The scene is July, a bitter cold has entered the Goiania area of Brazil. Its winter time below the equator and I woke up to a blistering 14 degrees Celsius (57 F). At night we slept with the sheets on us and wore socks throughout the house this morning. The chill has made it impossible to use our newly installed AC we got yesterday, but this will save energy. There is always a positive side to everything!
Life is great with work being busy, kids are off school for winter vacation and most importantly we have a new arrival to the family. Born today a big baby boy, Rodrigo Queiroz Lima, 4,180 kg (9.215 lbs.), 52 cm (20.47 in.). I will patiently await to see him in the next few days. Looking forward to having some more excitement in the family. A baby brings the chaos of noise and messes that luckily I am not responsible for this time. Our children are self sustaining and rely on me to provide the bare necessities only...if only we could turn the clock back a few years.
We've been here in Brazil as a family (I arrived later) for 2.5 years. Its been a fun and frustrating time getting to where we are now. More fun than anything and I'm still very excited to see what the future will offer us in our new country. Not saying we are not still Americans, but to fully integrate we need to live like Brazilians. I love the culture here and how social everyone is. The country could be in disarray and Brazilian's would still have a party.
I will write more as I can and give some of the experiences we have all gone through.
Life is great with work being busy, kids are off school for winter vacation and most importantly we have a new arrival to the family. Born today a big baby boy, Rodrigo Queiroz Lima, 4,180 kg (9.215 lbs.), 52 cm (20.47 in.). I will patiently await to see him in the next few days. Looking forward to having some more excitement in the family. A baby brings the chaos of noise and messes that luckily I am not responsible for this time. Our children are self sustaining and rely on me to provide the bare necessities only...if only we could turn the clock back a few years.
We've been here in Brazil as a family (I arrived later) for 2.5 years. Its been a fun and frustrating time getting to where we are now. More fun than anything and I'm still very excited to see what the future will offer us in our new country. Not saying we are not still Americans, but to fully integrate we need to live like Brazilians. I love the culture here and how social everyone is. The country could be in disarray and Brazilian's would still have a party.
I will write more as I can and give some of the experiences we have all gone through.
