21 August 2017
10:45 EST
Well, Thursday was fun. I got to help my sister move into her apartment. Amanda had come over Wednesday night and stayed the night and then we all left at 07:00 (7am), the next morning. "We all" being, my parents, sister, half-sister, and her fiance, as well and myself. We drove just about four hours down to Bloomington, had lunch and then set about moving everything from two cars into Vanessa's apartment, and then into her room. Her apartment just happened to be on the third floor, and it was off and on raining.Well we were there setting everything up for about 5-6 hours and left just after 18:00 (6pm). We got home, this time "we" is just my parents, my half-sister and I, just before 23:00 (11pm), after dropping Amanda off at where she was staying.
Next, on Saturday I got to go to my niece's 7th birthday party. One bad thing though, it was outside at a pavilion, right next to a river, and I didn't bring bug-spray. After being there for about 10 minutes, and playing with all my nieces and nephews that were there, I was just about covered in bites. Oh, I should say that my friend Carissa stayed over at my house Friday night in case she wasn't able to come to the airport with me when I left. And so, Carissa came to the party with me and we both got bitten up.
Now, the really only interesting thing we did on Sunday was we were able to go see Wonder Woman in theaters. It was really good in my opinion. However, for the remaining part of that day, I had been going through and watching all the Marvel films that we owned in order. So once we got home from Wonder Woman, my dad asked if I was going back to watching Marvel and I said, "There was just an intermission of DC, now we're back to Marvel."
~~~INFO~~~
Well, the whole plans for me have failed. The visa was overnighted Wednesday, which you would expect it to then arrive Thursday. However, apparently if whatever is being overnighted is coming from another country then it is promised to be out of the country by the next day, not to the destination by the next day. This means that we have been waiting for my visa to arrive for four days now. It's become very frustrating but we're dealing with it. The nice part, I guess, is that I have more time to sit with my parents before I leave, as well as friends.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Activities!
15 August 2017
18:28 EST
For the first time in what felt like FOREVER I got to eat food on Saturday! I tried out a slice of toast just before lunch and felt like I could eat it well, and so as my dad had promised... We got to go to Olive Garden! It's an Italian-style restaurant that in my opinion is AMAZING. I got to have a few bread sticks with Alfredo sauce as well as some fettuccine Alfredo and some soup. It was very good compared to what I had been eating. After that, we went and picked up my sister and her fiance as they had just returned home from Virginia, along with my half-sister and her family had arrived.
As a precursor to talking about my half-sister's family, I'm going to name all of them to remove confusion. First, my half-sister is Amanda, then her husband AJ. Then we have their kids, Auron who is their oldest. Zane, their youngest, and Elika who is their middle child.
(Named in order from left to right.)
All Sunday we were able to hang out with them. We had BBQ beef sandwiches for lunch, and then everyone else had hot dogs, hamburgers and brats (bratwurst) for dinner. I still had some leftovers from Olive Garden and so I finished that off, I didn't think my mouth was up to eating burgers yet. It was really fun being able to hang out with them, especially since I could've ended up leaving before they got here. They will be here for about two weeks and so I'm looking forward to hanging out with them a little longer.
~~~INFO~~~
We did find out today that I will be getting my visa soon as well as we kind of cleared up the confusion on my insurance situation. While talking to the company handling our travel plans, Tzell, they told us that most likely I will be leaving this Friday, the 18th. The time is not set in stone as we don't have my visa yet, but I will most likely be leaving Friday and arriving the following day. I'm not sure how that will end up but that was what I was told. Thank you to everyone for your help and cooperation!
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Layin' Around Like A Puffer Fish
12 August 2017
10:53 EST
Well, I did have "proper food" on Friday. I ate part of a grilled cheese. Success!
On Thursday, it wasn't much different from the previous few days. It was just lots of laying around and healing. The swelling had gone down some and my mom actually spotted a bruise that's on the underside of my jaw. I didn't feel the need to take any of my prescribed pain meds, but my mom suggested that I take a few Ibuprofen, and so I did. The day was really nice besides the downside of for some reason not being able to fall asleep that night until after 02:00 (2am).
Due to not having good sleep the previous night, it made me very tired on Friday. I tried to nap but couldn't fall asleep. I had made a plan that morning to take one of my prescribed meds to help my mouth stop feeling sore and to try and get me to fall asleep, and then before I went to bed I took another to keep myself from staying awake due to pain or anything else. It worked, somehow.
I should be up and about as usual in the next day or two. I haven't heard anything different along the lines of my departure or anything else, however my mom and I have started planning what all I'm going to be packing.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Fun Dentist
10 August 2017
11:22 EST
Monday was a pretty plain day. Everyone went off to work, however my sister is now in Virginia with my half sister and her family. She is going to be there this whole week. I was left alone until around 17:00 (5pm), and then had dinner and hung out with my parents until it was time to go to bed. This is when the dentist comes in. Tuesday, at 11:00 (11am), I had an appointment to have my wisdom teeth removed. The dentist gave me pills I had to take at scheduled times before the appointment. I had to take one sedation pill the night before, then two sedation pills and a nausea pill an hour before the appointment.
