that's the way we get by

Well, the snow's back and Tuesday we got a 2 hour delay! It was such a lazy day! At night we went to the movies - me, mom, tess and emmy- and watched The Leap Year - great movie!!! Everything's fine here..
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Bom, a neve voltou e terca-feira tivemos atraso de 2 horas no comeco das aulas (comecou as 10)! foi um dia tao preguicoso!!! A noite fomos no cinema - eu, mae, tess e emmy- e assistimos The Leap Year - muito bom! Tudo esta calmo por aqui...

Hold on tight, it's a roller coaster ride we're on

Sunday, that means: Church



After that, Kelly's parents - Curtis and Judy, and her sister Beth and her husband Kurt came over for our Colts Party. My parents gave me a Colts jersey - number 18 - Peyton Manning. Football is really huge here, even our cupcakes were specially decorated for the occasion. The Colts won and now we are going to the Super Bowl final game against the Saints, from New Orleans. GO COLTS!



Today, Monday, it's snowing again!!! In question of only a few minutes, everything was white again. I got an "A" in my Etimology excercise. It's also Emily's birthday!!!


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Domingo = missa.
Depois disso os pais da Kelly - Curtis e Judy, e a irma dela Beth e seu marido Kurt, vieram aqui pra casa pra nossa "festa dos Colts". Meus pais me deram uma camiseta dos Colts - numero 18, Peyton Manning. Futebol americano eh muito forte por aqui, ate os nossos cupcakes foram especialmente decorados pra ocasiao. Os Colts venceram e chegou a final do Super Bowl, contra os Saints, de Nova Orleans. Hoje, segunda-feira, esta nevando de novo, em questao de alguns minutos tudo ficou branquinho novamente. Eu tirei "A" no meu exercicio de Etimologia. Ah, e hoje eh aniversario da Emily!!!

You would not believe your eyes

So, this was my first week on my own at school and it was pretty good. French III is perfect for me and I really appreciate the Ethnic Studies class. I've been excused from the test of this last week 'cause i wasn't in the class when they learned everything. My first test is going to be Wednesday and it's a U.S. History test, about the 20's, very interesting, actually.
Yesterday - saturday - Tessa took her SAT test. At night we went out to Ice skate - me, Tess, Evie, Holly and Mariah - it was so good, i'm so glad we went. I wasn't very good ice skating, but i got it, without falling! hahahaha. After we went downtown and just walked around, had dinner at Panda Express (Chinese food) and kept walking around.
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Entao, essa foi minha primeira semana sozinha na escola e foi tudo bem. Frances III eh o nivel certo pra mim e eu realmente adoro as aulas de Estudos Etnicos. Eu nao precisei fazer os testes dessa semana porque nao estava nas aulas quando os conteudos foram explicados. Meu primeiro teste sera quarta-feira e e de Historia dos Estados Unidos, sobre a decada de 1920, muito interessante, na verdade.
Ontem - sabado - Tessa fez o teste de SAT. De noite nos fomos patinar no gelo - eu, Tessa, Evie, Holly e Mariah - foi muitoo bom mesmo. Eu nao patinei muuito bem, mas consegui - e sem cair! hahahaha. Depois nos fomos pro centro da cidade e ficamos passeando por la, jantamos no Panda Express (comida chinesa) e nos divertimos muito andando pelo centro de Bloomington.

Over the hills and far away

We had Monday off school because of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Tuesday was my first day of school on my own, without following Tessa. It was pretty great, everything went well. Today i went to my Ethnic Studies class, which was THE BEST 'till now, - the teacher is amazing - and i went to French II, i was afraid i wouldn't be able to get it, that it would be too hard for me, so i arrived there and i already knew all that they were studying, so i went to talk to the counselor and we changed my schedule for French III, but i had to quit Psychology, because both were in the same period. Now i have Study Hall instead of psychology and french III instead of french II. Everything outside school is going great too, we - me, tessa and emmy - went to the movies yesterday and watched "Youth in Revolt", sooo goood and sooo funny.
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Nos nao tivemos aula segunda-feira devido ao aniversario de Martin Luther King Jr. Terca foi meu primeiro dia de escola sozinha, sem seguir a tessa nas aulas dela. Foi tudo bem. Hoje eu tive aula de Estudos Etnicos - a melhor aula ate agora, o professor eh muitooo legal - e eu tive Frances II, tava com medo de nao acompanhar a aula, de ser muito avancado pro meu nivel, mas quando eu cheguei na sala vi que eu ja sabia tudo que eles estavam estudando, entao fui falar com a conselheira e mudamos meu esquema de aulas por Frances III, mas eu tive que sair de Psicologia pq os dois eram no mesmo periodo. Agora tenho um periodo de sala de estudos - local pra estudar e fazer temas - ao inves de psicologia, e frances III ao inves de frances II. Tudo fora da escola vai bem tambem, nos - eu, tessa e emmy - fomos ao cinema ontem e assistimos "Youth in Revolte", muitooo bom e muitoo engracado.

