Last Monday was just about the perfect day ever! This is about how it went...
8 am - Wake up to Dallin calling and wishing me a happy birthday (what a great way to start out the day right!)
9 am - A phone call with someone telling me they have a present to be delivered to me...a surprise!
10 am - Walk outside and feel the warm sun! It's back!
11 am - A nice walk to Mantiquira to drink a Guarana
12 pm - Flowers delivered!! Dallin is amazing and sent me flowers again! A beautiful surprise!
1 pm - Fun Moto taxi ride up to Casa do Caminho
2 pm -Seeing children that I hadn't seen in years! (upper left going clockwise) Sandra! I haven't seen her in over a year. Rodrigo (my little buddy, I love this little boy so much!!) over a year also. they both moved out of the orphanage but came back to visit for the holidays. Thiago, over a year. He was moved to another orphanage but is now back! Tainá, almost 3 years! She moved back home with her mom but came back for the holidays. This was such a great gift to see my sweet kids again!
3 pm - Jogos Olympicas! The volunteers at the orphanage organized Olympic games that lasted 3 days! They started on Monday, it was great to see the kid's excitement!
4 pm - Drive the Toyota to town. This was amazing! I haven't driven in almost 2 months! I actually really miss it. So I was able to drive the huge Toyota (which didn't have any brakes by the way) from the orphanage back to town. And since it was just me I turned up the music and sang out loud the whole way! Got some strange looks... but who cares!
5 pm - Açaí! Seriously this stuff is amazing! I get it so often that if I walk past the store that sells it and I've missed a day, the guy starts saying that I've disappeared and that I am abandoning the açaí. I always reassure him, I will always be back for more!
6 pm - My kids here in town wishing me happy birthday!
7 pm - Walk to my friends house in the rain, it was nice actually. I love the scent of pavement when it just begins to rain!
8 pm - Dinner with the Neto Cruz family.
9 pm - So full! and enjoying being with friends. This picture of Graciano is my favorite!
8 am - Wake up to Dallin calling and wishing me a happy birthday (what a great way to start out the day right!)
9 am - A phone call with someone telling me they have a present to be delivered to me...a surprise!
10 am - Walk outside and feel the warm sun! It's back!
11 am - A nice walk to Mantiquira to drink a Guarana
12 pm - Flowers delivered!! Dallin is amazing and sent me flowers again! A beautiful surprise!
1 pm - Fun Moto taxi ride up to Casa do Caminho
2 pm -Seeing children that I hadn't seen in years! (upper left going clockwise) Sandra! I haven't seen her in over a year. Rodrigo (my little buddy, I love this little boy so much!!) over a year also. they both moved out of the orphanage but came back to visit for the holidays. Thiago, over a year. He was moved to another orphanage but is now back! Tainá, almost 3 years! She moved back home with her mom but came back for the holidays. This was such a great gift to see my sweet kids again!
3 pm - Jogos Olympicas! The volunteers at the orphanage organized Olympic games that lasted 3 days! They started on Monday, it was great to see the kid's excitement!
4 pm - Drive the Toyota to town. This was amazing! I haven't driven in almost 2 months! I actually really miss it. So I was able to drive the huge Toyota (which didn't have any brakes by the way) from the orphanage back to town. And since it was just me I turned up the music and sang out loud the whole way! Got some strange looks... but who cares!
5 pm - Açaí! Seriously this stuff is amazing! I get it so often that if I walk past the store that sells it and I've missed a day, the guy starts saying that I've disappeared and that I am abandoning the açaí. I always reassure him, I will always be back for more!
6 pm - My kids here in town wishing me happy birthday!
7 pm - Walk to my friends house in the rain, it was nice actually. I love the scent of pavement when it just begins to rain!
8 pm - Dinner with the Neto Cruz family.
9 pm - So full! and enjoying being with friends. This picture of Graciano is my favorite!
10 pm - relax and think about how wonderful my day was! Thank you for everyone who wished me a happy birthday, it truly was a very happy birthday!!
3 Comments:
THE FLOWERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, WHAT A SWEET GUY. SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL DAY, SO GLAD YOU HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!
I'm so glad you had such a fantastic birthday. So who is this Dallin guy? He sounds like a keeper! The flowers are beautiful.
Dallin DOES sound like a keeper!!
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