On Tuesday, I got up at 8:30, took my pills at 10:00 (10am), and then went to the dentist's office at 10:30. I remember bits and pieces of the procedure but it's become more foggy since a couple of days have passed. After that, I went home and just laid on the couch for the rest of the day, all swollen like a puffer fish. The dentist office also gave me pain medication which was very nice on Tuesday due to my whole face feeling only pain. However, it's been a day or so and already the swelling has gone down and I don't feel like I need pain meds every few hours.
Wednesday was just about the same as the later part of Tuesday, lots of laying around, and a lot of napping. The one thing I really don't like about having your wisdom teeth out, is that you can't eat proper food for a couple of days. My diet has mostly consisted of pudding, and on Wednesday I managed to have mac n' cheese for lunch. I keep seeing all these food commercials on TV and it makes me really want proper food. My parents told me that after another day I should be able to eat food, however I'd need to be careful.
11:22 EST
Monday was a pretty plain day. Everyone went off to work, however my sister is now in Virginia with my half sister and her family. She is going to be there this whole week. I was left alone until around 17:00 (5pm), and then had dinner and hung out with my parents until it was time to go to bed. This is when the dentist comes in. Tuesday, at 11:00 (11am), I had an appointment to have my wisdom teeth removed. The dentist gave me pills I had to take at scheduled times before the appointment. I had to take one sedation pill the night before, then two sedation pills and a nausea pill an hour before the appointment.
On Tuesday, I got up at 8:30, took my pills at 10:00 (10am), and then went to the dentist's office at 10:30. I remember bits and pieces of the procedure but it's become more foggy since a couple of days have passed. After that, I went home and just laid on the couch for the rest of the day, all swollen like a puffer fish. The dentist office also gave me pain medication which was very nice on Tuesday due to my whole face feeling only pain. However, it's been a day or so and already the swelling has gone down and I don't feel like I need pain meds every few hours.
Wednesday was just about the same as the later part of Tuesday, lots of laying around, and a lot of napping. The one thing I really don't like about having your wisdom teeth out, is that you can't eat proper food for a couple of days. My diet has mostly consisted of pudding, and on Wednesday I managed to have mac n' cheese for lunch. I keep seeing all these food commercials on TV and it makes me really want proper food. My parents told me that after another day I should be able to eat food, however I'd need to be careful.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Weekend!
8 August 2017
10:14 EST
On Saturday, my nieces and nephew hung out until around noon, at which time their mom came and took them school shopping. A few hours passed and my mom convinced me to go cloths shopping as well. While looking through the different clothing areas, we bumped into the kids again. It was an interesting coincidence. My mom then treated me to some food for "doing good" while we were shopping. (She knows that me and cloths shopping don't mix very well, but I'm doing better!)
Then Sunday came around, my parents had to go to first service again and so I went with them. We got home and got some Rotary papers I would like to keep with me while in Brazil. As well and miscellaneous other things. Went to church that night and learned that there was some sort of gather that had happened Saturday night and there were hot dogs and hamburgers left over so we got to snack on those. It was nice because our high school group was really small and so almost everyone could've gotten seconds if they wanted.
10:14 EST
On Saturday, my nieces and nephew hung out until around noon, at which time their mom came and took them school shopping. A few hours passed and my mom convinced me to go cloths shopping as well. While looking through the different clothing areas, we bumped into the kids again. It was an interesting coincidence. My mom then treated me to some food for "doing good" while we were shopping. (She knows that me and cloths shopping don't mix very well, but I'm doing better!)
Then Sunday came around, my parents had to go to first service again and so I went with them. We got home and got some Rotary papers I would like to keep with me while in Brazil. As well and miscellaneous other things. Went to church that night and learned that there was some sort of gather that had happened Saturday night and there were hot dogs and hamburgers left over so we got to snack on those. It was nice because our high school group was really small and so almost everyone could've gotten seconds if they wanted.
Friday, August 4, 2017
Interesting Ending to a Week
4 August 2017
21:13 EST
The ending to this week was actually quite fun. On Thursday, I woke up and ended up cleaning the entire house in about an hour and a half. Though I will say I didn't "clean," I more tidied up the house. Just before noon my friend Carissa came over and hung out, then about a half hour later my friend Gavin came over and we hung out playing games and stuff for about 5 hours. Then that night Gavin came over and hung out with Vanessa for a short bit while they were trying to collect everything they needed to go camping this weekend, and so I made Kool-Aid.
OH! I should clarify, I know a Gavin and then there is my sister's fiance Gavin. The first one I was talking about is my friend, then later Vanessa's Gavin came over. He really likes strawberry Kool-Aid so I made him some.
Then today, Friday, I got to start the day off calm, then just after lunch I cleaned up a bit so that the house wouldn't be a mess. The main reason I cleaned was because my nieces and nephew are going to spend the night. They're actually here right now, we're watching AFV, aka America's Funniest Videos. The oldest is Aubrey, then Shaun, and finally Rebecca. (From left to right as well.)