What else do I need?

Yesterday - after my last post - the day got really fun. We went shopping - me, tessa and mom - ordered pizza and had a games night! We played Apple to Apples, very funny game. After we watched an old movie and ate mint ice cream - delicioussss!
I'm posting the pictures of my host family. My brother Sam (11) and sister Tessa (17), mom Kelly and dad Dennis. They are adorable, I'm pretty happy I got such a nice host-family.
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Ontem - depois do meu ultimo post - o dia ficou bem legal. Nos fomos fazer comprar - eu, tessa e host-mae - pedimos uma pizza e tivemos uma noite de jogos! jogamos Apple to Apples, um jogo muito engracado. Depois disso assistimos um filme bem antigo e comemos sorvete de menta - delicioooso. As fotos desse post sao da minha host-family. Meu irmao Sam (11) e irma Tessa (17), mae Kelly e pai Dennis. Eles sao adoraveis, fico feliz de ter ficado em uma familia tao boa.

Well, so the last days have been pretty goods. Thursday night we went to the movies with Emmy and watched "Nine". Friday after school we hang out with Holly, had dinner at Steak'n'Shake and spent the night at Holly's. Saturday we went bowling and played pool with Jeni; we would go ice skating at night, but i'm a little bit sick, so we didn't go. At night we watched the playoffs of super bowl: Baltimore X Colts! and the Colts of Indianapolis won, yay! This morning we went to church, the Stinesville Church of the Nazarene. Totally different from what i'm used to at home. They first do the announcements and then, divided in groups by age, you go to a room to have "class", after that you return to the main room and they do a long talking about a certain subject. It takes about 2 hours. After that we came home and had tacos for lunch, now i'm here just resting a little bit.
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Os ultimos dias foram bem legais. Quinta a noite fomos ao cinema com a Emmy e assistimos "Nine". Sexta depois da escola saimos com a Holly, jantamos no Steak'n'shake e posamos na casa da Holly. Sabado fomos jogar boliche e sinuca com a Jeni; nos iamos patinar no gelo a noite, mas eu estou um pouco gripada entao nao fomos. Ficamos em casa assistindo a semi-final do Super Bowl - campeonato de futebol americano - Baltimore X Colts! e os Colts de Indianapolis ganharam!!! (supostamente meu time, hahahaha). Hoje pela manha fomos a igreja, Igreja do Nazareno em Stinesville, e uma igreja evangelica bastante diferente do que eu estou acostumada em casa. Primeiro eles fazem todos os anuncios, ai - divididos em grupo por idades - cada um vai para uma sala e tem uma "aula" - tipo catequese. Depois, todos voltam pra sala principal e o pastor faz uma palestra sobre o assunto escolhido. Leva mais ou menso 2 horas. Depois viemos para casa e comemos tacos, agora estou aqui descansando um pouquinho!

Wide awake and dreaming

Monday was my first day at school, for this week I'm only following Tessa in her classes. I go to Bloomington High School North (1500 students), really different from what I'm used to. The colors of the school are maroon and gold, so we have maroom days and gold days, our mascot is a cougar. Monday was a gold day, so we went to Economics, T.A. (Teachers assistance - German), lunch, Algebra II and English. Tuesday was a maroon day, so we had Intership (Tessa does an intership at Monroe Hospital, she helps the nurses), lunch, algebra II and chemistry. The cool thing was that i actually already knew what they are studying in math and chemistry, so i helped Tessa. In the hospital we had this little accident, hahahaha, i watched an IV and almost passed out, hahahaha. Today, Wednesday, i got my own schedule: at gold days i have Ethnic Studies, American Literature, French II and World History. At maroon days i have U.S. History, Economics, Psychology and Etymology. I even got a locker!!! The bad thing is i'm not having any classes or lunch with Tessa, her lunch is A, mine is B at maroon days and C at gold days. People at school are great, i met so many people i can't even remember everyone's names, and we were told that lunch at school were bad and it's not bad at all! You can have whatever you want, tacos, chicken, pizza, real food..
Outside school, everything is great! I'm actually posting from my brand new laptop, and i also bought an orange ipod! We made brownies and watched The Hangover. It's been an amazing time. Today was warmer and sunny, so we went to a park and for a walk downtown, Bloomington is really amazing.
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Segunda-feira foi meu primeiro dia de escola, durante essa semana eu so estou indo com a Tessa nas aulas dela. Eu vou pra Bloomington High School North (1500 alunos), bem diferente do que eu estou acostumada. As cores da escola sao marrom e ouro, entao nos temos dias marrons e dias ouro, o nosso mascote e uma puma. Segunda-feira era um dia ouro, entao nos fomos pra aula de economia, T.A. (assistencia para professores - ajudando na aula de alemao), almoco, Algebra II e ingles. Terca-feira era um dia marrom entao nos fomos pro estagio da Tessa (ela faz estagio no Monroe Hospital, ajudando as enfermeiras), almoco, algebra II e quimica. Foi legal que eu ja sabia o que eles estao estudando em matematica e quimica, entao eu ajudei a Tessa. No hospital nos tivemos esse pequeno acidente, hahahaha, eu vi a enfermeira colocando o soro numa paciente e quase desmaiei, hahahahaha. Hoje, quarta-feira, eu fiz meu cronograma de aulas: em dias ouro eu tenho Estudos Etnicos, Literatura Americana, Frances II, Historia mundial. Em dias marrons eu tenho Historia dos E.U.A., Economia, Psicologia e Etimologia. Tenho ate um locker so meu! hahahahah. A unica coisa ruim e que eu nao tenho nenhuma aula ou almoco com a Tessa, o almoco dela e sempre A, e o meu e B em dias marrons e C em dias ouro. As pessoas na escola sao bem legais, conheci tanta gente que nem lembro o nome de todo mundo. Nos disseram que o almoco nas escolas era ruim, e nao e na verdade. Tem qualquer coisa que a gente quiser, tacos, frango, pizza, refeicoes de verdade alem de fast food.
Fora da escola, tudo esta otimo tambem. Na verdade, eu estou postando isso do meu novo laptop! e eu tambem comprei um ipod laranja!!! Nos fizemos brownies e assistimos "se beber nao case", tem sido maravilhoso. Hoje o dia estava mais quente e ensolarado, entao nos fomos em um parque e fizemos um passeio pelo centro. Bloomington e realmente demais!

