Friday, April 22, 2005
Another Day, Another......well......
I have emailed my friend Ivan, and Americano who lives in the penthouse of the best building on Beira Mar...right along the ocean. His apartment is on the 23rd floor! A view to die for!
We are trying to arrange a meal together before he heads back to the US for about a month.
He lives with his esposa, Fatima and their 8 month old baby girl, Miriam.
We agreed on Saturday morning for breakfast, but when I told Thieny, she reminded me of her modeling course on Saturday at 9am, which was the time Ivan and I agreed on.
We'll try for Saturday night or Sunday morning.
I have to get my flat tire (the spare is on the car now) fixed today. I don't want to take the chance of having another slow leak or blowout with no spare.
I'm also still working on getting PayPal organized for here in Brazil. I'm not sure I can use it from here, but we'll see. I'm looking for a way for my client in Jakarta to pay me. They don't use checks. They would pay using credit card, but I don't have that luxury. It's too expensive in fees for a small business.
Daisy is here but Israel is still staying with his grandmother because there is no school for him today...yesterday was a holiday and Brazil tends to stretch the whole thing out through the weekend. The city is fairly quiet today...there are some people working but not many.
With Israel at his grandmother's last night, I took Thieny to the theater at Iguatemi. The first time she has seen a film in a real theater. The movie was one of the real scary ones she loves, but I don't. I sat through it because it was something I wanted for her to experience. All in all, it was a fun evening.
We are trying to arrange a meal together before he heads back to the US for about a month.
He lives with his esposa, Fatima and their 8 month old baby girl, Miriam.
We agreed on Saturday morning for breakfast, but when I told Thieny, she reminded me of her modeling course on Saturday at 9am, which was the time Ivan and I agreed on.
We'll try for Saturday night or Sunday morning.
I have to get my flat tire (the spare is on the car now) fixed today. I don't want to take the chance of having another slow leak or blowout with no spare.
I'm also still working on getting PayPal organized for here in Brazil. I'm not sure I can use it from here, but we'll see. I'm looking for a way for my client in Jakarta to pay me. They don't use checks. They would pay using credit card, but I don't have that luxury. It's too expensive in fees for a small business.
Daisy is here but Israel is still staying with his grandmother because there is no school for him today...yesterday was a holiday and Brazil tends to stretch the whole thing out through the weekend. The city is fairly quiet today...there are some people working but not many.
With Israel at his grandmother's last night, I took Thieny to the theater at Iguatemi. The first time she has seen a film in a real theater. The movie was one of the real scary ones she loves, but I don't. I sat through it because it was something I wanted for her to experience. All in all, it was a fun evening.
