The boys talk like they own the world, the women keep their stupid diaries...

[dotinthesky]

The flight was the most uneventful one I took in my life. No delays, no weirdos sitting beside me. Decent food, an individual tv in which I could choose what I wanted to watch (Catwoman and Die Another Day in this case - the first movie sucked and the second was entertaining enough for a boring flight.) Otherwise, I managed to get a surprising 6 hours of sleep and spent the rest reading Michael Connelly's The Black Echo. If you ever need a good thriller with authentic descriptions of crime procedure in LA, well, this is it.

I arrived in São Paulo's international airport at 6 in the morning. I walked from one side of the airport to the other, killing time until my flight to Londrina at 9:15 a.m. Before I knew it, I was saying hello to my brother and mother in Londrina's airport. Back in our apartment, I met my brother's girlfriend Tamis for the first time. She was very shy and smiled at everything I said. My grandmother was also here, as well as my youngest brother Nicholas with his nurse Maria do Carmo. Our daschund Tete jumped all over me and wouldn't leave me alone for the whole day.

After lunch, I quickly checked my email and wrote to Kevin to let him know I'd arrived alright. Then I lay down in my mom's bedroom for a nap. Tete lay right beside me, pressing her back against my back. I blacked out for three hours. When I woke up, the bedroom's door was closed, the curtains were shut and the air-conditioning was on.

After talking to my mom for a while, she told me that Nicholas had been sleeping too much since yesterday and she wanted to take him to his doctor. We spent the rest of the afternoon at his doctor's, then at a nearby clinic having x-rays and blood samples taken. He's now looking better - we think my grandmother gave him the wrong dosage of his medicine. Nicholas had an allergic reaction to the triple vaccine when he was two months old, and since then he's been disabled (he suffered a brain lesion which left him with epilepsy and unable to do anything for himself.) He needs to take different drugs through out the day and recently my grandma had been giving them to him. But, because she's quite old, we think she got the pills messed up... I'm glad he's feeling better now because I wouldn't want my first day in Brasil to begin on the wrong foot.

I also spoke to Martin and we have decided that we definetly want to go to Natal next week. We want the sea, the beaches, the walks through the old town, the history of the place. We want to relax, go windsurfing, snorkling (expect an icon soon hehehe!) I feel very good right now being back home.

Kevin, everyone asked about you! My brother wants you to send us that flash birthday card you made for Natalia. Send it to me by email. xoxoxox

Comments

[striped.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I'd love to be travelling too. Please post more about Brazil if you have the time.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

For sure! My brother has a digital camera and I want to take tons of pictures with it.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

awwwww, Tete missed you! I'd jump all over you if I met you, too.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

haha! I hope you wouldn't slober all over my face!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

no, I'll leave that to Kevin.

[greenteablack.livejournal.com]

How long did it end up taking you to get there?
You must be happy to be back with all your family.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

So happy!

It was about two hours from London to Milan... then eleven hours to Sao Paulo... then waited around for three hours in the airport until my flight to Londrina, which was only an hour and a half.

[4q.livejournal.com]

awwww. you must be so happy!! and warm!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's so hot over here... but yeah, am very happy! I've just been chilling out, reading, hanging out with my dog Tete! :)

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

glad you arrived safely, have fun visiting with all your loved ones!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Its been very good so far. I think it will be one of those chilled out and mellow trips - just what I need.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

If you like "The Black Echo", you'll be in rapture by the time you finish "The Concrete Blonde"!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'm really loving The Black Echo! You know how you say that you fall in love with certain characters? Well, I'm really liking Bosch's relationship to 'Ellie' Wish... I just love the way it's written, the descriptions of the procedure and the way that particular system works. It's a great read! I think it's going up there with Ruth Rendell and Boris Akunin as one of the great Crime writers!

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D :D :D

So glad you like it... Bosch is an amazing character, who just gets more complexed with each book - you find yourself really hooked on the emotions he's going through, as the series goes on. Eleanor's character is wonderful, yes! I can't say too much about her for fear of ruining any of the books, but suffice to say, she is totally ace. :D

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm sooooo looking forward to reading the others! And I'm glad there are so many of them!

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

I've got to admit I haven't read "The Narrows" yet but, for the most part, the series is excellent. I didn't want to read "The Narrows" because the ending of "Lost Light" (the last-but-one he's done) was so final and so beautiful, it seemed almost blasphemy to try and extend the story... :/

But anyway, you've a long way to go. I must remember to bring a few along next time I see you.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

No worries about bringing books - I've got two libraries nearby!