My dad made his "famous" chocolate chip cookies. They are well known throughout our family as well as friend's families. Since he did, we got to have some nice fresh ones. They were very delicious!
21:13 EST
The ending to this week was actually quite fun. On Thursday, I woke up and ended up cleaning the entire house in about an hour and a half. Though I will say I didn't "clean," I more tidied up the house. Just before noon my friend Carissa came over and hung out, then about a half hour later my friend Gavin came over and we hung out playing games and stuff for about 5 hours. Then that night Gavin came over and hung out with Vanessa for a short bit while they were trying to collect everything they needed to go camping this weekend, and so I made Kool-Aid.
OH! I should clarify, I know a Gavin and then there is my sister's fiance Gavin. The first one I was talking about is my friend, then later Vanessa's Gavin came over. He really likes strawberry Kool-Aid so I made him some.
Then today, Friday, I got to start the day off calm, then just after lunch I cleaned up a bit so that the house wouldn't be a mess. The main reason I cleaned was because my nieces and nephew are going to spend the night. They're actually here right now, we're watching AFV, aka America's Funniest Videos. The oldest is Aubrey, then Shaun, and finally Rebecca. (From left to right as well.)
My dad made his "famous" chocolate chip cookies. They are well known throughout our family as well as friend's families. Since he did, we got to have some nice fresh ones. They were very delicious!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Random Start
3 August 2017
18:17 EST
Sadly didn't do much these past few days. On Monday, everyone went to work and so I was left home alone. I really just ended up lazzying around the house, not really knowing what to do. It's strange coming from a vacation, having plans to do stuff and then getting home and thinking, "What now?" Also, that night once my mom got home we started to work on gathering some of the documents we have to be sent to one of the Rotarians in my hosting district.
Rotarians, for those who don't know, are the people who work in the organization who is sponsoring me. They will be the people who work with me throughout my trip, as well as right now before it begins. Also, my hosting district is the district that I will be living in, and my sponsoring district is the district I'm coming from. Right now, I am in District 6540, which takes up the upper third of Indiana. District 4660, which is my hosting district, I believe it actually comprises of most of the Brazillian state of Rio Grade Do Sul.
On Tuesday night, my sister's friend came over and spent the night here. My mom also took me to Taco Bell, the place I used to work at, to pick up my check as well as order some food. Just before I left I found out we were going to be getting a new limited time burrito and so I wanted to try it. I won't lie, it was pretty good. Also, I starting playing a new game that my sister's fiance bought and is keeping at our house that night. It's very fun!
Lastly on Wednesday, I continued to play this game for most of the day I will admit, and that night I went to our church youth group and got to have pizza there!
-----Some things I forgot to mention about my families Florida trip.
While there we got to go to Sea World! (Yes, I did mention this but not this detail.) If I remember right it was the first time since I was maybe 5 years old that I have been to Sea World.
P.S. I meant to upload this yesterday... got distracted... However I remembered!
P.S.S. If I succeed at when I would like to upload this blogs, and by if I mean "When," they will be uploaded on Monday, cataloging what happened during the weekend. One on Wednesday, cataloging Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. And finally one later on Friday cataloging Thursday and that Friday!
18:17 EST
Sadly didn't do much these past few days. On Monday, everyone went to work and so I was left home alone. I really just ended up lazzying around the house, not really knowing what to do. It's strange coming from a vacation, having plans to do stuff and then getting home and thinking, "What now?" Also, that night once my mom got home we started to work on gathering some of the documents we have to be sent to one of the Rotarians in my hosting district.
Rotarians, for those who don't know, are the people who work in the organization who is sponsoring me. They will be the people who work with me throughout my trip, as well as right now before it begins. Also, my hosting district is the district that I will be living in, and my sponsoring district is the district I'm coming from. Right now, I am in District 6540, which takes up the upper third of Indiana. District 4660, which is my hosting district, I believe it actually comprises of most of the Brazillian state of Rio Grade Do Sul.
On Tuesday night, my sister's friend came over and spent the night here. My mom also took me to Taco Bell, the place I used to work at, to pick up my check as well as order some food. Just before I left I found out we were going to be getting a new limited time burrito and so I wanted to try it. I won't lie, it was pretty good. Also, I starting playing a new game that my sister's fiance bought and is keeping at our house that night. It's very fun!
Lastly on Wednesday, I continued to play this game for most of the day I will admit, and that night I went to our church youth group and got to have pizza there!
-----Some things I forgot to mention about my families Florida trip.
While there we got to go to Sea World! (Yes, I did mention this but not this detail.) If I remember right it was the first time since I was maybe 5 years old that I have been to Sea World.
P.S. I meant to upload this yesterday... got distracted... However I remembered!
P.S.S. If I succeed at when I would like to upload this blogs, and by if I mean "When," they will be uploaded on Monday, cataloging what happened during the weekend. One on Wednesday, cataloging Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. And finally one later on Friday cataloging Thursday and that Friday!
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