Epic papering

I will never take the library for granted again. In attempting to write my paper I realized that nowhere in this city is open all night long. And Frances' mae's house is pretty hard to work in. No table and lots of TV all the time. So we went for it...we rented a room in a pousada and stayed up all night working. I used a bed as my table and she used the mini fridge as hers. Slightly epic. And we still didn't finish until seven pm the next day. Not the greatest for my head but it had to be done all the same. PLUS our pousada was hilarious. Our friend Alison came over to visit and wish us well and they were going to charge us THIRTY reais to come up the stairs to our room. Ridiculous. So we went down instead. We basically stayed up on apples and crackers and then were awake to watch the sun rise on a gorgeous day...from inside a window with prison bars. WE never really got to enjoy that day, though we did make it outside for the sunset. And I did finish my paper, so its all good.

I also got to visit my mae to say hey and pick up some random stuff that I left there the first time around. It was awesome to talk to her because she was super impressed that I had picked up way more Portuguese and we talked about much more than the usual religion and food. We exchanged skype info and I think it will be pretty neat to talk with her and keep up on my Portuguese.

On our attempt to reach the house where the group is staying for the last couple nights, Frances and I got locked of her house becasue the key was with a neighbor who is always at home...and wasn't there this one time. So we arrived with no baggage and have been living in borrowed clothes for a couple days. Luckily tomorrow is the day! We are skipping reentry conversations (oh darn) and going back into the city to pick it up. Having a bit of a family gathering tomorrow which means really good food and saying goodbye. Then on to the airport on Monday! I can't believe it. Happy and sad and excited!