Real Life Is Now

When I was in high school, I and my friends would look forward to the day that we graduated, and began “real life.” Sure, sometimes we were nervous about it, but over-all we looked forward to it.

This past year I have found that “real life” is an interesting cocktail of good things and bad things. Sort of like those really sour gummy worms; you know, the ones that are sour on the outside, but then, after that initial shock they are really sweet.

After Nádya's surgery yesterday, we are putting off traveling to our new town of Parauapebas, Pará. It will probably be at least a week. This may mean that we cannot have the same jobs that we were lined up for (and possibly not have work at all). But we are following doctor's orders here.

Nádya is doing well, and recovering from the surgery. She is very strong. My initial understanding was that we would get the results of the biopsy today. I was wrong. We find out Tuesday, and will update you as soon as we can.

I am in the process of recovering from all the jet-lag, and getting into the swing of the schedule here. This is the first day that I have had to do some resting since returning. And, while I was there (in the US), I did not have much time for resting, either.

My parents are moving to Idaho (they already have, technically, but have a few things to wrap up at the old house), so I had to get my stuff ready to move, as opposed to just storing it. So, I spent the first week getting that done, and the second week getting my truck ready to sell.

The weekend between those two weeks was spent visiting my grandparent's house in Idaho (as well as my parents, and other family). Essentially, I hit the ground running, and have not stopped since.

It was good, though, to hear from those of you who read that you read. Sometimes I wonder if it's really worth writing all this down, when I see so few responses from it. I am not trying to fish for emails or comments, here (um... not that it would hurt you... :D). Sometimes, though, it is very difficult to gauge whether or not I am accomplishing what I set out to communicate with no responses.

There is much more to say, but I will save it for another entry. For now, I will say that it was very interesting to visit the USA with a dramatically different view of life, politics, and such.

By the way, if you are a Google Earth user (I highly recommend it), you can look at the city where we plan to live and work by typing in Parauapebas, Brazil to the “Fly To” tab.