Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold, overcast, and rainy. I will be officially on holiday in a week and a half until the new year. I was going to go to Sheffield this coming weekend to visit my brother and his family, but after talking to my mother, I think it would be better to go for the new year. […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 6 degrees, cold, overcast and rainy. This is the beginning of my second working week in England, and it is raining all the time. I found a space in the rain to go out and feed the swans at the canal. On the way back, I stopped at the local cafe in the precinct on the green […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, cold, sunny and slightly overcast. I’ve spent almost a week in England, including four working days of giving classes here despite the below-zero temperatures outside. Another night of sleeping badly. I think I got up at least 20 times to go to the toilet. For some reason, I couldn’t get off to sleep. I only […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold and rainy. It is my second day working remotely in England. It is good; there have been no hiccups until now. In the morning, I got up relatively early at about 7:00 a.m. It is not a time to Rio de Janeiro standards at 4:30 or five, but I may get there shortly. As […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold and rainy. It is the first working day since arriving in England. I wanted to go for a walk in the morning, but it was raining. The truth is that it has been raining all day- not heavy rain, just a drizzle, which has been just enough to keep me from going out. I […]
Rio de Janeiro: 25 degrees, overcast and rain. Today has been a pleasantly odd day. There has been a touch of productivity, but nothing like what I am accustomed to. In the morning, I went to the Portuguese bakery early, did my daily journal entry, drank two large black coffees, went home, and gave a couple of classes. Nothing out […]
Rio de Janeiro: 27 degrees, overcast and rain. What a great day and with a twist! It is a bank holiday, the third of three for November, and it is raining outside. I got my diary early and went straight to the Portuguese bakers to write and put in my entry for the day. A farewell lunch has been arranged […]
Rio de Janeiro: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. Yesterday was a bank holiday, falling on a Wednesday, right in the middle of the week. So, the week is already disrupted, as today and tomorrow won’t be normal working days. Perhaps I’m saying this because my mind is already in travel mode. It’s as if I’m already on the […]
Rio de Janeiro: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It is the second bank holiday of three, and I have exactly a week until I travel; there are seven days to go and counting. I am not sleeping very well; I don’t usually suffer from insomnia, but since I have been having problems with Yasmin, the quality of my […]
Rio de Janeiro: 30 degrees, hot and sunny. It is extremely hot, hotter than usual for this time of year. Yesterday, it was unofficially registered at over 40 degrees; today, it has been no different. I had a dentist appointment for six in the evening, I had to cancel three classes for this appointment as it would be the last […]