I better write a little bit every day, otherwise it'll become a blur!

I can't believe how much has happened since the last time I wrote. The rest of the holiday weekend was pretty good.

Thursday night: Got semi-dressed up and decided to get some dinner. Place of choice? A gourmet pizza place called "Pedra N Lagoa" or something like that. It was alot fancier or upscale than I was thinking but the food was good nonetheless. Maybe I thought is was fantastic because I just felt proud of myself after leaving there. I successfully, keep in mind that none of this was said in English, went in for dinner and drinks and got exactly what I ordered!! It was alot of work and brain power. First asked if they spoke English..."nao"...well, okay...now on to my standard protocol. Told him, the waiter, that I spoke very little and in fact very poor portuguese. He smiled and laughed and said that he spoke very little and very poor English!! Great!!! We can make it work then!!! Long story short...table for two, ordered drinks, ordered dinner (I got a hearts-of-palm salad and a meat and cheese tray that had pan-seared eggplant...yum), asked for separate checks, and asked to have my food boxed!!! Whew!!! 2 hours laters and we were exhausted...we would not be going out tonight :(

Friday night: Risoletta from Brittany's lab along with her 15 year old son, Livero, came to get us and took us to Praia Mole!!! Great and all but it was so rainy and foggy we couldnt see ANYTHING!!! The resturant we went to was called "Ponto de Vista" and it was situated on a bluff over looking the lagoa. Beautiful!!! The place was really cool too!! They had Sublime playing in the background when we first walked in. We all shared Pink Congo in a Champagne sauce with shrimp and mushrooms!!! Of coarse it came with some rice and steamed potatoes. Oh but for an appetizer, we had fried shrimp and hearts of palm with olive oil!! Delicious!!! ....And I alway order agua com gas :) just a little FYI. After lunch we did some shopping at the local mall, I forget what its called. I'll remember later since I WILL be going back to get a couple of essentials. Love the store Zara, which is a popular European department store apparently...and the food at the mall's food court is AWESOME!!!! Got a cute bag (a bag that I saw a girl at UFSC with, who as a side note, doesn't really seem to like me), and some faux denim leggings!!! There a few, 3 to be exact, crucial outfits that I NEED to set up. As Candi would say, I need to get my set all put together. So, we people watch as we wait for Riso to pick us up and Pedro walks by. blah, blah, blah...we make plans to go to the Blackswan to meet up with some peeps!!! Yay!!! Right??? Wrong!!! Got all decked out for nothing basically...great band though!! Highlight of the night was when the band covered Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". So great, so great!! Tried not to walk home too disappointed...wistled at...which is nice...we had swore we had "lost it". What?? Vain??? Naw....

Saturday night: HAHAHAHA, I don't have time to write about that right now...need to monitor some rat behavior and go to bed!!!
Just as a personal reminder on what to write about so I'm all caught up on my blogging:
a) Marco e Andre (Blackswan)
b) John Bull
c) Sunday-flea market, dreads, "hippies", floral bags, cafe com leite e canela e acai bowl :)
d)grocery shopping, cooking frango, and how I "thought" I was going to do my laundry
e) Saturday day-Dr. Padua, Praia Joaquina
f) Haju sunday night!

Monday: "way to start off a monday, yeah right"..."great way to end a monday" :) Spin class with Cris!!!