Missa, Churrasco, e Formatura :)

watch my "homenagem" in very bad portuguese :)

Titi, Me, Mariana America

My two host dads

Cecilia and Me

Mariana America, Me, and Leticia Yasmin. And let me just say, I look like a box.

My entire class at the churrasco

This is such a cute picture. And look at Titt´s face. It makes me laugh every time. We were singing "Rebaixei" when I took the picture.

Mariana America's sister. She's so cute! And she loves me so much. Haha.

She hates this picture.

Me and Cecilia.

I graduated on Saturday! Woo hoo!

To start of the celebration, we had mass on Thursday. And after we ate dinner at a resteruant.

On Friday, we all rode a bus the one of my classmate's farm where we had the churrasco. I ate way to much and danced a little. It was so much fun, too! I love my classmates!

And then, on Saturday, we had the grand, unforgettable, incredibly fun Formatura. It's like graduation and prom put together in one night. Only, it was very different from my graduation. First of all, you don't wear a cap and gown, you wear whatever you are going to wear to the prom. And it didn't even start until nine o'clock at night. And lots of my classmates gave little speeches about the students, teachers, and parents. And then the dance started. And the had appatizers and drinks while we waited for dinner. And then around eleven dinner was served, but I didn't eat so I do not know what it consisted of. However, I heard it was very good. And, since I live in Brazil, the most shocking difference, is that at a school function, there was open bar all night. And people walked around serving beer to people-they even squeezed their way through the packed dance floor to see if anyone wanted more. And there was a band called Nova York. They performed other artists songs, both Brazilian and American. It was so incredibly fun! I danced almost the entire time! I even danced forro-a type of Brazilian dance. I don't really know how to describe it. I didn't dance it incredibly well, but I did dance it.  In fact, I danced until 5:30 in the morning! By the time four o'clock rolled around, I was running around telling all my friends, "OMG! It's four o'clock! I've never been out this late before!"

And now after this week finishes, I only have one more week of school. Which, very surprisingly, I'm bummed about. When I start back to school in February, I'm going to have a new class. Vou morrer de saudades! And the video you just watched or are going to watch, is me giving my "homanagem". Which I guess is like a little good-bye, thanks-for-everything speech. It has a word in English but it escapes me at the moment. And my Portuguese is very bad. Note how many times my class bursts out laughing. And I was so nervous. Queria sumir! But, I did make one person cry and Cintia said, "Que linda!" "How beautiful!". So, I guess, over all, it went decently. But I can't wait until I get even better! And not to seem big-headed, but I think my Portuguese is better than what you see in this video. The pressure of everyone looking only at me didn´t really make the speech any easier.

Until next time.
Tchau.
Beijao.