Happy Birthday Thomas

i really should blog more because i forget what i do during the week and by the time i go to write about it, i cant remember.. so im going to try my best.
friday i stayed home from school because everybody had testing all day. ahh lets see.. i slept until 12 i think and then at 2 i went to rodris house. after rodris i went to stephanies casa with everyone! we made brigadeiro, its amazing and i love it!!! its sort of like chocolate fudge i guess, but not really... thats the closet thing i can compare it to. the united states doesnt have it. but dont worry! im going to make it all the time when i get home for anybody who wants to try it! and after we played a game called "gato mia" literally meaning cats meow. its a game where one person is blindfolded and has to find somebody and when they touch them they have to guess their name. if they guess the right name then that person is "it" and if they guess the name wrong then they keep trying to find/touch somebody to be the new "tagger" ?... haha its hard to explain but its a simple game.. sort of like tag but without being able to see. after stephanies house i went to rodris house again and i met his little sister (ranna)! she reminds me so much of lauren and i cant help but love her! once rodriOgo (haha) changed and got ready, rodri marilia and i went out to dinner with marilia's family. we went to zanzibar (a pizza place) soooo good! then once we ate rai came and picked me up and i went home.
saturday was thomas' 6th brithday! we went to the farm and patty made chocolate cake (i loveee) and rebeccas family was there. we played games and looked at the cows and chickens and all the things you do when your on a farm. it was so beautiful and quiet and the weather was sooo nice!(although it did stink a little bit) after the farm i went to luciana's house with her and her friend from recife! (Dynara) shes sooo sweet! she doesnt speak english but i still love her! saturday night we went to lucianas friends 18th birthday party.. it was a bbq.. (i tried cow stomach!) not the best thing in the world but ive definately had worse! we stayed there until about 1am(ish) i think and then we went back to luciana' house to sleep. in the morning we took dynara home went to vote (they had president elections) then luciana and i went out to eat with her mother! i love her mom soooo much! :) shes the sweetest woman!!! after lunch i went back to luci's house then after a while i went home.
monday i had school, i still love it. its a little boring during class (mainly because i have no idea what the teacher is talking about) but thank god for entertaining friends! they make school enjoyable! after school i have no idea what i did! ughhhh.. yeah i dont remember. but at 7 i had dance class. another thing that i love soooo much here! i had dance until 10pm and then came home and probably was on msn/facebook/orkut/skype until i went to bed..
tuesday, school.. again after school i had portuguese class. i love portuguese class too! and then i went to alex's house. (the other exchange student from north carolina and the one that was on the plane with me) it was so nice to be able to have a conversation with someone and be able to understand everything theyre saying and be able to talk back! we had sooo much fun! we always do.. we sat on the porch in the hammock just talking and talking and talking about everything! and we had CHOCOLATE CAKE!!!! i can already feel the weight im gaining! all i do here is eat (especially chocolate) after alex's i went home and at 8pm i had a rotary meeting. it was good. very different than rotary in ottawa though.. besides it being at night, there was no food :( and there were probably a total of 8 men 2 woman and me.. i didnt understand anything but its ok.. i will soon! (hopefully)
and finallyyyyyyyyyyyy that brings me to today!!!!!
wednesday!!! today i went to caruaru with rai, rebecca, rebeccas mother and father and rafael (from school) we had to go to the federal police to get my temporary stay license and they had to get passports. we left at 8 this morning and got back around 2 or 2:30. i was sooooo excited today because i ate at MCDONALDS for lunch! ahhh it was sooo good! i never knew i would be that excited about a mcchicken and fries but it was the highlight of my entire day! i miss american food sooo much! ive been craving the weirdest foods lately.. but anywaysss rebecca and i went to the boys soccer game for a little bit after caruaru and then i went home took a nap and then went to dance class from 8-10. friday i have plans to go shopping with a girl from dance to buy shoes for our performance.. im excited to be dancing again but im very nervous..
sorry for this blog being sooooo long! i didnt really go into detail because there was soooo much to write about. so grandma leave a comment because i know you have about 3485973652 questions you want to ask! :)

ohhh and i told all of my friends here about halloween! they have NEVER celebrated it here! so we are having our own halloween party! everybodys sooo excited! it will be fun!
buttttttttttttt i have NO IDEA what i want to dres up as.. so if you have any ideas let me know!!!! :) thanks
well i think its time for bed. school tomorrow and then lunch with luciana after.
tchau! eu te amo!
beijossss! boa noiteeee :)
ill write again sooon...