random about my day stuffs
January 22, 2007 at 8:46 p.m.
Okay, so regarding my previous entry about neighborhood kids coming over and ringing my bell until I come out and make small talk with them? Today, they came by aGAIN � this time while Belle was here. She was all scared and figured it was �Banditos,� and hid upstairs to keep watch as I exasperatedly (is that a word? Because it fits!) headed to the gate.
There I found 2 adorable kiddos standing there to talk to the American ladies. WITH PRESENTS. These kids went out and bought me presents, I have no idea why. And dang, I was loveable and sweet to them. And you know me� dang it, I�m going to probably going to get them a present.
CURSES!!!
So I taught a violin lesson today. A kid at church has played for a few months, and has been desperate for lessons, so I figured what the hey. Don�t want to get rusty at the teaching thing.
It was kind of difficult as neither he or his mom speak English, and then there�s my Portuguese� it�s not so good. I hope it was okay� they want to come back Wednesday (that�s Quarta-feira) and that�s fine by me. I like a little diversity in my days filled with Trying To Get Solei To Smile.
I don�t want money from them � they couldn�t afford me at American prices and I like teaching people who WANT to do it. Although I hear I may be getting some cake in the near future� totally worth it.
Oh, so I tried baby massage today. I know, it sounds crazy when you think about it. Jared thought I was nuts, but I do hear lots about it. And sometimes, I just go batty trying to think of things to do with her � she�s only 3 months and boy howdy I want her to do more than she can already. I wave toys she doesn�t undertand at her, try to get her to walk or do algebra�
But I figured maybe I could do this, so I looked up a website on it and gave it a shot. She adored it! Her eyes were wide open and she was wiggling and enjoying feeling all her little parts.
But then, she slept 2 hours and again later in the day slept for over an hour and then AGAIN took another nap for an hour in the evening. I loved giving her the massage and seeing her enjoy connecting with me � but I�m afraid to try it again until I make sure she can sleep tonight�. Wish me luck!
Okay, so bottle feeding rocks. When she refuses it, she simply gums the bottle and smiles. When she rejected nursing, she�d howl and scream. And the weirdest perk?
Since she�s not drinking milk, her spit-up and burps don�t smell like nasty spoiled milk � they smell like Cheerios. Nice!
And speaking of spit-up, this morning she projectiled hers right into my cleavage. I was annoyed, but thankful for the Cheerios smell ;)
This ends my short, not-that-interesting blog of all the random crap in my day. Well, not all. I got to get on skype with my mom and use the video. I miss her, but I do love the webcam action. Tomorrow I�m going to try to head to South America�s largest shopping mall and have a tiny bit of a life. I�ll let you know how THAT turns out!
SUPERCRACK ya.