Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and overcast. It is Thursday, and I’m tired and confused. I am not complaining. I have good health. I am living temporarily in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with perfect weather. I have money in the bank, not a lot, but I have it, and most of […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. A Monday of difference, two major decisions, and upsets in my life. One is both good and bad, and the other is very good. Firstly, I finished with Julie. We had been talking since last Thursday, and although it was OK, it wasn’t the same since I have […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Julie contacted me yesterday, or on Friday. I can’t remember exactly, but it was the first time in almost a month. She asked me to call her. I did, and the conversation was a little cold at first, with both of us a little defensive. As we began […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Friday again, one more day in my life. It is good because it shows that I’m still alive and still fighting for what I want. Yesterday I had an online meeting with Alex, the web designer and programmer, so from now on he should be putting […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 19 degrees, warm, overcast and with rain. It is the end of June, the last day of the month, and the first half of this year is over. Tomorrow, 1 July, will be the first day of the second half of the year. Has the first half of the year been good for me? On […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, sunny, and beautiful, clear blue skies. It is Friday. I am a little tired. It has not been a particularly heavy week in terms of workload, but there has been stress with Julie and Nalva. I’m stressed about Julie because we haven’t spoken or exchanged a message for a little over a […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. It is Friday and the beginning of the weekend. The conversation between Julie and me has gone down a lot over the past couple of days. I have been a little off with her since Tuesday; I had to go out, and Nalva was […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I’ve been in England for just under two weeks, and the long-distance conversations between Julie and me are starting to feel stressful. It has become more difficult when I cannot speak to her, either because I am working, have something to do, or because […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, cool, but sunny and with blue skies. It’s midweek and the day before I travel back to Brazil. I’m feeling strange, a bit anxious, wary of the unknown, and both happy and sad at the same time. I’ve sensed for some time that living with my mother is toxic, and I need to leave, take […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, overcast with showers. It is Tuesday, two days before I return to Brazil. I do not know what to expect; it has been seven months since I was there. Will everything be the same, or have there been changes? Or have I changed during this time? I also have the Julie factor in the […]