I am currently sitting outside at Starbucks chatting with some friends on FB, having my morning coffee and eating some pao de queijo (bread with cheese and it's awesome!). Some things never fail to disappoint in that I got 12 pieces of this bread for the next few days for R$ 6,20 and at Starbucks one piece is R$ 2,50. So I will be eating breakfast for the next 4 days on what I could afford 1 day at Starbucks. Coffee here is still Starbucks standard, insanely expensive but it's still part of my daily routine, but I did hear that there is a Dunkin Donuts here, but it's too far away for me to stop on the way to work. I can hit Starbucks from my apartment balcony (yeah yeah yeah, pictures.....they're coming!).
It's about 75 degrees right now, not a cloud in the sky and I am going to wind down in a few minutes and head to the pool. A friend is coming in from SP tonight and I think we are going to hit sushi and then go to a pub or club somewhere in Campinas.
More updates to come later but heading home to stock the fridge and hit the pool. Couple quick prayer requests, one for my aunt who is having some health issues right now (pray for strength as treatments are set to begin soon), and safe travels this coming week for me. I leave Tuesday for the states land Wed at noon, then fly out again at 8 pm for St Louis for our Finance conference.
Tchau
Adam
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Using my heat?!?!?!
So today at work I was FREEZING! For anyone that knows me knows that I am always hot and for me to be cold, it has to be cold. We actually opened the windows at work today because it was warmer outside than it was in the office and we think that the air conditioning was still on. When I got into my car I actually rolled up the windows and turned the heat on for the drive home. It was pretty suspect looking on the drive home tonight and not to mention we are getting into fall and winter here so it's getting dark earlier, so I opted for an inside workout and then hung out in the sauna for a bit. There is no heat in the apartments or houses here but thankfully I am on the 12th floor of 14 and heat rises so I should be good for the night.
If you don't have Facebook and if you do and aren't friends with me then I will share my sighting of the day here as well. I was driving home from work tonight and saw a man on his bike riding home from what I assume was work. Not an uncommon thing here at all. Side note, bikers and motorcycle riders will pull over on the highway to put on rain suits here that's how many motorcycles and bikes are on the road here. Anyway, as I get closer to this guy I see that he has his baby in one arm and a diaper bag in the other riding his bike. Just another Tuesday here I guess......
It's been kind of a tough week so far. Easter was nice but difficult being away from home on such an important day for me and my family. I realized that this is probably one of the only Easter's (I don't recall if I made it home in college or not) but one of the only Easter's that I've spent away from home. I attended a sunrise service that was rained out and then had a breakfast with some of the members of the church. Everyone has been very welcoming and I am glad that I have found a place to worship.
We've got a big presentation redesign going on right now and has to be done before the 20th for a couple of reasons. First being that is the day of the presentation and second is I am heading home for a couple of weeks. Specific prayer requests is for friendships and meeting some more people to hang out with on weekends. Time at the pool is great, but weekends can get lonely so I am looking to make some more friends and meet more people to go to dinner with or hang out with, and secondly that work continues to go well and we get this project done.
Last big item to report this week is I successfully ordered a pizza on Sunday night (Easter dinner) and had it delivered to my condo with no help from the concierge. I know the bread sticks are what I ordered and pretty sure the pizza was a supreme so I am calling this one a success.
Hope all is well back in the states and I pray to God that the Cubs can rebound from that worst opening day loss in 126 years. Just when I think they can't set any more records over 100 years they find another one to break.
Tchau
Adam
If you don't have Facebook and if you do and aren't friends with me then I will share my sighting of the day here as well. I was driving home from work tonight and saw a man on his bike riding home from what I assume was work. Not an uncommon thing here at all. Side note, bikers and motorcycle riders will pull over on the highway to put on rain suits here that's how many motorcycles and bikes are on the road here. Anyway, as I get closer to this guy I see that he has his baby in one arm and a diaper bag in the other riding his bike. Just another Tuesday here I guess......
It's been kind of a tough week so far. Easter was nice but difficult being away from home on such an important day for me and my family. I realized that this is probably one of the only Easter's (I don't recall if I made it home in college or not) but one of the only Easter's that I've spent away from home. I attended a sunrise service that was rained out and then had a breakfast with some of the members of the church. Everyone has been very welcoming and I am glad that I have found a place to worship.
We've got a big presentation redesign going on right now and has to be done before the 20th for a couple of reasons. First being that is the day of the presentation and second is I am heading home for a couple of weeks. Specific prayer requests is for friendships and meeting some more people to hang out with on weekends. Time at the pool is great, but weekends can get lonely so I am looking to make some more friends and meet more people to go to dinner with or hang out with, and secondly that work continues to go well and we get this project done.
Last big item to report this week is I successfully ordered a pizza on Sunday night (Easter dinner) and had it delivered to my condo with no help from the concierge. I know the bread sticks are what I ordered and pretty sure the pizza was a supreme so I am calling this one a success.
Hope all is well back in the states and I pray to God that the Cubs can rebound from that worst opening day loss in 126 years. Just when I think they can't set any more records over 100 years they find another one to break.
Tchau
Adam
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