uma noite superlegal! Tia Tara também foi e foi fabuloso revê-la! Que jantar maravilhoso tivemos! O restante da semana está indo muito bem como de costume! Lily agora volta pra casa da escola no ônibus e eu agora tenho os meus três pequenos todas as tardes! Mark sempre me surpreende com todas as palavras novas que anda aprendendo! Elizabeth não vai demorar até começar a sair andando pela casa!
É só por hoje! Tenha um ótimo fim de semana!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Sunday was Papa Big Jim's birthday and we had lots of fun with the whole family! It was a beautiful day outside and we got to play together! It was also Father's Day back in Brazil so, of course, I called my step dad, which is so very much like a dad to me, to wish him a happy father's day! He was happy I called and it was awesome to get to talk to him and mom a little bit! I always feel closer to them when I hear their voices over the phone! What a fantastic invention!

After that, the week went by pretty fast and pretty busy! The kids were lots of fun and lots of work! We certainly had lots to do! Lily got sick - this time it was her turn to get "The Morgan's Sickness" - poor little thing, and it's just impossible to ask her to lay still in bed all day...

As to me, I began reading "Sophie's Wold", by Jostein Gaarder once again - and this time I really intend to finish it! It's a great story about Philosophy and Gaarder IS my favorite author, SO, of course I will finish the book this time, without letting excuses drive me away from it one more time...

That's it for now! Have a great weekend everybody!

Domingo foi aniversário do meu avô Big Jime nós nos divertimos muito com toda a família! O dia estava lindo do lado de fora e todos nós pudemos brincar juntos! Também era Dia dos Pais no Brasil, então é claro que liguei pro meu padrasto, que é mais como um pai pra mim, para desej-a-lo feliz dia dos pais! Ele ficou feliz com a ligação e foi maravilhoso poder falar com ele e com mamãe um pouquinho! Sempre me sinto mais pertinho deles quando ouço suas vozes no telefone! Que invenção fantástica!

Depois disso, a semana passou bem rápida e ocupada! As crianças foram muito divertidas e me deram muito trabalho também! Certamente tivemos muito a fazer! Lily ficou doente - foi a vez dela de pegar "A Doença dos Morgans" - coitada, e é simplesmente impossível querer que ela fique deitada quietinha na cama o dia todo...

Para mim, eu comecei a ler "O Mundo de Sofia", de Jostein Gaarder novamente - e dessa vez realmente pretendo terminá-lo! É uma ótima história sobre Filosofia e Gaarder É o meu autor favorito, ENTÃO, é claro que eu vou terminar o livro dessa vez, sem premitir que mais desculpas me separem dele mais uma vez...

É isto por hora! Um excelente fim de semana pra todos!

Getting sick and getting better

So I am home alone recovering from being sick... Of course it is lovely to rest and sleep, but it is so annoying to be by myself when I could have my little siblings home with me...
They got me sick last week and I thought I was all good on saturday, so I went out with a friend. BIG mistake... Happens that on sunday I was worthless, and staying in bed pretty much all day. SO monday I wake up feeling a lot better and when mom comes home, I decide to go with Lily for a run at the park, after all it was a beautiful day outside and it would be such a shame to waste it. Tuesday I bravely go to the gym after a whole day with the kids, feeling like my head is goings to fall off. Nevertheless, I go and I end up pushing myself too far and as a beautiful and lovely result - please feel the irony in my words as I type them - I wake up feeling like I was hit by a truck. I spent the afternoon with the kids and they were bery sweet and almost didn't give me anything to worry about, but they're kids and making a mess of everything is like their full time job, so over all it was a nice afternoon. The second dad got home he sent me to bed to rest. I didn't even argue, I went straight to bed - it was around 6pm. I napped for a couple of hours and then I woke up. Came downstairs and dad asked me what was I doing up... Went back upstairs and took a shower. Laid back down and couldn't fall asleep. Came back down and took my cold medicine and ate a little bit of dinner and watched a bit of "Monsters Inc." with Lily. She went to bed and I went shortly after her. This morning I woke up with a sore throat, weak body and the worst headache... Luckyly I have the most awesome mother and the greatest grandma and they took care of the kids for me today, so I got to sleep in. It was nice and when I finally woke up around 10am, I was feeling better. I ate breakfast and took the medicine again. So far so good, so let's keep our fingers crossed and ope that tommorow I'll be as good as new!

Not much going on but still having a good time with my beautiful family, The Morgans!
Never forgeting my family back in my first home, The Nunes de Andrades!

That's all for now! Have a great day!

Updating - Atualizando

It's been a while since I last got around to write anything here... But, making a quick update on what I've been up to, I can say that college related, we're finally on the right track and already got the engines started sending my transcripts from Brazil to be translated - I know what you're thinking: you speak good english, why don't you translate it yourself? Well, it just so happens that I nee an authorized translater, so I do not apply for such job. - so once they come back to me translated, I am sending them out to WES, where they'll evaluate my transcripts under the american pattern. After that, is all down hill, I mean, it's just filling up the application and waiting for the acceptance letter, and then, finally, applying for the change of status from a visa B2 to a F1! Yay! And on January I'll be one step closer to becoming a doctor!
Other than that, Lily, Mark and Elizabeth are the sweetest and cutest little siblings I could ever ask for! Every morning I get free kisses and hugs, just by stepping out of my bed! It's just awesome! My american family definitely holds me in a home away from home. It's hard to even miss Brazil all that much when I have this wonderful family with me every day, on every step of the way! It's the incredible magic of love! I have the best parents in the world, both here and back in Brazil!
I thank God for all of this blessings He's always giving me!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!


Já faz um tempo desde a última vez que apareci para escrever por aqui... Mas, colocando minha vida em dia, eu posso dizer que, com relação à faculdade,estamos finalmento entrando nos trilhos e já iniciamos o processo mandando meus históricos escolarespara serem traduzidos - eu sei o que você deve estar pensando: mas o seu inglês é bom, por que você não traduz os papéis você mesma? Bom, acontece que você precisa ser um tradutor autorizado, logo, eu não qualifico pra tal trabalho. - Então, uma vez que eu receba os históricos já traduzidos, os mesmos serão enviados para o WES para serem avaliados dentro do padrão americano de graduação. Depois disso já é meio caminho andado, é só preencher o formulário de aplicação pra faculdade e esperar pela carta de aceitação, então, finalmente, é só aplicar para a mudança de estatus de um visto B2 pra um visto F1! Uhu! E em Janeiro estarei um passo mais perto de me tornar uma médica!
Fora isso, Lily, Mark e Elizabeth são os mais doces e fofos irmãozinhos que eu poderia querer! Toda manhã ganho beijos e abraços de graça, só por me levantar da cama! É simplesmente demais! Minha família americana definitivamente me da um lar longe do meu lar. É até difícil sentir muitas saudades do Brasil quando eu tenho essa família maravilhosa comigo todos os dias, a cada passo ao longo do caminho! É a incrível magia do amor! Eu tenho os melhores pais do mundo, tanto aqui como no Brasil!
Eu agradeço a Deus por todas essa bênçãos que Ele sempre põe em meu caminho!

Que todos tenham uma semana maravilhosa!