10/01

Today we woke up and drove around, so i could see Bloomington, it was too cold so we went to Holly's, after that we went to the mall and went to Emily's (sister -18) place. Kelly (mom) cooked and it was very very good. We went sledding!!! Me, Tessa and Sam (brother - 11 years-old), it was soooooooooooooooo great! After that, hot shower, cause i couldnt even feel my feet. Tessa took me to her favorite spot in Bloomington - a very nice spot, btw. We talked a lot, i tried to teach her a little samba, even though she couldn't do it, she tried to teach me how to juggle, she can, i can't. And i ate the so typical peanut butter! And my luggage arrived, we left a note on the door, if they came, to let it in the truck, they did!
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Hoje nos acordamos e passeamos pela cidade pra que eu pudesse ver Bloomington, estava muito frio entao nos fomos na casa da Holly, depois fomos no shopping e no apartamento da Emily (host-irma, 18 anos). A Kelly (host mae) fez comida, alguma coisa realmente boa que eu ainda nao conhecia. Nos fomos fazer SLED (nao sei a exata traducao pra isso, mas e na neve com um tipo de prancha, descendo a montanha de neve). Eu, Tessa e Sam (host irmao, 11 anos), foi muuuuuuitooooo legal! Depois, um banho bemmmmm quente porque eu mal conseguia sentir os meus pes. Tessa me levou no lugar favorito dela em Bloomington - super bonito, inclusive. Nos conversamos bastante e eu tentei ensinar ela a sambar, mas ela nao conseguiu. Ela tentou me ensinar malabarismo, ela consegue, eu obviamente nao consegui. Ah, e conheci a tao famosa "pasta de amendoim". Minha bagagem chegou! deixamos um bilhete na porta dizendo pra que se eles viessem, deixassem dentro do carro. Eles deixaram!

First Day on a Brand New Planet

So here we are, after a long long day in planes and airports, we got safely in Indianapolis, but our luggage didn't. I'm still waiting for them to deliver it here in Bloomington.
So Leslie, Jhani, Rachael and a friend of hers went to the airport to pick us up, we went to Cracker Barrel, ate pancakes with blueberrys and maple syrup, it was really good. Then we went over to Jhani's place and played in the snow (it's so cold here, there's snow everywhere, yesterday was like -10 C, today is even colder). When our families arrived we had to say goodbye to each other and went home. My family is great! We drove to Bloomington, 1 hour from Indy. Tessa (sister) and I still went to a school basketball game, South X North, unfortunaly South won, it was really fun!!!
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Depois de uma longuissima viagem entre avios e aeroportos, chegamos com seguranca (nao tenho acentos ou cedilha aqui!) em Indianapolis, mas nossa bagagem nao chegou. Ainda estou esperando que eles entreguem a minha aqui em Bloomington!
Entao, a Leslie, Jhani, Rachael e uma amiga foram nos buscar no aeroport. Nos fomos ao Cracker Barrel, comemos panquecas com blueberrys e maple syrup, bommm! Fomos para a casa da Jhani e brincamos na neve (muito frio, tem neve por todos os lados, ontem a temperatura era de -10 C, hoje esta mais frio ainda). Quando nossas familias chegaram, nos despedimos e fomos cada um pra sua casa. Minha familia e otima. Nos viemos para Bloomington, que fica a 1 hora de Indy. Tessa (irma) e eu ainda fomos a um jogo de basquete na nossa escola, South X North, infelizmente South ganhou. Foi bem divertido!